A new type of flu shot is coming FDA approves mRNA-based flu vaccine The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first 💥mRNA-based flu vaccine, 👉paving the way for a new type of shot that will be available for adults 50 and over looking to get immunized against the respiratory illness […]

Yes, this! Since the Information Age has transformed business, execs and shareholders have arrogated to themselves all the profits from rising productivity and value. The result has been stagnant wages and growing social disparity. This needs to be reversed. With the advent of revolutionary #AI […]

I just became aware that there are quite a few duplicate posts and replies from my account recently. No explanation. I apologize for that and regret annoying you.

Your periodic reminder that if you ever want to feel like a slacker just read the wikipedia bio of any astronaut. My goodness they are incredible people.

Attention Trump and all of his ass kissing sycophants!

🫶🎞️ Kodak moment! Abandoned places captured on colourful Ultramax, using a 1970s 35mm camera. Developed and scanned at home by myself, in my super-professional dark room and film lab (a.k.a. my bathroom at night and my kitchen sink!) 🧪👩‍🔬 Link to full photo […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I just spent $115 to fill up my car 😢 Soon, gas stations will need to have loan officers

🐬 TIL: A dolphin named Kelly figured out how to run a scam on her trainers. At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, dolphins got a fish for every piece of trash they turned in. Kelly noticed the payout was the same no matter the size, so she hid trash under a rock and tore […]

Experts pretty much all agree that the Republican Party has embraced fascism. No experts assert that Democratic Party is embracing communism. Our corporate journalists focus mainly on the threat of Democrats moving to far left and ignore the fact that Republicans HAVE moved to the far right.

This is MAGA terrorist Vance Boelter. He was arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of the murders of Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Today he was sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences with NO parole, plus 40 years. Justice was served. 23 July 2026

FDA RECALL Brand: CV, JB, Mark and more Product: Iceberg lettuce Issue: Possible Cyclospora Contamination Date: 07/18/2026 More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/taylor-fresh-foods-recalls-iceberg-lettuce-central-mexico-because-possible-health-risk #FDA #recall

The cyclosporiasis outbreak has been linked by CDC to iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell. Taylor Farms supplies lettuce to Taco Bell and other places.

They don't even hide it any more...

Aortic dissection... https://columbiasurgery.org/news/2015/08/24/john-ritter-s-life-saving-rules

This badass woman should be all over the news but sadly her accomplishment is under-reported.

@meltedcheese Agreed: the danger of malicious humans boosting their capabilities via AI is far greater than AI being used by well meaning people suddenly becoming malicious on its own.

I’m in rural Ohio. Today, I drove past a small, well-maintained country church. There was the usual sign with the hand placed letters. The message it had gave me great hope. It read, “DUCT TAPE IS GOOD.” A profound truth. We do have common ground.

I recently finished a book from the sci-fi canon that I really should have read years ago: The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester. It's not so much that I think it's good, but I'm astonished that readers in the 50s had access to a book so inventive and imaginative.

Librarians are the heroes we need.

"Over the 250-year history of our nation, energy consumption has evolved from wood use in the 18th and 19th centuries to today’s use of modern renewable, hydrocarbon, and nuclear technology. Petroleum was the most-used energy source last year, followed […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I figure folks in my ecosystem will know the answer to this. If you have car key fobs (typical US brands) and you have lost them, say under a couch cushion or in a desk drawer, is there some kind of tracker/scanner that can ping them? So you can walk around the house and get a beep if you get […]

“What kind of man would cheat at this golf?” 😂

@SteveBellovin I think most non-academics don’t appreciate how tightly coupled PhD enrollment is to current federal funding. In most departments, even at “rich” schools, there’s very little institutional funding for supporting graduate students. Student costs are overwhelmingly paid out of […]

My quiet holiday weekend includes fishing, napping, reading. The first picture, taken 2 July, is the lake near my camping spot where I’ve been going each day around sunrise to fish for largemouth bass. The second picture show one of those feisty bass just before I released him back to the lake.

The paperback of “Invisible Rulers: The Ppl Who Turn Lies Into Reality” comes out in 1 mo. It has the story of the machine that went after us in a new epilogue.(Invisiblerulers.com) Media folks, pls cover this loss for AFL. I’m very happy to talk ab it. The public needs to understand these attacks.

The Trump administration is preparing to dismantle one of the world's most important science laboratories. This lab helps scientists predict hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events that threaten communities across our country. But instead of listening to scientists, this […]

The CRASH Clock paper is now peer-reviewed! So to celebrate, my co-authors and I wrote an explainer article (because how better to celebrate one article than by writing another... oh academia...) It's now published in The Conversation Canada […]