I am depressed to even ask this question but what’s the best air quality monitor app?

I know everyone in the world seems to love invites but I don’t want your calendar on my calendar. Can we just write things down separately and assume we’re all adults? I know I’m alone in this but it really drives me crazy. I have my colors and categories and don’t like when things look wrong!

Are you pro people having healthcare or pro explosive diarrhea?

Brian Kahn@blkahn.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: Taylor Farms is a big player in conservative politics. The company donated $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025 and its CEO has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates. It's also spent $810,000 on anti-regulatory lobbying since 2025

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

John Carl Baker@johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.

Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training. It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs. 🧵 1/4

It turns out when you take 80% of sugar out of a candy, the only amazing taste it has is amazingly bad.

Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one.

🍁Mel🇨🇦@melhathnofury.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here’s instructions on building your own Corsi-Rosenthal box.

This incredibly cute moth was really going to town on the dregs of my night cereal.

huh. sounds like a weirdo.

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 3w ago

The best-selling writer has been taking long walks across the city, finding unexpected beauty along the way. https://mrf.lu/2G_jj

I’m rewatching The Lion King and can tell I’m in my 30s because I used to have a crush on teen Simba and now I’m like, damn that Mufasa’s really got it.

I cannot stress enough just how dangerous wildfire smoke is to breathe. If your air quality is bad because of fires, wear an N95 mask. It is not “just smoke”. There are heavy metals and chemicals and bad stuff that gets into your lungs and bloodstream.

"Eighty percent of Earth is now affected by 'skyglow,' a disarmingly beautiful term for the brightening of the night sky," which can cause entire ecosystems to suffer, writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her latest #BeyondHuman column in the Journal's summer 2026 print issue.

Endless Light

The night sky is endangered. That’s a problem for wildlife.

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I don’t get the “birds aren’t real” thing but I am actually shocked that this Lazuli Bunting is a real bird that exists in the same world I do.

Join us for a rally outside of Springer Nature offices on Tuesday, June 30th at 5pm ET to call out the company’s callous treatment of Scientific American’s staff, publication, and legacy—and to stand up for science journalism everywhere. RSVP: wgaea.st/sciam-rally

Scientific American Union Rally 6/30

On Tuesday, the international scientific publisher Springer Nature sold Scientific American, the iconic 181-year old publication famous for its authoritative coverage of science to LabX Media Group. L...

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If you are a kindle user, my book Under the Henfluence is on sale for $1.99! The first time I’ve ever seen this for the ebook version. Get yourself a copy! Then buy a paperback at a local bookstore for your bird loving friend! 🐓 www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BN...

Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

Buy Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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As someone who knows how hard it is to get an architecture book, an urbanism book, or a criticism book for a general audience published ...

Anne Trubek@atrubek.bsky.social · last mo.

Periodic reminder! And that we love a sub-50K word book. beltpublishing.com/pages/submis...

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

I saw Backrooms and now every empty indoor space looks creepy and a little sinister.

It was a high of 95 today in Portland, Oregon and this sign popped up on a telephone pole!

when I got laid off from Vice, I later found out that members of the c-suite had awarded themselves bonuses that were higher than my annual salary. I hope that answers your question.

JESSE FADEN LIKER@necrofantasia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i realize this is objectively true but it feels like... how? how is an industry that brings in this much money crashing? where the fuck did the money go?

I’m really enjoying watching ER for the first time after seeing The Pitt. It’s like I’m seeing Noah Wyle’s origin story.

One fun part of working in Portland media is watching OPB and the Oregonian bend over backwards not to attribute this reporting to @thewesternedge.bsky.social. They cite press release; we actually spoke to human beings.

Leah Sottile@leahsottile.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Breaking: Rescuers are on a "recovery mission" to find longtime St Helens City Administrator John Walsh, who disappeared into the Columbia River Saturday night. www.thewesternedge.media/p/longtime-s...

Brooklyn. 🏀 (via Paul Williams) 💕

Today I learned Hey, Arnold! is NOT set in NYC but some fictional mashup of Seattle, Portland, and Brooklyn I have never felt more lied to!

Today in license plates

“Putting nets on hoops isn’t going to necessarily solve the world’s problems,” Campanella said. “But it’s something I can do. It’s tangible. It makes me smile, and it makes other people in the park smile, and so I just do it.” 🥹

Lisa Tozzi@lisatozzi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Want to read something nice? Here’s a delightful story by @katiehonan.bsky.social about my lovely husband and his one-man quest to restore torn and missing basketball nets in city parks www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/b...

Dogs need carry on luggage too!

This article by @jwoolington.bsky.social for @highcountrynews.org is a must read. Stunningly written piece about the frankly shocking lack of research into the effects of river dredging on creatures who rely on these waters. #longread www.hcn.org/issues/58-6/...

Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities - High Country News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the lower Columbia River has transformed lifeways for tribal and aquatic communities.

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Always great when people are talking about your HS…😬 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/a...

At Interlochen, Where Jeffrey Epstein’s Shadow Still Lingers

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Could not believe someone had a GOONER license plate