One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin: Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author. Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

Danish dancer Nini Theilade as “Fairie” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). (Thread)

A portrait of Nini in costume for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). Unfortunately the film proved to be a major financial disappointment and reviews were mixed at the time. Contemporary critics have been more appreciative, particularly of Reinhardt’s visionary production.

"All it takes,” said Crake, “is the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and it’s game over forever." -- Margaret Atwood , Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam)

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

But no one listens.

With Remembrance Day on the horizon, Ewan’s layered poem is poignant and very relevant. It is today’s Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p... Please share if you can.

From the top rope

Ida Lupino (1940s)

well this didn’t disappoint

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Teen Vogue possesses more integrity and professionalism than NYT and WaPo combined.

South Korea has mandated solar canopies for large parking lots. It's a no-brainer. We could offer firms incentives to do it here, or they could just friggin' do it! (H/t @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social) Here's a little sumptin' I put together a while back...

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Here are my three truths about climate: 1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over. 2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets. 3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.

I think this is probably the best photo I have ever taken? Chiffchaff looking at its reflection at the local spring. What do you all think? Hopefully I might get a re-post or two? View full screen. #birds #birdphotography

James Brown - "Night Train" (Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest) (1961, TAMI Show) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF_r...

Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart in They Drive by Night by Raoul Walsh (1940)

I almost always re-post Ida Lupino...

Anyway, yet another reminder that "debate me bros" were always full of shit, and anyone who claims that they were actually about free speech or real discussion over ideas is lying or gullible. www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...

Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid in “Devotion” (Warners, 1946)

It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

LOL!

"Accurate economic data for auction. It’s culled from state agencies, manufacturers, retailers, and satellite imagery. Needless to say, it differs widely from the official numbers. The files self-destruct after a week of purchase, so get them into your planning models quickly." buff.ly/OlpTNPh

I continue to be kinda flabbergasted by the fact that the dynamic of this shutdown has been Democrats begging Republicans to let them help them not shoot themselves in the foot and the GOPs response has been "oh you hate that? Well we're gonna shoot ourselves in the dick too just to spite you."

Most insightful thing I’ve read this week

#MedSky Anyone that is pregnant should be advised to wear a respie among other precautions. Especially if they have a history of placental insufficiency, preeclampsia, premature delivery and loss of pregnancy. Many viruses are not good for pregnancies, in particular COVID-19.

The Sick Times: 'Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?' Written by Rachel Fairbank thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...

Latest🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Twitter on "... how SARS-CoV-2 reshapes the epigenome - weaving together known mechanisms into something deeper. It’s not just long COVID. It’s a virus that rewrites the factory that makes immune cells - the bone marrow🧵" Full 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/19829...

PLEASE SHARE With SNAP benefits being slashed it makes the holiday season even harder on families. Aldi has put together this $40 Thanksgiving meal that feeds up to 10 people. www.bhg.com/aldi-thanksg...

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Ida Lupino in Beware My Lovely by Harry Horner (1952)

This happened over the weekend. I want you to watch it. I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now. youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

Cartoon by @kevinsiers.bsky.social. His pretties.

In our short existence, The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation has issued 58 grants providing healthier indoor air to 30,000 ppl. The Foundation aims to substantially increase these benefits to under-resourced schools over the next several months. Please consider helping us: givebutter.com/buildabox2025

I almost always re post Ida Lupino

From June Lockhart’s NY Times obit. RIP to a real one.

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Never in my life did I think I would see this from a mayor to police: “We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different….”

Tin soldiers

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state. Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!

COVID-19 Rewrites Human Genes Causing Lasting Damage to Immunity and Aging www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-1...

Welcome, those waking up

And refrigerated semi trucks full of corpses and mass graves in NY City. There were horrors everywhere. Humans block these memories

Honestly we'd be a much better world if all art from over fifty years ago were just available for free instead of locked behind pay-to-watch streamers, overpriced home video releases, or just non-existent beyond piracy. Public domain takes too long and copyright owners usually suck.

Here is a conversation a lot of people don’t want to have: @kathygriffin.bsky.social was more courageous than most of them by far and paid more heavily for speaking out. She is owed a lot of apologies.