Texas A&M bans woke, radical teachings of Greek philosopher Plato www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n... Of all the headlines I've seen regarding this story, this one best encapsulates the absurdity of it. Isn’t it interesting how those decrying censorship take censorship to new heights? Ffs. Fools.

Bonne année!

This case has disturbed me to the core from the early days. Cruel political points. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I wonder what measures they took to make sure they weren't introducing invasive species to the area. It would have been helpful to have that mentioned, or at least acknowledged, in the article. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... 🥶

www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n... The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.

It must be winter: first batch of vegan mince pies.

Part of what is fascinating about the print history of Maclise's book is that American editions removed the Black model and swapped him for a European one. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #histmed #racism

This is just the latest of so many headlines. I really didn’t have it on my bingo card for this year that the UK would turn so emphatically into an unsafe place for trans women. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #TransWomenAreWomen

This is what happens when a well known antivaxxer becomes the secretary of health

How many people around the world will die because of RFK? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

I challenge anyone who is "pro-life" to tell me how the preventable death of Tierra Walker was in any way acceptable. Harrowing read. Shame. www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...

Yikes yikes yikes 😟

We (those of us in rich global north countries) rarely consider the impact of our daily lives on others around the world. Many of our habits are detrimental to global health. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

For Ante Padjen. Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins. www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...

Well, I guess this was an obvious outcome, but seriously. 🤔🤨🙄🤬 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...

What a beautiful thing, April Ager-White's library. I cannot begin to comprehend the hate in someone who would destroy it. Source: CBC search.app/G4RE5

Gee, who'd have thunk it? theconversation.com/infant-morta... "Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class." [And that data won't be collected under this admin.]

"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?" Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence. More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..." Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Seriously? Lol. You’re always so disappointed with nominees you helped into power, nominees who clearly were never fit for the job. You’re complicit. You lacked strength and courage and have aided the destruction of our country. www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...

This is not surprising, but it is gut-wrenching and terrifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“A group of chimpanzees … have been … putting grass in their ears and sticks up their bum for fashion purposes. Scientists … think that one … chimp started the trend and, instead of the … gang going, “mate, you look like an idiot”, they … followed suit." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yup. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I think about this quote a lot...

These guys really don't care about security, do they? www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

"The ability to rapidly design, produce and deploy medical countermeasures is as vital to our defense as any military capability. Adversaries who invest in this technology will be able to respond faster to outbreaks, protecting their populations sooner than we can." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

The onslaught is unrelenting, but we cannot look away or allow ourselves to be numbed. The erosion of standards, the erosion of protections, the erosion of credibility: none of this is okay, none of this is normal. www.bbc.com/news/article...

There is nothing “woke” about looking out for each other in an interdependent world And that is why global health matters My new piece in @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

The attack on competence continues? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat

Criminal. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/o...

Cruel irony? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...

The cost of this administration’s vindictiveness, its reckless and willful incompetence, will extend far beyond numbers. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Wtf ? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is not going to end well. Irresponsibility, recklessness, with global consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It's been widely noted that today marks the 75th anniversary of Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" speech. Then, as now, most senators were too scared to stand up, but I would leave the comparison there. If you have not read her speech, do so. www.senate.gov/artandhistor...

This list is going to be the topic of some interesting research in the future. Or perhaps even in the present. pen.org/banned-words...

Amazing exhibition, "Unfolding time", at the Lambeth Palace Library. Pity I couldn't get there in person, but this digital guide makes for relatively satisfying vicarious enjoyment (the digitised folding calendars are just wow!): my.matterport.com/show/?m=gZHe...

Hibernaculum for picnic tables?

Well, this woodpecker is enjoying a bright and crisp morning on the mountain.

The world might be full of unthinkable horrors, but her snore, her purr, just the sight of this wee cat brings a smile to my face.

Ffs. Of course Golden the dino MAGAdem voted for the SAVE Act. Voter fraud is not a problem in the US. This is about one thing: disenfranchisement. This is going to hurt a lot of Mainers. People living on the edge don't have the time or $ to get documents b/c they're spending every moment surviving.

This is some next level BS. From the proclamation of 3 April 2025, for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...