Brad Johnson
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Other than its illegality
The challenge of moving special education out of the Education Department
Some Republican lawmakers also want to ensure the federal government meets its legal obligations to students with disabilities as President Donald Trump seeks to shutter the agency.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Other than its illegality
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
A delivery person on his route was kidnapped by this guy this afternoon in DC.
#bigballsdcshow
#bigballsdcshow
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A delivery person on his route was kidnapped by this guy this afternoon in DC.
#bigballsdcshow
#bigballsdcshow
The non-profit advocates for the rights of rich men to engage in polyamory without being criticized in magazine articles or their exes
Sergey Brin gave away more than $1.1 billion worth of Alphabet stock this week, with most of the money going to a nonprofit the Google co-founder created
Sergey Brin Gifts $1.1 Billion in Alphabet Stock After AI Rally
Sergey Brin gave away more than $1.1 billion worth of Alphabet Inc. stock this week, with most of the money going to a nonprofit the Google co-founder created.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The non-profit advocates for the rights of rich men to engage in polyamory without being criticized in magazine articles or their exes
Touché
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When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Touché
Yellow journalism 101
How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yellow journalism 101
Train Dreams is a special film. Deserves being seen in the theater
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Train Dreams is a special film. Deserves being seen in the theater
We're falling off the chart.
🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We're falling off the chart.
The fossil-fuel industry's war on humanity has taken out the capital of Iran.
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The fossil-fuel industry's war on humanity has taken out the capital of Iran.
The fossil-fueled Cyclone #Ditwah has killed 69 people in Sri Lanka by flooding and mudslides. Hundreds of people have been trapped by the biblical floods, which have deluged the entire island.
Sri Lanka Cyclone Ditwah kills 69 people by flooding, mudslides - UPI.com
Soldiers in Sri Lanka worked to rescue hundreds trapped by flooding Friday from Cyclone Ditwah, which has killed at least 69 people, with 34 missing.
www.upi.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The fossil-fueled Cyclone #Ditwah has killed 69 people in Sri Lanka by flooding and mudslides. Hundreds of people have been trapped by the biblical floods, which have deluged the entire island.
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I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
On Thursday in Calgary, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an agreement that paves the way to boost oil production, advance new tar sands pipelines, and roll back climate policies, guaranteeing a new age of mega wildfires.
Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday that laid the groundwork for a new oil
dnyuz.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
On Thursday in Calgary, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an agreement that paves the way to boost oil production, advance new tar sands pipelines, and roll back climate policies, guaranteeing a new age of mega wildfires.
Human civ had a good run
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Human civ had a good run
Not sure this counts as pie
The Taco Bell Baja Blast pie is pretty intense. Interesting. Tastes exactly like Baja Blast, also has some kind of citric tingle that mimics the effervescence of Mountain Dew.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Not sure this counts as pie
I've been a fan of Paulina for 25 years.
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've been a fan of Paulina for 25 years.
As American as PFAS Pie: Thanksgiving, Trump style
As American As PFAS Pie
Moments of gratitude amid the continuing Trump-AI assault.
hillheat.news
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As American as PFAS Pie: Thanksgiving, Trump style
wish I knew why @georgewhitesides.bsky.social was more interested in voting against DC home rule than fighting to save Goddard Space Flight Center
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
wish I knew why @georgewhitesides.bsky.social was more interested in voting against DC home rule than fighting to save Goddard Space Flight Center
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NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
www.lawdork.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
This is absurd.
The White House is going to be haunted *so hard* by the ghosts of Andrea Palladio, Lord Burlington, Thomas Jefferson, and Charles Follen McKim.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is absurd.
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It was the evening before Thanksgiving...and EPA dropped a final rule granting oil & gas companies more than a year to comply with some Biden-era mandates to replace leaky equipment & routinely monitor for escaped methane.
Story w/gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story w/gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New EPA Rule Gives Oil, Gas Firms More Time to Fix Equipment Leaking Methane
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule granting oil and gas operators more than a year in additional time to comply with mandates set by former President Joe Biden to replac...
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It was the evening before Thanksgiving...and EPA dropped a final rule granting oil & gas companies more than a year to comply with some Biden-era mandates to replace leaky equipment & routinely monitor for escaped methane.
Story w/gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story w/gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A National Guardsmen shot point-blank near White House perimeter—17th & H NW-about 2:20 pm, critical from head wound.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A National Guardsmen shot point-blank near White House perimeter—17th & H NW-about 2:20 pm, critical from head wound.
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Medicare for All is the answer.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Medicare for All is the answer.
"This man is all gas, no brakes. Literally."
We disrupted the Chuck Schumer of Maryland: Bill Ferguson.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"This man is all gas, no brakes. Literally."