Alan Boyle
@b0yle.bsky.social
Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
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6️⃣ THE NUMBER SIX TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025
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"A Trumpian Christmas," from the week of 12/15/25
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Join us in The Inner Hive for 2026! bit.ly/theInnerHive
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"A Trumpian Christmas," from the week of 12/15/25
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Join us in The Inner Hive for 2026! bit.ly/theInnerHive
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
6️⃣ THE NUMBER SIX TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025
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"A Trumpian Christmas," from the week of 12/15/25
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Join us in The Inner Hive for 2026! bit.ly/theInnerHive
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"A Trumpian Christmas," from the week of 12/15/25
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Join us in The Inner Hive for 2026! bit.ly/theInnerHive
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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We’re joining other newsrooms in the Climate News Task Force to offer a shared place to sign up for all our newsletters.
It’s a new way to make climate coverage easier to find — and to support the reporting that holds powerful industries accountable.
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It’s a new way to make climate coverage easier to find — and to support the reporting that holds powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
Get the Climate News Task Force newsletter bundle
Twelve climate newsrooms joined forces in 2025 to create the Climate News Task Force, to increase and improve climate journalism collaborations and innovate new solutions to current challenges.
trustfnd.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We’re joining other newsrooms in the Climate News Task Force to offer a shared place to sign up for all our newsletters.
It’s a new way to make climate coverage easier to find — and to support the reporting that holds powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
It’s a new way to make climate coverage easier to find — and to support the reporting that holds powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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Two officially issued government sanctioned and un-redacted Santas: NASA Santa and DHS ICE Santa. Seriously. They were issued by these agencies. Ho Ho Ho.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two officially issued government sanctioned and un-redacted Santas: NASA Santa and DHS ICE Santa. Seriously. They were issued by these agencies. Ho Ho Ho.
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually, and said he’s prepared to sign the policy into law next year. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/23/f...
Ferguson backs income tax on WA residents earning over $1M • Washington State Standard
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually.
washingtonstatestandard.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposed income tax on residents earning more than $1 million annually, and said he’s prepared to sign the policy into law next year. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/23/f...
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An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
The big data center buildup - High Country News
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
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"Santa, your failure to plan for an extremely common weather occurrence has led you to devise a murderously reckless plan, just the latest crisis brought on by late capitalists’ misguided faith in 'innovation' and 'disruption' as ends in themselves."
Rudolph the Red Won’t Guide Santa’s Bourgeois Sleigh Tonight
First, let’s get one thing clear, Santa: I ain’t a scab. The collective bargaining agreement clearly mandates the sleigh be led by a union-approved...
buff.ly
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Santa, your failure to plan for an extremely common weather occurrence has led you to devise a murderously reckless plan, just the latest crisis brought on by late capitalists’ misguided faith in 'innovation' and 'disruption' as ends in themselves."
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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Sweeping science cuts in 2025 halted clinical trials, erased public health data and forced researchers into impossible choices.
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sweeping science cuts in 2025 halted clinical trials, erased public health data and forced researchers into impossible choices.
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Any journalist who has not at least once committed reckless disregard of leadership is not to be trusted.
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Any journalist who has not at least once committed reckless disregard of leadership is not to be trusted.
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Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other.
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other.
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
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Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
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Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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Sorry, I went on strike in solidarity with the employees of the physical Louvre
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Sorry, I went on strike in solidarity with the employees of the physical Louvre
Check out the thread for a link to the segment…
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Check out the thread for a link to the segment…
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ULA announces that CEO Tory Bruno is resigning after 12 years at the Boeing-LM joint venture "to pursue another opportunity."
newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/sta...
newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/sta...
Statement from ULA Board Chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears
Statement from Robert Lightfoot, ULA Lockheed Martin Board Chair and Kay Sears, ULA Boeing Board Chair
newsroom.ulalaunch.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ULA announces that CEO Tory Bruno is resigning after 12 years at the Boeing-LM joint venture "to pursue another opportunity."
newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/sta...
newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/sta...
Starcloud has been in the news for training the first AI model in space, but now the Seattle-area startup's CEO is laying out a grander vision that involves gigawatts of space-based power and billions of dollars. www.geekwire.com/2025/starclo...
Starcloud plans its next power plays after training first AI model in space
Space startup's CEO talks about putting tens of thousands of satellites in orbit to serve as networked data centers.
www.geekwire.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Starcloud has been in the news for training the first AI model in space, but now the Seattle-area startup's CEO is laying out a grander vision that involves gigawatts of space-based power and billions of dollars. www.geekwire.com/2025/starclo...
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Making Sense of The Nutcracker’s Libretto daily.jstor.org/making-sense...
Making Sense of The Nutcracker’s Libretto - JSTOR Daily
Early audiences loved it, even as critics questioned its structure. Returning to the story helps illuminate what makes the ballet so strangely captivating.
daily.jstor.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Making Sense of The Nutcracker’s Libretto daily.jstor.org/making-sense...