Leah Fritts Vitali

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.

Insane

New York City Mayor's Race: Live News and Updates Zohran Mamdani holds a considerable lead in most polls, and wealthy supporters of Andrew M. Cuomo are giving him a late financial boost. More than 480,000 New Yorkers have voted early.

It is the final weekend before Election Day, and with just two days of early voting left, New Yorkers continue to turn out in droves. Follow live updates on the mayor’s race.

Why this Republican lawmaker is still showing up to work during the shutdown As most lawmakers stay home during the shutdown, Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., keeps reporting to his Capitol Hill office, urging Congress to return to work and end the standoff.

As most lawmakers stay home during the shutdown, Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., keeps reporting to his Capitol Hill office, urging Congress to return to work and end the standoff.

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

Support for Prop 50 remains strongly in the lead, polls show. Will it hold? Past research finds that support for propositions sometimes fades. Here’s why that may not happen this year.

Past research finds that support for propositions sometimes fades. Here’s why that may not happen this year.

One striking result is that the dangers of the dramatic decline in natural ecosystems and biodiversity (in oceans and on land) are not widely recognised by the general public, and I would say are still underestimated by the experts. We all ultimately depend on a functioning biosphere.

Today, we pause to honor the CAL FIRE heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty during the month of November. Their courage, dedication, and service to the people of California will always be remembered.

#LODD #NeverForgotten

For the third year in a row, Santa Cruz is the most expensive rental market in the U.S. Vote YES on Measure C and watch out for the copycat measure backed by the real estate lobby. Check out Justin Cummings’ opinion here for the details. #SantaCruzvotes 🗳️

Your last-minute guide to Proposition 50: California redistricting Still haven’t decided how you are voting on Prop. 50? Let us help.

Your last-minute guide to Proposition 50: California redistricting

Because who needs scientific data on the earth's vibrations when you have vibes, amirite?

More penny-wise but pound-foolish cuts to science from the Trump administration.

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

“A handshake instead of a hammer.” Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
@nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

Los Angeles Soars to 97 Degrees as Santa Ana Winds Raise Fire Risk Some areas near Los Angeles are under a red flag warning through Wednesday.

The temperature reached 97 degrees in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, and the unseasonably warm temperatures combined with low humidity levels and the arrival of Santa Ana winds are bringing a heightened risk of wildfires to parts of Southern California.

...aaaand Melissa has just tied Hurricane Patricia for the most intense tropical cyclone ever measured by satellite, anywhere in the world.

T8.4 = 182kt

Here's the global top-10 list of the satellite era (from Velden 2017):

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Republicans' reckless cuts to health care are already affecting people in our community, and that’s why I refuse to budge during this shutdown. There's simply too much at stake.

Here's a look at what some of our neighbors are up against:

Ridiculous when institutions attempt to put a hopeful spin on the current 'slowing' rate of deforestation -- which is almost *11 million hectares* per year. 🌍

A renewed bout of intensification is likely ongoing with Melissa as the central dense overcast continues to appreciably cool after sunset.

Also noticing the development of an enveloped eyewall lightning (EEL) signature here, often a signature of a high end category 4 or 5 hurricane

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted people – and the Amazon’s future is at stake | Julio Cusurichi Palacios and Beto Marubo As Cop30 approaches, a new report makes it clear the survival of isolated tribes is under threat as protections are eroded. It’s time our countries fulfilled their obligations to defend Indigenous people

Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted people – and the Amazon’s future is at stake | Julio Cusurichi Palacios and Beto Marubo

If you can do so, now is a great time to donate cash to food banks in your region.

Corporate media is in a bad place.

Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.

AND that’s even with the cost of food kept artificially low due by the suppression of wages! It’s a magic circle of shit

A tiny gray, brown, and tan striped spider with a pair of large forward facing eyes. It is standing on a piece of wood with a few grains of sand strewn about.

This teeny, tiny jumping spider can be found in Florida's long-leaf pine savannah habitat. The granules at the spider's feet are grains of sand. This is another fabulous spider introduced to me by @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social #Arachtober
(Naphrys bufoides) FL 2024

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

Only 7 out of 71 employees at the Los Alamos NNSA field site are working, the rest furloughed.

At the Albuquerque site (overseeing Sandia NM), only 7/81.

"The furloughs are the [NNSA's] first since its creation in 2000, as none occurred during previous shutdowns"
sourcenm.com/2025/10/22/n...

A harvester with a brown body the has a green hourglass shaped pattern on the top surface. It is standing on a leaf.

A newly described species in 2024, this snazzy harvester is from the Andes Mountains in Colombia. The emerald-green hourglass-shaped dorsal pattern is one of the key identifying characteristics of the arachnid. #Arachtober
(Quindina horologium) Tatama National Park, 2023

She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public

The @nytimes.com climate section is profiling federal scientists who have been terminated and their work.

I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February.

Read her story and others':

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.