The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

Francis Halzen awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm. Professor Halzen works at U of Wisconsin-Madison.The Trump administration cut federal research funding to University of Wisconsin-Madison, leading to a 17% decline in federal research funds during the start of President Trump's second term.

What is the IceCube neutrino observatory? Neutrinos are elusive particles that rarely interact, but can create flashes of light when they do. Most neutrino detectors are giant water tanks surrounded by light detectors. IceCube is kilometer-long strings of detectors embedded in the Antarctic ice.

Physics World@physicsworld.bsky.social · 1h ago

A rare solo #NobelPrize in physics goes to neutrino scientist Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Full coverage here: physicsworld.com/a/francis-ha... 🧪⚛️

Russian authorities have denied the introduction of special restrictions following the Irkutsk death. There are videos all over Russian Telegram of the special restrictions.

Moscow denies sanitary measures over plague reports

Russian authorities denied Tuesday that special restrictions had been introduced over reports that a laboratory technician died of plague, even as Washington said it was closely monitoring events.

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Oh look, US National Science Foundation-supported science won the Nobel Prize in physics.

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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“It is a really, really big statement to put a naked president, in gold, in the centre of the Parliament,” Galschiøt told Rapporteur ahead of the unveiling. www.rapporteur.com/news/naked-g...

Naked, golden Trump (statue) arrives in Strasbourg | Rapporteur

For once, it was not an MEP causing a scene in Parliament

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It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ...

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“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...

Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)

Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.

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BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 4w ago

BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)

folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Holy shit.

88 people were removed to Haiti on the Oct. 1, 2026, flight. At least 618 people have been removed to Haiti from the US since Aug. 20, 2026. Haiti is not safe for deportations and these flights raise serious protection and human rights concerns. onm.gouv.ht/note-de-pres...

NOTE DE PRESSE: RAPATRIEMENT DU 7ᵉ CONTINGENT DES RESSORTISSANTS HAÏTIENS EN PROVENANCE DES ÉTATS-UNIS / onm.gouv.ht

Sur instruction du Premier ministre, Son Excellence Monsieur Alix Didier FILS-AIMÉ, l’Office National de la Migration (ONM), coiffé par le Ministère des Affaires Sociales et du Travail (MAST), a accue...

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ICE Flight Monitor@iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 5d ago

An ICE Air flight (GXA6121) that departed Alexandria, LA at 8:42 local time is currently en route to Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Deportation flights to Haiti have ramped up to once weekly, on Thursdays, since Aug 20, following the end of TPS on Jul 27.

Stephen Miller's Office of Remigration deliberately announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy. Dems should defund it. The great Posting Through It pod invited me on to talk about my reporting on Miller. We went deep: open.spotify.com/episode/5OAX...

146: Taxpayer-Funded White Nationalism feat. Greg Sargent

Posting Through It · Episode

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Fox News political analyst Karl Rove hasn't appeared on its weekday programming for three weeks, as the midterms loom. The timing of his apparent benching is conspicuous: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...

Why has Fox News benched Karl Rove?

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NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.

How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

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Holy shit, ten minutes in and the Supreme Court appears to be doing... law. Not politics. They're actually trying to figure out laws instead of which side of the culture war to bang on. I don't know how long it's going to last but it's pretty neat. New term smell, yo.

The obvous conclusion from that New York Times story about Karoline Leavitt is that the Times doesn't mind being lied to by taxpayer-funded "public servants." The Times doesn't even think it's newsworthy that the public is being lied to.

The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

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Weekend scoop from me for @votebeat.org: Two GOP members of Georgia’s State Election Board say Executive Director James Mills sent letters to DOJ and DHS without telling the board or getting approval — and that the letters went beyond what the board voted to request. www.votebeat.org/national/202...

Georgia election board director allegedly goes rogue, asks feds to crack down on state voting equipment

Two members of the Georgia State Election Board say their executive director sent unauthorized letters to the Trump administration.

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The problem with this entire “talking across difference” approach to politics is that it assumes a shared consensus about democracy that no longer exists b/w the 2 main 🇺🇸 political parties. You don’t need to have lunch with people who don’t believe in free elections, equal rights, & the rule of law.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d ago

The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them.⁣ ⁣ Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right

The US Commerce Secretary is bullying California with an audit that could strip the state of control over its own coast.

Trump’s “Drill, Baby, Drill” Regime Is Now Targeting California’s Coastline

The US Commerce Secretary is bullying California with an audit that could strip the state of control over its own coast.

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Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump's big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are imposing tougher rules than the law requires. https://to.pbs.org/4xQHBc0

As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year. The rules are stricter than what the federal government is requiri...

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FREE RIDES on Metro 🚍🚊🚲🚐 Wed, Oct 7, for California Clear Air Day! Metro Bike Share: use code 100726 Metro Micro: www.metro.net/riding/micro/ Metrolink regional rail also has free rides https://metrolinktrains.com/ To plan a transit trip, use new Metro app www.metro.net/riding/la-metro-app/

"E-bike, e-scooter injuries jump 675% in just 5 years at Children's Hospital LA, research finds" www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Children's Hospital LA sees 675% jump in e-bike, e-scooter injuries

Researchers also saw an uptick in the severity of those injuries.

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I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...

RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck

RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d ago

I really wish the world’s most dangerous, extreme anti-vaccine activist & conspiracy theorist, RFK Jr, who is a eugenicist & a MAHA dude who repeatedly peddles vile lies, had not been put in charge of the US health system Here he is telling truly horrific, dangerous lies about HPV & COVID vaccines