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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
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As we discussed
the pandemic’s early days
a friend said
he misses when people
were baking sourdough,
and another friend said
she misses when people
could work from home,
and another friend said
they miss when people
were still trying
to take care of each other.
the pandemic’s early days
a friend said
he misses when people
were baking sourdough,
and another friend said
she misses when people
could work from home,
and another friend said
they miss when people
were still trying
to take care of each other.
October 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As we discussed
the pandemic’s early days
a friend said
he misses when people
were baking sourdough,
and another friend said
she misses when people
could work from home,
and another friend said
they miss when people
were still trying
to take care of each other.
the pandemic’s early days
a friend said
he misses when people
were baking sourdough,
and another friend said
she misses when people
could work from home,
and another friend said
they miss when people
were still trying
to take care of each other.
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
Always told my statistics classes that if you only remember one thing from this class it should be "correlation does not imply causation..."
Tylenol doesn't cause autism.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
Tylenol doesn't cause autism.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Always told my statistics classes that if you only remember one thing from this class it should be "correlation does not imply causation..."
Tylenol doesn't cause autism.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
Tylenol doesn't cause autism.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
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Today, I will do a damn good job of educating the youth of my community in spite of a state and a nation that wants me to cower.
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today, I will do a damn good job of educating the youth of my community in spite of a state and a nation that wants me to cower.
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
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I’m weary of the ‘closing schools during pandemic hurt kids’ garbage. The true hurt is that 1. money was not invested in helping to mitigate the harms 2. Nobody listened to teachers telling us what the actual harms were.
July 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’m weary of the ‘closing schools during pandemic hurt kids’ garbage. The true hurt is that 1. money was not invested in helping to mitigate the harms 2. Nobody listened to teachers telling us what the actual harms were.
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After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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Weingarten: Their attacks on public education are relentless and why? Because they fear knowledge. Why do they fear teachers? They fear us because we teach critical thinking… their brand of greed, power, and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse educated citizens
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Weingarten: Their attacks on public education are relentless and why? Because they fear knowledge. Why do they fear teachers? They fear us because we teach critical thinking… their brand of greed, power, and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse educated citizens
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A scientist told me
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A scientist told me
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
the real story
is the unfolding of climate change.
And a doctor told me
the real story
is the ongoing pandemic.
And an activist told me
the real story
is the rise of fascism.
And a historian told me
the real story
is that these are all the same story.
Reposted by Kyli Gorley
I've got an adapted essay (based on LAWLESS) up at Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...
If you like it, check out the full book!!! (discount code STRICT24): bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
If you like it, check out the full book!!! (discount code STRICT24): bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
The Supreme Court’s Radical Right Turn Is About Restoring Patriarchy, Plain and Simple
Overruling Roe was just the opening salvo in this fight, which has raged ever since and only been exacerbated by Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
slate.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've got an adapted essay (based on LAWLESS) up at Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...
If you like it, check out the full book!!! (discount code STRICT24): bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
If you like it, check out the full book!!! (discount code STRICT24): bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
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AI is the ideal technology to accompany the decline of America.
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
Artificial Intelligence and American Decline
Something very disturbing is happening with the proliferation of artificial intelligence
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
AI is the ideal technology to accompany the decline of America.
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
www.motherjones.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
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Assigning Sen. Thurmond’s “longest filibuster” of the Civil Rights Act to the dustbin of history is a powerful part of the story.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!
April 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Assigning Sen. Thurmond’s “longest filibuster” of the Civil Rights Act to the dustbin of history is a powerful part of the story.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
Because no matter what, that’s where they’re all going, no matter how hard they fight it. Men who fight the future are the most foolish of all men.
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Seems to me what we’re seeing across the federal government are the dividends being paid from years of adopting market language to talk about public goods. Run government like a business? Businesses exist to make profit. Government exists to serve the people. We’re about to see the difference now.
March 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Seems to me what we’re seeing across the federal government are the dividends being paid from years of adopting market language to talk about public goods. Run government like a business? Businesses exist to make profit. Government exists to serve the people. We’re about to see the difference now.
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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 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
She's braver than essentially the entire Democratic Party and the entire media industry