Kurt Allerslev
@kzrt.bsky.social
Phytochemist, science policy wonk, book artist, beekeeper, alchemist, queer 🧪🌿🚴🌀
I restarted my @wired.com subscription this year, and get it delivered. But can anyone help me understand why there's no Wired app?
WaPo and NYT are dumpster fires these days. Curious who David recommends supporting. I have a digital subscription to Wired which has been doing some great work, especially during Musk DOGE assault on our government.
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I restarted my @wired.com subscription this year, and get it delivered. But can anyone help me understand why there's no Wired app?
This is gross and disturbing fascist xenophobic symbolism. Dept of Labor building in DC
September 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is gross and disturbing fascist xenophobic symbolism. Dept of Labor building in DC
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I agree this is a moment when we all need to work together in getting the temperature down, but that doesn't mean excusing hate speech. Charlie Kirk did not support free and open debate. He supported engaging in bad faith as a monetization strategy and otherwise suppressing free speech.
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I agree this is a moment when we all need to work together in getting the temperature down, but that doesn't mean excusing hate speech. Charlie Kirk did not support free and open debate. He supported engaging in bad faith as a monetization strategy and otherwise suppressing free speech.
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Dead Kennedys recording Nazi Punks Fuck Off in 1981.
July 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Dead Kennedys recording Nazi Punks Fuck Off in 1981.
I think NJ (most densely populated state in the union) is the only state where both species noted are invasives
![Comic. The Most-Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist. (Not the most common species in the state, just the one people have reported the most times.) [labeled map of the US] WA: Mallard/Western Sword Fern. OR: Mule Deer/Western Ponderosa Pine. CA: Western Fence Lizard/California Poppy. HI: Green Sea Turtle/‘Ōhi’a Lehua. ID: Mallard/Big Sagebrush. NV: Common Side-Blotched Lizard/Creosote Bush. MT: White-Tailed Deer/Common Yarrow. WY: American Bison/Sticky Geranium. UT: Mule Deer/Utah Juniper. AZ: Ornate Tree Lizard/Saguaro. CO: Mule Deer/Great Mullein. NM: Mule Deer/Creosote Bush. AK: Moose/Fireweed. ND: American Bison/Prairie Rose. SD: American Bison/Hoary Vervain. NE: American Robin/Common Milkweed. KS: Ornate Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. OK: Pond Slider/Eastern Redcedar. TX: Northern Cardinal/Pinladies. MN, WI, IL: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Common Milkweed. IA, MI: White-Tailed Deer/Common Milkweed. MO: Brown-Belted Bumble Bee/Amur Honeysuckle. AR: Three-toed Box Turtle/Chinese Privet. LA: Green Anole/Baldcypress. IN: American Robin/Amur Honeysuckle. OH: Eastern Pondhawk/Virginia Springbeauty. KY: Common Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. TN: American Robin/Christmas Fern. MS: Northern Cardinal/Pale Pitcher Plant. AL: Gulf Fritillary/American Sweetgum. GA: Green Anole/American Sweetgum. FL: Brown Anole/White Beggarticks. NY: Eastern Gray Squirrel/White Snakeroot. PA: White-Tailed Deer/Garlic Mustard. WV: White-Tailed Deer/Great Rhododendron. VA: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern Poison Ivy. MD: White-Tailed Deer/Wineberry. DE: Fowler’s Toad/American Pokeweed. NC: Eastern Gray Squirrel/Christmas Fern. SC: Northern Cardinal/American Sweetgum. NJ: Spotted Lanternfly/Common Mugwort. VT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. NH: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern White Pine. MA: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. CT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Striped Wintergreen. RI: American Herring Gull. ME: American Herring Gull/Canadian Bunchberry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic4f56ywseq7bqc7zza3y76pxyzn5c5htebrior6jdbrfszhuiquy@jpeg)
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I think NJ (most densely populated state in the union) is the only state where both species noted are invasives
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If you refuse to endorse the overwhelmingly popular Democratic nominee for mayor of America's largest city, you should not be leading Democrats in the U.S. House
Hakeem Jeffries again declines to endorse Zohran Mamdani, saying "I don't know him well."
CHRIS HAYES: Why are you not endorsing the guy that won the democratic primary in a contested election in your backyard?
JEFFRIES: I didn't get involved in that primary election, and I don't know him well.
CHRIS HAYES: Why are you not endorsing the guy that won the democratic primary in a contested election in your backyard?
JEFFRIES: I didn't get involved in that primary election, and I don't know him well.
July 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If you refuse to endorse the overwhelmingly popular Democratic nominee for mayor of America's largest city, you should not be leading Democrats in the U.S. House
"Come home at dinnertime" said to kids on their way out the door each morning in summer. No parent knew where we were all day
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Come home at dinnertime" said to kids on their way out the door each morning in summer. No parent knew where we were all day
For a long time, I've felt that much of the offered algorithm music on Spotify was AI, fake bands. It all sounds so bland and the bands just don't seem believable. So yeah.
wapo.st/3IgfD5k
wapo.st/3IgfD5k
A ’60s-flavored band blew up on Spotify. They’re AI.
The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.
wapo.st
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For a long time, I've felt that much of the offered algorithm music on Spotify was AI, fake bands. It all sounds so bland and the bands just don't seem believable. So yeah.
wapo.st/3IgfD5k
wapo.st/3IgfD5k
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North Carolina Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill, NC) is recruiting for a Conservation Botanist!
🎓 Relevant post-Bacc degree req'd
⌛ full time, 2.5-year grant funded position contingent upon additional funding
📨 apps due 7/18
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...
#botanyjobs #plantconservationjobs
🎓 Relevant post-Bacc degree req'd
⌛ full time, 2.5-year grant funded position contingent upon additional funding
📨 apps due 7/18
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...
#botanyjobs #plantconservationjobs
a close up of a carnivorous plant with a bee inside of it
Alt: a close up of a venus fly trap closing around an insect
media.tenor.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
North Carolina Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill, NC) is recruiting for a Conservation Botanist!
🎓 Relevant post-Bacc degree req'd
⌛ full time, 2.5-year grant funded position contingent upon additional funding
📨 apps due 7/18
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...
#botanyjobs #plantconservationjobs
🎓 Relevant post-Bacc degree req'd
⌛ full time, 2.5-year grant funded position contingent upon additional funding
📨 apps due 7/18
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...
#botanyjobs #plantconservationjobs
Saw these around Paris today @brenttoderian.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Saw these around Paris today @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Doesn't really work when you're mostly vegetarian
June 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Doesn't really work when you're mostly vegetarian
This is also what's happened to Spotify as it's adopted AI. It's getting dumber and dumber. And making me feel dumb for using it
Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is also what's happened to Spotify as it's adopted AI. It's getting dumber and dumber. And making me feel dumb for using it
Soon the media will start running stories about aluminum tubes
June 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Soon the media will start running stories about aluminum tubes
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When Black people told you that it is a normal occurrence for police to lie about protest and assaulting officers now you see ... the test run for the justification of authoritarianism always begins in communities of color
June 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
When Black people told you that it is a normal occurrence for police to lie about protest and assaulting officers now you see ... the test run for the justification of authoritarianism always begins in communities of color
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Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired
I was at an event when I happened to glance across the room at the same moment Nicole Kidman stepped out of the elevator. We're both fairly tall and our eyes met over everyone's heads and I smiled and nodded thinking I was greeting a friend, only to immediately realize she did not, in fact, know me
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was at an event when I happened to glance across the room at the same moment Nicole Kidman stepped out of the elevator. We're both fairly tall and our eyes met over everyone's heads and I smiled and nodded thinking I was greeting a friend, only to immediately realize she did not, in fact, know me
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"Whatever the nature of the crisis, it forces the revolutionaries to make a choice. Give up—or radicalize. Find compromises—or polarize society further. Slow down—or use violence"
The logic of revolution is always the same
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The logic of revolution is always the same
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters
His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Whatever the nature of the crisis, it forces the revolutionaries to make a choice. Give up—or radicalize. Find compromises—or polarize society further. Slow down—or use violence"
The logic of revolution is always the same
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The logic of revolution is always the same
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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After months of baseless claims about “extreme levels of fraud” within Social Security, Musk's DOGE has found only 2 likely fraudulent claims out of over 110,000—that makes it a rate of .0018%.
So DOGE found virtually no fraud and made an integral American system less efficient.
So DOGE found virtually no fraud and made an integral American system less efficient.
Surprise! DOGE’s Hunt for Social Security Fraud Ends in Total Bust
Elon Musk and his DOGE minions wrecked the Social Security Administration for no reason at all.
newrepublic.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After months of baseless claims about “extreme levels of fraud” within Social Security, Musk's DOGE has found only 2 likely fraudulent claims out of over 110,000—that makes it a rate of .0018%.
So DOGE found virtually no fraud and made an integral American system less efficient.
So DOGE found virtually no fraud and made an integral American system less efficient.
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Having access to trustworthy experts and being able to parse what is and isn’t misinformation or disinformation is a PRIVILEGE. Education is a PRIVILEGE.
People aren’t “stupid” because they can’t do this. And if you think you’ve never fallen for propaganda you’re lying to yourself.
People aren’t “stupid” because they can’t do this. And if you think you’ve never fallen for propaganda you’re lying to yourself.
May 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Having access to trustworthy experts and being able to parse what is and isn’t misinformation or disinformation is a PRIVILEGE. Education is a PRIVILEGE.
People aren’t “stupid” because they can’t do this. And if you think you’ve never fallen for propaganda you’re lying to yourself.
People aren’t “stupid” because they can’t do this. And if you think you’ve never fallen for propaganda you’re lying to yourself.
#BeekeeingFail Watched a swarm settle on a branch about 30' up. Longest extension ladder couldn't reach. So I climbed up with a powerful hose to knock them down & collect them on the ground. Haha, hoho, hehe. Lots fell, the rest made a beeline for me and I don't think I've ever gotten so many stings
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#BeekeeingFail Watched a swarm settle on a branch about 30' up. Longest extension ladder couldn't reach. So I climbed up with a powerful hose to knock them down & collect them on the ground. Haha, hoho, hehe. Lots fell, the rest made a beeline for me and I don't think I've ever gotten so many stings
Oh Microsoft,
Did you know that chemists use Excel *a lot.* Every day I have a dataset corrupted by having CAS numbers switched to dates. I know I can format as text, but sometimes it doesn't matter, Excel thinks it knows my data better than me. Here's a hint: add it to the "special" list, maybe? 🧪
Did you know that chemists use Excel *a lot.* Every day I have a dataset corrupted by having CAS numbers switched to dates. I know I can format as text, but sometimes it doesn't matter, Excel thinks it knows my data better than me. Here's a hint: add it to the "special" list, maybe? 🧪
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh Microsoft,
Did you know that chemists use Excel *a lot.* Every day I have a dataset corrupted by having CAS numbers switched to dates. I know I can format as text, but sometimes it doesn't matter, Excel thinks it knows my data better than me. Here's a hint: add it to the "special" list, maybe? 🧪
Did you know that chemists use Excel *a lot.* Every day I have a dataset corrupted by having CAS numbers switched to dates. I know I can format as text, but sometimes it doesn't matter, Excel thinks it knows my data better than me. Here's a hint: add it to the "special" list, maybe? 🧪
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4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com