Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Coast redwoods top 100 meters, and at that height pulling water up from the roots nearly fails. Their fix: absorb fog straight through their needles. That is why they only grow in California's coastal fog belt. The tallest trees on Earth cheat physics with fog. 🧪 #HowToBuildAGiant #plants
This + the OMB rule, if implemented, will be the end of American dominance in scientific discovery and will cripple academic research for a generation or more. The latter is the point, and they are willing to endure the former to accomplish it 🧪
Justin HendrixIn case you missed it: last week White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director Michael Kratsios issued a big new report on the future of American science. Cole Donovan says it is cover for reallocating funding to the administration's friends—the big AI firms and hyperscalers.
theconversation.com/the-homeless...
The homelessness scourge in cities like London, Ont., exposes the evils of wealth inequalityThere’s a widening divide between two Canadas: one marked by working-class misery and homelessness; the other by the unprecedented prosperity of the uber-wealthy. This wealth gap is unsustainable.theconversation.com
FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
In June, when we debuted the first official portrait of President and Mrs. Obama at the Obama Presidential Center Museum, the world went wild for the story of how Michelle Obama had long hoped to collaborate with renowned artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and how deeply the experience moved Crosby.
US COVlD Update, PMC, July 27, 2026 ▪️10 hot spots (see Alt text) ▪️Persistent high/very high levels in TX ▪️FL, AK, HI, & the continental northwest picking up ▪️1 in 198 people estimated actively infectious nationally ▪️1.57 million estimated weekly infections & rising (1/2)
Co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were buying, rigorously testing and selling meth, cocaine and heroin for a compassion club. They said if people knew what they were taking they were less likely to overdose. The approach was working, but then they were arrested and convicted of trafficking.
The TyeeThe Drug User Liberation Front’s constitutional challenge wrapped up Friday, but co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum won’t know until next year whether their efforts to save lives will land them in jail. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
The goal is to satisfy the *emotions* behind every information need without providing real information.
Matt SeyboldThe cross-platform enshittification of search functionality is such an infuriating exercise of authoritarian creep. They would like to kill the inclination to find information & enforce satisfaction with be fed information.
Weaponized government in action, to the detriment of livelihoods, power costs, and the US energy/climate future. Not to mention democracy. Also, viewpoint discrimination. Plus, Democrats (and Republicans!) in blue states pay federal taxes. Lots of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.com
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
1 in 10 emergency doctors are leaving Canadian ERs, a new survey shows. What's behind this 'alarming exodus'? | CBC NewsOne out of every 10 emergency physicians in Canada have left their specialty, while the vast majority of others are reducing their hours or taking time off to manage burnout. The findings, part of a s...www.cbc.ca
How a Nazi trial ended the just-following-orders defense for US troops. Military Times: www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...
How a Nazi trial ended the just-following-orders defense for US troopsAfter Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders “a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know to be illegal."www.militarytimes.com
yeah because they're just shooting fishermen.
Matthew Hay Brown67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
