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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 2h

Yes! This has all been exceedingly clear. For years! And they *still* gave him a platform.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Science journalism had a rough summer: Sci Am was sold, Research Professional News is being shut down, etc. etc. Against this backdrop, some of us are likely pondering "going independent." So I invited @alexip718.com @thexylom.com to chat about the realities of running a small indie newsroom.

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"It's honestly a miracle that we're still around" — the Xylom's Alex Ip on indie newsroom realities

Also: Controversial changes to NIH peer review, 90% of biomedical papers show signs of AI use, and Harvard shuts down its writing center

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 21h

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

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Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 20h

Amid record-setting heat, this isn’t even gaslighting. It’s like the worst liar you know, just phoning it in with random phrases strung together.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 21h

Anti trans hatred is the same as any other anti-gay, religious, or racial hatred we have ever known. This includes the efforts to dress it up, hide it, and make it about protecting women or children. That's exactly what bigots did to Black and gay people.

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos

Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"the film’s Renée Good stand-in enters, slamming her Subaru into the ICE van... revs up again and fatally hits ICE agent “Juan” with her car. Then his ICE partner, “Mike,” shoots her in a justifiable killing." This is grotesque. www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...

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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.

Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Protect #science and #science #journalism. Join + support nonprofit orgs like @sciencewriters.org and our regional @nswa.bsky.social (Answer the latest "survey" from NW science folks, asking what you want in 2027) #community If you loved #SciWri26... help make it happen again.

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Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com · 01/10/2026

Inspired by all the lovely pitchers at the #SciWri26 pitch slam, here's a very short, very incomplete list of pitching tips—the kinds of things that come up often when I'm reviewing pitches and providing feedback. Let me know what I missed! www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-p...

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Five pitching tips for early-career journalists

A good portion of my job involves reading and responding to pitches over e-mail. Over the years, I've seen it all.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks to #SciWri26 Pitch Slam panelist, @rachelcourtland.com, for putting together these helpful pitching tips! @sciencewriters.org

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kind of a big deal for the nation’s top health agency to downplay disability, given that you can download these very graphics from the CDC website that highlight the fact that disabilities are quite common & impactful! We should all be asking *why* this admin is suddenly so keen to hide them. 🧪

Two images from the CDC: The first says, “Disability impacts all of us” and shows a diverse set of 6 people with disabilities. The second image is an outline of the US and says, “More than 1 in 4* adults in the United States have some type of disability.” The * explains that it’s actually 28.7%.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Measles disaster in Florida might not be far off, analysis finds If the state's measles vaccination rate continues to fall, it could see dozens, if not hundreds, of kids’ deaths in the coming years. Read more: bit.ly/4rD3TMK 📷: DonkeyHotey / Flickr

A blue highway sign, that's decorated with green palm tree leaves and says, "Welcome to Florida - The Sunshine State,” stands on the side of the road. Behind it is a grassy lawn and palm trees.

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026

This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

5 deaths from measles. This is appalling 😳😳😳.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Again, this is a horrible, easily preventable tragedy. A longtime anti-vax zealot has been systematically dismantling our public health infrastructure, which should be a major scandal. Vaccines save lives. Disinformation kills. Why are we still pretending that this is in any way normal? 🧪

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says

Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Worth highlighting amid the fallout from Schmitt’s faceplant: he’s not shy about his white supremacist beliefs!

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026

617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.

The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

GAO finds #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp cost taxpayers almost THREE TIMES MORE than standard ICE detention centers. The guv promised about $1 billion in no-bid contracts to private contractors to run it. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com

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ICE wasted taxpayer money on Alligator Alcatraz with no contract, report finds

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found Alligator Alcatraz cost almost three times higher than standard ICE detention centers.

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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW - Conservative orgs are filing records requests by the dozens at public universities, demanding documents from climate researchers. @lesleyclark.bsky.social @corbinhiar.bsky.social & I have uncovered more than 100 requests, a campaign targets/allies say is an effort to derail climate litigation

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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👀 Even the lowball “official” tally is bad. And based on the snowballing epidemic in some hotspots, it will only get worse. Again, this is why you want a functional public health agency.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Even Kafka would have marveled at the surrealism of this deliberate cruelty.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kicking science journalists out of MAHA events? Seems to be a familiar playbook. I'm sorry this happened to you @sherylnyt.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/maxk...

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 29/09/2026

In Texas, the State is removing climate change courses from the core curriculum. They have decided that climate change is just too dangerous to teach the students. This is indoctrination. I wrote an oped about it in the SA Express-News. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

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Texas can’t hide from climate change by stopping students from learning about it

Texas has removed climate change courses from core curriculum at public universities. Ignoring climate change will not serve the state.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean, the pretense of thinking that a "hearing" is some sort of legit legal practice when it forces a two year to argue his or her own case is just preposterous. As is calling at-will employees of the executive "judges," tho that's more Orwell than Kafka. Just speed-running dystopias here.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Someday we’ll look back on all of this with horror at how this was ever allowed to happen. Just vile.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026

For years we've heard that Biden created a "Ministry of Truth," which didn't actually happen. But, I still hear people talking about it. But then Trump directed his FCC boss to be a literal Minister of Truth and the story disappeared within a day or two. What are we even doing here?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s indeed possible to write a headline that says “Trump lies again.” It doesn’t violate any rule of journalism or shatter the laws of nature. it just tells the truth.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rufo literally offered a bounty to anyone who could produce a video of Haitians eating dogs. He got nothing. So he found a video of Congolese men grilling chicken and tried to claim they were cooking cats.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The damage being done to this country by the current administration will require a generation (or more) to undo. It’s just wholesale destruction at this point.

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This! The incessant attacks on reality have caused us to tone down or steer clear of even basic facts and moral statements, which only cedes more ground to the anti-reality industry.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While the news & white papers breathlessly cover the idea of a threat of a future AI bioweapon, an Ebola outbreak is escalating, having killed nearly 4,000 people so far. The Trump admin has diminished US support to control it w/travel bans, an eroded CDC & a hobbled WHO www.who.int/emergencies/...

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Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Since the last Disease Outbreak News was published on 11 September 2026, the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has expanded further, with two additional health zones af...

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Which ethics experts argue the opposite? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

The spot is the latest in a series of pro-Trump ads funded by public money. Some ethics experts have argued that the Trump administration is violating federal laws banning the use of taxpayer dollars for propaganda, and the ads have drawn criticism from both parties.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research on the planet, and its $47 billion budget is larger than that of the next 10 research funders combined." This underscores my big problem with Gorsuch's concurrence in Slaughter. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

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Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 25/09/2026

🚨EXCLUSIVE: AI safety rules were about to be enacted - then $25 million from OpenAI's president was deposited in Trump's super PAC and the rule disappeared. @levernews.com unearths documents exposing how AI oligarchs got Trump to kill rules they now claim to support. A must-read - pass it on👇

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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest experiments to national security officials. Now lawmakers are scrambling to catc...

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The golden age of academic scams is just getting more golden

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