Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

At a time where most outlets are delicately avoiding naming things like racism, war crimes, and unconstitutional actions, huge props to Ars' @bethmariem.bsky.social for calling it like it actually is.

Landmark cafe that launched groundbreaking Bay Area coffee founders has shuttered after two decades A Berkeley hub for coffee, art exhibitions and performances, has closed after 19 years. The coffee shop had offered a space for Bay Area artists of color to display their work.

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Too bad. I liked this shop and they had blue bottle coffee when it was roasted in Oakland and not over priced

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hare and makeup

All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”

“A single HPV vaccination appears just as effective as two doses at preventing the viral infection that causes cervical cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.”

Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.

It went sideways real fast.

I'd like to announce an exciting new postdoc position we just opened up to work on new approaches to indirect land use change assessment and risk mitigation.

Please share through your networks!

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You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries “Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

Who among us does not have a highly irregular shape and chaotic rotation

Years ago I would tell my first year econometrics class that there were doing ways of doing statistical inference, Bayesian and frequentist, also known as right and wrong. A student asked if that would be on the exam.

As Solar Geoengineering Enters its Startup Phase, Governments Must Address Emerging Security Risks Without regulation, the dangers of solar radiation modification will become magnified and the security risks more unchecked.

Solar radiation modification (SRM) is now a commercial industry, with startups raising millions to artificially cool the planet.

But with development outpacing regulation, countries must act now to create governance frameworks to address SRM’s risks, write Scott Moore and Imran Bayoumi:

Wow.

The AEA has issued a life time ban against Larry Summers.
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This paper applies to much of the current empirical climate impacts literature - interested to dive in more and see proposed solution

Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.

Black Gold for a few dozen people, long term hardships and destruction for everyone else.
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Last night I had the pleasure of attending the world premier of The Exoplanets, by composer @robertlaidlow.bsky.social , done by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall. It was a smash hit, thrilling and beautifully executed. To me, it was evocative of a very big Universe with lots

Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.

Arrakis, a desert, planet, can you believe it? Some people call it Dune, I call it Arrakis. The SPICE must flow, and quite frankly, it will be flowing much faster than under the failed DUKE LETO. Maybe he was a nice guy, maybe not,I think he was jealous of me! We're looking into that very strongly.

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

The holders of capital, even with essential infrastructure, will wait until folks die before spending money to do long overdue required maintenance. Always, and maybe not even then.

It's unavoidable that mid-career scientists are (a) (currently) better known by editors and (b) are slammed for time with proposals/bureaucracy. Timely recommendation of relevant younger scientists as reviewers is one key to breaking this deadlock (instead of guiltily letting it sit in your inbox).

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Close up or bottom left of painting where iridescent rainbow streaks are visible

24x24” oil painting of a yellow foil sun balloon with blue nebula background

No, I did not just glue a balloon to the canvas! Prints of Scientifically Accurate Star are only here until Monday before they pop (haha get it) ☀️

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My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.

Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t. The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the neglected idea among Americans across the political spectrum.

‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...

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.

after decarbonisation has achieved net zero CO2 emissions, so if you come to rely on Stardust's particles to cool the planet (even leaving aside the unpredictable consequences for regional climate) you have to do it essentially forever, as Kolbert's article notes. And if what Stardust had in mind

physics. In a retort to the problem of termination shock, the New Yorker fact checker inserted the Stardust statement to the effect that "Geoengineering could be gradually wound down as decarbonisation efforts get underway." Poppycock! The warming effects of carbon dioxide persist for millennia even

It hits all the key points of why solar geoengineering isn't any kind of "solution." But it's also informative as to what Stardust actually is doing -- it is trying to develop a (currently secret) particle that it can sell to would-be geoengineers to dump into the stratosphere. It also plans to