"The wildfire, the largest in the park’s history, devastated a critically endangered grove of Santa Rosa Island Torrey pine trees — some of the rarest pines in the world — according to recent federal damage assessments on the island."
Massive die-off predicted for exceptionally rare trees on California island wildlife oasis | CNNEcological concerns are becoming somber truths over two months after a wildfire ripped across the island.www.cnn.comTrump moves on -- from the Reflecting Pool to the lawn
Aaron RuparTrump: “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned …There may have been some contractor difficulty, but major damage was caused by VANDALS!”
A Newsweek cover from the 2008 campaign. #Obama #RFKJr #arugula
Your Turn: Obama's Bubba Gap - Reading The PicturesBAGreaders take on Newsweek's latest Obama hit job, the cover photo-illustration "arugula and beer."www.readingthepictures.orgLisa KadonagaI seem to remember the GOP giving Obama a hard time about mentioning arugula in 2007, yet here it is in RFK Jr's first cooking show archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.bl...
I seem to remember the GOP giving Obama a hard time about mentioning arugula in 2007, yet here it is in RFK Jr's first cooking show archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.bl...
I was looking at #13 just yesterday
List of Whaling Walls - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgChris ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🏴Honestly I think we should do this to the huge and beautiful whale mural that was painted over “fOr a woRlD cUp mUrAl” (according to the City) until they PAY Wayland the $25 mill and let him repaint something beautiful on that wall. (For background: dallas.culturemap.com/news/arts/wh...)
An actual photo of #RFKJr popped up on my YouTube feed, startling me while I was watching the new #GoodSciencePodcast episode. Anthony Atamanuik @therealtony.bsky.social has done a remarkable job with his character's makeup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7hw...
I remember the Pacific Northwest racking up outliers like this too during the 2021 heat dome. So what France is going through isn't some fluke. Awful for people there, especially the children, elderly, and anyone with health conditions.
Nahel BelgherzeBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Google! You are not helping!
Joseph CoxTook me seconds to make an image showing 'protesters' around Google buildings, using Google Earth's new AI generation tool. You can make bomb blasts, protesters, drone strikes, nuclear plants. How on earth did Google think this was a good idea www.404media.co/google-earth...
I thought this was, like, the gold standard for this part of undergrad academic counselling? (One of my profs distributed some of their handouts in class.)
Greg PakDisgraceful actions by @harvard.edu - destroying their writing program at a time when it's needed more than ever as "A.i." undermines everything. Deepest shame on this institution and all the best to @janerosenzweig.bsky.social. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
"The pair allegedly held the two women in a camping trailer well past midnight, while Joseph Henrichsen, armed, forced each separately into a Forest Service federal vehicle for hours at a time." My heart goes out to those researchers. This is something that a lot of my colleagues think about.
Idaho StatesmanThe two men were arrested for abducting U.S. Forest Service scientists studying frog habitats at a remote Northern California lake.
"The sheriff's department said the notes reveal a distinctive pattern of word choices and provide insight into the writer's mindset. The agency said someone who knows the notes' writer may recognize the patterns."
PBS NewsThe Pima County Sheriff's Department said "we believe these distinctive linguistic characteristics may be recognizable to someone who knows or has interacted with the notes' writer." https://to.pbs.org/4g9Cq03
Finally, an appropriate use of "doesn't hold water"
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”BREAKING: The Trump administration has moved to drop its felony Reflecting Pool case against a former Olympic canoeist, admitting their allegations against David "Davey" Hearn don't hold water.
Just returned from my 93rd blood donation -- eating leftover Korean fried chicken and some Okanagan peaches I picked up on the way home. Both Canada and the US are experiencing decreased blood supplies this summer. Several areas have issued emergency calls for donors.
Blood supply drops 20%; donors needed now to replenish lifesaving essentialsCanadian Blood Services is calling on eligible people across Canada to book a blood donation appointment after the blood supply declined by nearly 20 per cent since June 1.www.blood.caWhat exactly happened the night Huey Long was assassinated? Was it really a conspiracy, or an impulsive act by the supposed killer (which set off a chain of official blunders and outright incompetence)?
G. Willow WilsonWhat's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story
Interesting! Another thing to test for -- pollen grains.
Forensic pollen testing reveals new clues in case of unidentified woman discovered in English Bay - Vancouver Police DepartmentVancouver – Forensic testing of pollen has revealed an unidentified woman whose body was found in English Bay in 2022, may have spent her final days in the Seattle or Portland area.
With this new evi...vpd.caTory WegerskiThe possible Pittsburgh steel mill connection is an intriguing one I think but dunno where it goes from here
Another example of being able to criticize something you feel some attachment to -- an author who gives a mixed review of a movie adapted from their book.
Ed GilesTheir young SPs are good, but inexperienced and not able to go deep into games. The free agents have helped extend the lineup but the team defense sucks. The bullpen is a disaster, perhaps worse than expected, and the manager is in over his head.
He's encroaching on @therealtony.bsky.social 's turf! Anthony Atamanuik was doing this back during lockdown. on the other hand, if it distracts Bobby from giving bogus medical advice, maybe it's a good thing. #GoodSciencePodcast #RFKJr
Cooking with Tony is LIVE, I'm making smoked mozzarella cavatappi with roasted eggplant. To watch the full cooking video and all future cooking videos join my Patreon for as little as $5/month at the link in my profile! | Anthony AtamanuikCooking with Tony is LIVE, I'm making smoked mozzarella cavatappi with roasted eggplant. To watch the full cooking video and all future cooking videos join my Patreon for as little as $5/month at the...www.facebook.comHunter WalkerRFK Jr wants to get in your kitchen. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAmajSBJ/
RFK Jr claims he has no gag reflex, which is more than can be said for most people listening to him www.msn.com/en-us/food-a...
MSNwww.msn.comI figured it was only a matter of time -- RFK Jr doing cooking demonstrations
Hunter WalkerRFK Jr wants to get in your kitchen. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAmajSBJ/
Something to keep in mind. (I just came back from a visit to a tourist souvenir shop that had what looked to me like a LOT of AI-produced imagery, but it seemed fairly obvious stuff. I was probably missing more examples.)
Scot CloseThis reminds me of the "toupee fallacy". Just because you can identify bad toupees doesn't mean you can identify all toupees. People see this bad AI-generated* image and assume they can identify all AI-generated content. That is a bad assumption. Be skeptical of everything.