I only just saw this (and donated). Matthew does so much for all of us. The least we can do is help them.

Marg Leehane, part owner of Great Bear Lodge in Port Hardy, British Columbia, decided it was worth waking up the guests at 6 a.m. to show them two humpback whales in the bay.

TT: bookofcabins

And here's a great starter pack of journalists and outlets that DON'T use "A.i."! Vastly less likely than other outlets to peddle mistakes and bullshit! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Unbinned contigs expand known diversity in the global microbiome Nature Microbiology, Published online: 03 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02314-6Re-analysis of over 92,000 metagenomes reveals hundreds of thousands of previously undescribed Bacterial and Archaeal clades hidden in plain sight.

Out Now! Unbinned contigs expand known diversity in the global microbiome #MicroSky

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

Study Warns of Large Increase in New HIV Cases in U.S. if Ryan White Program Ends Colorado and several Southern and Midwest states would see the biggest increases in incidence

Worried about this one

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This 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 shows 1,800 miles and is powered by a 2.85-liter V6 paired with a five-speed manual transaxle. It's listed now on BaT!

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graph with age on the x-axis and population size on the y-axis. A curve indicates population size decreasing with age. It is shaded in orange under the curve.

I use this (overly simplified) schematic to explain to folks why maintaining high measles immunity is so hard. Even with 100% coverage, you get different outcomes depending on who and when you vaccinate.

Consider a population with more kids than adults -- start with them all being susceptible.

I've drafted a dozen responses and each one fails to capture the full breath of all the ways the FDA bad-faith posture is so deeply corrosive.

Me holding copy of the book

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

Despite Rules to Provide Menstrual Products, Some in ICE Jail Can’t Access Them “Menstrual products aren’t a luxury, they are a basic need for half of the population,” said Rep. Grace Meng.

Period products like pads and tampons are considered an essential public health need, but access for women and trans people held in federal custody — from prisons to immigration detention centers — remains inconsistent.

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

Measles outbreak at Texas immigration detention facility confirmed by DHS officials SAN ANTONIO - Federal officials have confirmed a Measles Outbreak at an Texas immigration detention facility.On Sunday, officials with the Department of Homelan

Detentions of adults/children in what has been reported as inhumane conditions with insufficient medical care amidst a national measles outbreak will worsen ongoing catastrophe.

Intervention needed.

Dilley Center, San Antonio, Texas.

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Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve

“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”

How convenient for ICE

"I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him."

Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...

Calling all you knitters - pattern for a cool hat Norwegian Resistance wore in WWII! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Everything DHS says should be presumed to be a lie.

"Videos analyzed by NYT appear to contradict accounts given by DHS officials about the shooting. They said the man approached agents with a handgun and the intent to
'massacre' them. Footage shows the man holding a phone in his hand, not a gun..."

Video contradicts Trump administration account of Minneapolis killing Once again, DHS appears to be lying.

The video makes clear that Alex Pretti was not holding a weapon in the lead-up to the shooting, or when federal agents forcefully took him to the ground

Man shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.

I am not safer.

My kids are not safer.

My patients are not safer.

Another Minnesotan has been murdered by our ICE agents.

This has to END.

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#MedSky
#Minnesota
#ICEOut

miller is regularly blamed but vance is not held to any account at all for having started the chain of events that got us here

TW ⚠️

This is the pink jacket lady’s angle. (From Drop Site News)

Horrific. Bovino is a stone cold liar.

Pretti wasn’t attacking officers, he had just helped a lady they assaulted and had gotten pepper sprayed.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Our initial analysis is up.

The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.

He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

Less than one minute later.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

“This is another Tuskegee” is not hyperbole. good reporting from IM

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!

It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

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