Sam

in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

I started worrying about this exact thing last March when I heard reports of different anti-Asian policies and I hate that my hunch was right

In a safe transportation system, mode shift and separation mean Grandma will NEVER get run over by a reindeer. In this essay

So many things to add to this, but I’ll just give the example of the Mark Twain Project, which has been digitizing for nearly three decades, fairly well-resourced, with a sizable full-time staff.

And they are, optimistically, maybe half done.

we’re all with you, Judith

If you're a wealthy individual looking for a legacy, one of the craziest bargains to be had right now is saving an entire generation of American nuclear policy expertise by tossing some change at the nonprofits. The field is trying to hold together ~500 jobs max, and it can't last as things stand

If you’re looking to do a PhD in the US, it’s a mess out there. Words by me ⬇️

damning thread on how the IDF's propaganda arm is scraping 3D assets intended for things like games, films, or architectural purposes and kitbashing together supposed hamas bunkers and iranian nuclear sites. a genocide campaign propped up in part by someone's nephew who got too into blender.

The University of Washington Women's Volleyball team is here at the gate about to board a plane I have never felt more Hobbit-sized in my life

Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you angling to have Anson Mount play you in the inevitable biopic?

Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.

Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.

YES

Seattles hot rat summer mosaic is here to stay

And they say nothing inspiring is happening in America anymore

If a tsunami siren went off near you, do you know how you would get to safety?

Many people might feel an urge to drive to higher ground or a designated safe site — but tsunamis are often precededed by earthquakes, which can damage roads or make them tough to navigate. 1/n

Get your National Climate Assessment from archive -dot- org: web.archive.org/web/20250629...

National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...

I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.

is it quantum

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

Exxon Mobil is the largest private oil company in the world and it produces less than 4% of the world’s oil.

It is quite hard for me to remember that most of the world’s oil is drilled, not by companies, but by countries.

it's insane how good LLMs are given how bad they are

For what it's worth, NEJM, JAMA and the Lancet are basically the medical equivalent of, like, Science, Nature and Cell.

This is an excellent piece and thread. This point is really important— I don't think most people outside of academia realize that separate from normal processing fees in high-impact journals, we actually have to pay to make our own papers open access. This is only sometimes covered by institutions.

The Utter Flimsiness of xAI’s Processes xAI's was happy to put "white genocide" stuff back into Grok's system prompt without second thought.

Short write-up about how I got xAI to briefly add "white genocide" stuff back into Grok's system prompt.
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How is fascism going for you? Here’s how it’s going for me. A catalog of impacts thus far from this administration’s horrors.

How's fascism going for you? medium.com/bits-and-beh...

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

This hidden coffee shop that launched Seattle's coffee culture turns 50 Long before there was a coffee shop seemingly on every Seattle street corner, there was Café Allegro. On Saturday, the U-District coffeehouse turns 50, making it the oldest one in the city.

Long before there was a coffee shop seemingly on every Seattle street corner, there was Café Allegro. On Saturday, the U-District coffeehouse turns 50, making it the oldest one in the city.

Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:

-Is not accused of committing any crime

-Is nonviolent

-Was in this country legally

-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to

-Has been locked up for six weeks

I love that we make up these fake generational names that have no basis in anything except when a once-in-a-century shock comes along that *actually* marks a sharp dividing line between cohorts we're just like "uhhh yeah it's older Gen Z and younger Gen Z"