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alisn1durland @alisn1durland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Harvest moon ‘26
Photo of the harvest full moon with clouds surrounding
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alisn1durland @alisn1durland.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly 😭
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NYT: “.. Slaughtering wild horses is illegal, but the [Bureau of Land Management’s] actions create a loophole that enables people to get mustangs on the cheap and then quickly resell them to be exported alive, processed into cuts of meat and sold abroad.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Incredible and incredibly important catch from Tony (with the court document linked!) —>
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/07/2026
The CDC officially recorded more measles cases this year than in all of 2025, making 2026 the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
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CDC has announced record measles numbers. See how bad cases have been.
With more than five months left in the year, 2026 is the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials have warned that falling childhood vaccination rates have left more communities vulnerab...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22/07/2026
INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.
After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on.

I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft.

Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!
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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pancreatic cancer vaccine targeting KRAS mutants. Pancreatic cancer vaccine targeting KRAS mutants. Pancreatic cancer vaccine targeting KRAS mutants. HOLY SHI YOU GUYS
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If U.S. Route 101 along Oregon’s coast isn’t retrofitted before the Big One hits and shuts down for any extended period following the quake, “then you’ve lost those coastal communities, and you’re not going to get those back,” said Mike Olsen, an Oregon State University civil engineer.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 16/07/2026
Randomly terrorizing people trying to have a nice day at the beach.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
NYT reports Trump opening up critical habitats with endangered animals for commercial exploitation: “The change could open the door for fossil fuel companies, agricultural interests, land developers and others to disturb or even destroy the habitats of vulnerable species.”
nytimes.com
Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 10/07/2026
The Readmission Acts were “intentionally forgotten to history,” says a civil rights scholar. “People who didn’t like what was being done in Reconstruction made sure they wouldn’t be enforced, because they wanted to establish white supremacy in the South.”
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A Voting Rights Promise, Betrayed for 156 Years - Bolts
After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, with a federal court ruling against Virginia and reviving the Reconstruction-era promise.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In February, Trump quietly bought up to $5 million in Dell stock. Days later, he told Americans to buy Dell computers. Last month, the Pentagon gave Dell a $9.7B contract. Today, Trump is again promoting Dell computers — with Dell’s stock surging right after. Corruption.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He definitely has, it’s an impeachable offense, and it’s genuinely very important that we take his name (or face or “47” or whatever) off of everything he’s corruptly captured
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys share.google/nw0ojKKXnID1...
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Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm do...
High in the Swiss Alps, on a concrete dam wall more than 8,000 feet above the sea, someone bolted thousands of solar panels to a place almost no one thought
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.
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A Venezuelan man was accused of attempting to choke an ICE officer to death in Bellevue. Bystander video tells a different story
Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco was referred to by DHS as a “criminal illegal alien” and a “known Tren de Aragua terrorist.” The agency said he “violently attacked an ICE agent” by slamming her head into the ...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the president the authority to remove the leadership of most agencies that Congress had set up to act independently of presidential control. “Today, the majority reshapes our Government.”
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The Roberts court just put Trump in charge of independent agencies, vastly expanding his powers
"Today the majority reshapes our Government."
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NPR @npr.org · 29/06/2026
A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised. n.pr/4vH2shy
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Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Fucking Jeremy
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Effie Trinket: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
Alt: Effie Trinket: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
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alisn1durland @alisn1durland.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 24/06/2026
Hey by the way did you know I have a new book? It's on a smaller press, & it's a smaller book. A novella. Check it out if you're looking for more fiction from me! bookshop.org/p/books/fes-...
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Fes is a Mirror: a novella
a novella
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What the fuck are we even doing anymore?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/06/2026
Scammers, consider this your red card. Report false advertising and deceptive business practices at nyc.gov/DCWP. This World Cup, everyone plays by the rules.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Computational Cosmetologist @dferrer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I had strong priors against LLMs for medicine. There are a lot of doctors in my family and I grew up viewing doctors as careful, skilled professionals. I had plenty of bad medical experiences, but I thought it would be hard to do better. Then an LLM found a cure for my 2 decade chronic condition...
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 18/06/2026
We can protect and expand Social Security if millionaires, billionaires, and trillionaire Elon Musk pay the same rate as the rest of us. MAGA Mike Johnson and his fellow Republicans want to cut your earned benefits so that Musk NEVER has to pay his fair share. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationwide
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Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules
A federal judge ordered the ​Trump administration on ‌Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on ​topics like slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationw...
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
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Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
When DOD is "absolutely certain" that a boat is running drugs, there is never more than a 50% likelihood that this assessment is correct. Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking. If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/06/2026
"It is hard to wrap your head around how big a billion is, let alone a trillion, so it’s worth pausing to really take in just how obscene this sum is," writes Arwa Mahdawi. "If you spent $1m every single day it would take you more than 2,700 years to spend a trillion dollars."
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Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire | Arwa Mahdawi
Becoming the world’s first trillionaire is only going to supercharge this sense of impunity and bring us one step closer to full-blown oligarchy
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 06/06/2026
Right. The deeper issue is that the regulation increases PRESIDENTIAL control of science. And *that* is the major break from the decades of NIH success, where Congress via legislation set NIH priorities and the president mostly stayed out of it. But: /1 🧵
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Yaakov Roth was a Harvard Law School grad, SCOTUS clerk, and longtime BigLaw partner. His resume, law students were always told, was a sign that he was among those at the top of the legal profession. Today, he said Trump could tear down the Statue of Liberty tonight and no one could stop him.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/06/2026
More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion, according to a report from a government watchdog group.
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Report: Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project
President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for co...
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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
❤️🖤❤️Saw two of the critically-endangered Black-crowned Night Herons on Duck Island in Central Park's Harlem Meer. #herons #CentralPark #birding
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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says they didn't name two dairies potentially linked to the outbreak “because this is a potential risk for any raw milk producer.”
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Nearly 60 Idahoans sick after drinking raw milk in past two weeks, officials say • Idaho Capital Sun
The Department of Health and Welfare didn't disclose the names of dairies in North Idaho and southern Idaho that are linked to the outbreaks.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I know I'm a broken record, but Trump *not* releasing his taxes as he promised and the IRS *not* auditing his taxes every year and releasing the results like they have for every goddamn president for forty years is the actual scandal. This won't outlast his term and should be fought right now
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
DOJ backing down from $1.8B fund doesn't end the story. The Deputy Attorney General's tax immunity order - and those who brought it about - may have violated criminal laws barring interference in audits and in tax administration. Two tax experts weigh in, as well as on what Congress can now do.
justsecurity.org
Congress Should act to Block the President’s Deal in Trump v. IRS
Three core actions that Congress must take to fully unwind the Trump administration’s settlement and hold its architects accountable.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So, the slush fund was just a fringe benefit. What Trump really cares about is the “almost as good as a pardon” deal he gave himself via the IRS. Explained here: joycevance.substack.com/p/almost-as-...
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Almost as good as a pardon
Or maybe even better...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 02/06/2026
You might see the word "optometry" and think "boring." But @dyetter.bsky.social's reporting has uncovered some unbelievable stories about accountability and arrogance. State board allows optometry graduates to practice without passing national exam kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/02/s...
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State board allows optometry graduates to practice without passing national exam • Kentucky Lantern
The state board that oversees Kentucky's optometrists is standing by its decision to allow optometry graduates who haven’t passed all parts of a required national licensure exam to provide eye care.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/06/2026
A divided panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service. n.pr/4ueotCW
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Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military, appeals court rules
A divided panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 02/06/2026
More magical thinking, if we stop testing... the problem will go away. "The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate."
nytimes.com
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NEW: The Pentagon has banned journalists from its press office, designating it a classified space. The change creates a new barrier between journalists and the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions. wapo.st/4fZu2kW
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Pentagon bans journalists from press office, designating it a classified space
The change creates a new barrier compared with previous administrations, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of military public affairs officials without es...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The author who published a book about truth and AI that was embarrassingly revealed to have included AI-hallucinated quotes told @wired.com that he'd rather quit writing than quit using AI.
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We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well
A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“The largest IPO of all time also means we will possibly see the biggest flop of all time. If SpaceX fails, the people who get hit are not the wised-up early investors but basically a bunch of normal people, the ones who can least afford it.” — @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
Is SpaceX designed for the first federal memestock bailout?
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My Go Big or Go Home thoughts for this Saturday: I make the case for why we should consider amending the Constitution to create a fourth branch open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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We Need a Fourth Branch
Why our most vital institutions should be placed in a constitutional vault - beyond the reach of any President.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/05/2026
‘There is no way to stop this’: ‘Biotech Barbie’ Cathy Tie on her mission to genetically modify babies
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‘There is no way to stop this’: ‘Biotech Barbie’ Cathy Tie on her mission to genetically modify babies
The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-husband was jailed for doing
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