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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-anthropic-letter-ai-biological-weapons/

OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

Court Ruling Protects Endangered Wildlife Nationwide From Dangers of Coal Mining https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/court-ruling-protects-endangered-wildlife-nationwide-from-danger…

Court Ruling Protects Endangered Wildlife Nationwide From Dangers of Coal Mining
Center for Biological Diversity: CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A federal court ruled today that the federal government’s attempts to undercut Endangered Species Act protections for the sake of coal mining were illegal. Coal mines will now be required to follow the law and ensure their activities don’t harm protected plants and animals.

from my link log —
Stealing from biologists to compile Haskell faster.
https://iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-05-30-stealing-from-biologists-to-compile-haskell-faster/
saved 2026-06-02

ON JAN. 20, 2025, his first day back in office,
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that the United States would henceforth recognize only two sexes, male and female.
Trump framed the move as one meant to protect the dignity, safety, and well-being of women. But the order also upended a long-standing policy at the National Institutes of Health
— one that was crafted to ensure that females are adequately represented in biomedical research.
Imple…

The Future of Sex as a Biological Variable in Health Research
An executive order upended an NIH policy requiring researchers to account for both sexes in preclinical animal studies.

American Wigeon duck. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System Om-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #duck #bird

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
bloococoon:
🎵 You Being You
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https://bloococoon.bandcamp.com/track/you-being-you-instrumental
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ew1rkrmM52YV87H8rY8vv

Trump regime takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network. Ships will be dispatched this month to remove the more than 900 deep-sea instruments that comprise the network, one of the world’s most trusted sources of climate and oceanic data. https://www.scientificame…

Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade