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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Very well done: world history from west to east and from 4000 BCE to 2000 AD. Interesting!
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Very well done: world history from west to east and from 4000 BCE to 2000 AD. Interesting!
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goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
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October 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
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A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don;—but that would be too long a story.
September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don;—but that would be too long a story.
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you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils
September 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils
Controversial posts with replies turned off are the spiritual equivalent of a cat taunting a dog from behind a glass door
July 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Controversial posts with replies turned off are the spiritual equivalent of a cat taunting a dog from behind a glass door
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hell yeah dude 🫡
June 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
hell yeah dude 🫡
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What does a career in #sciencepolicy look like? Our podcast series “Science Policy IRL” explores just that, from all kinds of angles: on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in academia, in industry, at federal agencies, and much more. Explore: issues.org/category/the... #scipol #sciencejobs #science
Science Policy IRL Archives
This new podcast series explores what science policy is and how it gets done by speaking to people who have built careers in it.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
What does a career in #sciencepolicy look like? Our podcast series “Science Policy IRL” explores just that, from all kinds of angles: on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in academia, in industry, at federal agencies, and much more. Explore: issues.org/category/the... #scipol #sciencejobs #science
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Loving Rebecca Solnit's piece along these lines... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Loving Rebecca Solnit's piece along these lines... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Regarding LA, consider the Philly Rule: If your protest causes less damage than an Eagles superbowl parade, then it's non-violent
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Regarding LA, consider the Philly Rule: If your protest causes less damage than an Eagles superbowl parade, then it's non-violent
The detailed NASA budget has dramatic cuts to most programs, but it does fully fund the NEO Surveyor mission to find potentially hazardous asteroids. This represents an attack on one of Trump's main political rivals from the last election: Giant Meteor 2024
May 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The detailed NASA budget has dramatic cuts to most programs, but it does fully fund the NEO Surveyor mission to find potentially hazardous asteroids. This represents an attack on one of Trump's main political rivals from the last election: Giant Meteor 2024
Exciting scientific news today as the discovery of an entirely new class of invertebrates was reported. Said one scientist: "it's got absolutely no backbone at all. Not a single trace of a spine." The species' habitat is at East Capitol Street and can even be found on Bluesky @schumer.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Exciting scientific news today as the discovery of an entirely new class of invertebrates was reported. Said one scientist: "it's got absolutely no backbone at all. Not a single trace of a spine." The species' habitat is at East Capitol Street and can even be found on Bluesky @schumer.senate.gov
1. A note of realism about the courts. There are currently 504 Dem. appointed judges and 374 Rep. judges with 44 vacancies. Trump is already tied with Obama for most number of sitting judges appointed at 239
March 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1. A note of realism about the courts. There are currently 504 Dem. appointed judges and 374 Rep. judges with 44 vacancies. Trump is already tied with Obama for most number of sitting judges appointed at 239
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Let’s share our lunatic slides! I found this to be overwhelming but helpful.
February 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Let’s share our lunatic slides! I found this to be overwhelming but helpful.
With the firing of probationary employees across the federal government Trump is bringing back the proud tradition of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
With the firing of probationary employees across the federal government Trump is bringing back the proud tradition of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
In light of the Starship explosion there's lots of people dunking on Elon (deservedly since he's a dick), but it's worth remembering:
1) SpaceX is still the best launch company in the world
2) Space is hard. Doing new things in space is very hard. Creating a cheap reusable giant rocket is VERY hard
1) SpaceX is still the best launch company in the world
2) Space is hard. Doing new things in space is very hard. Creating a cheap reusable giant rocket is VERY hard
January 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In light of the Starship explosion there's lots of people dunking on Elon (deservedly since he's a dick), but it's worth remembering:
1) SpaceX is still the best launch company in the world
2) Space is hard. Doing new things in space is very hard. Creating a cheap reusable giant rocket is VERY hard
1) SpaceX is still the best launch company in the world
2) Space is hard. Doing new things in space is very hard. Creating a cheap reusable giant rocket is VERY hard
Someday, I will write a parody of those war school novels like:
MC: I'm a tough kid from the streets ready to learn cruelty and brutality. I will kill my friends if need be.
Teacher: WTF, NO! Just solve this calculus problem
MC:🥺 I would rather kill my friends. please🥺
MC: I'm a tough kid from the streets ready to learn cruelty and brutality. I will kill my friends if need be.
Teacher: WTF, NO! Just solve this calculus problem
MC:🥺 I would rather kill my friends. please🥺
January 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Someday, I will write a parody of those war school novels like:
MC: I'm a tough kid from the streets ready to learn cruelty and brutality. I will kill my friends if need be.
Teacher: WTF, NO! Just solve this calculus problem
MC:🥺 I would rather kill my friends. please🥺
MC: I'm a tough kid from the streets ready to learn cruelty and brutality. I will kill my friends if need be.
Teacher: WTF, NO! Just solve this calculus problem
MC:🥺 I would rather kill my friends. please🥺
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away for we have sacrificed the snow day upon the altar of telework
January 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away for we have sacrificed the snow day upon the altar of telework
Lots of fiction (e.g. the matrix) suggests that humans are inherently skeptical of paradise, but speaking as someone soon to be living in 2025 could we give it a shot and see if we could learn to live with a POSITIVE nagging sense of unreality for once?
December 12, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Lots of fiction (e.g. the matrix) suggests that humans are inherently skeptical of paradise, but speaking as someone soon to be living in 2025 could we give it a shot and see if we could learn to live with a POSITIVE nagging sense of unreality for once?
Replayed Bastion by @supergiantgames.bsky.social recently, and it's still a damn good game more than a decade later. The music, art, and emotional beats are simply incredible
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Replayed Bastion by @supergiantgames.bsky.social recently, and it's still a damn good game more than a decade later. The music, art, and emotional beats are simply incredible