Ira Flatow
@heyira.bsky.social
Host and founder of Science Friday, 500 public radio stations, podcasts. Avid science nerd, geek bread baker, orchid, caretaker. Awful poker player.
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Breaking News: President Trump plans to open 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling. It is one of Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, as dozens of countries have been calling for a phaseout of oil, gas and coal.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling
The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Breaking News: President Trump plans to open 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling. It is one of Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, as dozens of countries have been calling for a phaseout of oil, gas and coal.
Stepped into the Wayback machine at JFK
May 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Stepped into the Wayback machine at JFK
My Morning Glory was a huge vine. No flowers. What did I do wrong?
November 29, 2024 at 3:18 PM
My Morning Glory was a huge vine. No flowers. What did I do wrong?
So many of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on this date in 1963.
November 22, 2024 at 5:21 PM
So many of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on this date in 1963.
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It’s a throwback #FossilFriday to one of the coolest places I stopped on my move from
NJ to CA: Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska.
12 million years ago, the horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals there were the victims of several feet of volcanic ash (pro tip: don’t breathe it in). 🧪 #scicomm
NJ to CA: Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska.
12 million years ago, the horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals there were the victims of several feet of volcanic ash (pro tip: don’t breathe it in). 🧪 #scicomm
November 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
It’s a throwback #FossilFriday to one of the coolest places I stopped on my move from
NJ to CA: Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska.
12 million years ago, the horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals there were the victims of several feet of volcanic ash (pro tip: don’t breathe it in). 🧪 #scicomm
NJ to CA: Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska.
12 million years ago, the horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals there were the victims of several feet of volcanic ash (pro tip: don’t breathe it in). 🧪 #scicomm
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My fantastic office mate @clancylab.bsky.social has made nano-sized pasta, and the world has now lost its mind
chemsky 🧪
chemsky 🧪
November 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM
My fantastic office mate @clancylab.bsky.social has made nano-sized pasta, and the world has now lost its mind
chemsky 🧪
chemsky 🧪
Vanda season. 25 yo plant.
November 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Vanda season. 25 yo plant.
If RFK can make a meaningful and lasting positive change to Medicare, he might be worth the price of admission.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisers are considering an overhaul of Medicare’s decades-old payment formula, a bid to shift the health system’s incentives toward primary care and prevention, said four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays physicians
Kennedy and advisers say the system drives doctors to perform costly surgeries rather than combating chronic disease.
wapo.st
November 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
If RFK can make a meaningful and lasting positive change to Medicare, he might be worth the price of admission.
Hi fellow Blue Skyers! My first post here. Hoping to meet and greet lots of you!
November 21, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Hi fellow Blue Skyers! My first post here. Hoping to meet and greet lots of you!
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At a news conference in his hometown Thursday evening in Lewiston, Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.
Maine congressman reverses his opposition to assault weapons ban
Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2023 at 1:09 AM
At a news conference in his hometown Thursday evening in Lewiston, Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.
Sunset at Ground Zero
October 24, 2023 at 1:45 AM
Sunset at Ground Zero
My fave Vanda in bloom
October 23, 2023 at 3:57 PM
My fave Vanda in bloom