Dr. David Morens - who is 78 years old and served his country for nearly 50 years - used Gmail, which he shouldn't have done. However, "[he] was stripped and handcuffed [by] a half-dozen federal agents carrying guns and wearing tactical gear [..] and jailed". www.science.org/content/arti...

NEW: The House advanced a plan to increase ICE and CBP's budget by up to $140,000,000,000 with no strings attached. Congress is one step closer to giving these lawless agencies more money to terrorize our communities — the time to be loud is now.

NEW: Maine Gov. Janet Mills has ended her Senate bid, setting up Democrat Graham Platner as the likely challenger to GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

This @carbonbrief.org explainer on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is very good. Useful for experts and novices alike. Kudos to @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org, @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org and @kerryanncleaver.bsky.social. interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress. n.pr/4edJ5XA

Starting out day with a geological pilgrimage to the Moine thrust fault. Geologists in the late 1800’s figured out that older metamorphosed rocks of the Moine Supergroup were thrust (faulted) over the younger Durness limestone #geology #scottishhighlands

It's always about the grift with the far-right

*Walmart* Walmart rolling out fast EV chargers ⚡ insideevs.com/news/794373/...

Physics-based models outperform AI weather forecasts of record-breaking extremes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling doesn’t just reshape one state’s map — it rewrites the future of voting rights in America. My new essay breaks down why this moment marks a dangerous turning point, and what comes next.

How can you accurately model the LA Basin? One way is to use measures of Rayleigh wave ellipticity. A new #SRL paper does just that. ⚒️ buff.ly/jljyilm

This is not an exaggeration. Alex Jones is allegedly bankrupt but has an infinite well of dark money to pay lawyers, sell pills, and harangue judges and the parents of dead kids. This stay must be lifted so we can take over, and I hope journalists look into where he's getting and stowing his money.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

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The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

When Rotem Sorek first heard about CRISPR, he thought it was“one of the most interesting things in biology I ever bumped into.” His newer discoveries of more bacterial immune mechanisms could shape the next generation of genome-editing tools. www.quantamagazine.org/the-ancient-...

The Supreme Court just issued their decision in the Callais case and, as we feared, they have ended the voting rights act as we know it. It’s a devastating day – – especially if you are a Black or Brown American. Here’s what happened, and what’s next.

If a strong El Niño develops in 2026 (quite likely now), the main effects on global temps will be in 2027. This is because there is historically a lag of about three months between when El Niño peaks (generally in Nov/Dec) and when the biggest effect occurs:

If you want to know what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what Kremlin says today.

the thing with Trump is you really can blame most of the current inflation directly on him and his policies (tariffs, Iran war) in a way that is not true of other presidents who have had to deal with inflation

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there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

Under 1000 days left in the Trump regime. We're getting there.

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

A study of 18,000 earthquakes during a failed 2022 Azores eruption shows that crustal faults can both guide rising magma and halt its ascent, according to a paper in Nature Communications. The magma stalled 1.6 km underground, triggering a months-long seismic swarm. go.nature.com/3QykXFf ⚒️🧪

Ok, lets have a look at this: Over the last few days a new paper in Science has led to MANY discussions in the paleo community and it appears to have breached containment into the wider world, judging by headlines and google results.

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)... • about 490,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 830,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,240,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,790,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

This is some serious sanewashing: “I think this is one more indication of the sweeping changes that the administration has in mind for the NSF,” said Gil, who works at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California.

Congress passed a budget that rejected cuts to the #NIH, NSF, NASA, DOE. However, OMB (i.e. Russel Vought) stalled in releasing funds. As of Mar 24, the NIH has only rewarded 15% of its $47B budget. PhD programs are shrinking. China & India will dominate. 🧪 universitybusiness.com/research-cut...

Some people think contrails can't form because it is hotter where planes fly....Wait for it...... because they are closer to the sun. Crickets. My debunk here www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

Geofencing: ingenious, Orwellian, constitutional? www.npr.org/2026/04/27/n...

Anyway, the point today is that China is actually implementing its climate policy, while the US becomes ever more authoritarian itself as it doubles down on fossil fuels — or, rather, precisely *because* it's doubling down on fossil fuels, science, reality, energy markets, democracy be damned. 6/6

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Progress... that word... Do you remember the time when we used to make *progress*? I long for a time when we can make progress again, in health, climate, innovation, well-being...

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More earthquakes where earthquakes "shouldn't" be--should be much, much too hot at 68 km depth in a continental interior for brittle failure (in other words, earthquakes) of the crust or mantle. But these earthquakes are clearly that deep....

History will look at how a small number of rapacious and malicious plutocrats, with the full complicity of a thoroughly corrupt and intellectually bankrupt political party, caused the epic collapse of the greatest nation on the planet.

#ecsmonday Slow earthquakes trigger more #aftershocks: Yuta Ito et al. (JP) show the shallow #tremor zone (10-20 km depth) off Iwate has significantly higher aftershock productivity than deeper zones - transient #aseismic slip induces seismicity doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120861 #paperalert

I spent yesterday measuring blocks at the spectacular Harmondsworth Great Barn near Heathrow - a rare example of a secular medieval building in London. Famous for its (mostly original) timbers, stone is an important part of its construction and something I’m currently working on #urbangeology

Quite the vibrant ruby!! Ruby is a variety of the mineral species corundum. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...

More welsh bluebells to bring some beauty and serenity to your timeline.

Dear @trahan.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @sethmoulton.bsky.social @rikleen.bsky.social please fight this 👇 like our future depends on nixing it 🧪⚒️

The springtime leaf flush brightens the Wye Valley in patches of yellow and green. I particularly love how the vivid electric green of the beech trees illuminate every corner of the forest.

Recommended read: The New York Times obtained the “secret memos” behind the US supreme court’s decision in 2016 to block the Obama administration’s clean-power plan.

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 article speaks for itself - another huge blow to US science thehill.com/policy/energ...

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.