Jennifer Ouellette
@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats: Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her.
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This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
The cute yellow Old Farmer’s Almanac isn’t the one shutting down
"There are TWO. This is not The OLD Farmer's Almanac that has been around since 1792. Everything is fine. Just chill guys"
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew of 29 sank during a violent storm on Lake Superior.
In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy.
www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...
In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy.
www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...
Washington: 50 years after Edmund Fitzgerald wreck, story endures despite ballad’s myths
Gordon Lightfoot’s song both preserved and distorted the doomed ship’s history, Robin Washington writes.
www.startribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew of 29 sank during a violent storm on Lake Superior.
In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy.
www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...
In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy.
www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...
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‘No Separation Between Church and State’: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office talkingpointsmemo.com/news/no-sepa...
‘No Separation Between Church and State’: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
‘No Separation Between Church and State’: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office talkingpointsmemo.com/news/no-sepa...
3I/Atlas isn’t deep space aliens and didn’t ‘change color’ www.popsci.com/science/3i-a...
3I/Atlas isn't deep space aliens and didn't 'change color'
Don't believe the comet conspiracy theories.
www.popsci.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
3I/Atlas isn’t deep space aliens and didn’t ‘change color’ www.popsci.com/science/3i-a...
Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writing Shows When Inspiration Strikes www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
Scientists See ‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writings
Researchers spot the “tipping point” before mathematicians’ moments of discovery
www.scientificamerican.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writing Shows When Inspiration Strikes www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
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Not Everyone with Schizophrenia Hears Voices. Here’s Why www.scientificamerican.com/article/not-...
Not Everyone with Schizophrenia Hears Voices. Here’s Why
New research aims to tease out what exactly is happening in the brains of people with schizophrenia who have auditory hallucinations
www.scientificamerican.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not Everyone with Schizophrenia Hears Voices. Here’s Why www.scientificamerican.com/article/not-...
Kim Davis denied again: Supreme Court declines to relitigate same-sex marriage boingboing.net/2025/11/10/k...
Kim Davis denied again: Supreme Court declines to relitigate same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court quietly ignored Kim Davis’s last stand Monday,
boingboing.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kim Davis denied again: Supreme Court declines to relitigate same-sex marriage boingboing.net/2025/11/10/k...
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i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
Science Keeps Dismantling Trump’s Tylenol-Autism Scare gizmodo.com/science-keep...
Science Keeps Dismantling Trump’s Tylenol-Autism Scare
A new review shows a
gizmodo.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Science Keeps Dismantling Trump’s Tylenol-Autism Scare gizmodo.com/science-keep...
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Trumps troops, arrested and pardoned and arrested again, like some crack-brained maga whack-a-mole.
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trumps troops, arrested and pardoned and arrested again, like some crack-brained maga whack-a-mole.
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go www.wired.com/story/heres-...
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go www.wired.com/story/heres-...
Antonio Turok's 1991 solar eclipse photo captures the haunting beauty of totality boingboing.net/2025/11/10/a...
Antonio Turok’s 1991 solar eclipse photo captures the haunting beauty of totality
On July 11th, 1991, photographer Antonio Turok photographed the solar eclipse, and the result is remarkable.
boingboing.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antonio Turok's 1991 solar eclipse photo captures the haunting beauty of totality boingboing.net/2025/11/10/a...
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For years I’ve been saying, haven’t these tech guys seen one sci-fi movie or read one sci-fi book? And it turns out they *haven’t*? I was joking!
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For years I’ve been saying, haven’t these tech guys seen one sci-fi movie or read one sci-fi book? And it turns out they *haven’t*? I was joking!
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
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Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning to deliver on its promise to rewrite cosmic history
go.nature.com/3JJK6tp
go.nature.com/3JJK6tp
Surprise ‘tail’ found on an iconic galaxy may rewrite its history
First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning to deliver on its promise to rewrite cosmic history
go.nature.com/3JJK6tp
go.nature.com/3JJK6tp
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They even made a shadow of the tail! I mean really. I hope they gave the workers a bonus. Assuming they weren’t slaves……
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
They even made a shadow of the tail! I mean really. I hope they gave the workers a bonus. Assuming they weren’t slaves……
Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes
Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes.
arstechnica.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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From agnotolgy to structural ignorance…
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From agnotolgy to structural ignorance…
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So Control. Much Taking. Very Back #Brexit
The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So Control. Much Taking. Very Back #Brexit
An Intriguing Orchestral Medley of James Bond Themes laughingsquid.com/james-bond-o...
An Intriguing Orchestral Medley of James Bond Themes
WDR Funkhausorchester performed an intriguing three part orchestral medley of theme songs from "James Bond" movies.
laughingsquid.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
An Intriguing Orchestral Medley of James Bond Themes laughingsquid.com/james-bond-o...
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Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden
Brain activity from more than 1000 people shows a rapid transition from being awake to being asleep, rather than a slow transition between the two states
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
CAIRO—Admitting he was unable to face a lengthy session of indexing artifacts after drinking too much the night before, hungover Egyptologist Henry Chapman confirmed Tuesday he was just gonna call in ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...