Kathleen Heneghan
@kheneghan.bsky.social
Article summary: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.
What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...
What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...
What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues.
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Article summary: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.
What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...
What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...
Sometimes we need something to laugh about. The only thing worse that a quickly downing a shot of Malort would be slowly sucking on a piece of Malort candy.
New 'Malört Sucks' candies, which started as an April Fools’ prank, sold out within two hours when they launched Monday. Going for $6 per tin on the Jeppson’s Malört merch site, they are now on back order for approximately four weeks.
New 'Malört Sucks' candies aren't a joke. Here's what early taste testers said
What started as an April Fool’s joke has turned into a bitter-tasting reality after Jeppson’s Malört decided to contract a candy company.
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May 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sometimes we need something to laugh about. The only thing worse that a quickly downing a shot of Malort would be slowly sucking on a piece of Malort candy.
Reposted by Kathleen Heneghan
The Trump family stablecoin surged to 7th largest in the world because of a shady crypto deal with the United Arab Emirates—a foreign government that will give them a crazy amount of money.
The Senate shouldn’t pass a crypto bill this week to facilitate this kind of corruption.
The Senate shouldn’t pass a crypto bill this week to facilitate this kind of corruption.
May 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Trump family stablecoin surged to 7th largest in the world because of a shady crypto deal with the United Arab Emirates—a foreign government that will give them a crazy amount of money.
The Senate shouldn’t pass a crypto bill this week to facilitate this kind of corruption.
The Senate shouldn’t pass a crypto bill this week to facilitate this kind of corruption.
Reposted by Kathleen Heneghan
An Israeli quadcopter fired live ammunition at civil defence teams trying to reach 25 Palestinians trapped under rubble after Israeli forces targeted a home in Gaza City, killing one person.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/htl3b3
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Israel accused of mass starvation in Gaza as ‘method of war’
About 290,000 children are ‘on the brink of death’ because of Israel’s blockade on Gaza that started on March 2.
aje.io
May 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
An Israeli quadcopter fired live ammunition at civil defence teams trying to reach 25 Palestinians trapped under rubble after Israeli forces targeted a home in Gaza City, killing one person.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/htl3b3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/htl3b3
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The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
May 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
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But the reality is simple: the Constitution gives Congress, not the White House, authority over spending. Any move by Trump to seize or block funds would trigger a constitutional crisis and end up at the Supreme Court.
This isn’t fiscal responsibility. This is an authoritarian power grab.
This isn’t fiscal responsibility. This is an authoritarian power grab.
May 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
But the reality is simple: the Constitution gives Congress, not the White House, authority over spending. Any move by Trump to seize or block funds would trigger a constitutional crisis and end up at the Supreme Court.
This isn’t fiscal responsibility. This is an authoritarian power grab.
This isn’t fiscal responsibility. This is an authoritarian power grab.
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Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
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They're dismantling (what remains of) the social safety net and replacing it with a dragnet instead.
May 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
They're dismantling (what remains of) the social safety net and replacing it with a dragnet instead.
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This. So much. Why is this suddenly ok? Just because he believes he can't be prosecuted for it? That's wrong. Corruption isn't even remotely within the remotest perimeters of official and thus protected acts. It is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. Which means it can't be official. Wake up.
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This. So much. Why is this suddenly ok? Just because he believes he can't be prosecuted for it? That's wrong. Corruption isn't even remotely within the remotest perimeters of official and thus protected acts. It is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. Which means it can't be official. Wake up.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tell your stories, federal employees. Tell your legislators how your work impacts the public. Check out these letter templates and use the links to contact your members of Congress: www.nteu.org/nteuaction
Fellow federal employees, consider signing up for the Rapid Response Network to mobilize when agency cuts are announced in your community. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge...
Pledge to Defend our Public Services and Workers!
Elon Musk is trying to steal our federal government — slashing public services, firing civil servants, and handing power to billionaires like himself. It’s illegal, it’s dangerous, and we won’t stand ...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Indirect cost rates are not my favorite thing to think about, but this is a great breakdown. This is short term "savings" that will harm us all in the long run.
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Indirect cost rates are not my favorite thing to think about, but this is a great breakdown. This is short term "savings" that will harm us all in the long run.
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Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
It is wasteful, not efficient, to allow tuberculosis medications sit on the shelves instead of saving lives when the meds have already been paid for with our tax dollars.
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It is wasteful, not efficient, to allow tuberculosis medications sit on the shelves instead of saving lives when the meds have already been paid for with our tax dollars.
Reposted by Kathleen Heneghan
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
“The reversal raised a fresh question of whether Trump’s second term will revive questions of competence—even among the president’s admirers—about the administration’s ability to govern or adequately explain its decisions.”
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze | CNN Politics
The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Demanding "Patriotic Education" is dangerous. Not all American history is inspiring and ennobling. The truth is that we have failed to achieve our highest ideals many times.We can be proud of what is good while also acknowledging the truth of history. Read in full at search.app/jy56Gqourber...
January 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Demanding "Patriotic Education" is dangerous. Not all American history is inspiring and ennobling. The truth is that we have failed to achieve our highest ideals many times.We can be proud of what is good while also acknowledging the truth of history. Read in full at search.app/jy56Gqourber...
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
from the wise Krista Tippett on navigating the tumult and confusion of these days: substack.com/@kristatippe...
The News That Is ‘Breaking’ Is Never Seeing Things Whole
On deep truth, deep time, and the world ahead.
substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
from the wise Krista Tippett on navigating the tumult and confusion of these days: substack.com/@kristatippe...
Reposted by Kathleen Heneghan
Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.
Reposted by Kathleen Heneghan
BREAKING: Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches
Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arres…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
BREAKING: Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
Bishop Budde's courage to challenge the new president and his administration is courage and truth telling in action. Following in the steps of Jesus by speaking truth to power and seeking mercy and compassion.
She's braver than essentially the entire Democratic Party and the entire media industry
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Bishop Budde's courage to challenge the new president and his administration is courage and truth telling in action. Following in the steps of Jesus by speaking truth to power and seeking mercy and compassion.
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"Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, in an affidavit given to senators on Tuesday, alleged that the Pentagon chief pick caused his second wife to fear for her safety... Hegseth also stated that women should not have the right to vote or work, according to the affidavit."
Senate learns of new allegations against Hegseth
The Defense secretary nominee's former sister-in-law, in an affidavit, said she witnessed his drunken aggression and that his second wife worried about her safety.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, in an affidavit given to senators on Tuesday, alleged that the Pentagon chief pick caused his second wife to fear for her safety... Hegseth also stated that women should not have the right to vote or work, according to the affidavit."