This is an excellent explanation of why the charge that many challenges are gaming the system, is far off the mark. In reality the system itself is almost designed to leave too little time for an informed response.

I honestly don't know why people are in so much denial about this. I keep seeing variants on "how could POC have possibly been present in Georgian Britain?" like, have these people not heard of ships?

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming

META NEEDS TO PAY ME FOR ITS USE OF GEN AI. YOU CAN PAY TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY FEED MARK AND MY STORIES, ESSAYS AND BOOKS.

Paying less for public transit buses | Brookings This paper proposes three sets of recommendations to reduce the cost of procuring transit buses in America.

A new research paper by Ed Glaeser, Sam Silverberg, et al. identifies several fundamental problems with the US bus market:
- It’s a duopoly, dominated by Gillig and New Flyer
- Foreign (and cheaper) competitors are blocked by federal Buy America rules
- Transit agencies customize *everything*

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

A deal to allow generic versions of HIV-prevention shots in lower income countries is fabulous news. Just $40/year (vs $28K in the US)

Great news, but as usual, middle-income nations with high poverty & lots of HIV are left out.

By @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

A group of cow elk graze in Yellowstone National Park, with Yellowstone Lake and mountains behind them in late afternoon.

Wildlife and Habitat of Yellowstone.
Elk Grazing in Yellowstone National Park by Belinda Greb
belinda-greb.pixels.com/featured/elk... #wildlife #yellowstonenationalpark

3 photos from my Etsy Shop. The first is a forest scene, the 2nd a brown bear in lupin flowers, and the 3rd a view of the Grand Tetons from Schwabachers' Landing.

3 photos from my Etsy Shop. The first is of a bird walking across waterlilies, the 2nd a view of Mount Rainier, and the 3rd an image of the elusive Resplendent Quetzal.

Take a look at my Etsy shop! www.etsy.com/shop/Radianc...
Landscape, Wildlife and Nature images by Belinda Greb Photography.

Kennedy continues to claim that vaccines aren’t adequately tested.

He is a liar. They are the most thoroughly tested intervention of all.

A small gray-brown and powder-blue waxbill with a blue-gray bill. The male is bright with extensively blue underparts, while the female is paler, often with a grayish belly. Pairs and small flocks are resident in dry savanna, cultivation, and rural villages close to permanent water for drinking. The species may disperse during drought.

Southern Cordon-bleu takes a break from foraging amongst the grass.

📍Mbuyuni Farm Retreat, Morogoro, Tanzania.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

I know there’s no such thing as #marshmadness (yet) but there should be. This variation from an earlier set I posted a few weeks back has bonus #snags (yippee!)
#EastCoastKin #scapes
#CoastalGeorgia

A Sandhill Crane resting along the nature trail. Their mate was nearby and later I saw the pair strolling down the trail together.

Photo of a black and white speckled highland cow lying on the crest of a gentle green grassy hill. She is silhouetted against the mostly clear light blue sky and some trees are visible in the distance. White fencing is in the foreground.

Serene summer Savannah on the hill. 🌞

7 New Sci-Fi Comedies You Don’t Want to Miss - Electric Literature These books are full of intrigue and adventure with lots of laughs along the way

"The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series is a delight of creative science fiction world building and Sherlockian detective work." 🧡💛🧡

Screamy bird season 🥹

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature Summer at the Wetlands with Ducklings!

Ducklings! And lots of good summer stuff like milkweed, a muskrat and more!

#birds 🌿 #mammals

As a Brown man who grew up with a family who all eat like this, I can't tell you how deeply this hurts and genuinely cuts. The racism is unbelievable. I eat like this and am proud to do so but it doesn't stop how painful the shock is that someone views you this way.

BREAKING: Senator Warnock calls Big Beautiful Bill “Socialism for the Rich”.

100% true!

“Why Are We Funding This?” Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
🧪🌎

Tha Momager saw somb ole Eenglieesh Morris dancers yesterdy but thought they wud be improfed by mor cattes.

A silver fox sitting on a hillside. If you speak to him/her, you’ll absolutely be given a quest. You will level up if you complete it. (Photo taken yesterday in Quebec)

This silver fox must have a quest for us. What is it?

It’s hot out there for wildlife and #CommunityCats. Please be kind- offer water 💜

closeup of a gray tabby kitten with white chin and chest, green eyes, a copious amount of ear fluff and whiskers for days

Got wiskers?? #whiskerswednesday
#catsofbluesky

And then this shit just came out.

When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.

When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.

Someone just told me if I’m going to pick a new hobby it needs to be something I can monetize…

We’ve so very lost the plot, friends.

A dark brown bird with white underparts that are covered in dark brown speckles hides among shiny, wet, green vegetation on a brown forest floor in profile facing left.

A sweet little bird with a beautiful song peeked out and gave me a rainy day pick-me-up gift.

Wood Thrush

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

📷️Nikon Zf
📸Thypoch Simera 75mm F1.4
#photography #thypoch #thypochsimera

A beautiful tree with intense orange leaves / fall color stand in a field with the Grand Tetons in the background.

A beautiful tree in from of the mountains from last Fall, at Grand Tetons National Park. Belinda Greb Photography belinda-greb.pixels.com/featured/a-s... #grandtetonnationalpark