Wild: the Texas ‘censorship bot—officially known as the Course Content Review Process—ordered a Tech philosophy professor to remove Plato’s Republic from a syllabus because “it references Plato’s beliefs concerning gender roles and homosexuality.”’

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d ago

After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

They tried baking you a cake.

I know the feed is bleak, but please have a brand new lamb picture. I wasn’t expecting this one, and he might be a premie, but his mom is great and he is eating well.

Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.

The Onion@theonion.com · 4d ago

From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment

I prefer Ai because most of the time the upper case i just looks like a lower case L so I read it as a dude’s name which make me think, “What has Al done this time?”

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

Jesus Christ, temu

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

theatlantic.com

#SpookyNature The Grackle of Grim.

Get To Know Nature@gettoknownature.bsky.social · last wk.

The Borb of Judgement #SpookyNature #birds 🌿

The other reason you should read Radium Girls is the lawsuits that came out of the girls being made to eat radium on the job (and a later similar case) helped create OSHA. Remember: safety rules are written in blood.

How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms | HISTORY

They painted with radium-laced paint—and faced dire consequences.

history.com

Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do

404 Media@404media.co · last wk.

The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.

The graded shading that radiates outwards from the hip has created the impression of a firework launched into the night sky in a starburst of silver. You can almost hear the crackle of the sparks as they fade. Early #1920s #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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"Welp, I'm done for the day" 🪶

Probably off to eff up somebody who had the nerve to walk by.😂 #birds #redwingedblackbird #photography #birdsofbluesky

Etymology of the day: the expression ‘you have another thing coming’ was originally ‘you have another think coming’: today’s version appeared within a year of the original, back in the 1800s. A short piece on the joyful messiness of linguistic evolution. susiedent.substack.com/p/another-th...

Another think coming

How linguistic evolution is as messy as it is joyful

susiedent.substack.com

I don’t have strong feelings about Waymos one way or another, but it’s funny to start seeing San Diego drivers getting mad at them for obeying traffic laws.

"me me me me me me me me me me me" - birds 🪶

“Sometimes when you’re too careful, it turns into another kind of carelessness.” (Nina Burgess character) Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings.

Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”

Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.

DC sites, throwback to 9/18/2013, back when the reflecting pool reflected and the Monument had Eiffel-like scaffolding for earthquake repairs …. From an early AM jog to work:

Today in LIS professoring, I'm reading @lehelton.bsky.social's book chapter on Dorothy Porter and how criminally bad the Dewey Decimal System was for materials on Blackness. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... This chapter is great, but it makes me SO MAD. 📚

DC site today 9/15/2026: US Dept of Interior facade, America’s First, America First.

There's still time for you to be a part of tomorrow's Hope Walk in Washington, D.C. Thousands of #LightsOfHope will illuminate Constitution Gardens to celebrate, honor or remember someone touched by cancer. Your dedication can shine bright. Donate today:

Dedicate Lights of Hope to loved ones impacted by cancer

ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.

act.fightcancer.org

Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.

DC folks, check this out 🔥

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4w ago

On that note, please come to the reception for my solo show at Harmony Hall on October 11 #sciart

Seen in DC 9/14/26: passionflower vine at Wangari gardens. Native to the mid Atlantic area, they grow like crazy, their leaves have some properties include helping with sleep, and their fruits are delicious!