I've been a bit quiet the last two weeks. Caught the classic early autumn community cold, and, well, a break's not so bad now and again. But today's thread's about something you're probably already aware of—it's the 50th anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.

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It's like Chuck Schumer wakes up every day by asking "what can I do to make young people despise my party even more?"

This is a really remarkable piece of writing and in its particulars it describes so, so many people

I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college: “What did Watson and Crick discover?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”

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shout out chicago.

Today seems like a good day… well, full stop, really. But also a good day to learn about the Project for the New American Century and how its architects will all burn in hell for eternity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other. It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

This story is detailing EXACTLY why we need to socialize healthcare in this country. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Single points of failure (like this) are generally frowned upon.

you have the right to not hang out with assholes. you deserve not to hang out with assholes. you are under 0 obligation to socially interact with assholes in your free time. it is truly terrible that our culture tricked so many people into thinking that they’re obliged to be friends with assholes!

Seen in Chicago

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇 (Published Dec. 2024)

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Screaming resumes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

QUEEN GERTRUDE (places her hand on HALL’s chest) Stay, you lion-maned pair, tell me Of your distant City of Brotherly Love, That we may, as they say, get to know The heft and measure of each other’s thoughts. HALL I can’t go for that. OATES No can do.

Chiles vs Salazar: US Supreme Court case to determine future of conversion therapy bans https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/chiles-v-salazar-us-supreme-court/?utm_content=1759987200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

AKA "we can't do our cash grab scheme if we do this ethically"

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city. They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

“Even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing” Don't lose hope. Also, send Musk and Trump into space on a one-way ticket. 😍

Read the entire statement about the EF5 upgrade (linked below). EF5s are, by definition, rare and extraordinary events requiring extraordinary evidence and extra scrutiny. Science doesn’t always operate on social media-friendly time scales. It’s better to have the rating be accurate than fast.

And everywhere else please

CW heartbreak abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

yes please

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I grew up in Grand Blanc. Not even sure what to think right now. apnews.com/article/morm...

Since returning to office, the Trump admin has cut lifesaving federal science programs, medical research &grants. The AAUP and AFT launched a campaign to halt these cuts and continue the longstanding bipartisan commitment to funding scientific research that saves & improves the lives of Americans.

Knew there was a reason I've been suspicious of this site. Part of that comes from how it seems to have come out of nowhere and now my news algorithms are constantly pushing articles from the site. Part of it . . . #paythevalueofthelabor

Where is the Jimmy Kimmel support network energy for the thousands of people who have been silenced for political critique in America?

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Get out of my kitchen

And remember, the reason he wanted separate vaccines wasn't due to any science, but because *he'd filed a patent application for a single measles vaccine*. It was just grifting.

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

jimmy kimmels time slot replaced with reruns of jimmy fallon playfully ruffling trumps hair

Personally, I support classes going off the rails in manners such as this.

While you're not wrong,

I can't think of a better one than this. But another standout to me is Jean-Luc Picard saying "Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of how you justify it."

This video shows how the seismic waves from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Russia were detected by seismometers across North America. (Animation from @earthscope.org) 🧪

Something that being a scientist, a skeptic, or hell even a progressive, teaches you is to embrace subtlety. Context. Not everything is black/white, left/right, binary. But media has hammered "it's either this or that" for so long I'm not sure they can even understand nuance any more.

You know what the Texas National Guard is gonna love? Midwestern winter.

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