Oddly satisfying given the current sociopolitical climate in this country.

Watching Vietnam Veterans having to be fed at food banks tells me all I need to know about the state of our political system.

The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

My statement on Middle East peace

It’s a moral affront that we’ve enabled Netanyahu’s genocidal war — we’re equally responsible. Reparations are a moral imperative. In the long-term, I believe that peace will enable the Palestinian people to build a sovereign state.

As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Our round-up of journalism news today features pieces on The Guardian’s worldwide growth, a journalist abducted in Myanmar and UK journalists’ ideological leanings.

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This is Jade. She just met the biggest dogs she's ever seen. But quickly learned they have the biggest hearts too. 13/10 for all (TT: catimtins.pscal)

Universal childcare wouldn't just relieve working families of a massive cost burden. It improves the whole economy.

"There are a lot of reasons building a child care system that works for everyone is important to our children, to parents, to employers and to economic growth."

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. Tobia Spampatti argues in Nature Climate Change that pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes. 🧪

GM ☀️

Nostalgia moment here:
The CDC we trusted—& the one we can make stronger—will return🌱

Not today, not tomorrow, but we will get back there 🦅🔥

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Left: CDC’s Pledge to the American People. We never fully achieved it but we tried
Right: Searched for pledge today on CDC.gov. Webpage gone🫤