I know people who have lived their lives with the aftereffects of polio.

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

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.
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Since I can’t sleep, here’s another hot take: The world would be a better place if everyone‘s science literacy was much better. There should be more emphasis on teaching basic science at all levels in school. Science isn’t just something nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world.

The Shakespeare's time one I felt I read ok ...I got some of the next one

Extreme poverty fell sharply worldwide – even excluding China. Line chart of global extreme poverty rate, 1990 to 2025. Extreme poverty is defined as living below the international poverty line of $3 per day; data are adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries. The chart shows global extreme poverty reduced from 43% to 10%, and the series excluding China reduced from 33% to 12%, with the two lines converging by around the mid-2000s and continuing to decline toward 2025. Y axis runs from 0% to 50%; x axis runs from 1990 to 2025. Data source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2025); OurWorldInData.org/poverty. License: CC BY.

Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China?

The share of the world population living in extreme poverty has never declined as rapidly as in the past three decades.

White sticker on a gray background. There is a US flag on the left and the words "I voted" in blue

It's a good day to early vote in Texas

YouTube video by SamCookeVEVO Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)

This came on at the restaurant we were eating dinner at tonight

A change is gonna come

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Called my representative and senators and told them what I thought about the job they are doing and what they need to focus on. You can too.

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Black-and-white portrait of Dr. Jane C. Wright (1919–2013), pioneering Black surgeon, oncologist, and "mother of chemotherapy," seated at a laboratory workbench in a clinical research setting. She wears a white lab coat over a dark top and gazes directly at the camera with a composed, focused expression. In front of her is a large compound microscope with multiple objective lenses, adjustment knobs, and a stage, positioned prominently in the foreground. Her left hand rests near an open notebook or lab record book on the table, while stacks of papers or slides are visible nearby. The background shows softly blurred lab equipment and shelving, evoking a mid-20th-century medical research environment.

"Mother of Chemotherapy" Dr. Jane Wright died #OTD in 2013.

+ Helped shift cancer treatment from palliative care to modern chemotherapy by establishing methotrexate as a foundational treatment for breast cancer in 1951
+ Only woman co-founder, American Society of Clinical Oncology #WomenInSTEM #BHM

Alright Texas! Early voting has officially started. It’s time to show this nation exactly what Texas is made of. Make a voting plan—get to the polls and make your voices heard.

From the first American revolution to the second one: "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot." --Thomas Paine

Like The First Amendment Troop staging "ResistDance" at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Memorial to honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti. 🦅 🇺🇸

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

So. I just broke my great-grandmother's cast iron skillet that my partner uses all the time. I hope your day is going better.

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

So awesome! Plus his posture echos (inspired?) the animation of the Peanuts kids dancing!

This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old

Blue hardback book with colored star decorations and constellations decorating it. Title "The secret astronomers" "A novel in notes by Jessica Walker"

Just finished a fun story. It's two teens forming a friendship by writing notes and art in a library book. The book looks like they are doodling on an old astronomy textbook and pasting notes inside. The story is fun, but the way the story is presented is delightful. #booksky

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

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"It's not a crime to feel joy even when things feel hopeless" from Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

There was a huge difference between knowing something happened and seeing the reality of it.

"I keep my cookies to myself."

> dozens of unions show up with their families after hearing rousing militant labor speeches.

> the regime gasses their children

I wore my "Read Banned Books" shirt today and the teller at the bank asked me what banned books were. I gave a quick explanation and example, but I feel I could have done better. I was surprised by the question and wasn't prepared.

"Red letter Christian not a Red Hat Christian"

Minneapolis:
"Hey oh, we won't be silent while our friends are gunned down."
"I am a sleeping giant. There is a riot in my bones. We will not be silent til all our friends are home." @maddow.bsky.social @devincow.bsky.social

What I use when I fight/do security is a minimum level of response, which is meant to minimize damage to humans and augmented humans and the company’s property, which means taking into account a lot of factors.

(Despite the weapons and heavy gear, they were amateurs.) (Amateurs are terrifying.)