Christie Aschwanden

OMG, please let the baseball time space continuum be the thing that bumps us to a better timeline!

I wish that were a joke.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

How much deader can the rule of law be?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

Interesting thread about No Kings coverage that starts with a paper here in Western Colorado.

How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire? | KFF The ACA's enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...

If you buy your own health insurance, this calculator will show you how much your premiums will rise if Congress does not extend the enhanced tax credits. You'd better be sitting down... I'm surely not the only one who will consider going without if these credits expire. www.kff.org/interactive/...

And Miller McCune before that...

Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat? Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps.

Important @undark.org story about the precarious nature of philanthropic funding for science journalism. With insight from @meaghanparker.bsky.social and @siricarpenter.bsky.social undark.org/2025/10/15/s...

The photos with this story are really something.

I’m just fundamentally incapable of leaving a library without at least one book in my hands. Today’s exciting find: Insectopolis by Peter Kuper.

Wait, that’s not a bird! I guess I’m going to wait until hibernation has begun to refill the bird feeder.

Congratulations to this year's Victor Cohn Prize winner, @charlespiller.bsky.social casw.org/news/charles...

Do not give in to despair. Instead, connect with people in your community and find your shared values. Let's dismantle the us vs them mindset. We are all in this together. The future is not yet written! We can make a better tomorrow.

Taking the side a few people who disagree with the dominant scientific consensus and claiming that is letting science guide our decision making is pure gaslighting. No consensus is sacred, but not all claims (or all scrutiny) are equally valid. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Trump Rages at Jimmy Kimmel and ABC as Late-Night Show Returns: ‘A True Bunch of Losers!’ President Donald Trump slammed ABC's decision to bring Jimmy Kimmel back to late-night TV.

The sitting President of the United States is once again issuing threats to the media. THIS IS NOT OK. "I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative." variety.com/2025/tv/news...

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

"He's gunning for our journalists too...they want to pick and choose what the news is." "It's so important to have a free press and it's nuts that we're not paying more attention to this." youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

Health and science reporters should lead the coverage of all these health-related conspiracy theories & newsroom leaders should keep their both-sides political reporters out of their way.

Interesting shift in public opinion about DOGE, among both supporters and critics of trump. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Happy publication day @juliabelluz.bsky.social !!

Opinion | ‘The Power of Science to Solve Problems Is Almost Limitless’

Interesting we seem to accept "science is broken" while still receiving medical treatments for illnesses, flying airplanes that are extraordinarily safe, using generative AIs to develop glue-based lasagne recipes, admiring EVs and Starlink, and so on and so on.

Almost as if science is not broken.

"Yudkowsky and Soares are earnest; unlike many of the loudest prognosticators around AI, they are not grifters. They are just wrong. They are as wrong as the so-called accelerationists, who insist that AI will unleash a utopia of universal income and leisure."

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

A painting of a bird beside the text "not this shit again"

Ironically, had the Kirk assassination not happened, the three big stories this past week would have been.
-The Trump birthday note
-Trump tells Republicans not to negotiate with Democrats (which likely kills Obamacare subsidies)
-The CPI report shows tariffs are affecting inflation

SCORES: Idaho Department of Education releases 2025 ISATs The author was correct to begin the article by stating “overall scores remained mostly stable when compared to last year’s results.” However, I take issue with the author’s subsequent interpretation o...

I've seen a lot of incorrect uses and understandings of p-values, but this one made me do a literal LOL. It's a hilarious example of how a certain type of smug person who writes letters to the editor to take issue with news stories can get things so, so wrong. cdapress.com/news/2025/se...

"The future is uncertain, and I know this is an unsettling time for many of us," [public health director in Lubbock, Texas] wrote. "Every day we show up and do our jobs is an act of resilience." 👊

Had a deep & fun (how often do you get both?) convo w/Rosemerry and @cragcrest.bsky.social on the Emerging Form pod. I'm a regular listener to these discussions with authors & creatives, & every episode provides insights...I hope I did the same for others! emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-14...

I wish we could make them care, sigh.

How do we get congress to see this?

Journalists Are Just as Fucked Up as Everyone Else. Admitting It Might Help Us Save Democracy. "In today’s world, we have an obligation to do better. And to make the people in power sweat. Important @carakelly.bsky.social piece on why journalists must do better. thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/18/j...