Dr Sian Gramates

BREAKING: Nearly 3000 voters in one Georgia county haven't received their absentee ballots yet, putting them at risk of missing the Election Day deadline to vote by mail. They're asking a judge to order the county to overnight their ballots to avoid being disenfranchised.

My parents complain that I am stubborn. In these crazy times, being stubborn is necessary. Vought terminated $ billions in funding across federal agencies. Scientists have had to resort to fundraising to finish the projects that they started. Science can't stop. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

During the 2025 legislative session, the Mississippi Legislature passed and Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law prohibiting county election officials from changing polling places within 60 days of an election except in exigent circumstances. buff.ly/NFBoCed

Blocking the Wayback Machine won’t stop AI scraping, writes Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle in The Atlantic. But it can undermine a vital resource for journalists and researchers. Learn more 👇 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... #NotAllBots #ProtectTheWayback

• Ahmed Zewail (Egypt / US): Won 1999 Nobel Prize in #Chemistry • Nader Masmoudi (Tunisia): Won Fermat Prize in #mathematics • Abbas Bahri (Tunisia): also received the Fermat Prize • Sir Michael Atiyah (Lebanese descent / British): #mathematician who won both Fields Medal and Abel Prize.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Why do people bother to publish open-access when they submit their supplementary data in a proprietary format? Why do journals let them? Yet another image I can't curate because the authors bypassed .jpg, .png, .bmp, .pdf and went with .eps instead.

I named a character in MAZYWOOD “Priscilla Stephens” after my 88-year-old aunt, a 1960s civil rights warrior in ailing health. She came to my book signing in Miami and was surprised to hear her name in my reading. 😍 I am still trying to raise money to help offset her bills. gofund.me/fef960f97

“There is no third potential outcome.” This is a must-read. Share widely.

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

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Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

A recent post by a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

I wish pundits offered evidence to support the cliche that “Democratic candidates…got carried away with pronouns and identity politics” or that liberals sometimes direct “condescension…toward working-class Americans.” As it happens, the only example Kristof offers of such condescension is his own.

Both my (very religious) parents voted against the Washington anti-trans initiative. I cannot explain what this means to me, but it was genuinely moving going with them to drop off their ballots.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Our dedicated, nonpartisan civil servants should not be questioned about their loyalty to Donald Trump. They follow the law and swear an oath to our Constitution, not the occupant of the White House or his fascist regime.

It’s enraging that Ilhan Omar is being put through this, but she deserves so much credit for punching back. She’s doing her best to make it COST Trump and co for their persecution and lies. “Pedophile protection party,” hell yes. Calling out DOJ corruption, same. If they want a fight, hit ‘em hard.

When I try to explain to non-nerds how much our internet civilization depends on a few random smart people who maintain code libraries I wind up standing on chairs and yelling.

What the Attorney General of the United States seems to not understand, but the people who matter do, is that Congress hasn’t given DOJ any authority to block states from certifying the election. This isn’t a thing. And we don’t have to pretend it’s a thing just because he says it’s a thing.

One of the things that continually floors me is how many schools—across the country—refuse FREELY OFFERED air filters even when the science is clear that they help cut down on all airborne infections. Some schools even ban them, despite students and parents begging to be allowed to use/provide them.

We’re past the “just don’t test” phase and into the “actively hide data” phase

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

Microsoft literally told fragile white guys to use AI to compete with Black co-workers.

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

this is like a reverse "daisy." an ad so reprehensible that it detonates the candidate's campaign. tiffinohio.net/posts/acton-...

The Trump admin is moving forward on plans to impose financial penalties on Americans in default on their federal student loans and hire private debt collectors to go after them. The plans are unlikely to be announced until after the midterms.

The flies arrived in Cambridge this morning—healthy and happy! So nice to see another successful shipment! And great to draw one of our all-time-best customers out of retirement long enough to recreate our first order! Here’s to another 40 years of the BDSC helping to make fly genetics happen!

He never really contested the allegations, simply suggested it was OK to behave that way. The stories that emerged from his behavior with lab members were horrifying.

From fake legal citations to costly business errors, AI is getting professionals into trouble. And blaming the chatbot doesn’t get them (and their companies) off the hook. theconversation.com/companies-ma...

AI researchers warn technology 'months away' from being able to get reimbursement using Concur

Just a multiyear campaign across multiple presidential terms to strip the citizenship of a political adversary. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Indie comics creator and music critic Matt Howarth died this month, aged 72. He "would like it to be known that DOGE and ICE compromised his healthcare."

This is an actual Nazi rally.

Parkinson’s treatment is having a moment. The daily pill solengepras, that improves symptoms of Parkinson’s disease passed Phase 3 clinical trials. Unlike traditional Parkinson's drugs, solengepras aims to improve movement without altering dopamine levels. 🧪 www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/2026/ne...

"You're a NIMBY about AI data centers!" Actually I'm a NOMP (Not On My Planet) about privately-owned fixed-location infrastructure externalizing the cost of burning hydrocarbons for energy. If they had to pay what this really costs society in health and climate harms, they wouldn't do it.