I am indeed listening to this on a Tuesday! @andrewwrites.bsky.social @mcgetting.bsky.social Great episode as always. I loved this book when I read it, though I was also 14, so it was fun to think about it again more critically.
Pennsylvania is facing one of the most severe avian flu outbreaks in decades, decimating farmers’ flocks. Since the beginning of the year, more than 7.6 million birds across 26 flocks have been affected, mostly in Lancaster County.
From @iankarbal.bsky.social
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
honestly a little embarrassed I let the pitch get as far as it did, but I’m fine with that if this helps any other tiny pubs avoid getting scammed.
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
You've seen beer + shot
You've seen beer + fries
Have you seen beer + vaccine?
So, so many scientific, safety, ethical things to weigh.
www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...
Oliver Sacks was a hero of mine. I couldn't let @rachelaviv.bsky.social’s brilliant piece pass without comment. My latest, on why Sacks's fictions are so much worse than those of your garden-variety journalist fabulist.
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I don't use nyt for recipes so I had no idea this was going on
sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
Happy 15th anniversary to The Open Notebook! If this ridiculously generous project has helped you over the years, this is a great time to donate.
Thread from @siricarpenter.bsky.social at @theopennotebook.bsky.social
Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations - ✍️: Rachel Fieldhouse / Nature News
I wrote about the intentionally byzantine process of getting a COVID vaccine this fall
defector.com/how-the-fuck...
No. Carrot cake is delicious
wishing for nothing but good news for Little Guy Duarte 😻
@marcoarment.bsky.social @liss.bsky.social @siracusa.bsky.social it seems like you gained a powerful new ally x.com/joannastern/...
Federal workers are speaking out today about ‘devastating’ losses to the agency that gives us our weather forecasts, plus a worrying scoop on office leases canceled for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and a radar development lab #NOAA www.theverge.com/news/622990/...
*guy who can't play Diablo for himself* Yeah all these government payments are probably fraud
LinkedIn post: On January 24th I formally resigned from my position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I started at CDC in 2010, and I have spent 20 years in public service, including my 15 years in service at the federal level. Here is a little bit of what I wrote in my resignation, because I'm not sure that anyone is actually going to read it. "I feel honored to be among the public health professionals that have had the privilege to work at CDC. As I reflect on my own experiences and accomplishments during my time here, I am humbled by the magnitude and the importance of our work. To my colleagues: we have worked together through chaos and uncertainty, transition, reorganization, preparation, and response. You are the most selfless, dedicated, and passionate people I know. I have watched you work around the clock, take additional details, deployments, and responsibilities, try to balance work and family, forego self-care, and keep pushing and work together to protect the public’s health. I’ve seen your sacrifice. I want you to know that your support and guidance has been invaluable, and I am proud of the work we have accomplished together." While I was backing up files I found my oath that I signed in 2010. I believe in our work, and I am sad to be leaving federal service. But I have immense gratitude for all of the opportunities that I've had and the connections that I've made. I will continue to protect the public's health in a different capacity (stay tuned...) but for now, thank you for trusting me.
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
On Wed, RFK Jr told senators his campaign doesn't exist anymore.
The campaign sent out a fundraising email praising the HHS freeze *during that hearing*.
Yesterday, he told senators he'd raised "zero" dollars off the emails.
His campaign says it raised $500,000.
from Isa Cueto at @statnews.com
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
My bird flu magnum opus. Thank you to @lakdawalalab.bsky.social for giving notes
@andrewwrites.bsky.social @mcgetting.bsky.social how about using this as a new rating system for @overduepod.bsky.social ?
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
A month or so ago I saw a post by someone saying "we should all admit that Neil Gaiman has always been a shitty writer." That whole knee jerk revisionism. No, man, that's part of the whole horror. He's an internationally recognized writer. Objectively a good writer. But he's also a fucking monster.
is there a link to this? I can't find it on the site anymore even without a site specific google search
Big and sad news for Center City Philadelphia www.inquirer.com/business/mac...
Apparently Zuck's public claims of bringing free speech back doesn't apply to his employees.
I interviewed her in studio back then because I was doing a story on scientists running for political office and she asked to be interviewed about her role on the American Association for Cancer Research
The video thumbnail for PMG's original documentary, showing a white, American hand clasping cash in exchange for the labour of a Southeast Asian workforce, represented here as being weighed down by their immense workload.
Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia.
Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)
It’s a great day if you like chocolate and don’t care about packaging, because the chocolate is always steeply discounted the day after
