Sumit Sanyal

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

It's been a while since your last TOE episode, just saying ...

Gravity from entropy | Phys. Rev. D share.google/TR6wwk0jv1sH...

@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Can't wait to hear you chat with Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University! Thanks

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Swami Sarvapriyananda - Wikipedia

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@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Really enjoyed the episode with Bryan van Norden on Chinese philosophy. Now how about on on Indian philosophy to follow it up? I would recommend Swami Sarvapriyananda who is a New York based scholar and is an engineer by training from IIT. Thanks

This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions “We need detachment… as much as we need engagement in our lives… transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear.”

Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/23/o...

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human theconversation.com/jane-goodall...

"they are weaker than they look"

Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to stand firm on ACA subsidies share.google/TU3WyH0pcW7D...

R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life Why riding underneath the car is safer than riding inside the car, and other neato things to learn from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
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Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”

Last week from @josephinelee.bsky.social: “It’s anti-regulation, it’s anti-Black and anti-immigrant, and it’s anti-social safety net. So these cuts that are coming together really exacerbate the crisis of care.”

the onion has been on fire but this might be my favorite recent one lol

To save its unique and rare birds, New Zealand is turning to AI and genetic research New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be possible, unless new technology can be developed to do it.

How new tech could help save New Zealand's unique birds www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Kiwi's are showing the rest of us how to do it.

#conservation #invasivespecies #newzealand #feelgoodstories

💥 🧬 🧪 Mary-Claire King: Geneticist & Humanitarian

Geneticist who helped Abuelas find their grandchildren by developing a mitochondrial DNA sequencing test

Lone surfer with sailboats

#mobilephonephotography
#pleasurepoint
#SantaCruz
#surfing

#gettycenter #mobilephotography
#phonephotography
#museum

Yeah, thanks

Red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence

This handsome fellow is devouring my backyard chickens. I usually let my chickens run around free during the day. Now I can't, any suggestions?

Banksy continues to embody the best traditions of art as political dissent

Salk Institute mourns the loss of Nobel laureate David Baltimore - Salk Institute for Biological Studies LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute mourns the loss of molecular biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore, a former research associate and longtime nonresident fellow at the Institute. Baltimore died on S...

RIP David Baltimore. He is famous for breakthrough work that challenged dogma that information flows from DNA to RNA. In viruses, it is the opposite. This took virology in a new direction.

This was NIH funded research.

We stand on the shoulders of giants before us.
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WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Sept. 4. at 10 a.m. EDT. Watch live here.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Sept. 4. at 10 a.m. EDT. https://to.pbs.org/46jJEup

A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines He's transformed conspiracy theories into action and reshaped American policy in just a few months.

RFK Jr. transformed conspiracy theories into action and reshaped American policy in just a few months.

@annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social break down just how we got here:

A Truly Great Statue of a Sports Hero A sculpture honoring the tennis legend Arthur Ashe highlights how disappointing tributes to Dwyane Wade and others have been.

So many statues honoring sports heroes are disappointing, Sally Jenkins argues—but one honoring a tennis legend rises above the rest.