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fascinating and huge study into the origins of stuttering I've been anxiously awaiting this @natgenet.nature.com piece from @piperbelow.bsky.social to publish! news.vumc.org/2025/07/28/l... 🧪🧬 there are clips of the researchers talking about the findings and an animated vid w/study highlights

Really excited to share…. I’m joining @wired.com (!) as a senior correspondent covering the business of AI. I start next Monday, based in SF. If you work in AI, lets grab coffee — get in touch with me via Signal @ kylie.01.

thinking about joining signal to see if i can get on hegseth's distribution chat. i have a little free time i could use to volunteer toward DoD wargames civic duty, etc

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

Cuts to a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from local farmers is affecting small farms across the country. Reporting by @stateline.org

Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple? And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone. We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

For this week’s Plugged In newsletter, I wrote about using Replit’s AI Agent to vibecode a new note-taking app called Doolee. It’s slick and full of useful features. And for now, at least, it has an audience of one: me. www.fastcompany.com/91309330/vib...

🚨NEW: NYSE OPENS. DOW DROPS ANOTHER 1000 PTS Winning.

TVA to reapply for $800M nuclear funds after Department of Energy removes 'DEI' requirement www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...

Tennessee governors and biz dev leaders have been on a years-long odyssey to woo foreign investment. Offering incentives, including training programs to cultivate a workforce in some areas. Paused, delayed investment from tariffs could be a blow to both urban and rural areas: 2024 TN ECD data

1,000+ foreign companies have invested $47 billion+ in Tennessee and employ >161,900 people, per the TN ECD. Screengrab from TN ECD shows the top countries with direct investment. France's Macron, today, asked French companies to pause investments #TNleg #nashville tnecd.com/advantages/i...

1,000+ foreign companies have invested $47 billion+ in Tennessee and employ >161,900 people, per the TN ECD. Screengrab from TN ECD shows the top countries with direct investment. France's Macron, today, asked French companies to pause investments #TNleg #nashville tnecd.com/advantages/i...

You wouldn't know tariffs are a thing if you only read #Nashville journalism. NADA on homepages. I checked. HCA - up Bridgestone - down Dollar General - up Oracle - down Tractor Supply - up Writing the reax, forward looking piece article in my head. Once a biz reporter, always a biz reporter

Goldman Sachs on current state of Republican policy making: “While we continue to think that personal and corporate tax changes that Congress is likely to pass will modestly boost growth, fiscal policy is unlikely to offset the hit from tariffs this year.”

new pharaoh just dropped.

hello ok i am awake what did i miss tell me every thing

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer

Holy shit: the weirdo running Social Security added administrative burdens to service delivery in Maine after its Governor disagreed with Trump over trans athletes. The idea that public services should be provided consistently and honestly seems beyond them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

A "clock wall” was designed to connect the old Sydney Central Station with the new Metro station, "a snapshot of an earlier technology that once ruled people’s lives."

“In a JGPR study of media and govt officials, nearly 37% reported a ‘Greatly Decreased’ interaction rate on X, while an additional 11.7% noted a general decrease. In contrast, only 5.4% of respondents observed an increase in engagement.” jgpr.net/twitter-surv...

Like she really just sounded like this. All the time.

Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group! To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @signal.org offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Learn about Signal’s identifiers:

“We can see with our own eyes how extreme heat and extreme weather are harming people’s health,” said Veena Singla, an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now. "The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money." www.politico.com/news/2025/03... 🔌💡

Resale v Retail: "add on the tariffs and the uncertainty of these supply chains that all these retailers are dealing with, and it’s almost flipping that story on its head. Resale is actually in the strongest position it’s ever been in right now.” @thredup.com's Alon Rotem trellis.net/article/tari...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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This is really completely insane

limiting housing to major roads, arterials, & highways is a massive public health nightmare air & noise pollution are associated w/ increased risk of numerous health issues: lung cancer cardiovascular disease stroke asthma COPD diabetes mental health effects ronpdavis.substack.com/p/mike-elias...

you know how i keep harping on the mayor's comp plan limiting density to arterials? this is the filter on a passivhaus over a block off MLK. the dirty one was replaced 24 february. 20 days. the white one is what it looks like brand new. due to road particulates, needs to be changed monthly.

Integrating the menstrual cycle into heart-brain research is a crucial step toward advancing sex-specific medicine and improving outcomes for female brain and body health, argues a new #ScienceAdvances Focus. #WomensHealth scim.ag/4bG8Lso

Scientists consider how age at menopause and history of hormone therapy interact with biomarkers of synaptic health (β-amyloid and tau) to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in women. #WomensHealth Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/3XJ8H5n

A special issue on #WomensHealth in #ScienceAdvances highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Learn more: scim.ag/3R59fPe (THREAD 🧵)

are we at peak volatility or can it to higher

With all of the bad legislation at the TN state leg, it can be easy to miss good bills. Here's a ray of sunshine: a bipartisan bill to provide period products free to students in TN schools. Read all about the bill, courtesy of AWAKE TN, then call or email your reps and tell them to vote yes! 🦞🦝🦝

Hahahahahaha it is not Congresswoman DeLauro who is out of touch here. I didn't even know there were people out there who hadn't encountered this meme genre yet. Do you even tiktok bro? Hell, even Scott Simon did it on @npr.org soundcloud.com/nprprogrammi...

Meme in real life

1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power. Control the infrastructure & you control everything. The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.

And the winner of the most outrageously absurd, massively uninformed and dangerous goes to…🥁 please Iowa GOP. How will @aafp.org and other primary care organizations respond?

“We could have poured our effort into making Canada [and] the U.S. the two richest, most successful, safest, most secure two countries on the planet. Unfortunately, one man, President Trump, has chosen chaos instead.” quite the live blog www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/t...

“As a result of Congress being incapable of passing meaningful reforms, the office of the presidency has expanded to the fullest extent possible. The executive branch has taken up basically all of the air in the room.” www.theverge.com/tech/607947/...

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Sometimes you start the day with @wired.com, sometimes the @economist.com. Today it's @cnbc.com to see the stocks drop hello tariffs, hello consumer tax.

“Over time, [tariffs] are a tax on goods. I mean, the tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em!” the 94-year-old Warren Buffett said with a laugh. “And then what? You always have to ask that question in economics. You always say, ‘And then what?’” www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/t... @cnbc.com

Reminder: The amount of fentanyl seized at the northern border in the most recent month was 0.03 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Patrol data. That's about a dozen jelly beans. www.cbp.gov/newsroom/sta...