If you have a small drawer in your home, and a lot tea, what is stopping you from making a Tea Library? Possibly my greatest kitchen innovation. (Helps to have someone in your household who enjoys organizing small things)
Dr Syd
@sydmj.bsky.social
Philosopher, bioethicist, med professor, vegan baker, k-drama enthusiast. I like books, baby animals, food. I think and write about brain death, death, brain injuries, xenotransplantation, and animal research ethics. Author of books n stuff.
I found a new reason to hate Tesla! I needed to charge my not-a-Tesla EV while stopping for lunch with my kids. There was a bank of Tesla chargers at the mall, so I begrudgingly pulled my car up. 1. charging cable so short it didn't reach my port. Had to park the car sideways. ...
Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.
Was in NYC this week, so I took a yellow cab, as one does. Then explained how back in the Before Times professional taxi drivers didn’t have GPS and just *knew* how to get places in the city. (Had a better cabbie in the return trip) I guess I’m now an Old Timer who misses the Old Ways™ 🚕
It would be cool if the lesson from all this was “Progressives should stop always elevating the deeply flawed white male savior draped in red flags when better ppl are right there.” But it probably won’t be. The Nazi tattoo should have been enough. 🚩
It would be difficult for me to care less about the #WorldCup, but I hope Cape Verde wins
Happy Writing a Sternly Worded Letter to the King Day, to all who celebrate.
King George Iii Hamilton
ALT: King George Iii Hamilton
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I'm one of the critics interviewed in this article about the latest abomination in animal agriculture. Should we take over the minds of animals? No, we definitely should not. #bioethics #AnimalEthics #neuroethics
Neurotech Company Says Its Brain Chips Could Make Cows Produce More Milk, but at What Cost?
Critics tell Sentient that directing animals’ minds through neuromodulation raises serious questions about regulation and animal welfare.
sentientmedia.org
A little birthday present for me, and a birthday F you to a shite human and garbage POTUS.
Kennedy Center Removes Trump’s Name From Facade
nytimes.com
My fantastic department, the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at Upstate Medical University, is growing and hiring for two TT positions! careers.upstate.edu/jobs/associa... careers.upstate.edu/jobs/associa... #bioethics #MedicalHumanities #ClinicalEthics
Join Us Penguin Huddle
ALT: Join Us Penguin Huddle
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The number of times this week I've been told that the hantavirus outbreak is "not Covid" makes me MORE not less inclined to think it is more Covid-like I would otherwise think. Doesn't help that the entire US federal public health system is led by (*checks notes*) Covid deniers.
I am inspired by many of my colleagues fighting the good fight here in Texas, but wrote this for the rest of y'all: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
How Not to Talk About Colleagues in Texas, Florida (opinion)
We’re not fighting a lost cause.
insidehighered.com
I used to be a big fan of Mel Gibson and his movies. I cannot imagine writing something like this about him. I feel the loss of not being able to enjoy Road Warrior like I used to (and glad for post-gibson Road Warrior movies)
Opinion | Why I Still Love Michael Jackson
nytimes.com
“There’s no neutrality on a runaway train.” Shoutout once again to @aaup.org (gift link to the NY Crimes, which pitifully attempts to bothsides this by linking to ‘many [i.e., two] ruminations about the group’s “fall” and “unraveling”’) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...
A Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump
nytimes.com
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
The problem with Daredevil: Born Again s2 is the same as the problem with #Daredevil. Too. Much. Fisk. A tediously boring villain, now more current eventsy bc corrupt just like the tedious, grotesque POTUS. I like my trenchant escapism more escape-y, please. #DaredevilBornAgain
a man in a daredevil costume is standing in front of a brick building .
Alt: a man in a daredevil costume is standing in front of a brick building .
media.tenor.com
"if the rate of 65 publications with at least one invalid reference out of some 4,000 publications analysed holds across the academic literature, it would suggest that more than 110,000 of the 7 million or so scholarly publications from 2025 contain invalid references."
Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
nature.com
I want to thank our Allies for telling Trump to go fuck himself over the Iran war. You have to punch a bully in the face.
the “combing through and finding weird little details that interest me” part of research is so crucial
Michael Schulman@michaelschulman.bsky.social · 4mo agoI don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /
Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People https://theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-race-of-skeleton-pe-1819565415/
Democrats put 9 bills forward to fund TSA. Trump and Republicans blocked every bill because they want to tie TSA workers’ paychecks to billions in more unchecked funding for ICE. The answer is clear: fund TSA and not ICE.
Civil Rights icon, @doloreshuerta, made a brave move today, revealing a secret she had been holding for 60 years for the sake of the Farm Workers movement. You can read her letter here: medium.com/@dolores_hue...
It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 2y agoOn 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28
