Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

Travis Kelce looks like a big dog who’s scared to walk by the cat

Now that teaching is behind me, I feel I’ve earned the right to brag. I taught two new-to-me courses back to back this year. The second course, statistical mechanics at the senior level, I taught with my own course prep WHILE managing 1st trimester pregnancy symptoms, and student evals are glowing 😊

Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁 @carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️ ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk

she can open drawers now

Stars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research. Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".

The three largest RAM manufacturers in the world are being sued for allegedly working together to fix the supply and price of memory, leading to the recent surge in price for consumers. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-man...

some of the goofiest comments online are from people trying to gatekeep a whole state or whatever. Someone will say “Oregon is so beautiful I’m thinking about moving there”, and 15 people will reply “no, we’re full” okayy? they’re not asking to live in your guest room

scared of babies

shout out to my republic’s strongest soldiers, lesbian activists 💪

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

Am I crazy to be writing an NSF proposal when they aren’t giving any grants right now? But I’m getting close to having to close down my lab, which is so sad I feel that I have to do something

As a science communicator I often emphasize that stories are more impactful than facts. But stories have to be true. Spreading misinformation isn’t activism. AI imagery is only half the issue. That’s the challenge with content farms; some of what they post is right. But it’s not enough to keep them.

Trying something a little different at Blood in the Machine this week, something that no one has ever attempted or thought of before: A podcast. The idea is to document the vital and widening resistance to big tech and AI, and give the mic to the voices behind it.

It's a Calico thing I think

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new radio telescope just dropped (she’s ok and recovering well)

A travesty. Springer Nature offloads SciAm—the most storied science magazine in the US—onto a content mill consortium, LabX, during an almost certainly successful union vote. LabX now says it will lay off 15 people, over 1/3rd of the unit and 60% of the bargaining committee. Pure union busting.

“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” - ChatGPT

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

Dan is my husband, as well as a phenomenal science reporter and editor with experience at not just SciAm but NatGeo, USAT, BuzzFeed, and Science News, too (and has a background in aerospace engineering to boot). You should definitely hire him. I don't know anyone who hustles more to get a story.

Today the Court only issued a decision in case number 4: Blanche v. Lau. A 6-3 decision declares that green card holders returning from trips abroad may be deemed "applicants for admission" in some situations, despite their permanent resident status, via a rapid decision by a frontline CBP official.

Alex Reisner has found four giant data sets of songs—totaling more than 20 million tracks—available to companies training AI music-generation tools. Search for an artist or song in the data sets:

FUCK

The Oregon Coast is magical.

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...

🎥 Black Space Week 2026 — Video 3 of the AAS Journals series! Kayla Smith (University of Arizona) discusses new brown dwarf evolution models showing that clouds and deuterium burning can extend habitable conditions for orbiting planets far longer than previously thought. 🔭 📺 youtu.be/yRLSJvFA_5I

“Reevaluating every research grant w/ a political lens each time a new party is in power could end America’s scientific progress and leadership.” China now leads R&D investment. The EU courts US scientists w/ promises of stability that is lacking here. The threat is real. 🧪 archive.today/5T64n

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"Because faculty no longer control the curriculum, Texas A&M is quickly becoming an institution of dead dogmas." - Martin Peterson His full resignation letter below. Hear from him directly at our next Resistance Salon - June 24 @ 12pm ET. Register 👇 www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” ― James Baldwin

This is what it’s like to read research statements in grad school applications these days. Gives applicants an easy way to stand out: write your own stuff!

‘Something is broken in price discovery when companies with negative earnings keep outperforming companies with positive earnings.’ www.apollo.com/wealth/the-d...

attempted to interview a dutch tourist this morning before the walk, asked his name and he pointed to the "Jansen" on the back of his jersey. he cut off the interview and goes "i'm sorry i can't do this, i had too many beers last night" and gave me a hug

"The Trump administration detained a Colombian immigrant this week in Phoenix after he spoke out against a Trump-endorsed candidate in his home country’s upcoming presidential election." via @followthelede.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

These jellyfish larvae: * . * . * . * . * * . * . * * . *

Waking up to a snail message in the window this morning like

hi from Edinburgh!

cackling as I finally set up my out of office message, vacation at last!! If you need me, don’t!

This is probably the most traditional possible behavior for the family of a pope.

the hotel btw

Best conference hotel view ever 😱😱😱

The American Chemical Society's magazine, C&EN, says that the Iran war has taken about a third of the world's helium off the market. Helium is needed to keep magnetic resonance scanners cool and to make semiconductors. Prices are going up.

wait do people not have this post committed to memory like I do? bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Watching the game via posts and the noises my husband is making in the living room

how many sesame balls is okay to eat in a sitting, do u think

My second-favorite office plant died while I was out sick 😭