Dr J's #SoulPower about the rise of the ABA streaming on Amazon now is a story captured in @sportyprof.bsky.social BLACK BALL @hachetteus.bsky.social

Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.

After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.

2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).

Susannah Clapp · On Baya The artistic gift of Fatima Haddad – who chose to be known as Baya – was quickly celebrated. But celebration was...

‘From a European perspective, this is a story of explosive celebrity and subsequent disappearance. Baya’s gouaches and sculptures were exhibited in Paris when she was sixteen. She modelled in clay alongside Picasso.’

Susannah Clapp on the mid-century Algerian artist.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".

BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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User @backintimeag: The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.

Photos: New Year's Eve celebrations around the world, as countries ring in 2026 South Pacific nations welcomed 2026 first — 18 hours ahead of NYC, where organizers are preparing for the Times Square ball drop.

PHOTOS: As Americans prepare to attend New Year's Eve events tonight, millions of people around the world have been ringing in 2026.

The board should give itself a Pulitzer for this.

Piaf poses on one of Penn's rug-covered platforms

Remembering Edith Piaf on her birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, New York, 1948

"Avert your ears and Piaf’s life was a punk opera decades before the genre exploded."
- Jeremy Allen

The price of the measles: It costs at least $16,200 each time someone gets them. As measles outbreaks increase and more people contract the disease, the U.S. healthcare system faces a costly bill.

“I want people to realize that it’s not just when things get out of hand that things are expensive..It’s quite expensive to even have a single case for a district.” www.marketwatch.com/story/the-pr...

Books Not Bars For The Holidays Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the immense violence of the prison syste...

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Further down thread it says 170 fac have been given offers (buyouts, retirements). If not enough take them there will be “involuntary separations.” 170! Think of the collective yrs of training, specialization, teaching, the number of students taught, advised, mentored, the wealth of KNOWLEDGE.

#StandUpforScience

'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds This Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here's to you, house sparrow.

We're kicking off the Christmas Bird Count with @rosemarymosco.com and @corinanewsome.bsky.social, who join us celebrate the common birds that might not be at the top of your pecking order, but should be.🐦‍⬛

A photo of an Arctic fox surrounded by a rocky, snowy environment. The fox’s coat is white in color. Its eyes are focused on the viewer.

Did you know? The Arctic fox is a seasonal fashionista. During winter, it sports a dense coat of white fur that helps insulate it from the cold, and it can withstand temperatures of up to −90°F (-67.8°C)!
Photo: Jonathen Pie, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons

the TBR stack just gets bigger and bigger

What is a tardigrade? This tiny, complex invertebrate is the most mind-expanding animal in the microcosmos

The tardigrade, a tiny invertebrate with a reputation for surviving the toughest conditions, has come to symbolise resilience in an age of ecological crisis, writes Lucy Jones.

No more excuses for not having read *the* book of the year on the working poor & homelessness. A book that fundamentally challenges the conventional definition of "homeless," one that shines a light on exploitation & profitmaking out of all of this and does so through powerful, personal stories.

Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest with full military honors at W.Va. National Cemetery Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday in Grafton.

Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...

The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025 Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa…

A feast!

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Alien Earths: The Hunt for Life on Exoplanets | AMNH Join astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger to explore the possibility of habitable worlds outside of our solar system.

And next Tuesday 12/16 Lisa Kaltenegger will be doing a live talk @amnh.org on the search for life everywhere on ALIEN EARTHS (St Martin's Press) @carlsaganinstitute.bsky.social #blskyscience #exoplanets #space #arewealone #standupforscience #womenscientistsdoingscience

www.amnh.org/calendar/exo...

Just gorgeous!

John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92

One of the greats, illuminating the world of science for the rest of us www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...

Map of PFAS 'forever chemicals' contamination levels across Europe

Source: www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

Beyond books: Christmas gifts for the literature lover in your life Sometimes the hardest thing to buy for a bookworm is a regular novel, biography or history book. Here's a selection of bookish gift ideas that go beyond the norm

Beyond books: Christmas gifts for the literature lover in your life

Connect with your curiosity. Knight Science Journalism Fellowships. Apply by Jan 9. Photo: Two fellows peer over a butterfly case excitedly.

KSJ fellowships are an opportunity for science journalists to step away from chasing deadlines and connect with their curiosity.
Applications are open now! Apply by Jan 9
ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/11/14/apply-fo...