Even after Trump's failures during COVID, where >160k preventable deaths were attributed to the Trump administration's failure to listen to experts, they still refuse to show any humility or patience. What will it take?

Watching Trump making a fool of himself, arguing with the mayor of Los Angeles, it becomes crystal clear: Trump and his supporters give absolutely no deference to experts. They think their naive intuition is better than someone's years of experience.

The stunt actually worked. Confirmed today via students. Some of them actually think Trump "saved" TikTok.

In an effort to as you say "buckle up", or as others would say, take things one day at a time and look on the bright side, I now find myself chuckling at what, six months ago, would have been called a tragedy. I am not proud of this.

This morning I woke up taking slight pleasure in realizing that the hardening of our school security systems to prevent school shootings makes it significantly harder for federal agents to enter my classroom without a proper court order.

Thanks for the explainer, David. I didn't understand that part (g) could invalidate part (a).

Now instead of just feeling hopeless I also feel frustrated.

I encourage you to read the text of the law. Congress left many things up to the "determination of the president".

Disgusting how the only place I've heard this reported is the NY Times Daily Podcast. Our media ecosystem is completely broken.

Chiho Aoshima
A Contented Skull, 2008

"...there is so much in the wave, so much that is metaphysical and metaphorical... When you think about global warming... all of the distortion and destruction we do to our planet... When you think about the wave, you think about the flood and also about rebuilding, something new."
-C. Baumgartner

Yesterday I went to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to view the Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration. It was a transcendent experience. I was moved to tears multiple times through out the exhibition.

I am left with one perplexing question. Why do so many people take pictures of art with their phones?