As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3d ago

Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”

I'm genuinely nauseous reading this headline

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to close museum on Sept. 30

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will close its museum in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2026, NBC10 confirmed.

nbcphiladelphia.com

[Exit Queen.]

"Congress has no official paid sick leave policy, and members can continue receiving their salary indefinitely while on a medical leave. At the same time, millions of American women who give birth each year do not have access to any guaranteed paid maternity leave."

Mitch McConnell is getting more paid time off than women who give birth

Senator Mitch McConnell has continued to receive his full salary while being absent from the Senate for medical reasons.

newsweek.com

Exsqueeze me, *us*? Love robber flies, for the record. Except for what they do to my tiger beetle friends.

I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.

*please don't be an AI hallucination, please don't be an AI hallucination* Also I swear I looked this up for actual historical research purposes

“Universities denounced themselves as complicit in systemic racism.” Well yes, my university for example held the charred bones of Black children killed by Philadelphia police and at least one faculty member was using them to teach forensics so yes, gosh, there was some necessary self-denouncing

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3w ago

finally reading the Atlantic piece on “Woke 1” and it’s interesting how even in their attempt to list the movement’s sins they struggle to identify anything significant

Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”

Why is it so much easier to run up stairs on all fours but not socially acceptable to do so in public?

The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.

Just saw a Redditor say we're now at the Schrödinger's McConnell stage and I am dead (and maybe he is too)

Me driving in a foreign country and seeing a new road sign

What That Means

Alt: "What That Means" gif from the show Nathan for You

static.klipy.com

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

Uh oh do not tempt me with a side quest

My latest in Orion—on the wisdom of coral, the specter of extinction, and why I wish I had six arms #coral #oceanlife #sciencesky #motherhood #extinction #climatecrisis

Group Work - Orion Magazine

On the labor, love, and strange multiplicity of coral

orionmagazine.org

I've somehow found myself at the center of an underground reptile ring: Other 5-year-olds bring my daughter sloughed skins they find outside => I photograph them and send them to herpetologists for an ID => She brings the skins and names back to school => Now we're all wiser about reptiles

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

propublica.org

"Brushing off these practices as unscientific implies that 'true' science is, and always has been, unimpeachable. It denies us a chance to examine what flaws may fuel our own ways of thinking." A new mailbag from @wbarlowrobles.bsky.social

They Thought What?

Unpacking the history (and present) of science

contingentmagazine.org

It's that time of year when the trees are blooming, the birds are singing, and belligerent carpenter bees crash into my face.

Love this: "Weirdness is not a flaw in a picture book. It is often the doorway in. It tells children this space is not governed by ordinary rules." And this: "A picture book read aloud is not just text being delivered. It is performance. It is call and response. It is music with page turns."

Rachel@rachelbachman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An essay on why adults need to decenter themselves when it comes to picking books for children. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #tlsky #substack #skybrarian #edusky #kidlit

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector

There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...

defector.com

If the world knows that the President of the United States is about to commit war crimes by bombing the infrastructure of another country, isn’t it imperative that he be prevented from doing so rather than simply watch it happen

Everyone's job today

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

I just called my Congress person and basically went on a "Do something" rant.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

404 Media@404media.co · 6mo ago

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

One of my favorite pollinator photos, and the bee isn't even in focus. Which is why I love it. (Bombus sp, Illinois)