L. David Baron
@dbaron.org
Engineer on Google Chrome. Involved in CSS, W3C, and WHATWG standards. Previously Mozilla (2003-2020), W3C TAG (2015-2021). Massachusetts, USA.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
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This may be the most insane of these videos I’ve ever seen. There is no other way to describe what happened here other than that they hit a law-abiding citizen’s car and then arrested her because they were frustrated by other people and she was Hispanic.
Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This may be the most insane of these videos I’ve ever seen. There is no other way to describe what happened here other than that they hit a law-abiding citizen’s car and then arrested her because they were frustrated by other people and she was Hispanic.
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Following Cheney's death, the oldest members of the set of current/former US presidents/VPs are Biden and Trump. The others are all younger: G. W. Bush, Clinton, Quayle, Gore, Pence, Obama, Harris, and Vance (in that order by age).
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Following Cheney's death, the oldest members of the set of current/former US presidents/VPs are Biden and Trump. The others are all younger: G. W. Bush, Clinton, Quayle, Gore, Pence, Obama, Harris, and Vance (in that order by age).
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China, but with every province name translated literally
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
China, but with every province name translated literally
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So Dems just need to Make More City. And luckily, they have the power to do that! They govern almost all the cities, so they can pass policies to infill, build up, add transit, add multi-modal transportation, etc. etc. Where they govern states, they can pass state-level laws to upzone everywhere.
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So Dems just need to Make More City. And luckily, they have the power to do that! They govern almost all the cities, so they can pass policies to infill, build up, add transit, add multi-modal transportation, etc. etc. Where they govern states, they can pass state-level laws to upzone everywhere.
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So, ok, that's the premise: denser areas vote bluer, less dense areas vote redder. And it's pretty much a linear, one-to-one correlation: denser = bluer.
All right, so, we don't know much about how to make more Dems, but we know this: more dense areas, more Dems.
All right, so, we don't know much about how to make more Dems, but we know this: more dense areas, more Dems.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So, ok, that's the premise: denser areas vote bluer, less dense areas vote redder. And it's pretty much a linear, one-to-one correlation: denser = bluer.
All right, so, we don't know much about how to make more Dems, but we know this: more dense areas, more Dems.
All right, so, we don't know much about how to make more Dems, but we know this: more dense areas, more Dems.
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It is literally a front page headline that a sitting second term President understands that the Constitution bars him from a third term.
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It is literally a front page headline that a sitting second term President understands that the Constitution bars him from a third term.
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The closing ad for Proposition 50. The future of our democracy could depend on this passing on Tuesday.
Yes On Prop 50: You Have The Power
YouTube video by Yes on 50
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The closing ad for Proposition 50. The future of our democracy could depend on this passing on Tuesday.
There's a significant chance that within the next few hours Hurricane Melissa will break the 1935 record for most intense Atlantic hurricane at landfall by barometric pressure. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and www.nhc.noaa.gov
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There's a significant chance that within the next few hours Hurricane Melissa will break the 1935 record for most intense Atlantic hurricane at landfall by barometric pressure. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and www.nhc.noaa.gov
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Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
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not 'some say' or 'experts believe' but just straightforward 'the Trump administration is breaking the law on a daily basis'
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
not 'some say' or 'experts believe' but just straightforward 'the Trump administration is breaking the law on a daily basis'
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it would be good if, say, the New York Times reported that all of this stuff is *wildly* illegal under the Hatch Act.
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
it would be good if, say, the New York Times reported that all of this stuff is *wildly* illegal under the Hatch Act.
Hurricane Melissa (south of and heading towards Jamaica) is a Category 5 hurricane, and now at the point where "The NOAA aircraft left the storm early after experiencing severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall."
Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2025...
Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Hurricane Melissa (south of and heading towards Jamaica) is a Category 5 hurricane, and now at the point where "The NOAA aircraft left the storm early after experiencing severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall."
Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2025...
Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2025...
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Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.
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We should be able to cure cancer with mRNA research even sooner, but Trump has ended funding for that, with the support of Google.
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We should be able to cure cancer with mRNA research even sooner, but Trump has ended funding for that, with the support of Google.
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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Single-member districts make all kinds of mischief possible.
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Single-member districts make all kinds of mischief possible.
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court would be irrelevant here if we had proportional representation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Trump is in a snit with Canada so he just announced an extra 10% tariff on Canadian goods. I seem to remember how these tariffs were all part of some national emergency. His feelings are now a national emergency?
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump is in a snit with Canada so he just announced an extra 10% tariff on Canadian goods. I seem to remember how these tariffs were all part of some national emergency. His feelings are now a national emergency?