Jeremy Yoder says no war

NEW PREPRINT: Climate trends over the last century increased the frequency of Joshua tree's mass-flowering years—but not how often they produce fruit. That may mean their pollinators aren't keeping up with the trees' climate-changed behavior. Thesis research by @pwmilli.bsky.social buff.ly/LKSH3LQ

I really think everyone needs to pay attention to this coordinated campaign to delegitimize Muslim Americans - not just as citizens but as humans. These increasingly hysterical attacks are a prelude to Republicans bringing us to a very, very dark place after the election.

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me when i get offered a potato on halloween

Average Trump scandal: many people dead after uncontroversial government program illegally cut by doge for nonexistent savings Average mamdani scandal: he’s playing BASKETBALL with his FRIENDS

Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1. shorturl.at/p70wY

"Young mayor gets caught using police gym for pickup basketball" is the plot of a kids movie where the mayor is the hero

so that’s why they call it getting dunked on

got em' 🪶

Impeachment isn’t enough but it’d be a decent start

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

Love to live in the part of the Venn diagram where we get mad about both the cultural illiteracy (the Bible doesn't say "6 thousand years" that's interpretive fanfic) AND the orders-of-magnitude underestimate of what "science says" (I guess billions of years are necessarily also millions but still)

As part of an anti-Nithya Raman guerrilla campaign, Thrive LA PAC put up signs directing viewers to call a number operated by a self-deprecating AI bot with Raman’s voice. For Campaign Countdown, @tomokichien.bsky.social interviewed the bot on political ethics: buff.ly/YCYNMxJ

this is a really good, important read. featuring no-bs comments from @ezralevin.bsky.social @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social and more

last week to apply for full consideration—happy to chat informally if you are on the fence!

Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic.com! (Reposted to update link card) newrepublic.com/article/2168...

Incredibly sad news. This is going to sound snarky but I swear it isn’t: we’ll always have “nuclear wessels”. Thanks, Walter. 🖖🏻

Wahlkreiseinteilungsausschussvorsitzende 😜 (voting district redrawing committee chair)

The Article I branch should act to curb lawless behavior and abuses of executive branch authority

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Don't forget the Cheesecake Factory owner built a cult compound to last for 700 years in order to welcome the return of Meher Baba, the Sufism Reoriented guru and inspiration for the song "Baba O'Reilly" The House Of Worship The Cheesecake Factory Built | The FADER share.google/HcHXc1OXPeg8...

Liberal Democrats everywhere are starting to feel some tailwinds. That feels good. Remembering Paul Wellstone today. Paul never waited for the wind to blow. He got to work every day on making people's lives better. Elections aren't the goal of politics. Politics is what happens between elections.

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

We got the Bonica badge of approval here!!!

lmao gottem

marine corps boards crossing out their instructions "expel trans marines" and writing in "we keep this trans marine" is, frankly, a great example of what it means that a society is more than just its government

🎶 swiftly fly the years🎶

'did she do it/did she lie' is absolutely NOT WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT and it's weird so many people have that takeaway.

Y’all aren’t going to see WILDWOOD. Y’all are going to see a prankster getting duped by a crook. WILDWOOD deserves your eyeballs. Your asses in seats.

Caturday calisthenics

You should probably subscribe to the actual, physical The Onion. For real.

okay lmao

Here's my latest review for The New York Times, this one of @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social's fascinating look at the man who inspired the Sherlock Holmes stories and the politics of murder in the 19th century.

Everyone is still pretending to be surprised about this Glee reboot, as though Rachel doesn’t whisper “I’ll see you again in 25 years” to Shue in the Black Lodge in like, the final scene

I was reminded of a very fun pop gen result this week. The probability that the MRCA of a small sample (of size n) at a locus is also the MRCA of the whole population is: (n-1)/(n+1) So even very small samples likely encompass most variation. Result from: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We cannot cede total control to the oligarchy and allow them to get away with something as concerning as slowing down communications for our ally, Ukraine. Congress has power, we must use it. We need serious oversight over Elon Musk.

again saying the political response of local police depts probably worth following given Trump's efforts to federalize policing

omg