Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How did this @nytimes.com article get framed as "ebikes are a menace" when it's all stories of ebike riders getting murdered by drivers? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n... 100
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026RIP Annie Dillard. Her "Total Eclipse" leaves me gobsmacked every time: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...theatlantic.comTotal Eclipse"Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him." 011
Reposted by Michael MoyerQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 10/09/2026The change AI has brought to math is undeniable — it, after all, helped solve a Millennium Prize Problem just this week. To keep up with it all, we’ve created Transformation, our dispatch exploring the latest in math and AI, written by @kkakaes.bsky.social. www.quantamagazine.org/updates/tran...quantamagazine.orgTransformation | Quanta MagazineA weekly dispatch exploring the latest news in math and AI… 2187
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Want the latest about what's going on in math and AI? We've created a new weekly dispatch for you. We're calling it Transformation: www.quantamagazine.org/updates/tran...quantamagazine.orgTransformation | Quanta MagazineA weekly dispatch exploring the latest news in math and AI… 030
Reposted by Michael MoyerKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026From me, and the WIRED leadership team. Proud of WIRED today and every day, and we’re not slowing down on our reporting about MSG or anything else. 161763191
Reposted by Michael MoyerBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026America's Lysenko 624545
Reposted by Michael MoyerHolland Oates @phinsphan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026People are gonna fucking hate this if it actually happens. Enjoy all these post 8am sunrises 169913281
Reposted by Michael MoyerWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 28/05/2026this was the rare leah finnegan gawker column that was actually not mean enough www.gawkerarchives.com/nick-bilton-...gawkerarchives.comNick Bilton Is the New Worst Columnist at the <em>New York Times</em>New York Times writer Nick Bilton used to cover technology. He wrote about the "internal struggles" at Twitter. He wrote articles challenging the FAA so people could use their phones on plan... 733052
Reposted by Michael MoyerChristina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...nytimes.comF.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe 9344242247
Reposted by Michael MoyerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.insidehighered.comBoard Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s FutureThe White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte... 6821741329
Reposted by Michael MoyerMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026An interesting read. Sterile neutrinos may turn out to be one of a common class of ideas: incredibly elegant, so much so that they almost seem inevitable, yet not realized in nature. In the end, the final word comes from the data. 🧪 311414
Reposted by Michael MoyerBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026how is this real 94511
Reposted by Michael MoyerKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/03/2026you can tell Wired has been doing good journalism lately because there's been increased whining by the extraction class about how Wired mysteriously changed in the decade since tech titans fully revealed themselves as sociopaths from this recent Dorsey interview: 351919440
Reposted by Michael MoyerChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.” 174109772740
Reposted by Michael MoyerJoshua Sokol @joshuasokol.bsky.social · 23/02/2026A million satellites won't happen, but only because the economics of $/kg won't smile on it. The problem's crux is that even small steps toward this quixotic goal are rewriting the sky (go to a dark place; look for yourself) while the US agency that should mind the gates brandishes a rubber stamp. 142
Reposted by Michael MoyerPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...statnews.comPrasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine applicationThe rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny. 19613326
Reposted by Michael MoyerTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 08/02/2026"What good is originality if you can't crank it out," part 10 million www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b... 1358
Reposted by Michael MoyerG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 29/01/2026cover of The Economist this week 412612914
Reposted by Michael MoyerMegan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026You can feel Dan's giddiness in every story, a sense of "I can't believe I get to do this for a living." His writing was great because it was so much fun to read; it was fun to read because he so clearly had fun writing it. A good lesson for everyone who makes stuff for public consumption, I think. 21028
Reposted by Michael MoyerMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Nice article from @nattyover.bsky.social about the state of particle physics as a field. It’s historically been perhaps the highest prestige and most prominent subfield of physics but there are genuine worries about the path forward, as Natalie clearly lays out. 🧪 33212
Reposted by Michael MoyerCaitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 28/01/2026In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this: 50272471832
Reposted by Michael MoyerQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 26/01/2026In the first of our new series of curiosity-driven essays, Qualia, @nattyover.bsky.social asks particle physicists whether the field is facing a profound crisis. www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...quantamagazine.orgIs Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? | Quanta MagazineColumnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis. 03314
Reposted by Michael MoyerHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...statnews.comU.S. makes exit from the WHO completeThe U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency. 4390253
Reposted by Michael MoyerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/01/2026* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO US BACKLASH -- BLOOMBERG NEWS * MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS @reuters.com $MRNA 36592309
Reposted by Michael Moyerkottke.org @kottke.org · 13/01/2026Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]gourmetmagazine.netGourmet MagazineGourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it. 232523764
Reposted by Michael MoyerEva Miranda @evamirandag.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Fascinated once again to see @walkingthedot.bsky.social work his magic, explaining this story with the perfect touch. Happy to have contributed a small grain to it. Congratulations on this piece! It beautifully captures the emotion of the moment and the roller-coaster nature of research 🎢 033
Reposted by Michael MoyerQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 16/12/2025These are the year’s computational revelations, as curated by Quanta’s executive editor @mmoyer.bsky.social: www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...quantamagazine.orgThe Year in Computer Science | Quanta MagazineExplore the year’s most surprising computational revelations, including a new fundamental relationship between time and space, an undergraduate who overthrew a 40-year-old conjecture, and the unexpect... 0227
Reposted by Michael MoyerDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience. 10342761892
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025"All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again." 000
Reposted by Michael MoyerCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/12/2025John Noble Wilford, science writing legend, dies at 92. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...nytimes.comJohn Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92 44810
Reposted by Michael MoyerAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯 USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt... 241360445
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025The best end-of-year list is always the Jealousy List: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comThe Stories We Most Admired in 2025: Businessweek’s Jealousy ListThe stories we admired most this year. 000
Reposted by Michael MoyerMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24/11/2025We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions. #ScienceUnderSiege 351305630
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025It's hard to escape the conclusion that the people in charge of medical research in this country think that medical research—indeed, all of modern medicine—is bad. 000
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Apropos of nothing, have you ever wondered why magnets work? www.quantamagazine.org/the-cartoon-...quantamagazine.orgThe Cartoon Picture of Magnets That Has Transformed ScienceOne hundred years after it was proposed, the Ising model is used to understand everything from magnets to brains. 030
Reposted by Michael Moyer🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand 10420129
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I realize that Bob Iger does not personally read the explanations people give when they cancel Disney+, but still, it was cathartic. 020
Reposted by Michael MoyerLaura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a... 5255392539
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025My colleagues just posted an incredibly ambitious series about the science of climate science. I hope you'll check it out: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...quantamagazine.orgHow We Came To Know Earth | Quanta MagazineClimate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from... 030
Reposted by Michael MoyerHannah Waters @hanner.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Seeking science journalists: @quantamagazine.bsky.social is hiring a physics editor! A rare opportunity to join this great team and lead coverage of this foundational vertical. Please reach out with any questions and share widely simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPhysics Editor, Quanta MagazinePOSITION SUMMARY Quanta is seeking an editor to contribute to the magazine’s award-winning physics coverage. This editor will be tasked with finding the most exciting developments in the world of the ... 16354
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I've subscribed to Defector since week 1 and it is great, long live blogs. 030
Michael Moyer @mmoyer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Saw my first Waymo in NYC (w/ driver). Same spot, 30 seconds earlier, a Jeep with monster-truck tires made an illegal U-turn across two double-yellow lines and nearly hit a cyclist. 000
Reposted by Michael MoyerJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This is very odd - we've found loads of articles attempting to discredit these scientists, all anonymously published. It's still unclear who is producing these articles, and why 77533
Reposted by Michael MoyerBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 20/07/2025One thing we’re going to see a *lot* of: Pieces that appear to explore an intellectually provocative question inspired by AI, but that assume a premise (in this case “friendship with a chatbot is possible”) that’s a) nonsensical and b) perfectly aligned with the aims of AI marketingnytimes.comWhat Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers. 15972195
