Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Science journalist, bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
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Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com
Hey Siri, design a perfect "Proud Parents of a Teenager" scenario
February 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Hey Siri, design a perfect "Proud Parents of a Teenager" scenario
Chris Paul has officially retired after 21-ish seasons. Obviously one of the best ever, but I confess he was never really one of my guys, which is why while the second play I think of is his playoff game 7 winner in 2015, the first one I think of is this. Sorry?
#NBAsky
#NBAsky
Steph Curry Gives CP3 the Slip with Wicked Cross
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February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Chris Paul has officially retired after 21-ish seasons. Obviously one of the best ever, but I confess he was never really one of my guys, which is why while the second play I think of is his playoff game 7 winner in 2015, the first one I think of is this. Sorry?
#NBAsky
#NBAsky
"we made it 3/4 of the way to a milestone that would theoretically let us make a power plant that is not the one we promised to have ready in two years" ok cool
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
![While most other fusion startups are targeting the early 2030s to put electricity on the grid, Helion has a contract with Microsoft to sell it electricity starting in 2028, though that power would come from a larger commercial reactor called Orion that the company is currently building, [highlight] not Polaris. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreicohc6a7ivbi4sj2zegbjfiiohq2slrfmvp5web4oh7ynaos2brue@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"we made it 3/4 of the way to a milestone that would theoretically let us make a power plant that is not the one we promised to have ready in two years" ok cool
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/f...
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Life must be so easy if you just have absolutely no ethics, can you imagine
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Life must be so easy if you just have absolutely no ethics, can you imagine
"If someone can invent a new Olympic sport by stacking one guy on top of another guy, surely someone could invent another Olympic sport by stacking yet one more guy on top of the aforementioned guys."
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High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...
defector.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"If someone can invent a new Olympic sport by stacking one guy on top of another guy, surely someone could invent another Olympic sport by stacking yet one more guy on top of the aforementioned guys."
Important work from @sabs.bsky.social:
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Important work from @sabs.bsky.social:
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doctor doctor
gimme the news
ive got an
unworn pair of baby shoes
gimme the news
ive got an
unworn pair of baby shoes
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
doctor doctor
gimme the news
ive got an
unworn pair of baby shoes
gimme the news
ive got an
unworn pair of baby shoes
Many Trump agencies are functionally the opposite of their intended purpose but it's pretty hard to beat an EPA that stops considering human health in favor of just considering regulations' costs to businesses and rolls back the CO2 endangerment finding. Like that's EPA inside the mirror realm.
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Many Trump agencies are functionally the opposite of their intended purpose but it's pretty hard to beat an EPA that stops considering human health in favor of just considering regulations' costs to businesses and rolls back the CO2 endangerment finding. Like that's EPA inside the mirror realm.
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BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
At some point someone will try and quantify the societal damage that “tech ceo = genius” did and it will be equivalent to like four Chicxulub asteroids
insane to be reporting this stuff with a straight face. like what are we doing here man
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
At some point someone will try and quantify the societal damage that “tech ceo = genius” did and it will be equivalent to like four Chicxulub asteroids
One thing I enjoy about the Olympics is good writers writing interesting things about sports I know nothing about, like Kathryn Xu on Ilia Malinin and men's figure skating.
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Ilia Malinin Brings Figure Skating To The Crossroads | Defector
Even in sports that do not literally hand out points for style, the matter of aesthetic value is of discursive import. The most dominant athlete or team in the world can be taken down a peg or two on ...
defector.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
One thing I enjoy about the Olympics is good writers writing interesting things about sports I know nothing about, like Kathryn Xu on Ilia Malinin and men's figure skating.
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[teaching my regular How Not to Destroy Cities class]
Starting now I won't be giving out grades on how well you all do in not destroying any cities. And before you ask, no, it is not because Godzilla is in the class this semester.
Starting now I won't be giving out grades on how well you all do in not destroying any cities. And before you ask, no, it is not because Godzilla is in the class this semester.
Gallup says it will stop doing presidential approval polls (after 88 years of doing it) because of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses it's public research". This is eliminating a time series that goes back to FDR.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
[teaching my regular How Not to Destroy Cities class]
Starting now I won't be giving out grades on how well you all do in not destroying any cities. And before you ask, no, it is not because Godzilla is in the class this semester.
Starting now I won't be giving out grades on how well you all do in not destroying any cities. And before you ask, no, it is not because Godzilla is in the class this semester.
big day for this
IMO it is bad that congressional hearings involving Cabinet members have transformed entirely into public lying and groveling competitions for an audience of one
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
big day for this
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Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ
July 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ
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Don't hang out where cattle graze after midnight. It's pasture bedtime.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Don't hang out where cattle graze after midnight. It's pasture bedtime.
Every now and then Trump cabinet secretaries get a break from their job of going on television and saying the wildest shit imaginable and instead get to go in front of Congress and say the wildest shit imaginable.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Every now and then Trump cabinet secretaries get a break from their job of going on television and saying the wildest shit imaginable and instead get to go in front of Congress and say the wildest shit imaginable.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
It's so wild people this dumb are in charge of so much
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It's so wild people this dumb are in charge of so much
I find it so grim how much news I still see on this site as twitter screenshots from generally reasonable reporters. What are they still doing over there, just posting away like normal. How do they justify it to themselves.
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I find it so grim how much news I still see on this site as twitter screenshots from generally reasonable reporters. What are they still doing over there, just posting away like normal. How do they justify it to themselves.
I don’t know if the joke is in this new special, but we saw Chris Fleming live in DC a few months back and it was generally fantastic but it also had one of the funniest jokes I have ever seen and well I am excited for people to maybe see it
Chris Fleming: Live at The Palace | Official Trailer | HBO Max
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February 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I don’t know if the joke is in this new special, but we saw Chris Fleming live in DC a few months back and it was generally fantastic but it also had one of the funniest jokes I have ever seen and well I am excited for people to maybe see it
HELL yeah
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
HELL yeah
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"Quiet, Piggy" but in retaliatory tariff form.
Also Switzerland does not have a PM.
Also Switzerland does not have a PM.
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"Quiet, Piggy" but in retaliatory tariff form.
Also Switzerland does not have a PM.
Also Switzerland does not have a PM.
I did important work last night
You know he would have had like 750 emails in the Epstein files
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I did important work last night
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“We left with all my children”
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VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“We left with all my children”
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