Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico, a Democrat running for a Senate seat in Texas, has been watched by millions on YouTube after it was banned from airing.
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Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico, a Democrat running for a Senate seat in Texas, has been watched by millions on YouTube after it was banned from airing.
Black and white photo of Jesse Jackson, taken by Don Carl Stefan in 1972. It is a head and shoulders shot of Jackson, arms crossed and looking over his left shoulder and st something off frame to his left. Jackson here is a young, black man dressed in a dark, collared shirt, light vest. He has a medium-length Afro and a mustache. He is sporting a button that reads “Ingreso adecuado ahora” which means adequate income now.
Friends — did you know that Jesse Jackson was a speaker at the 1st National Conference on Minority Participation in Earth Sciences?
This 1972 USGS event sparked a lot of great work before R’s decided to shut it down. I was surprised when I learned of his participation-maybe you are too.
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
First fun is for free. Next one is gonna cost you.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Congratulations!!
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
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I am really excited to share news of this new jaw...until now Paranthropus had been conspicuously absent from the Afar.
Fieldwork at Mille-Logya is not easy, and this fossil is the result of years of very hard work (and a lot of days of dry screening by our team)!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Five Republicans joined with Senate Democrats today to take a step forward in checking President Trump's unlawful actions in Venezuela - but we need everyone to stand up and use your voice to demand the Senate assert our Constitutional authority over the use of military force.
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We have an informational webinar this Friday afternoon. ⚒️🌊
Flyer announcing NOAA NCEI Insurance Tools Cafe on January 8, 2026 11-12:30 ET
Join us this Thursday as NOAA demos three new and improved environmental data products being co-developed with the #insurance and #reinsurance sector that help users assess risk, improve critical decision-making, and build resilience! You can register here: lnkd.in/et2CyxAN
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
USPS POSTMARK CHANGE STARTING DEC 24, 2025 OLD WAY (Before Dec 24, 2025) 0-0-0 DEC 27 NEW WAY (Starting Dec 24, 2025) UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 27 DEC 28 or DEC 29 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Postmark = Day of Drop-off (e.g., Dec 27) Postmark= Day of Processing (e.g., Dec 28, 29... +1-2 Days Delay) CRITICAL FOR DEADLINES (Taxes, Ballots, etc. IF YOU NEED SAME-DAY POSTMARK: Go to the USPS Counter & TAX Request a Manual Postmark! PSA Shared on December 27, 2025. Stay Informed!
This is a good visual. Looks like in order to ensure we have proof that we mailed something on a specific day, we will have to stand in line at the post office and request a manual post mark.
One of the big benefits of social media is rallying community and I am sure that helped in this case. I am so happy to see PRI live on…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you
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For people represented by Republicans who want ways to talk about NCAR's work when calling, NCAR's description of research benefits is good. Monitoring space weather to protect the grid, predicting wildfires, travel safety, agriculture, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes...
researchworks.ucar.edu
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
I'm in New Orleans this week for AGU and looking for climate science stories for @carbonbrief.org 🔎
If you're here - come say hello and tell me about your research 🌍 #agu25
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🌊 Our latest study reconstructs the tropical Indian Ocean during the mid-Pliocene - a past warm world with CO2 similar to today.
A reminder that future oceans may reorganise in ways that reshape ecosystems and the carbon cycle.
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Chart comparing the number of new grants awarded by the NSF in 2025 vs. previous years.
Chart comparing the funding awarded by the NSF in 2025 vs. previous years.
This year, the NSF funded 35% fewer grants in geoscience, with 25% less money. Meanwhile, the Office of the Director spent almost three times as much money as in a regular year.
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