Nostr notes by David Ho

Whoa! It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. ...

2026-11-01T05:42:23Z

Whoa! It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/business/mosquito-laser-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFE.81fJ.kMdvQkgR_CC_&smid=url-share

How the Trump regime is destroying America. ...

2026-10-31T14:00:42Z

How the Trump regime is destroying America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climate/how-trump-is-dismantling-americas-scientific-research-machine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1E.t7YQ.GQr84enkjdta&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Preventing methane leaks is in my top five climate solutions. ...

2026-10-27T18:29:11Z

Preventing methane leaks is in my top five climate solutions. This is very stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/climate/trump-methane-rules-epa-greenhouse-gas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1E.z5jG.PZOg8NpQXZ1N&smid=bs-share

In the coming century, there will be very few people who have ...

2026-10-22T15:42:59Z

In the coming century, there will be very few people who have seen a coral reef or a glacier.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/shallow-water-coral-reef-ecosystem-collapse-by-2075-un-advisors-say?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1792677383-1

Salt marshes protect coastlines by attenuating wind waves, but ...

2026-10-22T14:55:34Z

Salt marshes protect coastlines by attenuating wind waves, but even though the marsh substrate remains stable during extreme storms, vegetation damage reduces wave attenuation. Nature can only do so much to protect us against an increasingly dangerous world created by climate change.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11145-8

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year… ...

2026-10-22T13:03:15Z

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

If we were to cut emissions by 18% in four years, that’s about ...

2026-10-21T15:51:57Z

If we were to cut emissions by 18% in four years, that’s about the same rate of decrease as in 2020 during COVID-19 when the whole world shut down. 🫠

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/world-cut-emissions-un-climate-crisis?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1792595368-1

Heat storms, massive heat waves covering at least 1% of the globe ...

2026-10-21T15:33:29Z

Heat storms, massive heat waves covering at least 1% of the globe for five consecutive days, have become increasingly frequent and severe. These storms were rare in the 1960s, but now average 102 per year, causing widespread heat-related deaths, wildfires, and droughts.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-heatstorms-science/

Brian Stone, acting head of the National Science Foundation ...

2026-10-21T14:39:58Z

Brian Stone, acting head of the National Science Foundation (NSF), is retiring at the end of the year, along with chief of staff Rebecca Keiser. 😐

https://www.science.org/content/article/two-top-nsf-officials-are-leaving-agency-under-trump-s-thumb-it-may-not-matter

"'Perhaps Mother Nature, by delivering a measles outbreak ...

2026-10-21T10:21:05Z

"'Perhaps Mother Nature, by delivering a measles outbreak in New York’s Amish community coincident with this case returning to the Supreme Court, is her not-so-subtle hint,' said Dr. Howard Zucker, who was state health commissioner when New York eliminated religious exemptions." 🫠

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/nyregion/measles-amish-school-vaccine-requirement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVE.jgy2.XJUpPLa7peIQ&smid=url-share

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2026-10-20T17:29:23Z

Insanity

https://cen.acs.org/policy/research-funding/nsf-witholds-one-billion-dollars/104/web/2026/10

The greatest challenge of our time isn’t to figure out how to ...

2026-10-20T11:58:13Z

The greatest challenge of our time isn’t to figure out how to get to Mars or become interstellar, but to figure out how to live sustainably on Earth.

Why are Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China pushing to delay the ...

2026-10-20T11:51:35Z

Why are Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China pushing to delay the release of the IPCC’s seventh assessment report (AR7) on climate science? 🤔

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/20/countries-pushing-vital-global-climate-report-delayed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

Thomas Piketty explains why French high school students are big ...

2026-10-20T09:40:22Z

Thomas Piketty explains why French high school students are big mad.

https://thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2026/10/20/high-schoolers-students-the-twilight-of-macronism/

New way climate change makes life suck more just dropped. ...

2026-10-19T23:01:15Z

New way climate change makes life suck more just dropped.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/tap-water-no-longer-drinkable-norwegian-town-climate-related-thawing-heavy-metals-arctic-longyearbyen-svalbard

I’ve just met Sandra Díaz, an influential Argentine biologist, ...

2026-10-19T13:46:42Z

I’ve just met Sandra Díaz, an influential Argentine biologist, who’s delightful. This interview (in Spanish, but you can easily translate it) where she talks about plants, biodiversity, valuing nature, etc., is worth your time.

https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/sandra-myrna-diaz-biologa-sostienen-bandera-borreguismo-son-vociferantes_128_13563730.html

Just as fossil fuel companies and their cronies sow doubt about ...

2026-10-16T14:27:06Z

Just as fossil fuel companies and their cronies sow doubt about scientific knowledge on climate change in order to prevent the development of non-fossil fuel resources, they’re doing the same thing now to climate attribution science to avoid accountability for climate damage. Pay attention!

We live in a very stupid time. If anyone wants to experience ...

2026-10-14T22:45:29Z

We live in a very stupid time. If anyone wants to experience machine vs. human violence, just try cycling around cars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/technology/human-robot-cage-fights-california-rek.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlE._oq2.c4E0JC3uK7i2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers ...

2026-10-14T19:51:40Z

It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers is to be protected by infrastructure.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/10/14/i25-wildlife-overpass-collisions-drop/

Is there something scarier than climate change? Maybe it’s an ...

2026-10-14T09:32:34Z

Is there something scarier than climate change? Maybe it’s an uncontrolled solar geoengineering arms race between nations distrustful of who controls the global thermostat.

https://www.wired.com/story/they-war-gamed-dimming-the-sun-it-went-even-worse-than-you-think/

Turns out the Flockers don’t like to be Flocked. ...

2026-10-10T06:53:10Z

Turns out the Flockers don’t like to be Flocked.

https://gizmodo.com/youtuber-says-cops-paid-him-a-visit-after-he-built-flock-style-camera-to-track-cops-2000824306

Super dumb: “Artificial intelligence agents created by ...

2026-10-10T06:48:01Z

Super dumb:

“Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technology/anthropic-rogue-ai-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlE.Xcwg.3-izl75Lzhjj&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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2026-10-09T09:39:26Z

Ugh

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/08/technology/ai-generated-image-look-close.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.2Y6Z.InGe_R3LMfje&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a ...

2026-10-09T06:31:43Z

Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a former classics professor at the school, on social media, despite denying her tenure in the 1980s.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/books/anne-carson-nobel-prize-princeton-university-tenure-denied.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.h0nZ.bAjwq_pjmYiS&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Bad news for planet Earth https://reut.rs/4hKMu06

2026-10-08T13:29:40Z

Bad news for planet Earth

https://reut.rs/4hKMu06

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2026-10-08T12:24:32Z

🙁

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/holei-sea-arch-hawaii-collapse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFE.Chqy.w8AFoZnakCrZ&smid=url-share

We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in ...

2026-10-07T15:16:31Z

We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.

https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-europe-amoc-temperature/

You want to know about precision ball screws. ...

2026-10-07T06:28:25Z

You want to know about precision ball screws.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/ball-screws-military-production.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1E.aY-Q.PI6Pa7mihMuv&smid=url-share

IMHO, attribution science, which connects specific extreme ...

2026-10-06T10:07:22Z

IMHO, attribution science, which connects specific extreme weather events to climate change, is the most important area of climate science.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/opinion/oil-companies-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.qxRX.hiyBCfMWY7xj&smid=url-share

The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las ...

2026-10-05T17:53:04Z

The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las Playas Intaglio, a 6,500-7,300-year-old fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/trumps-border-wall-construction-destroys-6500-year-old-arizona-geoglyph-older-than-stonehenge

The world is a slightly better place today. ...

2026-10-05T14:21:49Z

The world is a slightly better place today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/obituaries/dennis-hastert-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.Iav-.-5rFDpMttc6M&smid=nytcore-ios-share

CRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to ...

2026-10-05T06:54:24Z

CRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to desk-reject 50% of proposals before human review, including one on the risks of trusting AI models in voice analysis from Lancaster University forensic linguist Claire Hardaker.

This seems like AI doing the right thing in protecting itself. 🙃

This is a joke. It’s horrifying.

https://www.science.org/content/article/u-k-funder-uses-ai-triage-reject-grant-proposals-leaving-researchers-dismayed?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.science.org%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2Fu-k-funder-uses-ai-triage-reject-grant-proposals-leaving-researchers-dismayed%3Freferrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgo.bsky.app%252F

Small victory ...

2026-10-04T20:32:23Z

Small victory

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/climate/after-outcry-monitors-the-trump-administration-tried-to-scrap-return-to-sea.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.AZo3.3C9Gr42lWrnc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Thanks to our fossil fuel overlords, the weather we’re used to ...

2026-10-04T13:18:39Z

Thanks to our fossil fuel overlords, the weather we’re used to no longer exists.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/03/showers-and-storms-across-spain-this-weekend-floods-kill-102-year-old-woman

This is how AI will kill us all ...

2026-10-04T07:56:17Z

This is how AI will kill us all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-grok-venezuela

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US ...

2026-10-03T05:55:15Z

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science:

For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/politics/national-science-foundation-research-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.adOl.I5OvE-oZxF24&smid=nytcore-ios-share

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, ...

2026-10-02T18:26:45Z

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.

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2026-10-02T18:24:12Z

Oh

https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/02/paper-questioning-co2-and-climate-change-retracted/

A few years ago, on my walk to work in Paris, I’d pass a group ...

2026-10-02T08:25:15Z

A few years ago, on my walk to work in Paris, I’d pass a group of doctors and nurses smoking outside one of Europe's leading cancer treatment and research centers. I don't see them anymore. That seems like progress.

I appreciate The New York Times for bringing Kelvin Waves into ...

2026-10-02T07:29:55Z

I appreciate The New York Times for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/climate/el-nino-storm-flooding-kelvin-waves.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlE.3czz.vTzTJ4i2x4io&smid=url-share

A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including ...

2026-10-01T22:43:19Z

A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including Hawaiʻi, is suing the Trump regime for repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/01/us-states-cities-trump-epa-climate-emissions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

What the Trump regime is doing makes Watergate look like ...

2026-10-01T19:45:39Z

What the Trump regime is doing makes Watergate look like jaywalking.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/decades-after-watergate-justice-department-reviews-whether-nixon-got-a-raw-deal-8e25380f?st=ZbTaRc&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction ...

2026-09-30T21:42:53Z

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake.

The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.

It’s not going to end well.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/worlds-seas-warmed-23-zettajoules-2025

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2026-09-30T16:40:58Z

Who do I know in Marseille?

I saw the smoke from Ecole Normale Supérieure today, and thought ...

2026-09-29T21:14:09Z

I saw the smoke from Ecole Normale Supérieure today, and thought that if what’s happening in the US was happening in France, everything would be ablaze.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/french-teens-clash-police-school-095106298.html

I went to an aquarium store in Paris to buy fish for my ...

2026-09-29T15:34:49Z

I went to an aquarium store in Paris to buy fish for my colleague's aquarium. I was nervous that my French wouldn't be good enough to describe what I wanted. But then I heard the owner speak to another customer in Cantonese, so I spoke to him in Cantonese too. When I learned he was from Shanghai, we switched to Mandarin. It's good to be multilingual, even if it's not the right language.

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2026-09-29T15:23:36Z

Repair

Free access to museums is one of the most spectacular things ...

2026-09-29T14:03:03Z

Free access to museums is one of the most spectacular things about the UK. This is a great decision.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/29/uk-decides-against-charging-foreigners-for-museums_6758074_4.html

This new tool, the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon ...

2026-09-28T21:34:56Z

This new tool, the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon emissions into real-world climate impacts like heat exposure and coral bleaching, looks super useful.

➡️ https://carbonimpactstracer.com/

Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a ...

2026-09-28T10:06:55Z

Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden, a crucial food source for ospreys. One company alone harvested nearly 300 million pounds of the fish in 2024 but somehow claims they’re not at fault. 🧐

https://wapo.st/4d6dwxB

My former colleagues at Columbia, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, ...

2026-09-27T16:19:21Z

My former colleagues at Columbia, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, were the first ones to successfully predict El Niño more than a year in advance in the late 1980s.

Now we’re really good at it, and we know what the consequences are. It’d be irresponsible for governments not to take action now. Read this from my buddy Jeff Shaman.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/opinion/el-nino-weather-forecasts-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVE.xSYR.eEMyAfZWecqL&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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2026-09-27T16:06:10Z

Indeed

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion ...

2026-09-27T08:42:02Z

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion of mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry.

In Paris, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an aggressive, day-biting nuisance, is now everywhere. So excited to get Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in Paris.

https://to.pbs.org/4ihm3ks

One of my favorite cycle paths in Paris. ...

2026-09-26T13:41:54Z

One of my favorite cycle paths in Paris.

I just went downstairs, walked three minutes to a boulangerie, ...

2026-09-25T18:15:43Z

I just went downstairs, walked three minutes to a boulangerie, and got a warm baguette. Tell me again why 15-minute cities are bad.

Instead of saying, "US Supreme Court lets Trump…" as if ...

2026-09-25T16:40:13Z

Instead of saying, "US Supreme Court lets Trump…" as if SCOTUS speaks with one voice, the media should specify who voted for this. In this case, it's the six conservative justices.

https://ft.trib.al/VCbcpXj

In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you ...

2026-09-25T09:11:39Z

In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you think French bureaucrats are saying to themselves, "Well, that's a few thousand pensioners that we no longer have to pay"?

It's as good an explanation as any for the lack of action.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/09/16/french-health-authority-reports-almost-8-000-excess-deaths-over-heatwave-struck-summer_6757604_7.html?srsltid=AU7gw4Uevi6-ViaL2A-eoT-Gxl86GGQYNv4ruFLV3JwfO-LrqnskyaGd

The way AI will kill people is by making climate change worse. ...

2026-09-25T06:20:13Z

The way AI will kill people is by making climate change worse.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000140/jensen-huang-nvidia-ai-energy-climate-change-supervillain

This is an amazing news article whose existence clearly ...

2026-09-25T04:40:31Z

This is an amazing news article whose existence clearly distinguishes the US from China. Everyone should read it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/trump-xi-press-pool-boycott-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1E.AfR2.Yw-itAwjgAsQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 ...

2026-09-24T12:38:35Z

The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/fossil-fuels-trump-donations?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

Abolish ICE ...

2026-09-23T17:09:23Z

Abolish ICE

https://electrek.co/2026/09/22/volkswagens-new-evs-so-popular-cutting-ice-shifts/

America Intelligence was right there ...

2026-09-23T03:42:12Z

America Intelligence was right there

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998816/donald-trump-ai-super-intelligence

Everyone is counting on pardons. It’d be funny if he died ...

2026-09-23T03:19:39Z

Everyone is counting on pardons. It’d be funny if he died before that happened.

The story is much more interesting than the headline portrays. ...

2026-09-23T03:15:47Z

The story is much more interesting than the headline portrays.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/arts/design/alejandro-mario-yllanes-toledo-museum-bolivia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DVE.SA99.R8_mHGPd0dpz&smid=url-share

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to ...

2026-09-22T18:14:47Z

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

TIL that a male crossing guard is called a lollipop man. ...

2026-09-20T15:54:04Z

TIL that a male crossing guard is called a lollipop man.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/horrified-children-look-lollipop-man-34633048

175 km solo win! 🤯 ...

2026-09-20T15:22:35Z

175 km solo win! 🤯

https://www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/mathieu-van-der-poel-sends-huge-worlds-warning-with-175km-solo-demolition-in-luxembourg/

Trump asked Russ Vought, OMB Director and the devil incarnate, to ...

2026-09-20T07:54:46Z

Trump asked Russ Vought, OMB Director and the devil incarnate, to draft an executive order placing political appointees in charge of NIH grant funding, following the NIH director’s refusal to cut grants to Harvard.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413

Bad Food Nation by Eric Schlosser ...

2026-09-07T23:40:25Z

Bad Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/food-safety-crisis-trump-cyclospora/688495/?gift=5W-i_lXLW18Aulj9LWtczD3mmZZLNEzEAYM_IDE4Ciw

It’s a good time to become a vegetarian ...

2026-09-07T23:34:46Z

It’s a good time to become a vegetarian

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/opinion/trump-meat-import.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.GjPC.UcK2P8GG8_i2&smid=bs-share

New carbon offsets just dropped ...

2026-09-07T23:05:58Z

New carbon offsets just dropped

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/style/the-latest-wealth-flex-big-trees.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.WBm4.T9fKYrAc-prx&smid=url-share

Tragic, but weirdly, the headline writers don’t refer to this ...

2026-09-07T04:46:48Z

Tragic, but weirdly, the headline writers don’t refer to this as a car crash, unlike how they call it a bike crash when a driver hits a cyclist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/miami-plane-crash-what-we-know.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.B7xI.cdwt3BPr1ebF&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Summers in the US are getting hotter. 2026 will be the hottest ...

2026-09-06T07:40:04Z

Summers in the US are getting hotter. 2026 will be the hottest and most humid in the contiguous US since records began in 1895. This is a result of human-caused climate change. We need investments in clean energy, updates to permitting systems, and help for communities to adapt to climate hazards.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/05/opinion/editorials/extreme-heat-summer.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.60F0.7EHEFtzqXYv2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Johnny Apple CEO ...

2026-09-01T13:07:08Z

Johnny Apple CEO

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/technology/apple-tim-cook-john-ternus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.SW9V.QczRkzRMNIgB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

A whistleblower report alleges that the US Postal Service is ...

2026-09-01T12:35:16Z

A whistleblower report alleges that the US Postal Service is implementing a new digital system for mail ballots despite a court order blocking it, and the rushed implementation could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in the mail ballot system, potentially disenfranchising millions of voters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.kwS3.DUcieRYbgOZw&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Tofu musubi recipe ...

2026-08-29T15:36:00Z

Tofu musubi recipe

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/787169737-tofu-musubi?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.qzM6.ntnDZyDrZXrK&smid=share-url

An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by ...

2026-08-28T12:06:27Z

An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by floods from glacial lakes, and the danger is growing as Earth heats up due to our continued burning of fossil fuels.

Check out this report from NPR from a few years ago.

https://apps.npr.org/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change/nepal-rolwaling-river-glacier.html

WTAF: Josh Kohut, a physical oceanographer and Dean of Research ...

2026-08-28T00:04:09Z

WTAF: Josh Kohut, a physical oceanographer and Dean of Research at Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences has been arrested for using a cellphone to secretly record “upskirt” videos of another person. 🌊

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/08/26/rutgers-university-dean-arrested-upskirt-videos/91483026007/

Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly ...

2026-08-27T04:18:46Z

Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly Parton’s children’s book charity, Imagination Library, which sends free books to children across the world.

https://www.rawstory.com/dolly-parton-and-republicans/

I would never have guessed there were 14,000 bears in Japan. From ...

2026-08-27T04:12:34Z

I would never have guessed there were 14,000 bears in Japan.

From April 2025 through January 2026, Japan killed more than 14,000 bears, including about 12,000 Asiatic black bears and 2,000 brown bears.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/bears-killed-13-people-japan-14000-bears?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

This is very funny. ...

2026-08-25T21:03:28Z

This is very funny.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/business/media/universal-roller-coaster-screams.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.EGAF.C5ndg8rVERfG&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement. Being ...

2026-08-25T17:22:35Z

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement. Being anti-science has deadly consequences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/well/measles-deaths-pennsylvania-outbreak.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.NcAT.7oS5VK_P2fNO&smid=url-share

In academia, we hire foreign professors and sometimes postdocs on ...

2026-08-25T03:55:36Z

In academia, we hire foreign professors and sometimes postdocs on H-1B visas. This is really dumb.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/politics/trump-administration-h-1b-visa-fee

I can beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter record on my bicycle. ...

2026-08-24T21:20:02Z

I can beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter record on my bicycle. Should you be impressed?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/asia/chinese-robot-100-meter-usain-bolt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.Ak_q.-cl0sRFvK0xm&smid=url-share

Project 2025 says to kill wild horses and Trump is doing just ...

2026-08-24T19:26:43Z

Project 2025 says to kill wild horses and Trump is doing just that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/trump-wild-horses-legal-loophole-slaughter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.L9dP.rZBUgOTbW1E2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

I value journalism and journalists so much, and I seriously worry ...

2026-08-24T19:09:59Z

I value journalism and journalists so much, and I seriously worry about how people consume news these days and the rise of "content creators" and "influencers." This shift benefits almost no one.

There are many amazing pro cycling journalists, and for the Vuelta to do this is shit.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/racing/vuelta-a-espana-places-restrictions-on-its-own-content-creator-amid-backlash-over-interactions-with-tadej-pogacar-and-others/

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the ...

2026-08-22T04:55:55Z

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:

Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism

Oh look, one of the largest fish anyone has ever seen…so we ...

2026-08-22T01:34:34Z

Oh look, one of the largest fish anyone has ever seen…so we killed it.

https://apnews.com/article/record-blue-marlin-fish-new-england-6903fbb5fbb2c7cd110ff00a86776eef?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a88fba2f7c24d00010fae31&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=Bluesky

Normal behavior in a democracy. ...

2026-08-21T23:21:24Z

Normal behavior in a democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/pentagon-fires-stars-stripes-editor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7FA.JEln.t6ouSyTe80RR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

A South African vineyard has been using flightless, long-necked, ...

2026-08-21T20:22:08Z

A South African vineyard has been using flightless, long-necked, Indian Runner ducks for pest control for 40 years.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/duck-run-pest-control-catching-152135334.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

JFC! This is not a car crash! This is a driver killing and ...

2026-08-20T04:45:50Z

JFC! This is not a car crash! This is a driver killing and injuring people on bikes with a car.

https://apnews.com/article/milligan-university-cyclists-killed-tennessee-e75912c4663e6d76b8e571dc7cd0a62a?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8682cec69d29000181aa62&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=Bluesky

Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. ...

2026-08-19T16:46:34Z

Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. Let’s kill it!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/first-bluefin-tunas-caught-off-yorkshire-since-1960s-success-story-for-marine-conservation

The scientists really honed their investigative skills and ...

2026-08-18T19:49:06Z

The scientists really honed their investigative skills and pierced the mystery of the narwhal tusk in this study.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75689-z

Another way they're trying to criminalize not having a house. ...

2026-08-18T18:48:00Z

Another way they're trying to criminalize not having a house.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/honolulu-considers-fining-jailing-homeless-over-shopping-carts/

I'm glad we're no longer talking about growing seaweed ...

2026-08-18T17:59:25Z

I'm glad we're no longer talking about growing seaweed for carbon dioxide removal because this is how it would end.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/miami-sargassum-seaweed-problem-climate-crisis?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1787058971

The rate of air-sea gas exchange is significantly lower in ...

2026-08-18T14:20:00Z

The rate of air-sea gas exchange is significantly lower in nearshore environments, and using open ocean gas exchange parameterizations could drastically overestimate carbon dioxide removal potential.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03931-z

Virgin Trains has been granted track access to run up to 20 daily ...

2026-08-17T09:39:12Z

Virgin Trains has been granted track access to run up to 20 daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam starting in 2030. 👀

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/17/virgin-trains-services-to-europe-eurostar?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

Oh no, my face! “Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for ...

2026-08-17T06:21:02Z

Oh no, my face!

“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trump-immigration-crackdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.OP9U.d0dkGHQh7QzO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

These cows suffered and died for no reason. ...

2026-08-17T02:59:29Z

These cows suffered and died for no reason.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/08/11/raw-beef-recalled-missed-inspection/91253506007/

You want to read this story about goats that didn’t get to ride ...

2026-08-17T02:52:25Z

You want to read this story about goats that didn’t get to ride the bus in Portland because they didn’t have passes. Turns out kids don’t ride for free.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/goats-bus-portland-oregon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.vEP9.PaIUzLVWUhyJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share