Raphael Mazor

I’m just trying to picture a world where the Times would run a similar article about a) a male politician or b) a Republican.

Is this news or opinion? It’s increasingly hard to tell at the LA Times.

Oh gosh the Bikanel desert stage in FFX-2….

Also there’s gotta be a Kirby game….

Dig Dug
Links Awakening
Blue Prince
Lode Runner
Miner 2049er
All those edutainment paleontology games I used to play on Apple II….

I’m getting a little FOMO about missing ISRS

It’s really amazing to see how leaders distinguish themselves in times like this

That wasn’t a neutral way to write a headline. Do better.

Australia's 'mushroom murderer' got a life sentence. Prosecutors say it's not enough Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them died of death cap mushroom poisoning. A jury found her guilty this July, after a nine-week trial.

Just read about “lying about cancer” here. The story is wild!

www.npr.org/2025/07/07/n...

Submit your proposal for workshops and special sessions for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting relating to the theme “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other related emerging topics. Deadline: October 15th, 2025. (1/2)

Really disappointed at the many ways my alma mater @columbiauniversity.bsky.social has debased itself.

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

📣 Come work @openscapes.bsky.social ! We're looking for a NASA Openscapes Team Member to improve access & use of NASA suborbital data thru reproducible notebook clinics. Apply by October 26, 2025. Start December 2025.

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Headlander was a blast

These 3 games had adjustable difficulty settings or were not too challenging overall, and I loved them:
Crypt Custodian
Yoku’s Island Express
Nine sols

I wish that theme song were available on EP

From the Maps community on Reddit: Does anyone know what these bizarre mounds are? Northeastern California, in Modoc National Forest Explore this post and more from the Maps community

Update!
These are waterfowl nesting islands!
There was a whole thread on Reddit too

www.reddit.com/r/Maps/s/VzV...

Last time I had a question like this @mariannedenton.bsky.social did a little recon to discover that I was looking at ant hills!

A large lake with >100 artificial islands appearing in a uniform grid.

Do I have any experts out there who can tell me what’s going on with this lake in the Modoc National Forest?

These islands are each about 40 m across and appears to be made of rock and are vegetated.

The entire water body does not appear on NF maps.

The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago

It’ll take at least 4 hours to drive to San Diego if this happens

Society for Freshwater Science adult mayfly logo in the top left corner. Next to the logo the title: Call for SFS Innovation Fund Grant Proposals. Subtitle: Have a great idea for SFS? Apply by Nov 15, 2025. Paragraph text left justified below: The Long-Range Planning Committee is requesting proposals from SFS members for projects that advance the Society’s strategic goals (see 2025-2030 SFS Strategic Plan). We anticipate supporting at least six member-led proposals of up to $5,000 each. To learn more about how to submit a proposal and view examples of prior SFS Innovation Fund awards, please see the linked Request for Proposals. Next to the paragraph is a cartoon of three people lounging with a computer and pointing to a lightbulb.

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Ecological pathways connecting riverine drought to community change across space and time Climate change is intensifying droughts via reduced snowpack and accelerated snowmelt in high mountains globally, altering community structure in snow-dependent rivers. To predict impending ecologica...

Curious about how droughts alter mountain stream biodiversity - and why space-for-time substitution is not always a good idea when studying climate change impacts in rivers? Read our latest lab paper, led by Kyle Leathers in Ecological Monographs! @esajournals.bsky.social
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EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

#EPA Tells Some Scientists To Stop Publishing Studies, Employees Say

Amudalat Ajasa and @hannahnatanson.bsky.social report for @washingtonpost.com

wapo.st/4gvsaPe

Hope they could intercept it before it gets to the LA river….

I’m in no way supportive of the use of AI for this, but there are times when science writers need to: emphasize simplicity over detail, stop understating our conclusions, focus on a single message.

It’s food for thought, at least.

‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the US to go dark following Trump’s cuts A public media organization in a university town just a few hours northwest of Philadelphia is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS. 

The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI

Also impersonating Tananarive Due at the same time, i guess?
How strange.

I don’t recall the president weighing in on Roseanne Barr.