Alan Boyle
@b0yle.bsky.social
Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto
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"I've gone ahead and notified Nyarlathotep's hierophants that we'll give them everything they asked for, and will also throw in a few sacrificial firstborn children for the inconvenience."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
We’ve Defied President Nyarlathotep’s Psychic Siege Long Enough
Well, everyone, it was a valiant and brave endeavor. We refused to capitulate during the Dread Lord Nyarlathotep’s nationwide psychic siege for ove...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"I've gone ahead and notified Nyarlathotep's hierophants that we'll give them everything they asked for, and will also throw in a few sacrificial firstborn children for the inconvenience."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wev...
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An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here's what it means. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends Debate on Its Nature
An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here's what it means.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here's what it means. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Weather, cruise ship, pad issues delay Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch attempt - Blue Origin was set to launch its New Glenn rocket with a pair of Mars-bound satellites from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon, but a series of issues stymied the attempt.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/b...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/b...
Weather, cruise ship, pad issues delay Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch attempt
Blue Origin was set to launch its New Glenn rocket with a pair of Mars-bound satellites from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon, but a series of issues stymied the attempt.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Weather, cruise ship, pad issues delay Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch attempt - Blue Origin was set to launch its New Glenn rocket with a pair of Mars-bound satellites from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon, but a series of issues stymied the attempt.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/b...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/b...
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Rubin Observatory Discovers Surprise ‘Tail’ on Iconic Galaxy www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Surprise ‘tail’ found on an iconic galaxy may rewrite its history
First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rubin Observatory Discovers Surprise ‘Tail’ on Iconic Galaxy www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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From November 20 - 22, everyday citizens, movement leaders, veterans, musicians, comedians, pastors, and farmers will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand unmistakably that this lawless administration come to an end.
www.mobilize.us/flar...
#RemoveTheRegime
www.mobilize.us/flar...
#RemoveTheRegime
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From November 20 - 22, everyday citizens, movement leaders, veterans, musicians, comedians, pastors, and farmers will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand unmistakably that this lawless administration come to an end.
www.mobilize.us/flar...
#RemoveTheRegime
www.mobilize.us/flar...
#RemoveTheRegime
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Reporting from @ddayen.bsky.social says Schumer almost orchestrated a team of Democrats to concede to Republicans without any hard commitments. Then his caucus, including some members of a supposed working group, balked.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Reporting from @ddayen.bsky.social says Schumer almost orchestrated a team of Democrats to concede to Republicans without any hard commitments. Then his caucus, including some members of a supposed working group, balked.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This obituary-slash-“what happened to Watson?”, by the late great Sharon Begley, makes me grateful that prewritten obits are a thing.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This obituary-slash-“what happened to Watson?”, by the late great Sharon Begley, makes me grateful that prewritten obits are a thing.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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Just accepted at Nature Mental Health:
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just accepted at Nature Mental Health:
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
Crises and Opportunities for Psychological Science under Fascism
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz42x_v3
1/9
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Don’t threaten us with a good time.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Don’t threaten us with a good time.
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VICTORY: Federal court dismisses class action lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, filed by the “Center for American Rights”
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
VICTORY! Federal district court dismisses class-action suit against pollster J. Ann Selzer
Federal district court tosses ‘fake news’ lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, affirming First Amendment protections for election commentary.
www.thefire.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
VICTORY: Federal court dismisses class action lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, filed by the “Center for American Rights”
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
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FWIW - With consumer confidence already low, I am not sure that when the time comes bailouts to those atop the K will even be on offer.
The societal toxicity will be far too great.
The societal toxicity will be far too great.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FWIW - With consumer confidence already low, I am not sure that when the time comes bailouts to those atop the K will even be on offer.
The societal toxicity will be far too great.
The societal toxicity will be far too great.
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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He and the Republicans could really truly solve this conundrum if they were just willing spend a bit of our tax dollars to let people eat food and go to the doctor but they’d rather do this
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He and the Republicans could really truly solve this conundrum if they were just willing spend a bit of our tax dollars to let people eat food and go to the doctor but they’d rather do this
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
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Do we really need something 'imaginary' to describe reality?
Generations of physicists have wondered about the role of imaginary numbers in the heart of quantum mechanics. A few years ago, researchers claimed it was indispensable. Now, two teams have found a way to vanquish 𝓲—sort of. My reporting:
Generations of physicists have wondered about the role of imaginary numbers in the heart of quantum mechanics. A few years ago, researchers claimed it was indispensable. Now, two teams have found a way to vanquish 𝓲—sort of. My reporting:
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do we really need something 'imaginary' to describe reality?
Generations of physicists have wondered about the role of imaginary numbers in the heart of quantum mechanics. A few years ago, researchers claimed it was indispensable. Now, two teams have found a way to vanquish 𝓲—sort of. My reporting:
Generations of physicists have wondered about the role of imaginary numbers in the heart of quantum mechanics. A few years ago, researchers claimed it was indispensable. Now, two teams have found a way to vanquish 𝓲—sort of. My reporting:
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Standing with Pramila Jayapal on Capitol Hill, calling on Dems to hold the line on Healthcare! ✊ 🔊
@jayapal.house.gov
@jayapal.house.gov
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Standing with Pramila Jayapal on Capitol Hill, calling on Dems to hold the line on Healthcare! ✊ 🔊
@jayapal.house.gov
@jayapal.house.gov
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A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
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According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, telehealth requests for medication abortion skyrocketed. For people in rural areas, telehealth is a lifeline that is safe, private, and effective.
Thanks to Dem leadership and UW researchers, WA remains a place where your rights and your health come first.
Thanks to Dem leadership and UW researchers, WA remains a place where your rights and your health come first.
Telemedicine abortion requests doubled after Dobbs, UW study says
New research from the UW School of Medicine shows telehealth services for medication abortion increased after the Dobbs decision.
www.seattletimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, telehealth requests for medication abortion skyrocketed. For people in rural areas, telehealth is a lifeline that is safe, private, and effective.
Thanks to Dem leadership and UW researchers, WA remains a place where your rights and your health come first.
Thanks to Dem leadership and UW researchers, WA remains a place where your rights and your health come first.