It’s a species of slug that is partially solar-powered, like a plant.
Leaf sheep are kleptoplastic organisms that steal chloroplasts from algae, store them in their bodies, and then can rely on photosynthesis for their energy needs
kottke.org/26/04/the-le...
A NOAA ‘Hurricane Hunter’ crew flew out of Portland International Airport to collect storm data for six weeks.
Scientists say they now have a better picture of how atmospheric rivers work. 🧪
www.opb.org/article/2026...
And illegally, from the start.
I've been enjoying my time on Mastodon far more than my time on Bluesky lately.
It's just a different vibe. I feel like there's fewer "talkers" and more "doers" here. People building tools and communities, trying to actually change stuff and get involved.
What a way to celebrate America 250.
With a government so corrupt that 5/6 of the country looks at Iranian propaganda and says, "yep, pretty fair"
I wish people like this would just admit they don't like women in politics.
"Screaming for hours" 🤔
Aides kept US President Donald Trump out of the room during minute-by-minute updates on operations involving Iran,
instead briefing him at key moments because they believed his impatience would not be helpful, a senior administration official told The Wall Street Journal
This remarkable vaccine technology could save lives,
but with an administration run by people accusing mRNA vaccines of killing people (with no evidence),
it seems this progress could be withheld from Americans.
Less than 13% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer live for more than five years, making it one of the deadliest cancers.
A phase 1 trial of an mRNA tumor vaccine shows that 7 of 8 patients with pancreatic cancer are still alive 6 years later.
19-Apr: ☹️ On this day in 1882, Charles Darwin died, age 73. Here’s the sad story…
friendsofdarwin.com/articles/dar...
#HistSci
The internet blackout in #Iran has now surpassed the 1200 hour mark, continuing in its eighth week as of day 51.
As peace negotiations appear to flounder, one of the most important factors for Iranians, the restoration of international connectivity, is still overlooked.
A married couple who met over a dissected brain and went on to create the first approved gene therapy for blindness
The therapy - Luxturna - has transformed the lives of people born with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a genetic disorder that typically causes total blindness by early adulthood.
April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem
By @Jim Calabro
Apr 10, 2026
Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky.
I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go down intermittently for ~1/2 our users for about 8 hours
Wow who knew that all those “spot the difference” games we played on cereal boxes were just training for the era of AI images in our feeds??
This was actually kind of a fun one,
I found 5 “tells”
Corruption and authoritarianism aren't distinct problems, they're two sides of the same coin. Kleptocracy and autocracy go hand in hand, each dependent on the other to sustain itself.
The U.S. Department of Justice will add an attorney who once worked for President Donald Trump to the investigation into former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, CNN reported on Saturday.
They’re so desperate to post the 10 Commandments everywhere and yet somehow, even more desperate to violate them.
PSA: while #Bluesky servers are down, if you're on a non-Bluesky PDS like Eurosky, you should be able to access *some* things using a combination of:
- Blacksky webapp, which uses their separate AppView: blacksky.community
- RedDwarf, which uses microcosm + raw PDS access: reddwarf.app
he link between grift and right wing politics has rarely been as tight as it is today.
skywriter.blue/@sethcotlar....
The link between grift and right wing politics has rarely been as tight as it is today.
@unroll.skywriter.blue unroll please
It’s been said it’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money.
‼️ Russia: Russian Minister of Economic Decently “Reshetnikov stated that the reserves in the Russian economy have been largely exhausted.”
🍿
www.interfax.ru/business/108...
WATCH: “They preach freedom of speech and non-censorship, but this was my experience.”
The Georgia student who asked JD Vance about Epstein describes how hard they tried to screen his question and hand-pick the questioners.
Trump’s Split with Meloni:
After President Trump launched a broadside against Pope Leo XIV,
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy rallied to the American pontiff’s defense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...
"JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on Catholicism
and Pierre Poilievre is lecturing Mark Carney on economics
and RFK Jr is lecturing scientists about vaccines
and Donald Trump is lecturing the world on tariffs
and Pete Hegseth is quoting Pulp Fiction and thinking it's the Bible."
~ Bruce Arthur
In Bluesky, the PDS talks to the relay
which talks to the appview
which goes to the client.
Blacksky set up all four last year, but only deployed their PDS and client -- They used Bluesky's relay and appview.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to pause attacks targeting Hezbollah
-- but said Israeli troops would not withdraw.
The truce, set to start at 5 p.m. Eastern time, could ease efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
