This is a storymap assigned in my environmental law courses. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ec34...

Confused about the government shutdown? Here are simple facts: Democrats want to protect healthcare and lower costs. Republicans are blocking them. That's what's at stake. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

48 years ago Joan Jett in the San Fernando Valley, September 1977. Photos by Brad Elterman Fun Fact: Joan Jett long dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #joanjett #therunaways #history #punkrockhistory

“Frog, do not worry,” cried Toad. “I am coming to help you!” Toad ran out of his house.

I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Henry Limpet, such an interesting story, some would say incredible, and I would consider declassifying and releasing everything about Mr. Limpet, in particular, his ability to turn into a fish to help America win WW2

5Calls.org - thanks to Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social for sharing this tool that many may be looking for in the hopes of making a difference. 👇 ✌️🐝🐝🐝

This headline says it all about where we are on the rule of law. “Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Right for us here in South Carolina. At a time when we have an administration that’s playing games with emergency management & FEMA.

Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results. So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

This teeny marsupial is a newly described species named for the Chachapoya, who lived in the Peruvian Andes before the Inca. 🧪

Trump is looking to use the Government Shutdown as an excuse to fire more government workers which will make getting government services and benefits even harder. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown www.axios.com/2025/09/26/g...

‘I feel like I’m being asked, as a very scared queer American, to feel bad for how hard it is to be an elected Democrat right now. And I simply don’t.’ — @clairewillett.bsky.social, speaking no doubt for a great many

The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!

I haven't seen any coverage of this, and it's a relatively easy paper to understand. 🧪

The first season of Alien: Earth has wrapped, there's a lot to unpack. @darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest is on the reproductive horror of Alien: Earth -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

How well do we know our history? I am constantly discovering how Quakers influenced so many aspects of our modern life. For example, railways, railway timetables and tickets, even the iron, all have Quaker fingerprints, or were Quaker originated: www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-a...

Hello, everyone! It’s almost October, and Guild Eleven will be hosting the 3rd annual tiny art challenge called, “Guild Eleven Mysterium”. It’s only three prompts! Just post here on the dates below and use the hashtag #Guild11Mysterium. Look forward to seeing your mysterious artwork in October!🍂

We can afford to spend $1T on the military, We can afford $100's of billions in tax breaks for corporations and the top wealthiest families in America. Jimmy Kimmel - "Let's stop these politicians from telling us what they want and start telling them what we want."

I signed. I was supported by a GRFP during my thesis research and its award reinforced that I was a scientist during my training.

I just watched a nearly hour long video of an Aussie man picking up an old motor at a junkyard, taking it home, cleaning it up, then separating and melting it down into its component metal ingots like a real life salvage gameplay mechanic Sometimes the internet is okay

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

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Must stop doomscrolling. Instead I will bake cookies for Friends Committee on Legislation’s upcoming bake sale. FCL does good work and every sweet bite will help. Plus fresh cookie smells are awesome.

"Free speech is not about whether someone else agrees or disagrees; it's about whether you are able to do it." --Jasmine Crockett, just now to Chris Hayes.

In the last 6 hours, Trump has imposed: - A 100% tariff on medicine unless its producer starts building a new U.S. factory in the next 5 days - A 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities - A 30% tariff on upholstered furniture - A 25% tariff on “Heavy (Big!) Trucks”

Day two of the Busan Global Webtoon Festival, and I am thrilled to see Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit added to the museum.

The moment you've all been waiting for.... WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology LAUNCHES on Kickstarter October 14th! "A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!" www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

From @geneticliteracy.bsky.social our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/09/24/v...

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Reports from the Miami Herald reveal that a staggering 1,200 people have gone missing from just this one facility. Alcatraz is now drawing comparisons to Auschwitz.

Cheap kitchen cabinets are a “national security” issue? WHAT IS IN THESE CABINETS?!??!

Apparently, IKEA furniture is now a national security issue.

People in or near New Jersey: look at this amazing opportunity!

This is the study that showed that it was MAGA and the RIGHT that are more violent. This incompetent regime doesn't realize that the internet is FOREVER. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

Part of my job is handling fleet maintenance. The mechanic we use has seen 100% price increases on many repair parts over the past months. I also do purchasing. Our material costs have gone up as much as 98% on some specific components overnight!

Uhhh, folks? This is real bad. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The language suggests they are going after ActBlue right before the elections. Timing is meant to disrupt the ability of Democrats to fundraise.

Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

If you missed the hearings with the ex-head of the CDC, and care about your health…you might want to hear what she said. youtu.be/yQXpNutlgFk

People think of faculty as doddering and inept and, look, I’m not going to argue that I can always find my keys. But there are a lot of us, my colleagues are smart AF, and we actually *believe in the university*.

We checked out North Island Wildlide Recovery Center today and got to see some lovely birds being kept there because they can't be released. This is Opal, a leucistic raven.

the end of summer

i have to keep hyping this, it is release week 😭 ty for letting me fill up your skyline ❤️

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of federal agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:

MBoC has launched an Early Career Board to enhance peer review & include diverse early-career voices in publishing. Members will evaluate manuscripts, review, & do outreach. Learn more: www.ascb.org/publishing/m... #ASCB #MBoC #CellBiology

Ernst Haeckel’s Sublime Drawings of Flora & Fauna: The Beautiful Scientific Drawings That Influenced Europe’s Art Nouveau Movement (1889)

“Solar energy is not the boogeyman. Properly managed, these solar power projects can actually enhance and increase agricultural production and become diversification projects that can save family farms"

TODAY'S COMIC: Bark Loop