@neillyleftistcook.bsky.social I watched your long long essay on Irishness. I have many Irish American and American Irish friends who could benefit from your essay, right @greally.bsky.social ? But real or not, these kind of stories about Amerindigenous and IndigenIrish folks always feel good

From NASA NASA's Dragonfly will explore Titan – a moon with rivers, dunes, and a thick atmosphere – unlike anywhere we've ever visited. Join us July 16 at 2pm ET for a behind-the-scenes look at the mission. Bring your questions & set a reminder here: youtube.com/live/nQeXWoP...

I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.

1/ I looked at 20 years of Supreme Court decisions and found that for the first time, all nine justices decided more cases by secret ballot — aka the “shadow docket” — than it did for cases argued in open court last term. 🧵:

Scary situation tonight as Super #Typhoon #BAVI swallows the tiny Island of Rota just north of #Guam. The 3D view shows how immense the 180 mph storm is compared to the islands in the path. 2000 people live there. Let’s hope they were able to protect themselves from this behemoth! 🙏

The Northern Mariana Islands brace for Super Typhoon Bavi, forecasted to hit as a Category 5, raising significant safety concerns for residents. www.nminewsservice.com/bavi-categor...

🌿📚 More than 64 million pages of biodiversity knowledge are freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library. As funding challenges put its future at risk, the Internet Archive is proud to help preserve this invaluable resource. 🌎 Learn more 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Roberts Court likes to think of itself as originalist—but its recent overturning of a 90-year-old decision shows “a distinctly modern and stilted understanding of the separation of powers,” George Thomas argues:

Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...

Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)

Some Bham.

Statistically, which is the best Mario Kart Deluxe kart combo out of all 703,560 possible customisations? Now this is data science! (&TLDR Peach, Teddy Buggy, Roller Tires, Cloud Glider :) www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-m...

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

Paris, 2015 - world leaders pose for the cameras, pledging to keep global warming below 1.5C. Paris, 2026 - 40C heat in June as the world passes 1.5C, with 2C now inevitable & 3C & 4C likely in our children’s lifetimes. The greatest failure in the history of our species.

currently reading a whole bunch of petitions and editorials from black americans of the revolutionary era and it is so striking (and frankly inspiring) to see how the ink wasn't even dry on the declaration before black americans were demanding that the patriots live up to their stated ideals

Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social

Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.

Aw, a cute little fossil croc with soft tissue preservation!

The Oregon Coast is magical.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Attn: @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy and @paramountplusbr.bsky.social + How great to see a network with this courage!

"I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"

The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." - David Graeber.

Delete time zones.

I've seen some Portland love here lately and I just want to add to that. Oregon is the best.

I'll tell you what this is...it ain't good.

New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind

eating in mexico as a european has gotta be like hearing music for the first time

Sometimes big numbers can pass you by but this is mind-blowing. 'An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long and 7km (four miles) deep has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Some of the remains are 5.3 million years old.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard. The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.

Japanese Gardens, Portland, Oregon

Welcome to the greatest city on Earth. Here are some tips and tricks for how to get around and make the most of your time here. Learn more at nyctourism.com.

On purpose

Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines carried 4.8 million riders in April—a 44% increase above March, after Link Line 2 was extended to connect Seattle & Bellevue across Lake Washington. Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines are now the most-ridden in the nation, above LA, Boston, or San Diego.

Binge LIFE UNEARTHED on PBS, Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video. www.pbs.org/show/life-un...

On the road.

The Trump administration is revoking proposed regulations for most PFAS, even as researchers uncover links between exposure and weakened immunity, cancer, and pregnancy complications.

If you lost your stuffed hedgehog at the Sunset Rest Area off of Route 26 between Cannon Beach and Portland... it awaits your return on the little bridge at the back.

Puerto Rico's governor has announced a state of emergency following critical coastal erosion along the U.S. territory's north coast.

What if taxing the rich works?

Massachusetts is now the first state to certify a rideshare driver union after granting Lyft and Uber drivers' collective bargaining rights. This is the largest new private-sector union in over 85 years. 70,000 workers are now represented by the App Drivers Union.

In the Sierra Nevada Range.

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

Our FEMA finale is live! I speak with Cameron Hamilton, Trump's new nominee to run FEMA. He called us this week to ask me to delay the release of this episode so that it wouldn't draw too much attention ahead of his senate confirmation hearing. I said no. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Bodie, California. . Houses, saloons, saw mills, churches, brothels, fire stations, barber shops...all slowly rotting away at 8,379 feet above sea level. Once an equal to then-San Francisco, Bodie exists now as a museum documenting the period of a violent, settler-fueled free-for-all.

Eastern California.

Found me a new production assistant out here in Eastern California. This is Bya.

It has to start in the states.

From the National Air & Space Museum: At only 16, MiMi Aung immigrated alone to the U.S. in pursuit of education. She went on to become the lead engineer on Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which was delivered to the surface of the Red Planet by Mars rover Perseverance in 2021. #AAPIHeritageMonth

Mobile-Tensaw River Delta