A black-and-white photo of a young child and a goat standing on its hind legs at a table. The child holds a piece of bread next to the goat and it looks like they are both laughing. The caption reads: "When you and your goat find bread fucken hilarious."
Humor break.
NEW: DOD employees are being pressured to volunteer to help with DHS's immigration crackdown. The work includes things like: “developing concepts of operation and campaign plans to execute internal arrests and raids as well as patrols along the Southwest Border”
www.wired.com/story/pete-h...
From one perspective, this is a story about grit and determination.
From another, it's a damning portrait of a country where someone working full-time at $11/hour lives in a $60-a-night motel with her toddler—then spends evenings DoorDashing with her kid because affordable childcare is nonexistent.
The Trump International Hotel in Chicago failed its health inspection.
The health inspector found wastewater, debris buildup, and flies in the restaurant's kitchen.
Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."
So when are Republican lawmakers going to admit this president is endangering not just the U.S. but the entire globe and stop him before he does even more damage?
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
It’s like not a single person surrounding Trump studied one thing about Afghanistan. When a bombing campaign intentionally makes life this miserable for civilians, all it does it make hardline leadership more attractive and become bulletin board material for extremist groups.
BREAKING: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton.
The state was set to execute Sonny for a crime he didn't commit, but tens of thousands of people nationwide demanded justice — and our voices were heard.
An illustrated chart titled 'Which medieval animal do you identify with today?' featuring twelve whimsical medieval-style animal drawings, each with a humorous caption: happy snail cat, chicken on stilts, brave warrior snail, silly lion who can never be serious, king derp cat, paranoid bunny, anxiety owl, overly intense musical rabbit, jazz hands lizard, chicken snail, mermaid bunny, and lion who has seen too much.
Owl (duh).
The head of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “Damage to petroleum facilities in Iran risks contaminating food, water and air–hazards that can have severe health impacts especially on children, older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Vomit Launch (although Vomit Lunch is kinda funny too).
Colorado, North Dakota see uptick in measles activity
In Utah, health officials are warning that measles patients are suffering from anemia and liver inflammation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: Dave Haygarth/Flickr cc
A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.
@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
The war that is not a war that is just getting started and might last until September is pretty much done and we’re also going to seize a strait we don’t control and maybe kill more leaders if we don’t like them
Daylight Savings Time changes are hitting many in the Northern Hemisphere this month! A circadian modeling study by Xu et al. shows how light exposure may speed adjustment to DST culminating in a few suggestions. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #daylightsavings
I wish I had a transporter!
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
Listening to it now, love it!
I really enjoyed taking part in the @shushradio.bsky.social Takeover at @ucc.ie where I had the chance to choose a few favourite songs and talk about the importance of libraries in research and innovation.
Thanks @martinoconnor.bsky.social for expert hosting
Listen: soundcloud.com/shush-radio-...
Representative Frost was fabulous in this interview.
Satellites could disrupt #circadian rhythms globally. Major projects such as #ReflectOrbital and #SpaceX are pushing boundaries, and now is the time to recognise the effect these projects could have on life everywhere. www.bioclocks.uk/news
🧪 #AcademicSky #Scicomm #Chronobiology
Music break. I heard this on Sound Opinions yesterday. youtu.be/0aOT71dkxzw?...
New article- we developed a strategy to fortify salads with Vitamin B12 in indoor farms. Sorry, no chronobiology in this one! A wonderful collaboration between @johninnescentre.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and LettUs Grow www.nature.com/articles/s42...
NEWS: New study finds storytelling reduces political polarisation
The study by @ox.ac.uk and the Ohio State University finds that storytelling reduces affective polarisation and promotes empathy.
In support of Stand Up For Science, enjoy this science:
Stars that go supernova are responsible for creating many of the elements of the periodic table (e.g. C, Fe), including those that make up our bodies
You & I are both made up of the same star dust
Stop funding wars and start funding science
Monday 9 Mar, Dublin
The precedents are awful. E.g. he could be Iran’s Bashar al-Assad.
In short, the Trump NEA engaged in exactly the type of partisan ideological grants they accused the previous version of the organization of doing. No DEI! We must maintain merit! By removing competitive processes, and handpicking aligned cronies for public money.
Gift of Lorna Hyde de Wangen
Pat Steir, Nabaye Tabastan for L.T. & R., 1974
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135561
