In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

If you have a James Watson story you'd like to share with me, DM me here or msg me on signal, dsamorod.25

It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.

That sucks ass but I find succor in Jacob Frey being miserable for another four years.

It only ratchets one way — until the fear-mongering hate and consultant-class grift are called out for what they are.

Waterfall in Fall Creek Gorge, Ithaca, NY

Remembering fondly how there used to be a really nice park at the foot of the Sabo Bridge, and a nice green space parkway on Franklin and Cedar. But, literally because Jacob Frey is a huge asshole, neither of those things are available anymore. What kind of mayor takes nice things away?

Jacob Frey being a miserable asshole with a palpable disdain for his own constituents is a perfectly good reason to vote him out. That attitude permeates his policies.

@boneshakerbooks.bsky.social is looking so good at 26th and lyndale 🌟 open now, go check it out!!!

See also the non-stop histrionics about there being more than two sexes, or sex being a spectrum, or similar, because to them it implicitly gives people permission to be trans (even if the two concepts really have nothing to do with each other).

the posture brothers

Come join me, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and @maddiebender.bsky.social on October 24, for a virtual session discussing “How Worker-Owned Media Outlets Can Work.” It’s one of a bunch of events kicking off the national Science Writers meeting! #SciWri25 sciencewriters2025.org

clocking in at the Maine Guy Tattoo Takes Factory, hope you all had a good shift, take it easy now

It's pub day!! The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2025 is out. I'm thrilled to appear with @sequencermag.bsky.social alongside many talented writers whose work I revere. Including the pieces in this anthology Get a copy from an indie store to support the series bookshop.org/a/114150/978...

more and more people are coming to minnesota for reproductive or gender-affirming care. i talked to some of the pilots who can help 'em get here.

when I was a junior in high school, NY held a state-wide contest for one of these kinds of things. I came in first across the state by spending all my fake money on Apple and Google stocks and then forgetting about the project until it was over. got invited to albany and everything (I didn't go)

unearthed video from a 2017 candidate forum, since we’ve previously only had a screenshot of his tweet making this promise: jacob frey says he will end homelessness in 5 years

Shout out to the one guy with the Trump/Vance sign overlooking the Minneapolis No Kings protest

Genetics has no place in understanding human behavior and anyone who is trying to do it is has retrograde ulterior motives

people claim that bsky doesn't have the juice but here is an asshole going online and baring his big shiny red ass unprompted, a hallmark of good social media

With a major influx of new people on here, guess it's time to re-share and update my starter pack of researchers working on scientific racism. If you know of any scientists, historians, journalists, or anyone else working this beat that aren't already included, please let me know so I can add them!

To support Boneshaker's big move, follow their link for financial donations and also divert any donations intended for us and bring them to any of our other drop spots! ❤️ Arbeiter Brewing ❤️ b Resale ❤️ Duck Duck Coffee ❤️ Modist Brewing

greatest city on earth exhibit #5,298

I don't think it's unfair to say that people who say things like this should not be allowed to show their face in polite society.

non fiction writing is the art of having great ideas and terrible writing, fiction writing is the art of having terrible ideas and also often terrible writing

Yes that's right, your skull could sit on Boneshaker's shelves if you give us five hundr--*touches finger to ear* I'm being told I misspoke just now

KEEP BONESHAKER MOVIN'!!!!

We're within $500 of hitting our goal! Who's going to put us over the top?

the best fiction is written by people who have lived other, full lives before becoming authors and therefore no one under the age of 40 should write fiction

man that's rough

The real tell of a good editor is when they consult a lawyer on behalf of the publication after reading your work.

Acts of simple sabotage, multiplied by thousands of citizen- saboteurs, can be an effective weapon against the enemy.

business journalism

CNN CHYRON: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 1946-2025: A NATION MOURNS TAPPER: breaking news that has stunned and saddened america tonight, ("celebration" by kool & the gang faintly audible from the street below)

89F on Oct 4 in Minnesota, googling 'is climate change real'

This bookstore is fucking awesome! Donate if you've got the money! (Also, postcard for only $5!)

Helping with this volunteer-run bookstore has made me lifelong friendships, connected me with multiple intersecting communities within and without the Twin Cities, and scored reporting tips. We're always on the lookout for new volunteers. Email us at volunteering at boneshakerbooks dot com!

BONESHAKER BOOKS IS MOVING! And we need your help! After 14 years the stalwart volunteer-run bookstore @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social is moving from Seward to Uptown* and has a fundraiser to get us across town. Perks include prints, totes, and your name on the wall! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Give Boneshaker $150 and we'll put your name on the wall, and also what the heck I'll throw in a free handshake from yours truly! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

putting my name on the wall of Boneshaker let's goooooo

BONESHAKER BOOKS IS MOVING to Lyndale! It's Day TWO of our fundraiser and we're more than 50% of the way to our goal! By the way, any money we raise over our goal will go directly into improvements to the store! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

We are SO CLOSE to $6000! Can YOU be the one to push us over the edge???

The rumors are true: Boneshaker is headed to a new location! We need your help to dig up our bones and move on over to 26th and Lyndale. We're hoping to raise $15,000 total, $6k of that by 10/17. Learn more at bit.ly/boneshakermove and thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!

GET! IN! HERE!!!!!!

Could the Wedge be getting a bookstore? Boneshaker books plans to move from Seward to the old Common Roots building at 708 W 26th Street. They need to raise $6,000 by 10/17 to make it happen. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

$2000 IN AN HOUR! Do you want a cute little bookstore next to a cute little restaurant? There will literally be a door from Boneshaker into Dream State, the new restaurant from the people who brought you Reverie! MORE! MORE!! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

check out the things on offer for donating! Great incentives to donate to a great cause!

NEWS: Boneshaker Books is moving! And we need your help to pull it off! We are looking to raise $15,000 to get us there and set up. $6,000 of that needs to be raised by 10/17. Please share! Radical bookstores forever! @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

After the Hegseth...thing, Trump is back in the White House announcing a Pfizer/Most Favored Nation drug pricing scheme of some kind, where Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is doing some significant sucking up to Trump and the admin.