Devi Bhaduri

The Descent (2005) movie poster

The Descent (2005) 🎬🖤

Directed by Neil Marshall

China’s latest energy data offers a signal worth paying attention to. In 2025, emissions from energy and industry fell by 0.3%, modest, but notable, even as total energy consumption rose by 3.5%.

The key driver? A continued surge in solar power capacity.

Equal Protection Has Been Revoked Kansas is canceling driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender residents—retroactively. What happens when equal protection depends on which state line you cross?

Kansas is canceling driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender residents—retroactively. What happens when equal protection depends on which state line you cross? My latest newsletter:

That’s polite. Though being polite isn’t as important as being clear when conveying boundaries. You have the right to decline too.

Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.

More hope from mRNA vaccines. In this instance, individualized vaccines were given to women with triple negative breast cancer following surgery and adjuvant therapy. The results are quite remarkable. Despite cancer finding a ‘T cell-evading’ work-around in some patients.
#Science 🧪

LOVE THIS 💗

Black-and-white portrait of Dr. Jane C. Wright (1919–2013), pioneering Black surgeon, oncologist, and "mother of chemotherapy," seated at a laboratory workbench in a clinical research setting. She wears a white lab coat over a dark top and gazes directly at the camera with a composed, focused expression. In front of her is a large compound microscope with multiple objective lenses, adjustment knobs, and a stage, positioned prominently in the foreground. Her left hand rests near an open notebook or lab record book on the table, while stacks of papers or slides are visible nearby. The background shows softly blurred lab equipment and shelving, evoking a mid-20th-century medical research environment.

"Mother of Chemotherapy" Dr. Jane Wright died #OTD in 2013.

+ Helped shift cancer treatment from palliative care to modern chemotherapy by establishing methotrexate as a foundational treatment for breast cancer in 1951
+ Only woman co-founder, American Society of Clinical Oncology #WomenInSTEM #BHM

So stoked for Alysa Liu! 🥇🎉 Also—Amber Glenn became the first American and only second woman to land 3 triple axels at an Olympics. I feel like more people should be talking about this! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #AlysaLiu #AmberGlenn #BladeAngels #TeamUSA

Amber Glenn gestures while skating.

From @theathletic.com: What a comeback from Amber Glenn. The American figure skater had a nearly flawless routine in her free skate after her disappointing women’s short program.

“What a brilliant, redemptive skate. She just fought so hard.”
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U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu said she didn't care if she medaled. She won gold Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002.

Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002. n.pr/3OhUjzv

This really is a great picture:

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

My husband on Alyssa Liu’s beautiful short program: “it’s like there are some people who are really good at swimming, but then you see a fish.”

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I love that analogy--an eye without a twinkle. And yes, an artist using AI to bypass the work of creation makes as much sense as telling a robot to eat a sandwich because you're hungry.

Big news! My story “Psychomanteum” has been named one of 10 semifinalists in the Everard Entertainment + Roadmap Writers Short Story Competition! I’m honored to have my work recognized alongside such talented writers. 📖➡️🎞️

Woo hoo! 👏🏾🎉 Congrats Andrea! ❤️

No, I will not be getting up today.
But thank you for your suggestion
#DogsOfBluesky

“Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it."

Leonardo da Vinci

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

SO…NIGHTTIDE IS GROWING, AND I’M REALLY PROUD OF IT NightTide is growing -intentionally. This piece introduces our evolving staff structure, why we chose depth over news churn, and how NightTide has become a home for horror criticism, identity, and …

NightTide is growing. 🖤
I wrote about why we chose depth over news churn, how the magazine has evolved, and why NightTide is becoming a home for long-form horror criticism, identity, and thought leadership.
Proud of this team. Proud of this work.
Welcome home. 👻
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/02/h...

Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

Oh look, another book nook! Phenomenal way to channel stress into creative work.

GDT's Frankenstein is coming back to theaters beginning tomorrow for one week.

Paris Theater in NYC and the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Also, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Orlando, and Springfield, VT.

Wow! I love the juicy colors and the disco ball effect of the teacup.

Really happy that @storystudiochicago.bsky.social is co-sponsoring a fundraiser to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights on Saturday, January 24th at 4:30pm 🧵
www.eventbrite.com/e/fundraiser...

I want to be living in a period of time where English majors and fine art majors study for their dissertations.

I do not want to continue living in a time where I know history majors will be studying us closely.

Amber Glenn wearing her gold medal after winning the US National Championship Women’s Singles Competition. She is dressed in a black short sequined gown and proudly holding a progress pride flag behind her. There is a gaggle of photographers in front of her.

Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.

North Carolina, come see me this Thursday at @flyleafbooks.bsky.social with @polkfiction.bsky.social !!! flyleafbooks.com/event/morgan...

Why It’s Healthy to Like Horror Horror fans might actually be more caring than the average person, new research finds.

This made me feel a little better about myself. #Horror #HorrorCommunity #ScriptSky #WritingCommunity #HorrorFamily #ScriptSky+

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