Y'all, The Vampire Lestat was bad. Really, really bad. Not "the book was better" bad. More like "what the fuck did I just watch?" bad. The last two episodes were two of the most tedious two hours of media I've ever sat through. Sam Reid killed it though. (With what he was given to work with.)

ICE has stopped publishing detention and deportation data. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/15/i...

Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark

ICE says ‘millions’ of immigrants have left or been deported in Trump’s crackdown. But where are the receipts?

themarshallproject.org

Thornapple Press authors Ashley Speed and @polyrolemodels.bsky.social are seeking contributors to an anthology on nonmonogamous families with children. Please share with your groups and networks! thornapplepress.ca/call-for-con...

Thornapple Press authors Ashley Speed and @polyrolemodels.bsky.social are seeking contributors to an anthology on nonmonogamous families with children. Please share with your groups and networks! thornapplepress.ca/call-for-con...

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4w ago

There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...

For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 4w ago

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

🧵LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO Better organized thread of vigils/protests for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. •Always check date/time •Pls lmk about events I haven’t listed If you were enraged by the executions of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, you should be enraged by the execution of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑@emilylhauser.bsky.social · 4w ago

They lied about killing Silverio Villegas González in Sept too. They think, with good reason, that it's easier to get away with summary executions of Mexican men. If you were enraged by the executions of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, you should be enraged by the execution of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 3/3

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Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act

theguardian.com

I really enjoyed Supergirl. Also, I want to know how many other Expanse fans imagined Kara saying "I am that guy" at the end of the final showdown.

ME: omg i have so much to do today BRAIN: best i can do is none of it so that you don't feel bad for only doing some of it ME: that doesn't make any sense BRAIN: don't tell me how to do my job

Add your name to tell Prime Minister Carney to protect our future over Big Oil profits: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Leah ProudLakota (she/her)@leahgazan.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday's pipeline announcement is yet another reminder that Prime Minister Carney cares more about lining the pockets of his corporate friends than upholding the Constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples and protecting the public from the escalating climate emergency. (1/6)

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Fuck the reflecting pool. This has not gotten nearly enough coverage or generated the proper outrage. People thrown in prison for 30-50 years for the "crime" ofmaking zines and belonging to a book club!! This is straight-up totalitarian atrocity. Political prisoners thrown in a gulag to rot.

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

theguardian.com

Thank you Feminist Press for giving “Coming Out Like a Porn Star” a second edition and so much support. The anthology is one of a number of books they offer on the subject of sex work. Great list @feministpress.bsky.social feministpress.org/blogs/news/7...

7 Books About the Intricate World of Sex Work

Representing diverse voices and perspectives from across the industry, these books explore agency, autonomy, and accountability in the context of sex work.

feministpress.org

IDGAF if someone has an "unfair advantage" in children's sports because the point of children's sports is for children to move their bodies, play, and build team skills. They should be co-ed anyway, because in the big grown-up world boys and girls and thems need to work together.

I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · last mo.

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.

Could happen in Canada too. If we ask our politicians for it. Check out www.pluginsolarpower.ca. And send a politician a message. That Canadians deserve the ability to produce their own power. Even renters.

Millions of New York renters couldn't afford rooftop solar until someone realized a balcony outlet might change everything

For millions of apartment dwellers across New York and the U.S., rooftop solar has never been an option. They rent. They live in multi-unit buildings. Their

energiesmedia.com

The BC NDP coming up with this dumbass scheme to bail out private developers with the same amount of money, or more, that used to go to purpose-built affordable rentals is especially galling. I truly don't know what's wrong with these people. It's such bad optics on every level.

'Catastrophic' decision to scrap affordable rental program leaves projects in limbo | CBC News

The province announced it is reallocating nearly $1.4-billion worth of housing investments, including pausing any funding through the Community Housing Fund. Non-profit housing providers say that will...

cbc.ca

It's 100% about bailing out developers who misjudged the market. Because it's not enough that we let developers basically run the housing market, to the detriment of pretty much anyone who isn't able to afford million dollar properties, we also have to protect the developers from their own mistakes.

BIV News@bivnews.bsky.social · last mo.

FWIW, I interviewed with LabX Media last year for a marketing job with Discover. Ultimately it came down to “too much experience/too senior” like most of my interviews. I found the people I spoke with were professional and really nice. I hope this goes as well as it can, SciAm friends.

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · last mo.

Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.

So I currently have simultaneous crushes on two people who are close friends, and for the first time in many years have found myself having fantasies centred on kitchen-table polyamory.

4. When The Earth Was Green- Riley Black A beautiful and enthralling journey through plant and animal coevolution, with an afterword that unapologetically revels in transness.

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

bookshop.org

It is outrageous to me that we would have psychiatric MAiD before offering universal mental health care.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁@canadahealthwatch.ca · 2mo ago

Canada should 'indefinitely' abandon plans for psychiatric euthanasia, parliamentarians urge: nationalpost.com/news/canada-... Find our more at canadahealthwatch.ca

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Zero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This should be of interest to some people on the gardening feed. 🌱

Eve Rickert (she/her)@everickert.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m super excited to make TWO big announcements: I’m launching CanScienceBooks, a new popular science imprint, and our first book is Plants of the Pacific Coast, a brand new authoritative PNW plant guide by authors Pojar & MacKinnon, plus two new co-authors. 🧪 📚💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/can...

now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.

theverge.com

Oh wow, these look great:

Eve Rickert (she/her)@everickert.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m super excited to make TWO big announcements: I’m launching CanScienceBooks, a new popular science imprint, and our first book is Plants of the Pacific Coast, a brand new authoritative PNW plant guide by authors Pojar & MacKinnon, plus two new co-authors. 🧪 📚💙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/can...