So awfully sad.

Every week we should all get to vote to take a podcast away from somebody

Thanks as always, Chise, for your well-written and easy-to-grasp summaries of some tricky science. You’re the best. Thank you for taking the time to do this work.

Thanks for sharing this with us! How wonderful.

So sorry, Sam. So much at once.

Ligeti Requiem

Oh, wow! Thanks for sharing this.

’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.

The fool slides o’er the ice that you should break.

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this.

Modified Dewey for small collections, although Dewey himself wasn’t a great guy.

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.

The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.

One collision and the whale is dead.

We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

Best rendition of this song I’ve heard! Also love the video of him moping through the countryside in chunky scarves

Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat

Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat https://theonion.com/ken-burns-announces-new-10-part-mr-biscuits-documentary-after-adopting-cat/

We do it not alone

With RFK Jr again further reducing access to vaccines, your regular reminder that now would be a good time to restart wearing a high quality mask regularly again for an added layer of protection from airborne diseases.

is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events

Great story! I’d noticed this trend too and wondered about it.

So unapologetically yellow!

You’ve been blessed by the magical puffer of Christmas Eve!! 🥹🙏🎄🐡💨✨ #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #christmaseve #blessed #cutiepie #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Inside the Rockland, ME lobster pot Christmas tree?

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

Oh my goodness! Is that really what it sounds like?

So great!

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Rob Reiner