Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change
Full Committee Hearing, Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
budget.senate.gov/hearings/denia…

I've literally spent up to several hours each week for years answering questions from people from around the world who want to be involved in astrobiology and space exploration and who are seeking help in finding programs and pathways that might fit them.

It's such an honor to…

Loves, nothing that makes you happy and doesn't harm others is ever, ever dumb. DO THE WEIRD THING.

Me, unqualified to give a learned opinion: I feel like university admins are doing this all wrong.
SciAm, doing the journalism we need: They are in fact doing this all wrong.

New NW Science Writers event: a book club!

Coming up next week: the debut of the new NSWA book club!

Featuring FLUSH - by Bryn Nelson in conversation with Starre Julia Vartan

May 8 at 7:00 PM Pacific on Zoom

Come chat about POOP!

nwscience.org/news/announc...

The rise and fall of fact-based journalism thefulcrum.us/media-technolo…

I wrote about an orangutan who smeared a medicinal plant onto his face in order to treat a nasty gash he likely got from a fight with another male 🦧 within a few days his wound had closed! sciencenews.org/article/orangu…

ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using ?

I was recently laid off from the one small steady salary and health insurance I had. I've been hustling but now I'm asking for your help. Please send this to editors/etc. who might be a good match. I'm an editor & reporter and would do either/both. Thanks for your help, friends.

I am so tired of people doing stupid shit and dressing it up as 'inspiration.' She was able to do this because she was young, in decent shape, and didn't get caught sneaking in. If there are lessons here they are:
1. Exercise
2. It's easier when you look like you belong.

I don't think y'all have a healthy enough fear of prions so let me help you w that

Trump’s Authoritarian Promise independent.com/2024/03/11/tru…

Via: The First Amendment
For SCOTUS cases re hate speech see
Snyder v. Phelps supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf…… Matal v. Tam supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf……
Brandenburg v. Ohio supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/……
R.A.V. v. St. Paul supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/……
Virginia v. Black supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…

For SCOTUS cases involving hate speech, see:

- Snyder v. Phelps supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf…

- Matal v. Tam supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf…

- Brandenburg v. Ohio supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…

- R.A.V. v. St. Paul supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…

- Virginia v. Black supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…

WIRED is hiring a senior writer to cover China. Details here: condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeCar…

I hope you are working hard out there, 1st. We need you now more than ever.

Me: OK, let's try to get some things done
My brain: None of this will matter if our democracy collapses and you have to grab your family and flee.

I don't know her work, but yes, this is PRAXIS, and yes, I'm going to buy her books and I already downloaded Beyond “Populism”: The Psychodynamics of Antipolitical Popular Movements

philosophy.emory.edu/people/bios/mc…

Why is not every single person I know talking about how today we get to learn whether we still live in a democracy or not? How are we not all holding our collective breath? How is it not top of mind for every US citizen?

Is anyone else finding it difficult to work when the country founded on a disgust for kings is currently debating whether the President gets to be one?