Anthony Nystrom

To Combat Summer Reading Slumps, This Timeless Children’s Television Show Tried to Bridge the Literacy Gap With the Magic of Stories With a charismatic host and charming book readings and reviews, the hit series “Reading Rainbow” stands as a beacon of children’s literature

Very cool, I never knew the history, but I love it! ->
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

What You've Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

Wealth tends to make people act like assholes, and the more wealth they have, the more of a jerk they tend to be.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Defying a ban, Long Islanders masked up for "No Kings" “If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can."

“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.”

What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

The Global Wildfire Collective convened its first expert group meeting last week in Bogotá! The meeting focused on identifying resources and gaps for wildfire resilience & recovery across the Latin America and Caribbean region. CBI and the GWC are grateful to our many hosts, colleagues and friends.

Yay Orion! Great job! Love you.

You’re telling me this guy was on drugs? I’m not buying it.

Ha!

The Global Wildfire Collective is convening an expert group meeting (EGM), May 21-22 at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia.

This meeting is by invitation only. If you would like to request an invitation, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I wish they cared as much about gun control as they do about vilifying autism

"First protest at age 93..."

When a Nation Embraces a False Reality A renowned psychiatrist and activist compares Trump’s election to other pivotal historical moments in which the ultimate victim was truth itself

www.scientificamerican.com/article/when...

A fluffy white dog with black patches and brown spots over his eyes smiles up at the camera from a rainbow striped rug.

Update: dogs are still great. 🐶

Data Basin | Conservation Biology Institute (Powered by Donorbox)

Many @climate.noaa.gov datasets are slated for “decommission” in the coming days. @consbio.bsky.social has ~90 volunteers helping save this and other government climate data to load into our open data platform, databasin.org You can support our efforts with a small donation: donorbox.org/data-basin

Religion, Old Men, Power, Control, Money, and ‘if I don’t like seeing it you can’t either’

Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

Gross -> apnews.com/article/hung...

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’ “It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

ummm, what? -> www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Aligned!

by the age of 30 you should have at least 5000 PDFs in your downloads folder

Trump reveals 'pathetic' $5 million gold card with his face on President Donald Trump revealed his gold card as the stock market made the worst nosedive since the COVID-19 outbreak after the president announced a fresh round of tariffs

Is this our real fucking reality? -> www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

AI 2027 A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

Interesting read -> ai-2027.com

Ha! It’s in movies and TikTok after all. Seriously, you two really crushed it this week! Nice work!

Hey look! It’s the Hollywood sign! ;)

Alarm: Retracted articles on cancer imaging are not only continuously cited by publications but also used by ChatGPT to answer questions

Not a surprise :(. However I do wish more people realized this and the risks and used with EXTREME caution and skepticism -> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How We Used Laughter to Topple a Dictator Excerpted from Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow...

Ha (Why Dictators don't have a sense of humor) -> slate.com/news-and-pol...

We are not caving in to the bullies. At @consbio.bsky.social we value diverse skills, opinions and experience in ensuring we deliver top quality work. You don’t get that without a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. consbio.org/wp-content/u...

It is :(

We’re getting so close

Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers Californians have the right to direct the company to delete their genetic data OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to customers of 23andMe, a genetic testing and information company. The California-based company has publicly reported that it is in financial distress and stated in securities filings that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

The state of California is warning 23andMe customers to delete their data because odds are good that the company is going to go bankrupt.

If I were you I would prioritize doing this.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-urgently-issues-consumer-alert-23andme-customers

Data-for-good rapid response team I'm collecting people with data science skills who may want to hear about sporadic opportunities to use their skills for good on short projects. Project themes will center on topics I am connected wit...

I'm organizing a "Data for Good Rapid Response Team", i.e. a set of people who can be mobilized to work on short data science projects to help various groups and organizations. Sign up here if this is of interest to you, and please share with others with data science skills.