Dan Chibnall
@bookowl.bsky.social
STEM Librarian & Associate Professor - I post on #SciComm, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels.
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Best Books of 2025
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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... 📚
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"
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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...
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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.
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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. 🧪
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Folks, it should go without saying that this dunk gets its own page in "Moses and the Doctor." How could it not?
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Folks, it should go without saying that this dunk gets its own page in "Moses and the Doctor." How could it not?
Just waiting for the eventual blowback of :waves hands: everything happening rn
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Just waiting for the eventual blowback of :waves hands: everything happening rn
Flu is extremely bad right now.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Flu is extremely bad right now.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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Pete Hegseth looks like whatever Hoobastank means
January 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pete Hegseth looks like whatever Hoobastank means
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Last night's full moon and Jupiter break through the clouds above the Mississippi, as seen from Westwego, New Orleans
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Last night's full moon and Jupiter break through the clouds above the Mississippi, as seen from Westwego, New Orleans
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
#STLCards fans with a "donovan" news alert: OMG IT'S HAPP...WTF?
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
#STLCards fans with a "donovan" news alert: OMG IT'S HAPP...WTF?
The Nacho Wanter has entered the chat
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The Nacho Wanter has entered the chat
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it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
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His teammate high-fiving the ref is sending me lol
January 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
His teammate high-fiving the ref is sending me lol
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The Peptide Craze in the US. It's reckless and unfounded.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Peptide Craze in the US. It's reckless and unfounded.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG