Michael Merschel

Speaking at #ona25, @bencollins.bsky.social notes that The Onion now has almost 56,000 subscribers. "We are the 13th largest newspaper in the United States, which is really stupid--an indictment on all of us."

Oh, here. This is too perfect for me to allow my technical issues to stand in your way.

It might help if it showed the setup, though. I guess you'll have to click for yourself. You will not be sorry.

The moment Bluesky emerged from its awkward teenage years and revealed its full, magnificent potential.

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

How about "Tevye's Dream" or "So Long Dearie?"

One could also make an argument for the middle part of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," but upon review, it's not truly malarkey, just a desperate gasp of denial.

Sons of Lepidopterology

Oh no, not the AI industry, an eleventybillion-dollar sector that employs fives of people

And while I am not throwing away my shot, you can take my wife, please. (Someplace nice, I hope, because things have been crazy since January.)

If jokes that people in power don't understand are indeed ammunition against dictators, someone needs to tell Lin-Manuel Miranda to start working on a musical about me. Because I am just like my country -- neither young, scrappy nor very funny.

May 2025 ENSO update: eye of neutral The tropical Pacific is ENSO-neutral. Our blogger covers what that means and what forecasters expect for the rest of the year.

I've always been grateful for and fascinated by the work of climatologists and forecasters.

So in honor of those who from their jobs have been untimely ripped, come I to praise the author of this post. Thank you for your service to both science and literature.

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

These emergency rooms adapt to the needs of older adults Nobody wants to have to visit the emergency department, but "age-friendly" care seeks to make the experience safer for older people.

There's a trend to adapt #emergencydepartments to better meet the unique needs of our growing population of older adults.

Grateful to @ahascience.bsky.social and Mike Merschel for spotlighting this important shift!

#EMSky #GeriSky @acepnation.bsky.social
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Trump gutted two landmark environmental reports — can researchers save them? Scientists working on disrupted national climate and nature assessments aren’t giving up.

How scientists are fighting back after Trump gutted two landmark environmental reports. 🧪

Words by me, photo selection by Nature's ace photo team: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Abrego Garcia's isolation is the death-in-life at the heart of concentration camp regimes. They want to present what they're doing as reasonable and therefore somehow legal while terrorizing targeted groups, claiming the power to exile anyone from society, even when it's clearly outside the law.

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As far as I can tell from this presser, Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is lying on its side on the Moon, whimpering and clinging to what energy it can muster. Relatable.

Andrea Pitzer has a must-read newsletter. She also does this:

Lots of information here on how to help (and how not to help).

A Vulcan hand operates what might be a Vic-20.

I defer to your expertise on how George Lucas laughs. But if you want to unify this entire thread, I would argue that Yoda definitely has a "heeheeheehee" quality, with the occasional "hoo hoo!"

This is the kind of debate I come to social media for.

As someone who has been trying to imitate Ernie since about 1969, I would definitely have included an "s" sound in there, perhaps:

"Ksch ksch ksch ksch kschhhhhh."

My wife just asked me to check the expiration date on the carton of eggs that got pushed to the side of our fridge.

I'm not saying they were old. But I'm now expecting a dozen AARP cards to arrive in tomorrow's mail.

It does run the risk of being condensed to "Bleeps."

The chaotic beginnings of the tool that made heart surgery possible Heart-lung bypass enables many of today's lifesaving procedures. Here's the story of the struggle to make it a reality.

Well, now that I have more than twoscore followers, it seems downright mandatory for me to post one of my own stories. Luckily, I have one handy. Enjoy, my BlueSkeeps!

(BlueSkeople? BlueBuds?)

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I was going to weite something like this but Catherine Rampell did it better.

You will vote today certain in your choice because you know things about the candidates. Chances are much of what you know came from journalists doing their difficult, underpaid jobs.

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Last-minute costume idea: Sit on your couch without voting and go as the death of American democracy.

Keeping marching band in step with good mental health Marching band, color guard and dance at any level can put a lot of pressure on participants. Here's what researchers know about making sure everyone is in tune with their mental health.

It's always fun -- and I hope helpful -- when my professional interest in writing seriously about health for @HeartNews and my personal interests in things such as playing music on football fields overlap. #ThisOneTime? @BandCamp?

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I enjoyed getting to talk to Sisters in Crime of North Dallas at the Frisco Public Library, where I ran into “Rexy,” with whom I reminisced about listening to music on AM radio, driving with a stick shift, and the glories of working at thriving print newspapers.

For sale: Eclipse glasses. Slightly worn. Also, baby shoes.

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