I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 18h ago

Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

For what it's worth, we've had really good experience with biochem and molec bio reagents from www.goldbio.com (I have no connection to or financial interest in the company.)

Kevin A. Scott@sculpturatus.bsky.social · 1h ago

Propargylamine: FischerSci: 5 g, $100 Ambeed: 25 g, $33 #chemsky

The U.S. Attorney believes that a "public rebuke" and an internal review are sufficient for egregious prosecutorial misconduct that put my family through hell. My seven-year-old is still having nightmares and panic attacks related to this case. Justice requires transparency and accountability.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h ago

Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

This is incredibly upsetting. And like so many things in this administration - no real process, no responsiveness, no transparency, no clarity - I'd bet they don't even know what they're doing as they drive heavy equipment out there.

Our Public Lands & Waters@publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 19h ago

The destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark

Steven Quay, in line to be NIAID director, is not just any lab leaker. He is of the type of leakers who still talk about "HIV inserts". He has deleted his tweets from 2021-2025, so here are some screenshots to give you an idea of who Quay is: ▫️1/🧵 #covidorigin #quayniaid

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21h ago

This is just bat-shit crazy. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

:(

National Weather Service@nws.noaa.gov · 5h ago

Sunrise reveals a Pacific Northwest overwhelmed with wildfire smoke. Combined with rising temperatures in the region, any outdoor activities should be limited as much as possible. weather.gov

This is like saying that hating on the Yankees is bad for sport. It's bullshit.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 22h ago

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

I probably should retire from social media now

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's a gravity well, actually.

Collecting recent-ish papers for a Cell Bio 101 course I'm teaching this fall. Ideally microscopy-driven breakthroughs that are also experimentally elegant and well written. Any favourites I should check out? 🔬

The bullet time sequence. Classic.

columbo screenshots@columboscreens.bsky.social · 6h ago

Amazing thread.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d ago

Penicillin was not, in fact, the first antibiotic.

Of course we are.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 16h ago

Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.

Just imagine how his enemies described him.

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 22h ago

"Miller… graduated from… High School in 2007, where friends described him as "very belligerent, very angry,” and "super misogynistic." …at a party, he pushed a female classmate through a door and down a staircase when she rejected his attempts to touch her." – Wikipedia

RFK jr overrode the NIH recommendation for NIAID Director to appoint his own preferred candidate (who applied, but NIH declined to interview), per @politico.com. Institute directors have final say on funding decisions and are critical to the integrity of NIH. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

politico.com

Readers are invited to compare and contrast the scientific contributions of Steven Quay and Anthony Fauci, both in general and specifically in the fields of immunology, microbiology, and virology. Quay: scholar.google.com/citations?us... Fauci: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Mark Histed@markhisted.org · 21h ago

In 2024 before the election, I was talking to a former senior HHS/NIH official. They said they weren’t *that* worried about a second Trump admin (wrong in retrospect), but said (paraphrase): “If they clean out and replace the Institute directors, well, THAT will be a disaster.” That’s 👇👇 this. 🧵

Everything is Gender, but *specifically* SCOTUS's understanding of the presidency across doctrines reproduces the doctrine of coverture, with Congress as the feminized object. One of those "it all clicks into place" articles... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Not sure I’m thrilled about an IC Director being appointed for being famously wrong about a major health concern under the domain of the IC in question.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22h ago

🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

"Scientists have a lot to learn from MAHA"

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 23h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Nature: Controversial White House plan to overhaul US science funding faces Senate opposition by Dan Garisto @nature.com @dangaristo.bsky.social go.nature.com/3TWoXRw

Raise a glass for every libertarian who ever supported the Trump administration.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

Punches not pulled.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Paul Morris Mary Erdoes Jes Staley Stephen Cutler John Duffy Justin Nelson Paul Barrett Mary Casey David Brigstocke Jeff Matusow Jane Heller Karen Weiss Stewart Oldfield

SCOTUS to human civilization: Drop dead.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · yesterday

First argument of the term: "Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate."

Physician, heal thyself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Dr Oz: "This is corruption on the underlying system ... when everyone is doing it, that's a real pathology. Bc if you're not part of the corrupt system, you're a fool. When I'm lying to you & you know I'm lying & I know that you know that I'm lying, & on & on & on, that's how countries collapse."

I did not work countless hours in an ICU full of proned patients and go back to my hotel crying because we lost more patients in a day than a typical week to hear a moron with a worm in his brain say that the ICU's were empty. I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

The Boomer-coded brain can only express itself in terms of car culture.

Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · yesterday

Nope, nice try. Not doing this to myself. You'll have to kill my ass

DAY 425 SPECIES 425 - Cyclospora cayetanensis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. cayetanensis is a microscopic protozoan parasite that causes the illness cyclosporiasis. It's the cause of the current outbreak linked to the recalled iceberg lettuce #sciart #protistsonsky

Perez-Tirado, A., Unkelbach, U., Oswald, T. A., Rheinlaender, J., ... Honigmann, A., & Janshoff, A. (2025). Differences in apical and basal mechanics regulate compliance of curved epithelia. Cell Reports Physical Science, 6(3), 102485. doi.org/10.1016/j.xc... #EpithelialMechanics

I was lucky to be invited by @bmj.com to be a Guest Editor for a series on COVID in the US For one paper, I commissioned my brilliant Duke colleague @keishabentley.bsky.social to lead an analysis on "Race, racism, & covid-19 in the US: lessons not learnt" Read it at www.bmj.com/content/384/...

Race, racism, and covid-19 in the US: lessons not learnt

Keisha Bentley-Edwards and colleagues argue that systemic racism and economic inequality are at the root of disparity in covid-19 outcomes and suggest how to distribute resources more equitably. The...

bmj.com

Trevon Logan@trevondlogan.bsky.social · 2d ago

By late Summer of 2020, COVID was the third leading cause of death for Black people in the USA. It’s like everyone has just forgotten that…

This took 3 hours

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 2d ago

There you go. At least a kilo of copper and $100 worth of gold, minimum. The Answer Machine verifies this.

The NIH has quietly dropped its loan repayment program for researchers doing health disparities research and for researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds. As an LRP awardee who had six figures in medical schools loans, I know how transformative this funding can be. Losing this funding will…