Networking for underrepresented scientists is 1000 times better than 40+ years ago. Back then I didn't know if other Indigenous scientists existed, now we chat regularly and have mentoring groups to support the next generation.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

I can't tell you how excited I am that Abdul El-Sayed won the democratic primary. On to the general!

GOP voters are culturally conservative* and economically liberal *racist

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 12h ago

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

One day several years ago, I got an anonymous handwritten, threatening letter delivered to my campus mailbox, and then someone (the same person? someone else?) DM'd me on twitter from a burner account, with a photo of my driveway with my car parked in it. This is real and it's dangerous

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

There are a lot of important things going on. Maybe this isn’t a top twenty concern. But, this is actually workplace harassment, the kind that can get people killed.

Just got off the AAUP Zoom with Dr. El-Sayed. He's amazing (which I already knew; I cast my vote for him weeks ago via absentee ballot).

AAUP@aaup.org · 6d ago

"There's an extreme, radical, right-wing agenda coming out of the federal government targeting higher education. The AAUP won’t exist in an ivory tower and wait for politics to be done to its members. That’s not the AAUP of 2026." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”

Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives

One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.

wxyz.com

Him politely waiting for a servant with opposable thumbs.

Words cannot describe how much I despise this person’s contempt for how hard real scientists work It’s the kind of attitude you can only get from inheriting a fortune from an Apartheid era emerald mine finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...

Elon Musk calls medical school 'pointless,' says robots will beat any surgeon in 3 years — telling students to walk away

Medical experts, however, strongly disagree with Musk's claims.

finance.yahoo.com

The Stevens campaign's whole insistence that she's more of a Michigander than AES is clearly just racism, especially since the two of them were literally born in the same city.

It is really bad. Not that I've been on Threads, but I see her stuff elsewhere. Can't even call it a dog whistle when it's so unsubtle.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last wk.

If you hang out on threads like I do then you see that she posts Islamophobic shit about El-Sayed very regularly. She’s a racist. It’s not even subtle.

interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

As a reminder, you can go to the Michigan Secretary of State's website (linked below) and go to "Personalized Voter Information" to find things like where your local drop box is as well as whether they've received your ballot. www.michigan.gov/sos

Korey@korey4tomorrow.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just got back from dropping off my ballot. Make sure if you still have your absentee ballot to drop it off and not mail it, as it may not get to your clerk's office in time.

number one, i am glad that if anyone on earth is rich enough to turn down some blood money, it's Weird Al, and number two, I'm glad the guy who is rich enough to be loud as fuck about turning down some blood money is Weird Al

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’

'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

No ICE agents have been killed or seriously injured by vehicles, yet we have multiple videos of ICE agents using their cars as weapons against protesters. ICE can weaponize their vehicles whenever they want, but if someone else even drives *near them* they'll use it as pretext for summary execution.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan: "It's only a matter time when you weaponize that two ton vehicle where an officer is not going to be able to react in time and we're burying an ICE officer ... so the vehicle stops are back on"

As I have repeatedly said, I support massive health care reform and single payor would be the most effective form of it, but as one of the many disabled people who would be completely fucked if Medicare (or even Medicaid) replaced my current coverage, I am allowed to point out how badly it sucks.

Always great to come home to a "boil water" advisory. Part of the fun of being connected to a rural township water supply...

"Zero or very minimal." That is the observed impact on inflation of universal basic income in the Marshall Islands after its first 9 months of being the first country in the world with a UBI permanently implemented.

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income@mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Marshall Islands are home to the world's first nationwide universal basic income program. Check out this update from ABC Australia to find out how it's going. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra/universal-basic-income-republic-of-marshall-islands-/106456790

Sometimes people ask us why we insist that we must understand paying our @aaup.org dues as an important form of building power. Here is one example below. Join @aaup.org and help us keep defending faculty across the country and building power. Then, start organizing your colleagues!

AAUP@aaup.org · 3w ago

Today, the AAUP & Texas AAUP-AFT filed a motion for a preliminary injunction asking the court to immediately halt enforcement of unconstitutional Texas Tech policies that restrict teaching on topics related to race, gender identity, & sexual orientation. @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org 👊🏽👊🏻👊🏾

"AI advice suppressed judgment suspension from 44% to 3%, accuracy from 27% to 9%, while confidence rose from 30% to 76%. People trusted wrong AI answers." Meanwhile, people's attention spans are dropping because of less book-reading and more short video watching. Cool. Everything is cool.

One sign that America is healing will be when the Republican Party is treated less like a normal institution and more like a target/deep embarrassment/common enemy/ etc. So far, that isn’t happening.

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

So that’s TWO ex-wives, two daughters and an immediately family member that he physically abused and/or threatened. Just an insane story

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3w ago

ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.

The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!

I'm guessing that our union pres is in this meeting right now. I've taught at a very urban university, a more suburban university, and now a rural one. Quite a difference.

AFT@aft.org · 3w ago

Rural union members gathered at an AFT pre-convention session Wednesday to discuss the need for stronger relationships across regions, messages that reflect rural communities, and a regular voice in state and national discussions. Read all about it. https://bit.ly/4pmjrTQ

My congressperson is a motherfucker. www.myupnow.com/lifestyle/ou...

'Our patience has run out': Bergman, lawmakers call for Canada to prevent wildfires

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Amid anther round of hazardous air quality due to Canadian fires, state Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) has joined another coalition urging Canadian officials to take a...

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I did a tonne of research so you don't have to. I talk about masking, air filtration, and air quality rating systems, & I give concrete suggestions to help you keep yourself and your loved ones safe. If you don't have this information yet, it's time to get educated. Wildfires don't respect borders.

âpihtawikosisân@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 3w ago

For folks struggling to figure out how to deal with wildfire smoke, I put together some information a few years ago: apihtawikosisan.com/2023/09/miti...

Hope people stay safe. This is terrible.

APTN News@aptnnews.bsky.social · 3w ago

Devastating wildfires in northern Ontario are forcing wide-spread evacuations, including from several First Nations. The fires have also destroyed homes and buildings. www.aptnnews.ca?p=291556

Good news! It's cooler today. Bad news: the air quality is terrible. The AQI for PM 2.5 is currently 159 (red/unhealthy). We had all the windows open so the house would cool down...also the car windows were cracked. "California snow" (ash) all over the outside of the car and some inside.