“They are all lying… and dishonest people” — Kristi Noem threatens to double down on Portland & Chicago

Can AI and robotics help us in many ways? I am not a Luddite — I believe they can. But we must make sure these new technologies benefit all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed in Fox News. Let’s start the debate.

Startup Reflect Orbital aims to power solar farms at night by reflecting sunlight from about 4,000 satellites, has recently requested a license for a 2026 demo. But astronomers warn the bright objects could be “ruinous” to vital scientific research.

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

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More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters. At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

One person familiar with the federal investigation said that “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This is not a drill, people!!

The 4 Pillars of the Trump Admin: Threats Lies Intimidation Corruption

3 months ago, today, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a Trump supporter. They had kids, too.

"Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face." — Donald Trump, October 31, 2024 ( ht: @luiszanger.bsky.social )

I have no words for this.

The EPA move follows news the administration wants to scrap the satellites that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages). Gift link.

Kirk’s views and actions were vile and despicable, and he promoted hate and lies. He didn’t deserve to die, and political assassinations require collective condemnation and pause to think, by everyone, together. Both things can be true at the same time.

Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Excellent reporting from The Guardian. Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump’s disgraceful treatment of White House correspondent #YamicheAlcindor needs to be called out. #News organizations in Washington used to do that. There is something wrong with the press in our nation’s capital. My closing thoughts today. @jimacosta.bsky.social substack.com/@jimacosta/n...

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

Can someone help me here and defined what he means by “experts”? 🤷🏻

The problem with figures like RFK Jr. isn’t just that they spread bad information. It’s that they sustain disordered counterpublics, spaces where falsehoods are reinforced through imitation of legitimate democratic processes.

Everyone should read this resignation letter.

You voted for him, America. And from the lack of outrage, it looks like you want to keep him. 🤷‍♂️

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him

Happily greeting a war criminal on a red carpet. What an embarrassing moment for the United States.

Standing and waiting like a pet poodle for a murderous foreign dictator who kills America’s friends and allies, trying to suck up to him by rolling out a show of the armed forces that mostly exist to fight that very dictator.

If you know researchers with expertise in forestry/agro forestry please share this permanent lectureship @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. The quality of life in north wales is fabulous: great colleagues & a stunning location. jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Trump's new executive order "looks like an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants,” a physicist in Texas tells @dangaristo.bsky.social. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Simple. Just stop going to the US, folks. Find the opportunities elsewhere.

Time and again, he’s shown himself to be utterly innumerate.

Job opening: lecturership (research & teaching) in forestry or agroforestry at Bangor University. This is probably the best forestry programme in the UK and a great place to work. Deadline 1 Sep. More here: 🌳🌲🌏

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

I know some of my climate colleagues have been downloading documents and website content from both climate.gov and globalchange.gov websites before they were stripped of content or shut down entirely. But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?

🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face. www.cato.org/policy-analy...

In grim "there's always a tweet" news.

Are you a student or early career Earth observer? Are you going to European Space Agency - ESA's Living Planet Symposium? Looking for career advice, need help with an introduction to some key people, or want to just talk about SAR? Then come and say, Hi! /🧵..

New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Join us on sunday @esa.int #LivingPlanetSymposium where we'll showcase how to access and work with data like this from @eumetsat.int @osi-saf.eumetsat.int and @copernicusmarine.bsky.social towards the @unoceandecade.bsky.social #UNOceanDecade challenges! Sunday 22nd June 1700-1820 in Room 1.61/1.62

Find a No Kings rally near you! go.aft.org/nokings @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @indivisible.org

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

What a dope.

Watch it again here:

So true 👇