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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13h
Who could have predicted? www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
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The Immigration Crackdown Is Making It Much Harder to Build Houses
Home building, which relies on foreign-born workers, is suffering a labor shortage that is freezing projects and raising costs.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h
DHS Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home theonion.com/dhs-raids-rep-ilhan-om…
“Well, let’s just see what DHS planted before jumping to conclusions about her innocence.”

Cecil Langford, Systems Analyst
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14h
Sherry Turkle: “I’m arguing that we are seduced by something, & we want something that is bad for us, particularly if you’re a child… when you have a conversation that you find enjoyable with an object that really is not there as a caring object, you’re entering a shell game of illusions & mirrors”
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Opinion | Is It a Relationship if No One’s on the Other Side?
Sherry Turkle, who has spent decades studying people’s relationships with machines, believes we have “a very small window” to correct our current course with A.I.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/10/2026
Wanna say Cladophialophora bantiana 5 times fast? It’s a scary name for a scary fungus whose detections have increased in recent years. We know basically nothing about it, including how people get infected. You can read more in this weeks MMWR: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Cladophialophora bantiana Detections
This report describes 48 confirmed cases and one probable case of C. bantiana in clinical samples from 2009–2026.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"Given the enormous time spent in workplace meetings, do we know what they accomplish or how to make them as worthwhile as possible? For decades, the answer was: not really... Once a tiny niche area, 'meeting science' is a growing specialization." On @knowablemag.bsky.social
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Can science save meetings?
The research is rolling in, and the answer is yes. It’s possible to turn tedious work gatherings into more effective and enjoyable experiences.
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Katie Spoon @kspoon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We found that the most gendered experience wasn’t work-life balance, the focus of most retention efforts. It was feeling devalued, in formal evaluations, but particularly in everyday interactions. Unlike every other topic, the gender gap in devaluation was larger among more senior faculty.
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Katie Spoon @kspoon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
As a PhD student designing my first survey, I added what I thought was a throwaway question at the end. To my surprise, thousands of academics answered it! The paper is out today: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security recipients will get a 3.6% cost-of-living boost in 2027, reflecting an average increase of $75 per month. @apnews.com
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
If we followed each other in the other place, and you've just moved over here, please say hi.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The only way to prevent geoengineering turning into a giant shitshow is to have a robust and credible planetary governance structure, but if we had one of those we would have already stopped climate change
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The amazing science journalist, Helen Branswell, died recently. Let's celebrate her incredibly contributions by sharing her writing, like the article below. She made a difference in dark times. Thank you, Helen! 🙏❤️🙏❤️ www.statnews.com/2022/02/14/w... via @statnews.com
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Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle
The pandemic has been catastrophic. But consider something that may have escaped you: You have witnessed — and you are a beneficiary of — a freaking miracle.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“.. Since the start of the Iran war ..” - Bilello
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Whatever one thinks about this place, all of the larger ones, controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, are nothing but giant propaganda/misinformation/porn/surveillance machines owned by oligarchs actively collaborating with fascists.
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Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's a really sad day here at STAT. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A big loss for us, the community of virologists and epidemiologists, she was one of the best science journalists, never fell for the conspiracies or false equivalencies www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oh no, I am just heartbroken to see this terrible news. “Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials around the world… died Tuesday at age 69. The cause was complications from cancer, said her sister, Brenda Branswell.”
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast marginally to 3.1% -- but warns the world economy is "nearing the limits of its resilience." Calls AI a “slow-moving tsunami” for jobs. Says 40% of global jobs will eventually be augmented, downgraded or eliminated. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/imf-...
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IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt
The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it's forecasting growth at a still sluggish 3.1%.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
SOMETHING NEW: Since SO MANY great new books on cities, city-building & urbanism have been published since I did my “Top 100” List back in 2013, on 100 (non-consecutive) days I’ll profile 100 NEWER BOOKS for the #UrbanismBookClub in THIS thread! Starting today (in no order), with “Messy Cities!” 1/
Cover of “Messy Cities: Why we can’t plan everything” with @johnlorinc.bsky.social @jasonthorne.bsky.social etc
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Small-caps (in blue) did yeoman’s work this year — but finally hands the baton to the S&P, as higher rates begin to bite. @cnbc.com
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Counting the days until the insurance industry makes the inevitable turn and sues Big Oil for selling a product that amplifies extreme weather and causes rates to skyrocket. Insurers do it all the time in other cases. They will do it here eventually. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/u...
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The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices (Gift Article)
Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Recently, a paper cited a scoping review of mine, and the citation was appended to a sentence that was a *very slight* paraphrase of a sentence in said scoping review.** The authors noted that they used GenAI for their lit search/synthesis. **I remember the exact sentence b/c I agonized over it
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Rick Anderson @rickanderson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The CIA has done a lot of terrible things during its history. Sneaking banned books through the Iron Curtain was not one of them. This sounds like an intriguing read. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-cia-...
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How the CIA Smuggled Liberal Arts Behind the Iron Curtain
From Orwell to Agatha Christie, operatives used Western literature to challenge Soviet censorship and spread anti-communist ideas across the Eastern Bloc.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I don't think people appreciate how much the coming year is going to suck
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“My main worry is that the idea is the A.I. can make a smarter A.I. in some way that we’re not going to understand. .. So we’re ending up in a world where .. we’re just going to have to trust what it tells us about how it works or whether it’s aligned.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Excellent interview with @angierasmussen.bsky.social on CNN about the reported case of plague in Russia It’s good to hear from an actual expert like Dr Rasmussen (there are plenty of “armchair” commentators who don’t really know what they’re talking about!) www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Virologist tells CNN about infection at Russian plague lab | CNN
Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and Science Chair for Save America Movement, joins Omar Jimenez to discuss what we know about the worker at the Russian plague lab who is dead of an “unknown” infection....
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. There aren’t any more inventories to drain in the West,” Russell Hardy, chief executive officer of Vitol Group, said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London on Tuesday. “We drained the available inventory.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Timothy Snyder: One thing that I do worry about... is that the way we fought the Iran war was obviously out of date. We haven’t learned how to fight a modern war. With Hegseth and Trump… and their just fantastic vision of testosterone plus battleships, I just don’t think we’re going to get there.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A perfect summation of Keynes Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930) and extrapolation to cover AI as it is emerging today. Brilliantly done. Essential viewing. www.nytimes.com/video/watch
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most people are underreacting to this El Niño.
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STAT @statnews.com · 02/10/2026
People who have a Medicare Advantage plan — and wind up needing care and prescriptions next year — are in for a rude awakening. www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/medicar…
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Medicare Advantage plans shift more costs onto seniors in 2027
Premiums are stable, but Medicare Advantage plans are making big changes that could make care more expensive for patients.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My book, *The Carbon Wave*, is the #1 new release in Environmental Policy! Thanks to everyone who has picked up a copy so far. My deepest hope is that this book will catalyze a lot of new climate action, so thanks for sharing it with others. Really appreciate all the support!
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Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company. “Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”
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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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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/09/2026
One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.
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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/09/2026
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Text from a friend. HEADS UP TEXAS. CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION ASAP. This is a family with a Latino last name.
Texts from my friend: I wanted to share with you a message from Texas I thought would be a good fact or call to action for your audience.
I wanted to share something that happened to my 76-year-old mom in Texas yesterday because I immediately thought of you and the reach of your mic.
My mom, Margaret, has been a voter since she was 18 and has always voted. She went to a voter-registration event in Bexar County and, when they suggested she check her registration, her record couldn’t be found. She immediately filled out a new registration application.
Then she checked her husbands, and his record couldn’t be found either.
Regardless of why any individual registration has an issue, this feels like an important public-service message: Texans should check their voter registration now, while there’s still time to fix a problem, not discover it when they go to vote.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The MAGA/MAHA Administration really loves to censor science www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Trump Administration Suppressed USPSTF Recommendations
Group's recommendations on cervical cancer screening, cardiovascular prevention were blocked
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Ben Eidelson @beidelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just released its report on campus antisemitism and Title VI. I testified at the hearing. The report is unanimous, bipartisan, & debunks the main legal theories behind recent attacks on universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism. 🧵
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Find out where you can watch the film here.
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MUSK | Only In Select Theaters October 9, Nationwide October 16
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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