Am I the only one who missed this? Was there any coverage? www.youtube.com/shorts/C-Ykx...

The National Academy of Sciences was granted a charter by Congress in 1863 to provide the government with independent, objective advice on science and technology. www.science.org/content/arti...

As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead in seeing farther ahead--Holden Thorpe www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The sky offered up trans colors tonight. I’m taking it as a sign of support from the universe.

ABC is said to be airing a memorial to Charlie Kirk tonight in the Jimmy Kimmel Live time slot. BOYCOTT!!

Cancelling Disney+ and boycotting Target are excellent. But nothing will do more than what we can do together. Join a union. Solidarity is the power we really have as individuals. Nothing could be weaker than the feeble might of one. It’s the union makes us strong. @cornellaaup.bsky.social

A chemist I know used to say 'oil is so useful for so many things, it's insane that we burn it as fuel.' Likewise, there are such important things that we can and should be trying to do with advanced algorithmic models, (like this! 👇), that it's insane we're burning the earth for chat bots...

This Substack has contact info for Roger Iger, head f Disney. Be polite but cancel, and don’t forget you are never returning to Disneyland. Y,all know what to do. open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...

Coates just doesn't miss. He doesn't. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Surprising decision for Mattel to choose a Mexican American doll as their 2026 doll of the year, an interesting note on where they think the market is www.americangirl.com/products/raq...

So a Fox news host says THIS. Why hasn't FOX fired him. Why isn't he arrested for inciting violence? What kind of apology is that? Not ALL homeless deserve to be killed? But others do?

2 day oold piping plover. A little Sunday fluff.

Kirk was working in the same tradition as evangelical preachers like William Bell Riley in the 1930s. They were professional anti-evolution debaters who would use cheap tricks to humiliate unwary biology professors who showed up to debate them in front of stacked audiences.

If parents ask me about whether or not they should let their kids read/watch Harry Potter (bc JK Rowling is a transphobe), I say "Well, if she said 'Black men were hiding in bathrooms, waiting to rape women & children,' would you give your kids Harry Potter? Bc JK says that about trans ppl."

One-way cancel culture. Who was fired for celebratingt he attack on Paul Pelosi or saying untrue things about him? They can give it but they can't take it. www.wired.com/story/charli...

Yes. She is right. www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-no...

Take a break from political assassination stories and read some interesting science that also matters. sterlinga.substack.com/p/catching-u...

The fact that Trump is ordering flags at half-mast when he didn't do it for the lady in MN is *really* fucking weird and abhorrent and speaks goddamn volumes also that he forgot they'll be lowered tomorrow for 9/11 anyway but that's neither here nor there

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Strongly recommend Joan Scott's piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

Interested in the history of Intersex Activism in the US? Here is a link to an early video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sf7...

"The risk level for transgender youth has sharply escalated in several states, with this month marking one of the most dangerous increases in years. The surge stems largely from mass compliance with Trump’s executive orders targeting gender-affirming care." www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans...

I have to admit: never in my 8 decades did I expect to be citing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences for a stalwart defense of science. Galileo! Better late than never. www.pas.va/en/events/20...

The plan is simple: disappear the homeless, put immigrnts in gulags, let people die for want of vaccinations and other public health measures, let people starve and now, let the country burn.. wapo.st/3UWS2ts

“Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters. One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.” DHS did this as flames actively raged. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

MY NEW BOOK OUT TODAY!! @johannamellis.bsky.social @nassh1972.bsky.social @nasssbsky.bsky.social @wisean.bsky.social @coramccloy12.bsky.social @hdichter.bsky.social @pjvazel.bsky.social @birdlady.bsky.social @k8henne.bsky.social @s-itani.bsky.social

The lesson: leave the older, wiser fish alone! www.science.org/content/arti...

1/2 From the American Council of Learned Societies "Scholars and scientists start with evidence—a worm-eaten page in an archive, an artifact found in an archaeological dig, a book written in a rarely studied language, and all sorts of familiar objects and texts ."

I Get By with a little kelp from my friends! Killer whales exfoliate each other with home-made scrubbers Kelp ‘loofahs’ might be first example of toolmaking by marine mammals. Nature, JUNE 26, 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7G...

1/3 How does a plant accomodate multiple ant partners? Here's some data. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... In Mutualistic relationships between ants and plants the ants often supply the plants with nutrients, while the plants provide structures suitable for ant nests.

Stop the #genocide www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#mentorship #diversity #blackteachers wordinblack.com/2025/08/why-...

#race and #globalwarming wordinblack.com/2025/08/scor...

“My name is Braedon Peluso from the United States. If you’re seeing this video, we have been intercepted at sea and I’ve been kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces of a country complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.”

BREAKING: Israeli Forces Intercept Gaza Aid Flotilla and Take 20 Crew Members Captive The ‘Handala’ is the third aid flotilla ship attacked in the last year, as Israel continues to starve 2 million Palestinians. — @premthakker.bsky.social reports. READ: zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...

"In a new visual investigation, the Guardian has examined these food points. Since May, more than 1,000 people have died while seeking aid from the centres and other humanitarian convoys, according to the UN." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Israel is deliberately starving the Palestinian people. How can we NOT call this genocide. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Last hired first fired is still true. In science and elsewhere. www.science.org/content/arti... #DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation

Returning to an earlier moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvC4...

An exciting new publication on gender/sex in child development open.substack.com/pub/sterling...

Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay nursingclio.org/2025/07/16/o...

Thanks to @sapiens.org for hosting @anthrofuentes.bsky.social at today's webinar. Really brilliant to have a 30-minute book-focused discussion, in this case, with @chipcolwell.bsky.social, around Dr. Fuentes' excellent book Sex is a Spectrum from @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Anthropology #gender