I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for

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Wow. One of the more alarming graphs I’ve seen in a while. The whole thread & write up is worth a read.

This is a national disgrace. A violation of human rights. Total disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law. The indiscriminate use of force by the state is anathema to a healthy democracy.

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Special session feels, generally, mostly observed.

“Financial Physics”

jubilee idea: one person from houston vs. 20 people from dallas

Truly the only nice thing to come from this gross website in recent memory: * Discover ancient Roman game * Make it with my 8 yo son * Play it with him for a solid hour

Visited SF for the first time in many years last weekend, and I found it disappointing that the home of so much innovation and creativity appears to be totally fine that their most populous neighborhood looks like this. Median sale price: $1.5 million.

I had a college internship in the Capitol in 2009. My abuelo in Mexico was known for tall tales, and news about my job turned into a story where Barack Obama predicted I would be the first latino President of America and personally got me my #txlege internship. He told everyone.

Good I was worried my prescriptions were getting too cheap

enough with the labubu. go la build build more housing

Whoever represents Coldplay should be allowed to file a motion to dismiss that just says “lol, lmao even” and win

Senator Smoot could not be reached for comment

I think one reason some tech people are unwilling to grapple with DOGE’s failure is that it would require acknowledging that their entire belief system about government — and in some ways broader worldview — was wrong.

Goes hard on 45th and Lamar.

Lotta people coming out in favor of proportional representation today!

-11k manufacturing jobs in July, -13k in June and May. I see our glorious American factory revival plan in going well.

A WORRISOME *FUTURISTIC* JOBS REPORT: In the newsletter, I wrote about today's labor market data, and how it was not only bad, but bad in a specific way that could portend a more ominous direction of the economy