Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialMax Granger @maxgranger.info · 5hThey cut down the "grandmother" tree. 26333248
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is in the Chicago neighborhood hit hardest by the ICE assault on our city. 15331
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialIain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bruce Schneier is always a joy to interview and his latest book, Rewiring Democracy, isn't too negative about AI. Also one of the few to have a law named after them - “Any person can invent a security system so clever that she or he can’t think of how to break it,” by @doctorow.pluralistic.net.techfinitive.comBruce Schneier on AI: “These massive US AI companies have no viable business model”Security legend Bruce Schneier is worried about AI. In this exclusive interview, he explains why he thinks open-source AI is the answer 2468
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialNYC Plover Project @nycploverproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today we’re thinking about the first plover to arrive this year in New York City. This plover touched down in Edgemere, Queens on March 7th, 2026, undoubtedly knowing that a stretch of beach there is protected for plovers, terns, oystercatchers, & skimmers. 1174
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialTami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Two announcements regarding AccuSNV, which calls high precision SNVs across microbial genomes: Version 1.1 is now incredibly easy to install, run, and perform downstream analyses with (see image of typical output!). The manuscript was also published this summer in Genome Research! Links next... 15625
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 01/10/2026American factory construction inched down to the lowest level since 2022 in official data released today as CHIPS Act projects finish and tariffs weigh on nearly all industries Total US factory construction is down 33% from its 2024 highs and 20% over the last year alone 212637
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialAlyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But here on the far side of fifty, after more than a decade of watching and fighting political cruelty and chaos, this is what it’s come down to for me. How do we remain human in a world that wants to turn us into ghosts, consumers, machines? 1206
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In 2018, Annalinda Martinez and her daughters became homeless. She went to Georgia's child welfare agency looking for help finding housing. Instead, the state took her children. Then DFCS began charging her for their foster care. Those bills eventually left her $13,000 in debt.wabe.orgGeorgia removed her kids because she was homeless. The state is charging her $13,000 for foster careGeorgia is among several states that have moved away from charging parents for their kids' time in foster care. But parents who already owe money for past cases are still on the hook. 6177102
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The craziest compound-impurity story I’ve ever heard:science.orgNow That's An Impurity Story 1010143
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:unraveledpress.comIn plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operationsVideos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol... 10716387
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895447937
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialRhys White @rhystwhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When genomic surveillance stops at the bacterial lineage, what do we miss? Spanning within-host vanB E. faecium, to a drug-susceptible K. variicola NICU outbreak, & MRSA AK3. See what resolving mobile DNA can add to investigations doi.org/10.1071/MA26... 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky #IDSky 🧪🧫🦠doi.orgMobile DNA as epidemiological engines: lessons from New ZealandAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest global public health threats of the 21st Century, yet it often spreads in ways that routine surveillan 163
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026rip annie dillard 1134311138
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialSherri Mabe @starlitwaltz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“There was no such thing as emptiness in the world. Even in the sky there were no vacant places. Everywhere there was life, visible and invisible, and every object possessed something that would be good for us to have also—even to the very stones.” Luther Standing Bear #classicmono #infrared 1416
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda. 291083300
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDamian Ward @damianward.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A selection of images from Albert Renger-Patzsch, who died 60 years ago today. Albert Renger-Patzsch (22 June 1897 – 27 September1966) #photography 2859
straythoughts.bsky.social @straythoughts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#photography #bnw #classicmono #nature_photography 090
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialLandis Blair @landisblair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Headless. #CemeterySaturday Resthaven Cemetery, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL 1318
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 25/09/2026Federal Judge Blasts ‘Inhumane and Unconstitutional’ Conditions in NYC ICE Detentiontalkingpointsmemo.comFederal Judge Blasts ‘Inhumane and Unconstitutional’ Conditions in NYC ICE DetentionA federal judge decried the “cruelty” detainees experienced inside Manhattan’s infamous ICE... 06623
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.com‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the MidtermsA disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law. 25237141383
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In dissent, Jackson harshly criticizes the per curiam, unsigned majority's treatment of irreparable harm. 1031993
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think it’s a fair presumption that when a white manager calls a black employee the n-word it’s a sign of some racial animus. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #elonlife 1343274
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialStephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Black-throated Blue Warbler. One of my favorites to photograph because they are such a challenge to get the exposure correct. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 9.24.2026 #Birds #Warblers #FallMigration 2458
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026There's what DHS said...and then there's reality ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics... 11382166
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's a lot to say about this, and other folks are saying most of it. I just want to focus on one thing: the claim about the relationship between universities and "the real world." 1528195
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialJenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 09/03/20261/ Has life expectancy fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic? In a new pre-print, we find that 31 of 34 high-income countries had still not returned to their expected life expectancy trajectories five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #demography 5184106
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialTamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A marginal musician for #YomKippur: A trumpeting creature on the first part of the Kol Nidre. From the Tripartite #Mahzor, #14thCentury. #Bodleian ms Michael 19 #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #medievalmusic #trumpet #kolnidre 1111
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor. 992991851
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I wrote up this story about my mom's survival from polio and its connections to world history, family lore, & current events: katestarbird.substack.com/p/a-family-t... We need to keep telling our stories of the world before vaccines — to prevent ourselves from having to live in a world after them.katestarbird.substack.comA Family Tree, Nearly Broken by PolioAs MAHA leaders call the polio vaccine a "fraud," an old family photo tells the story of the world before vaccines — and warns of the risk of forgetting. 9332119
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/09/20261) Every damn things he's built without Congressional authorization gets demolished on the first day. 2) Christ, he's like a 7-year old. "Oh yeah? Well MY arch is going to be a FORTRESS with GUNS and DRONES and LASERS, you'll be able to CONTROL THE WHOLE CITY from there." 681996365
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 19/09/2026It has been a year this month since the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz began. What it left behind can be measured in the number of neighborhood patrollers who are still making their daily rounds. It can be measured in places still coming back to life.chicagotribune.comA city on guard: What the raids left behind after Operation Midway Blitz 065
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#CDC reports today that as of 9/17, the US has recorded 3,471 confirmed measles cases in 2026, up 50% from the figure recorded in all of 2025. CDC is still not acknowledging the 4 measles-related deaths Pennsylvania has reported. Important note: confirmed cases are a fraction of the true total. 16027
straythoughts.bsky.social @straythoughts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#sqrlpix #squirrelpix #photography 040
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialNYC Plover Project @nycploverproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Your voice is needed! 📣 Contact your member of Congress and both U.S. Senators to speak up for species & against this rule change! Ask your friends and family to do the same! We will never give up the fight to defend imperiled species, and the Endangered Species Act itself! 0105
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69285994169
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“If the USPS were to implement its new Rule now, the effects on the 2026 election would be catastrophic. Many voters would be disenfranchised altogether, and many others would be denied their state-law right to vote by mail.” www.justsecurity.org/156963/usps-...justsecurity.orgWhat’s Conspicuously Missing from the Government’s Supreme Court Reply Brief in the Mail Ballots CaseMarty Lederman on the Solicitor General's reply brief in the USPS mail-in ballot case before the Supreme Court. 16394130
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/09/2026This is going to do so much damage. 24470109
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026'the Waymo effect is what happens when a technology removes the friction of dealing with another human being, and we experience that removal as pure gain – because the costs of the friction were always visible to us, while its benefits were not.'wonkhe.comThe Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborativeDaniel Hook argues that frictionless technologies are teaching us to prefer our own company – and that research leaders should be worried Daniel Hook argues that frictionless technologies are teaching us to prefer our own company – and that research leaders should be worried 32713
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This Day in Labor History: September 10, 1897. Luzerne County sheriff deputies slaughtered 19 unarmed coal miners striking outside of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Let's talk the Lattimer Massacre and the cold-blooded murder of innocent immigrant workers from eastern Europe! 27652
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews. 391309757717
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.nytimes.comOpinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity. 5032481229
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Obvious point: The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are far better Americans than Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller. 331437287
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 05/09/2026“She built a remarkable career rooted in jazz, blues, gospel, folk and the many traditions that shape our state’s musical identity,” Jackson Mayor John Horhn said. “Her work had rare depth of character and a profound understanding of how music moves people, tells stories and connects generations.”mississippifreepress.orgPerson of the Day | Cassandra Wilson: Jackson-Born Jazz Artist and Grammy Winner Dies at 70Jackson-born jazz and folk singer Cassandra Wilson, whose long career included two Grammy Award wins, died in her Hinds County home Tuesday, Sept. 1. 04510
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialAndy Adams @flakphoto.news · 04/09/2026Do yourself a favor and leave your phone in the other room. Pick up a book and read it uninterrupted for a long time. Pay attention and notice how good it feels not to be constantly interrupted by digital notifications. It's a miracle that we used to live like this. We don't know what we're missing. 4369879
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialMike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947." 571969818
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The iconic weeping willow trees outside the Kennedy Center have been cut down by Trump. 48425261404
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialW. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.climate.usclimate.usClimate.us Homeindependent, nonprofit, and immune to politics 024
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fascinating! She Popularized Economics. Then She Was Erased From History. Why? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/b...nytimes.com“The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth”: An Economist, ErasedMaria Edgeworth sneaked economic theory into her best-selling novels. Two centuries later, a new book finally gives her the credit she deserves. 12617
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more... 671740608
Reposted by @straythoughts.bsky.socialBen Pascoe @benizao.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🧫 In 1886, Theodor Escherich was studying bacteria from children with diarrhoea. Among the organisms he saw were strange, curved bacteria. He could see them under the microscope. But he couldn't grow them. It would take almost a century before we understood quite how important they were. 🧵 194