My husband is an American hero 🇺🇸

Spent two days in Orlando, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure ... not one single clohting item with MAGA or Trump on it. Are people embarrassed? When he won in 2016, and ran in 2020, there was flags, hats, signs, shirts EVERYWHERE.

BREAKING: Research into Pediatric Brain Cancer is essentially being shutdown by a brilliant research team because of Trump’s actions against the NIH. Vice Chair of Research for Neurosurgery at UMass Chan Medical School, Dr. Rachael Sirianni just published this letter to the

All of these AI threads seem to be by SWE excited about how much code they can churn out, all assuming they will be the lucky ones still writing the prompts to do the churning.

I’m starting to think that a lot of folks of a certain demographic believe they were turned down for a particular job/promotion solely because of DEI, and if we burn it all down, that vacancy will automatically reappear and be given to them.

Joan Didion: "When I realized I had been added to the Secretary of Defense's group chat, I felt that familiar vertiginous unreality that signals an impending migraine. I had to, immediately (and somewhat piteously, I realized) take to my bed."

Tuesday gave resistance-minded Democrats reason to cheer. Don’t expect Congressional Democratic leadership to see it the same way. My new one: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoliti…

This one is catnip for the admissions office.

Rod (Izzy) Ⓜ️Ⓜ️ 🇺🇸🦅 #HandsOffOurMedicaid

This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5 💔

Fall River is currently removing an Urban water highway to connect itself with its waterfront and the new South Coast Rail. The highway was closed in 2023 and is mostly ripped out already this isnt some vague future plan

I would guess that the regular courses in Palo Alto would be equivalent to honors courses in most other districts? The students have just as big a role as the curriculum in setting standards,

Great speech by Senator Warren on the treatment of Senator Padilla and what it means for the rule of law in the US.

My friends in Missouri keepin‘ it rolling …

It is still mind-boggling that after an election where cost-of-living was THE main issue, Republicans are plowing ahead with a bill that will raise health care, food, energy and education costs for tens of millions of Americans while giving tax cuts to the rich. Insane.

I was actually thinking seriously about this career, but it doesn’t work if you’re allergic to dust. However I do have the tools and was just thinking of running and crimping another cable for my home today.

"...a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to 'financially ruin' the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement." AI has been stealing from us. They owe us $

As a child, I don’t remember any of my 2nd- and 3rd-generation Italian relatives complaining about 1920s immigration restrictions. They were in a rush to become “white” and didn’t want newcomers getting in the way. Dems didn’t learn from this.