Dan Chibnall
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STEM Librarian & Associate Professor - I post on #SciComm, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels.
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Best Books of 2025
Best Books of 2025 Created & Maintained by Librarian & Professor Dan Chibnall (Bookowl on Bluesky) Message me on Bluesky or Facebook if you have suggestions for additional links Static bitly link for ...
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Every year around this time I compile a list of lists of the best books of 2025 and put them into a shareable Google Doc. Here's the 2025 list. Bitly & QR code available in the doc. Happy reading, everyone! bit.ly/bestbookslis... 📚
ICE killed an unarmed American citizen.
Kristi Noem then called them a "domestic terrorist."
The agents of the federal government are accusing the victims of deadly violence of wrongdoing.
This is fascism.
www.fox9.com/news/police-...
Kristi Noem then called them a "domestic terrorist."
The agents of the federal government are accusing the victims of deadly violence of wrongdoing.
This is fascism.
www.fox9.com/news/police-...
LIVE UPDATES: ICE shooting in Minneapolis leaves woman dead
Law enforcement agencies have swarmed the scene of a shooting involving federal law enforcement agencies in south Minneapolis on Wednesday.
www.fox9.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ICE killed an unarmed American citizen.
Kristi Noem then called them a "domestic terrorist."
The agents of the federal government are accusing the victims of deadly violence of wrongdoing.
This is fascism.
www.fox9.com/news/police-...
Kristi Noem then called them a "domestic terrorist."
The agents of the federal government are accusing the victims of deadly violence of wrongdoing.
This is fascism.
www.fox9.com/news/police-...
Cuban Missile Crisis II: Electric Boogaloo
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Cuban Missile Crisis II: Electric Boogaloo
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
It’s Tapir Time
Ume is officially 11 months old and already weighs 483 pounds! 💗 That’s more than halfway to mom Yuna’s impressive 800 pounds. This adorable Malayan tapir is gaining size, confidence, and curiosity by the day, still keeping close to mom while steadily growing into her almost-teen tapir era.
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
It’s Tapir Time
30-50 feral hogs will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
30-50 feral hogs will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
I've been thinking about this question today in terms of Cardinals and had a bunch of names ready to winnow down but I think Lauren might have either come closest to the bullseye or nailed it. #STLCards #DirtyDan
i'm hesitant to call any big leaguer shitty because by definition anyone who makes it is great but daniel descalso played for 10 years in the majors, ended his career with precisely 0.0 WAR, and is stuck in my brain as a clutch dude because of his 2 years as the diamondback's best guy off the bench
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Oh thank goodness. I've been looking for something, ANYTHING that will do the things I enjoy most for me. Then I won't have to enjoy things anymore!
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Oh thank goodness. I've been looking for something, ANYTHING that will do the things I enjoy most for me. Then I won't have to enjoy things anymore!
She initially pointed to the Rockies and Angels simultaneously but Okamoto said, "Hey what's that?" and got her to look away as he threw those two logos into the trash.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
She initially pointed to the Rockies and Angels simultaneously but Okamoto said, "Hey what's that?" and got her to look away as he threw those two logos into the trash.
A conversation between Dr. Paul Offit and Michael Scherer. This line still haunts me:
“I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
archive.ph/iairB
“I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
archive.ph/iairB
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
A conversation between Dr. Paul Offit and Michael Scherer. This line still haunts me:
“I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
archive.ph/iairB
“I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
archive.ph/iairB
There should be more local shops where you can buy fresh-baked pretzels. 🥨
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There should be more local shops where you can buy fresh-baked pretzels. 🥨
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
No one I’ve admitted this year for influenza has been vaccinated.
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
No one I’ve admitted this year for influenza has been vaccinated.
Baseball Sky: time to rise again
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i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Baseball Sky: time to rise again
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"The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible."
-George Orwell, Appendix, "1984"
-George Orwell, Appendix, "1984"
UN Ambassador Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible."
-George Orwell, Appendix, "1984"
-George Orwell, Appendix, "1984"
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
Filed under: Not Great, Bob!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
In Ukraine, a New Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Filed under: Not Great, Bob!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
Griff III aka Gus wishes you a happy new year
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Griff III aka Gus wishes you a happy new year
Russell Vought is tearing his way through Project 2025 and we're just under one year into this nightmare. Imagine what else he'll do in the next three years.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Russell Vought is tearing his way through Project 2025 and we're just under one year into this nightmare. Imagine what else he'll do in the next three years.
Reposted by Dan Chibnall
When power is rooted in disinformation, data become a threat.
The administration is scaling back the childhood vaccine schedule *while also* eliminating state vaccine reporting requirements.
The latter will likely complicate efforts to measure the connsequences of the former for vaccine uptake.
The latter will likely complicate efforts to measure the connsequences of the former for vaccine uptake.
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
When power is rooted in disinformation, data become a threat.
Dangerous. Stupid. Beyond ridiculous. 🧪
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Dangerous. Stupid. Beyond ridiculous. 🧪