Related: a visualization of the relative sizes of biological and technological things: biocubes.net
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...
the sacrifices i make for this job
I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.
“The Trump administration’s decision to not appeal this preliminary injunction means that for the foreseeable future, they cannot use civil rights laws or federal funding as a cudgel to remake the UC in its ideological image.”
—Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel
Today East Bay Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan introduced the "E-Bike Accountability Act", proposing mandatory registrations & license plates for all Class 2 & 3 e-bikes.
Learn more & join us in opposition to this counter-productive proposal by signing our petition at bikeeastbay.org/SayNoToEbike...
Recommend reading @donmoyn.bsky.social network on this, he’s been writing about it for years
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Any takers to help out on the organizing side in Albuquerque? We have a couple folks but really need some more hands to make one happen locally! Feel free to text/dm me.
Oh my gosh. The World Factbook was my first stop in high school and college when I needed background info on a country.
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
A 56-year-old American citizen was dragged from his home by federal agents into the Minnesota cold in nothing but his underwear, Crocs, and a thin blanket.
ChongLy Thao, who goes by “Scott” and is of Hmong descent, "was not even a target of ICE’s operation," noted @tusk81.bsky.social.
A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
It’s been an exciting #AAS247 as the DSA was announced to be part of the Schmidt Observatory System and we can share that we are funded for construction by Schmidt Sciences! We are looking forward to opening up the dynamic radio sky to the worldwide astronomy community. 🔭
NCAR is a research institution of global impact that provides key weather and climate research and data. Despite (and because) of this, the White House has said it will break NCAR up. Americans, please speak up to protect basic lifesaving research.
agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
This letter on the 30th anniversary of the founding of Mt Tam College is not just about prison education. It is about how to institute cultural change in even the hardest climate.
www.mttamcollege.edu/letter-from-...
The corrupt Bulgarian government has stepped down following massive protests.
Protesting terrible people is a great way to make friends with awesome people!
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
In the year that the Univ of California won 5 Nobel Prizes (its highest), public research has been decimated by rescission and more.
California needs to step up to maintain the research community that supports our modern way of life.
www.fundcascience.org
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
change one letter, ruin a candy.
twit
I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Join us this Saturday after #NOKINGSALHAMBRA at Tesla 1200 W. Main St #Alhambra.
The weather is getting cooler, so we've changed our hours. New ⌚ starting this Saturday, 12-2 pm.
Update your calendars, y'all. #TeslaTakedown #seeyouonthesidewalk
@teslatakedown.com
@teslatakedownla.bsky.social
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