Alexander Finbow

Going to the library fucking rules. You can walk in and pick your favorite things and then walk right out without paying anything. It's unbelievable and 100% the kind of thing that won't exist in the future unless you recognize the goodness now before it's too late

A year after its breakout public health moment, 'miracle drug' lenacapavir has been approved by the FDA and recommended by the WHO. The drug is a long-lasting shot that provides almost 100% protection against HIV infection. buff.ly/E5zOvGl
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Shout out to the colleagues who ask why I bother studying a settled issue like women’s suffrage.

"Trans people existing does literally nothing negative to your lives you crybaby wimps.
Your life is getting harder and costlier because of the oligarchs, not trans people"

Sticker spotted in Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA

1. GOOD GIRL!

2. This photo OMG. It’s sending me

A scientific figure showing changes of rainfall under moderate slowing down of the AMOC.

Slowing of Atlantic ocean currents could dramatically shift rainfall globally.

New research in collaboration with BAS scientists shows that a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could cause significant changes to global precipitation.

📊 : DiNezio, et al., 2025

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great feature!

RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH.

These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.

How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?

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Photographer East Coast of Australia
"Here's a little #wildlifewednesday moment for you, filmed only an hour ago, as this gorgeous humpback descends into the water right on sunset, ready for the night to take over"

I will indeed be talking with @kangsanee.bsky.social at 7pm today.

This is how insane people sound when you tell them why A.I. is bad

Fig trees convert atmospheric CO₂ to stone, research reveals Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss scientist...

“fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone... The team of Kenyan, US, Austrian, & Swiss scientists found trees could draw carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere & store it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in soil”😮

phys.org/news/2025-07...

cover of my new book everything is tuberculosis: the history and persistence of our deadliest infection

As the U.S. Government endeavors to make tuberculosis great again, please consider preordering a signed copy of my book about our deadliest infection, its long history, and why in the 75 years since TB became curable, we've allowed over 150,000,000 people to die of the disease. everythingistb.com

Great news!

bad habits

We are officially at Star Wars-level fascism. This is storm trooper shit.

If you need storm trooper armour to walk through a quiet park, you are the opposite of the good guys.

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

In a sane world, this would be the biggest, most important news story in the world.

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.

“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”

“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”

#ClimateCrisis

“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”

— A. Whitney Griswold

A hand holds a paperback book, “Wild Cities” by Chris Fitch, in front of a Parisian street lined with trees and high rise apartment buildings.

“The best way to avoid being physically inactive is not join to a gym, but to begin with the radical act of walking. The good news is a well-designed city can give us all the regular physical activity we need, without access to expensive equipment and trainers. It’s all about the built environment.”

This came to mind after I saw this video. I admit: I wouldn't have known this band was AI-generated unless someone told me. Very scary time for musicians.

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Continental Congress mtg and one says “how about in 249 years we try having a king again only this time he’s really fucking dumb.”

In honor of this year’s Independence Day, carefully read the Declaration’s charges against George III and notice how many eerily echo what the Trump regime is doing.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Congratulations! And best of luck with the move.

Correction: in the US. Spoke with Pauline, who stayed up until 5AM finishing the installation for today. She described an emotional experience pulling together the research of the missing. Family members still don’t know where some folks are being held. They were grabbed at work and on the street

The fallout from the death of Diamond has caused so many problems, really hoping Dynamite get what they’re owed too.

1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them

Excerpt from the proposed 2026 NOAA Budget, showing the total funding for climate research reduced from $220 million per year to $0.

The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:

Total, Climate Research: $0

www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

A great conversation about creating comics, working your themes into a narrative
#booksky💙📚

86 fucking years old.

Next Sunday I'll be tabling at Vancouver Comic-Con's Comix & Stories at Heritage Hall in #Vancouver BC! I'll have copies of The Cold Fire comic including Chap 9 and original ink/wc mini-portraits 👑 #yvrcomics #yyccomics