Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

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I appreciate quite a lot that the FedEx driver included my Halloween decoration in his delivery confirmation image.

Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

There's a recent episode of East Bay Yesterday that is just a bunch of retire trash guys yucking it up in what is essentially a clubhouse, it's great! eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/we-...

to be clear i think this is AMAZING.

The public works director of Oakland would like to get MC Hammer to record a song called "U Can't Dump This" as a way to help solve the city's trash problem www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

L.A. Officials to Announce Arrest in Palisades Fire www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

The lede in this article is utterly devastating

this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand

When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small and tame protests outside the ICE field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers”

The alt text 😭

well that’s fucking horrible

hard to explan how thrilling this is for me

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Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.

SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...

mom and dad are fighting I don’t like it

It’s a lovely state! You should introduce them to Knoebels next summer! (Free-to-enter pay-to-ride amusement park with cabins scattered about that they used to rent but no idea if they still exist.)

One of my neighbors is playing a woodwind instrument and attempting to learn the theme song to the Poirot television show from the 90s. I’ve never rooted for anyone so hard.

I come to PA so rarely that “what do you mean I can buy a beer in quantities smaller than a keg” is still a thing that surprises me.

This is an extremely niche post, but I’ve spent the last week in Central PA, where I’ve seen a) a hard root beer and cream soda cocktail, and b) **hard birch beer**, and I just want to applaud the 80s kids of my home state for finally ascending to new heights in bar management

This announcement claims, essentially, that they have infused a book with mayonnaise. I just want people to understand that if you purchase paper books, you can infuse them with mayonnaise yourself. You will need a turkey baster and a squeegee. And mayonnaise.

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