A photo of Bill Nye speaking outside of the Capitol
Bill Nye and hundreds of Planetary Society members are heading to DC on Monday to protest the White House's proposal to slash NASA's science budget in half.
These cuts were announced as the Artemis astronauts were on their way to the Moon:
A badly worded poll is making vaccine skepticism look more common than it is. www.statnews.com/2026/04/17/v...
We are so far beyond even Teapot Dome levels of "government captured by private industry" in this country, and Democrats genuinely seem to believe their unpopularity is driven by being too nice to trans people, instead of being driven by their screamingly obvious hypocrisy about this.
Me, rushing to my computer and furiously writing a book about a manosphere YouTuber going back in time to live with hunter-gatherers.
Exactly one year ago today:
I had never heard of this guy until last week and I'm annoyed about everything
Maybe forcing people to build their creative careers on private online infrastructure that can and does collapse semi-regularly wasn't the best of ideas actually
Us, at any given moment on BlueSky…
screenshot of bluesky iPhone app Notifications page that says Forbidden with an exclamation point in a red circle
u are not the boss of me blue sky
It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.
While I am obviously incensed that ankylosaurus didn't make the leaderboard, I actually laughed out loud when reading the footnote "We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs"
Ya girl just got carded non ironically? Like the woman apologized after?
I...simply do not look 21.
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You guys ever think we were better off when the internet was a place (computer room) and when you left that room, you left the internet?
“The term ‘climate crisis,’ which carries with it a more urgent connotation than the more familiar ‘climate change,’ has nearly disappeared from media lexicon.”
Desperately want a fantasy version of Never Stop Blowing Up from @dimension20.dropout.tv!
Exactly the same premise, but the characters are Not-Xena, Not-Merlin, Not-someone who can shapeshift into a dragon, etc.
A blonde woman on a sunny deck with a cute fluffy golden doodle behind her.
It's an outside work day, which means all day fetch for Maggie and Cooper.
The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.
Thrilled to have been shortlisted on #RevPit. What a great event! Also realizing that my manuscript is probably... 25K words too long 😅
Time to get the axe, I guess!
My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕
*All four astronauts went to public schools!
A digital illustration of Godzilla silhouetted against a red and orange fire-colored background with his back spines all glowing blue as he blasts nuclear fire at whomever you would most like to have nuclear fire blasted at. Go ahead and make a wish. Jagged lettering on Godzilla’s back and shoulder, also glowing blue, reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’
President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak on Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ
A+ headline.
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The FY2027 budget proposes cutting @USGS by 37% and eliminating the Ecosystems Mission Area entirely. This would end university research partnerships in all 50 states, flood forecasting, earthquake warnings, and more.
Congress must reject these cuts. #DefendUSGS
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This is so criminally irresponsible, I don’t know where to begin. USGS and its EMA are central to how Americans can understand - and respond to - a changing world.
Does anyone feel safer now
always weird to me when people find out I'm a writer & their response is, "oh I'm not much of a reader," as if I'm about to quiz them or demand a book report
Headline on Hollywood Reporter that reads ”Paddington 4, Escape From New York' Reboot in the Works”
I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…
