This reads a bit like an obituary for American science. Or a murder story from the crime beat.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/

The littlest sir, though doing a lot better lately, still has anxiety and is alarmed by loud noises he doesn't recognise. It's kind of adorable how he looks to me to make sure I'm not worried about a noise, and I'll explain to him ("Just someone beating their rugs outside") and despite not understanding a word, he'll believe my tone!
Here he is, looking so very little.

#Cats

It's been a minute since I posted... Here's an overlooked image I've just found while looking back at photos from the Isle of Harris for an upcoming article about long-term projects.

#LandscapePhotography #uk #UnitedKingdom #scotland #ocean #nature #NaturePhotography

This is something I ran into on BlueSky, and it deserves wider circulation:

#Nintendo #nintendoswitch #google #spyware

Seriously #CNN. What the f*** is wrong with you?

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/23/politics/trump-us-expansion-panama-canada-greenland

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aim-wikipedia-fund-raising-editing-political-woke-2005742

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris for President
https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-for-president/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News @news-pitchfork

A wonderful piece of prose.

Look carefully at how long she waits before starting a sentence with “I”. And then wham.