DC friends, they've started up checkpoints again. There's a checkpoint at Rhode Island Ave NE and South Dakota Ave NE. And fuck ICE.

Republican primary voters, boy. the shambling compost heap president goes "vote this guy out, on account of how he publicized documents proving I was best buds with Jeffrey Epstein" and they say "yes sir"

Another higher ed lawsuit... www.npr.org/2026/05/19/n...

I am not sure what we did to anger the universe but somehow both my mother and my spouse's mother are currently hospitalized, 100 miles from each other, with myself and my spouse as the primary caregiver/decision makers for our respective octogenarians.

Special heads-up to any survivors out there who might still be following him by accident and who might not want his bullshit popping up on their feeds.

This was way too close and way closer than the score would suggest.

Mooooooo

Don't forget! Run submissions for #FlameFatales 2026 are closing TONIGHT!! http://submissions.gamesdonequick.com/

Somewhere in the O's merch department I hope someone is saying "Let's get more gray striped polos into production."

When I was in my early 20s I marked my friends parents' addresses (aka my friends' former addresses) as [LastName] Flagship. When my spouse and I started dating I called his parents entry Appel Flagship. Over 35 years, The Flagship stuck. Now, my son has moved out and our house is The Frigate.

Sherrilyn Ifill reminding us, "No democracy can survive if tens of millions of its citizens refuse to fight to protect it because they 'don’t do politics.'”

and your dogs. please also remember to post pictures of your dogs. even if your dogs are cats.

Being a teenager often means self-discovery, curiosity, and realizing interests. It's a lot, but libraries and specially trained teen librarians are here to help. Here are some of the roles teen librarians play that may be vital for their futures: buff.ly/RO1iBHW #Library #Libraries #Teens #Help

The death of the mid-list as a way for talented dedicated people to make a reliable middle class income … across all fields … is a calamity (and yes one attributable directly to our extractive economic systems).

For reporting, I'm looking to speak to a Black novelist whose screen adaptation has been scrapped or delayed for a long period of time. If that's you or someone you know, please email me at [email protected].

I am caregiving for my mom in Pennsylvania. My spouse is caregiving for his mom and dad in Maryland. We are exhausted. And we have two more weeks to go.

Orioles opener / May 9

Watching David Attenborough get highly deserved praised for his century is reminding me: There is no crisis of masculinity, as such. We have plenty of positive male role models in our society. They just aren’t being pushed into young men’s feeds by nihilistic ad networks and social platforms.

My son texted me this after this latest Orioles loss. Me, too, kid. Me, too.

I'm not sure why this one makes me want to weep so much, but still it does.

I feel fairly certain that reposting this ages me, but it's so good!!!

Goodnight, friends. Take care of yourselves this evening. Check in with your people. I love you.

Do you want to read The Dragon Has Some Complaints early? If only there was a way... WAIT. THERE IS.

Minneapolis celebrates spring with a parade of giant handmade socialist puppets and a festival where people row the sun across the lake. This year's Mayday festival was today, and I'm going to try to share some photos and videos (many taken by others) to try to explain it for my non-local friends.

I’m fascinated by how much effort conservatives put into pinning every death resulting from the famines caused by the great leap forward on Mao yet they don’t see how what they’re doing defunding science and aid is a nihilistic riffing on the same theme.

I doubt many people would understand how DEVASTATING this is for our country. The strides being made in research have been astounding over the last decades and we have so much to be grateful for to these researchers and scientists. How short sighted and STUPID.

This means that hundreds, if not thousands of labs all over the country will close. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. This is in defiance of Congress's will and in defiance of good stewardship of the US economy. This is entirely because Russ Vought hates science

As you may know I keep tabs on the Moms for Liberty shitbirds as a side quest, and they are currently all het up about a lib-owned brewery in WI because the owner has worked to keep them off local school boards So, good people of Bluesky, please find a way to support the Minocqua Brewing Company

Trying to care for aging parents is not for the feint of heart. Particularly in the US healthcare system.

“The Orioles shouldn’t be this bad” No, they shouldn’t, & Earl Weaver once said “you’re never as good as you look when you’re winning and you’re never as bad as you look when you’re losing”. But this is what happens when you take humans out of baseball & let computers run the entire organization.

Ok, hivemind - do I know anyone who has a connection someplace that would be a good home for this? www.snafu.org/sots/

Houston was preparing for World Cup

thank you bell hooks

Only in a group of AAU data wonks would the joke "The way you can tell the difference between Philadelphia and Boston is that Boston has Nobels" accompanied by the list of the current laureates from the 5 AAU institutions in Boston.

My next book, a practical guide for how to write for mass media, publishes four weeks from today. I hope you'll consider ordering it now, inviting me to speak, and to tell others. Here's what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said about my work. Pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Literally we spent the last six months being told private donors were paying for this thing

Stay loud. #epstein ♀️

This is very relevant to discussions about the presumed causes for a decline in public trust in higher education seemingly taken for granted in recent reports. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Not everyone who attends the WHCD is a politico or a TV news personality. There are students there who are getting scholarships. Journalism school faculty, smaller media outlets. And the hotel staff. Hoping for their safety.

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

Breaking news: Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Trump.

Happy 12th birthday, Mr Trashwheel! www.mrtrashwheel.com/earthdaybirt...

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Seasonal job available in Burlington, VT in invasive pest ecologcal genomics! The successful candidate will work with myself and @jcbnunez.bsky.social on seasonal adaptation in Drosophila susukii. #popGen #evolution #genomics 🧪🧬🖥️ Apply by April 7: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

As expected, a federal judge extended the injunction on ACTS to 200 more colleges and universities. In total, over six years, the institutions that have been granted an injunction enrolled ~28 million undergrad and grad students and received ~39 million freshman applications.

This is my oldest's constellation to a T.

It's like a bingo card for things that my body doesn't do like it should

Adley!!!!!

I am hereby suggesting this be a regular occurrence. This fucking rules.

"Tell me what it's like to live without curiosity, without awe." Letter to the Person who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America by Matthew Olzmann via @mayacpopa.bsky.social