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Sad news: Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time.
September 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sad news: Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time.
We should have a constitutional amendment that says that emergency powers given to the president shall last 60 days, unless extended by congress, which can extend for a period no longer than a year.
August 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We should have a constitutional amendment that says that emergency powers given to the president shall last 60 days, unless extended by congress, which can extend for a period no longer than a year.
My AI powered summary of the group chat: you didn’t miss anything
June 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My AI powered summary of the group chat: you didn’t miss anything
Elon Musk is now older than Bill Gates was when he started the Gates Foundation. If he really wants to rehab his reputation, his path is clear.
May 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Elon Musk is now older than Bill Gates was when he started the Gates Foundation. If he really wants to rehab his reputation, his path is clear.
It’s a shell game. Republicans want to raise tariffs so they can lower income taxes. Tariffs are paid by everyone. Income taxes fall more heavily on the wealthy. So this shifts taxes from the rich to the poor. The rest (DOGE especially) is a distraction.
April 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s a shell game. Republicans want to raise tariffs so they can lower income taxes. Tariffs are paid by everyone. Income taxes fall more heavily on the wealthy. So this shifts taxes from the rich to the poor. The rest (DOGE especially) is a distraction.
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I stand with the Massachusetts educators suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education.
This is a fight for an America where it's not just rich kids who get a quality education—but every kid.
This is a fight for an America where it's not just rich kids who get a quality education—but every kid.
Trump Administration Is Sued Over Push to Dismantle Education Department
The lawsuit accuses the government of dismantling the department by executive fiat without the required approval of Congress.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I stand with the Massachusetts educators suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education.
This is a fight for an America where it's not just rich kids who get a quality education—but every kid.
This is a fight for an America where it's not just rich kids who get a quality education—but every kid.
So DOGE pretends to be about reducing the debt but it’ll increase it by half a trillion through cuts to the IRS. And the real goal is to justify 4 trillion in tax cuts.
March 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So DOGE pretends to be about reducing the debt but it’ll increase it by half a trillion through cuts to the IRS. And the real goal is to justify 4 trillion in tax cuts.
There’s a difference between criticizing DEI programs for being ineffective and criticizing DEI because you don’t value diversity, equity or inclusion.
March 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There’s a difference between criticizing DEI programs for being ineffective and criticizing DEI because you don’t value diversity, equity or inclusion.
The You You Are = UUR = WR but that’s all I’ve got #severance
February 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The You You Are = UUR = WR but that’s all I’ve got #severance
Does McMahon know that the federal government is forbidden from dictating curriculum? She can’t forbid a Black History class (or a class on DEI)
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Does McMahon know that the federal government is forbidden from dictating curriculum? She can’t forbid a Black History class (or a class on DEI)
Great post
“The re-election of Donald Trump now looks like it could be the worst act of American self-destruction since the Civil War: don't roll over and just let it happen.”
Terrifying stuff on Trump’s attacks on science from @dereklowe.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/blog...
Terrifying stuff on Trump’s attacks on science from @dereklowe.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Great post
Hmm. NSF review panel cancelled today. There’s some chance they’ll let us meet tomorrow.
January 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hmm. NSF review panel cancelled today. There’s some chance they’ll let us meet tomorrow.
Both Severance and Silo have the main characters working on ancient computers in a world where there is clearly very advanced technology. Is Apple trying to tell us something?
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Both Severance and Silo have the main characters working on ancient computers in a world where there is clearly very advanced technology. Is Apple trying to tell us something?
Skied #winterpark today - negative 17 at the top but it felt like only -5
January 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Skied #winterpark today - negative 17 at the top but it felt like only -5
Mark Andresson thought “the deal” was for tech to save the world (and democracy) and, in exchange, get to be fabulously wealthy and folk heroes, too. And the gubment would stay quiet. But when employees challenged founders and CEOs, well, that’s too much democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Opinion | How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms
Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Mark Andresson thought “the deal” was for tech to save the world (and democracy) and, in exchange, get to be fabulously wealthy and folk heroes, too. And the gubment would stay quiet. But when employees challenged founders and CEOs, well, that’s too much democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Why did Queen name 2 albums after Marx brothers movies?
January 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why did Queen name 2 albums after Marx brothers movies?