Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.

This is critically important. Without it, the internet as we know it ceases to exist.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you're planning on recording federal agents, turn biometrics off on your phone and opt for long passwords instead, EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social. thefulcrum.us/civic-engag...

@schumer.senate.gov instead of making new laws why don't y'all try to enforce the ones we already have?

On the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, we remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives and honor their courage, curiosity, and commitment to exploration. Credit: NASA Read more: www.seti.org/news/remembe...

New study finds that emphasizing collective efficacy (people's ability to catalyze large-scale change) is very effective in catalyzing behavioural change. As you can see from my pinned post, I'm a big fan of simple messages that can mobilize public support for climate action!

This needs to happen at the very least

Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

"Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, both of Las Cuevas, Trinidad, were returning to Trinidad from Venezuela when they and four other people were killed in the strike."

ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city. The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis. radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

He's lecturing everyone on the consequences of actions but fails to recognize the consequences of their actions lmao. When the people, state gov, and local gov all don't want you there, maybe listen?!

Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...

I sure hope this is wrong but it's better to understand potential strategies they could employ.

If you think ICE is heading to your town, start organizing now. We had a lot of the infrastructure but still have taught so many people things they’ve never had to learn before, about community, mutual aid, etc. I just connected two people yesterday! It’s growing. You could have a head start.

github.com/yunginnanet/... R.I.P. yunginnanet

Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.

LMAO, straight from Jack Smith's report.

I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them. But this one hit today. And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon. fascism wrapped in our own flag

They're serving fake "ICE" warrants, know your paperwork.

I've really been enjoying the `devenv` tools for `nix` environments. I've also made it so that AI agents for projects by default must use the `devenv` environment. It's not hardened or anything, but it is nice to be able to destroy environments safely on demand.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

An powerful opinion piece penned by #NIH scientists w/50 yrs of experience in collective civil service. They resigned from their positions recently. They witnessed hypocrisy about speech & freedom in academic research. Early career scientists find their futures in jeopardy. 🧪 archive.today/CGco1

I was really looking forward to this mission…

Make it viral.

science facts that look like shit posts

Does anyone know if there is an explanation for what `jj` does without using the `git` backend? I'd honestly love to read more about it to understand.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos

Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.

This is us.

Hangry..

Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers. My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.

Brett Goldstein at Vanderbilt stumbled across a cache of documents on how the Chinese government is using AI social media manipulation to undermine American democracy I’m not sure how this hasn’t been bigger news www.vanderbilt.edu/national-sec...

They just killed NHANES. Every US public health student learns about this study. It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.

People using AI and dumping code at breakneck pace and I'm stuck reviewing it for inconsistencies. What happened to understanding the system? I'm not against AI as I use it myself but dumping unreviewed generated code onto peers is not the way. Maybe I'm too old. 100 LoC and 3 easy to catch issues.

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

generating ai content to model physical products like clothing feels like false advertising… I have opinions…

Maybe not enough material for a show, perhaps a b-side, but curious to learn where rust has not been a good fit for the problems oxide solves? Saying this as someone that doesn't get to write as much rust in their day-to-day as they'd like. @ahl.bsky.social @bcantrill.bsky.social

Did not expect catholic priests to be an oreily book animal lmao

This story isn't going away. The Nichi Bei News has posted a web version of its coverage of my June 22 talk on "What Japanese American Wartime Incarceration Tells Us About Mass Deportation Today:" www.nichibei.org/2025/08/what...

This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.

One more #FedWorkerFriday post. Dr Daniel Jernigan addressing a crowd near CDC on Aug 28, 2025. He resigned 8/8/2025 as CDC's director of National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. CDC staff will miss his expertise. We are excited to work with him to #savepublichealth & #saveCDC.

Using jj at new job on the regular and confused myself when default behavior of jj log ignored immutable commits… I am not sure how I feel about that tbh, but overall jj has been wonderful

"Gay people cause growth"

age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends

Check out this new GLAAD explainer for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more about LinkedIn’s recent removal of its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate. www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...