SCIENCE FIGHTERS! We need YOU to rally with us on March 7th in Washington D.C. or at your local rally! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to learn more! #March7 #rally #standupforscience #science #savescience

The overall fundraiser is over $150k, and y'all have contributed more than $1000 for me to match (+follows/reposts)! Let's keep it going; this weekend, sign up for a membership with or make a donation to The 51st (any amount!) - and I'll match it *and* send $50 to a food bank of your choice.

Should you trim your cuticles? How do you cut a hangnail? Is it better to use a cardboard or crystal file? Dermatologists and a nail technician share basic nail health tips.

What a lovely garden this was to sit in and sketch! (maybe I overdid the twiddly bits). There were two friendly white poodles wandering around and if you zoom in you'll see one of them sitting on the circular seat along with another sketcher. #watercolour #Indianink #poodle #garden #enpleinair

BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website. The government doesn't get to censor science.

Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...

The 1960’s Dutch folding bicycle!

More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students and had other safety issues, the federal Transportation Department said. https://to.pbs.org/4qFiDsl

X's algorithm is in fact doing what you think it's doing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Canada passed a new law (Bill C-3) last year that adds some extra options on top of our birthright thing. "Bill C-3’s retroactive provision now allows for citizenship to flow beyond the first generation ... provided there is an original anchor (an ancestor who was a Canadian citizen)."

"the D.C. National Guard is on track to spend more than $602 million per year on the deployment — a sum slightly larger than the operating 2026 budget for the Metropolitan Police Department, which employs about 4,900 officers"

Walking on Capitol Hill WDC ran into a robing flock feasting on holly berries.

i have seen yarn shops I've followed for years posting this week about getting massive new shipments of red yarn

I'm cheating today by posting something from a much better photographer than me. Last week, I went to see a Lee Miller exhibition in London. This is 'The Eyes of Sibiu', and was taken in Romania in 1947. Miller saw it as a commentary on the surveillance state. #Photography #FensterFreitag #History

Join Climate at the National Academies for the 50th #ClimateConversation featuring two dynamic discussions about the science information landscape and local climate action across the DMV. Register now: https://ow.ly/pcCe50XSZ3C#ClimateConversation

Tonight in DC, hundreds of people came together to remember and mourn Alex Pretti. One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)

Let's be clear about what's happening here: this is an escalation in unconstitutional federal repression of Minnesotans for exercising their rights. Cowardly federal agents are hiding from the cameras for a reason: what they're doing is utterly shameful.

"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it." — Edith Wharton, born on this day in 1862

Cloudy horizon below a clear blue sky as sun set casts orange pink and purple glow on those clouds.

RFK Jr believes that the scientists and doctors he’s going to be in charge of have been lying about HIV causing AIDS because Fauci was bribing them.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

01/19/2026- Auroras INCOMING 🔭🧪 📍Virginia, USA; east of Shenandoah National Park

What to do if the Gestapo (=ICE Border Patrol) knocks at the door of your home open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

What to do if you are stopped on the street or in a public area by the Gestapo (= ICE Border Patrol) #ICE. #BorderPatrol #ICEAndBorderPatrolAreTheNewGestapo open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

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I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities. Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness. 1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.

We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them. ☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.

Whoa … this is really strange. Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone. 🎁 link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

This is an American patriot.

First snow in DC!

What at NGA now that they reopened? “The stars we do not see” www.nga.gov/exhibitions/...

Something to consider

We can celebrate with out them

If you didn’t know or even if you do this is an interesting analysis of how we subsidize suburban sprawl.

The House is voting today on two bills that will put hard-fought reforms to DC’s justice system in the crosshairs. But what happens in DC doesn’t stay here. When it’s DC today, it’s always America tomorrow. We can stop it right here, right now. #FreeDC

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.

#Inside the Rijksmuseum Library in Amsterdam. A sanctuary of light, color, and knowledge. This space feels like stepping into the architecture of wisdom itself. A moment of stillness amid centuries of curiosity and creation. #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow

Trump's deployment of the National Guard in DC is wasteful, unlawful — and it could drag on for another year if we don't work to end it. On Friday, DC's lawsuit against Trump will have its first hearing. Join us to make it clear DC wants the Guard out of our communities. FreeDCproject.org/10-24

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

On a bright September afternoon, a small cluster of people held up anti-Trump signs near the Van Ness Metro, as they have each Thursday afternoon since the spring.

Melted away! Another interesting art event on the mall in Washington DC with @hcrichardson.bsky.social letters from an American as poetry! meltedaway.com

birdcast.info/migration-to... Lights out this week on the USA east coast and draw the curtains to reduce light pollution that distracts and confuses migrating birds.

In my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, we were required to memorize this, “The True Gentleman.” Back then it was just a thing we did, but now it hits differently, and is needed in today’s men