Paul Wren

Franklin D. Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself." John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." Donald Trump: “I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before: Nicki Minaj. That's hard to miss."

Repeat after me: Hand sanitizer will not stop you from catching an airborne virus.

Students at Cornell put up these signs around campus. This is what I mean by society is who has to change the definition of justice.

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Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

In a major escalation in Dems embracing anti-trans positions, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, released its first anti-trans ad supporting Nancy Lacore in SC-01. Transphobia is spreading among dems. Subscribe to support our journalism.

When you think about the AZ Corp Commission, you probably don't think about NASA missions or growing up w/out running water on the Navajo Nation. But this yr, 2 candidates are bringing exactly that real-world experience to a race that you've probably not thought about. Vote Clara Pratte & Jon Hill

WTF? Just finished the final scene of S4 E6 of The Diplomat. I don't think I have ever gasped and clapped my hand to my forehead while watching a TV show before. #TheDiplomat

ICE arrested a 56-year old green card holder, i.e. a lawful permanent resident, and detained him in the Rio Grande Processing Center, where he died. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/t...

Post a character who does NOT deserve the hate they get!

free pdf if you want it drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kS...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

PAID SEA TURTLE INTERNSHIPS (Stipend and free housing!) for the 2027 sea turtle season (x3): Sea Turtle Inc. (South Padre Island, Texas) For more details and/or questions, email info@seaturtleinc.org #coralreefs #internship #seaturtle #turtleintern #paidinternship #careers #seaturtleinternship

I briefly describe here many of the claims about Noah's Ark over the years and some of the flaws with the current claims. ahotcupofjoe.net/2026/10/noah...

No ISBNs in Canada for AI writing. This is a fantastic policy, and every country should do the same. www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

So, The Diplomat made sure I couldn’t delay once I finished Ep 1 of S4…

A candidate could do a lot worse than sound like Sarah Connor

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

Planets are 3D! Shocking I know but when we measure an exoplanet we collapse the info into an average while assuming the planet is a perfect circle. UNTIL NOW! @lili-alderson.bsky.social presents: A Spatial Map of the Atmospheric Limb of a Hot Jupiter arxiv.org/abs/2610.18806 1/n🔭🧪

Did Viking find microbes on Mars in 1976? It seems likely. Come to the next ASU Beyond Center Webinar! 6:00pm MST Monday, October 26, 2026 #PlanetSci asuevents.asu.edu/event/octobe...

PRESS RELEASE: 🪐 Planetary systems come in two families, and the host star decides which one is born. An ISSI International Team led by Diederik Kruijssen published their research out now in Nature Astronomy 👇 www.issibern.ch/planetary-sy... #Exoplanets #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience

Seven Years in Tibet for Tax Purposes

🇺🇸 U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “Congress banned imports of Russian energy products in 2022. The President of the United States cannot simply ignore this law and purchase diesel from Putin. Consultations with Congress and a formal review process are legally required.”

Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

[2026-09-29 Tue (UTC), 19 new articles found for astro-phSR Solar and Stellar Astrophysics]

At the height of the ICE raids earlier this year, agents in armored military vehicles rolled through residential neighborhoods. Masked agents patrolled public parks and stationed themselves outside elementary schools; squadrons of ICE agents snatched pedestrians off the streets. 🧵

From Mark Sykes: "On the basis of documents received on September 23, 2026, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, it is now clear that the costs incurred against those budgets in FY2025, as of June 30, 2026, were more than 50% lower than the amounts budgeted in the aggregate."

EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......

#MedicareForAllNOW

Stop by JMARS Office Hours today, September 25, from 12–2 PM MST. It’s a great chance to ask questions, catch a live demo, or just drop in and say hello. To join, follow the link posted at jmars.asu.edu/office-hours

"Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode." -- Noah's Ark "expert" They don't go together: Big Bang: theory of the beginning of the current universe Evolution: theory of random improvements in organisms Oh, wait.... it's a game.

Join us on 28 Sept. for a rich discussion about seamount ecology, what scientists have learned so far, and what remains to be understood about underwater mountains in our Ocean. Register: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RTc6c9dORl6xqdk07FQogw

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

Seascape Genomics Uncovers Weak Signs of Local Adaptation Despite Bottleneck Events, High Inbreeding and Low Heterozygosity in the Vulnerable Smooth Hammerhead Shark onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A rare instance of coordinated resistance from elite civil society www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave

BREAKING: Judge Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., has *blocked* the administraiton's mail-in ballot plan, saying USPS lacked the authority to issue it. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court BLOCKS Missouri GOP gerrymander for the 2026 midterms. A huge victory for voters and our clients. I could not be prouder of the Elias Law Group team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...

HEY @support.bsky.team @joshuajfriedman.com @rose.bsky.team... @atrupar.com was not aware this video limit is still a thing. Can someone please adjust this for the world so he can continue posting the RNC event?

🆕 DISCOVER the new #openaccess #research from #Cambridge shaping #archaeology right now! Free to read. Free to share. 🔗 https://cup.org/4w5nczT 📲 Download the research, explore the journals - and perhaps discover a home for your own work. 📸 Courtesy of @antiquity.ac.uk.

A long-lost cave in southwestern China has offered archaeologists their first real glimpse of Denisovan culture. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-fossils-denisovan-secrets-china

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.