Thanks for the gift article! I’ve been a Lehrer fan since childhood — my Mom had an original copy of his first album — but I was today years old when I learned he attended Loomis Chaffee here in CT!

And if you’re looking
For adventure
Of a new and different kind
And you run across a Girl Scout
Who is similarly inclined,
Don’t be nervous,
Don’t be frightened,
Don’t be scared;
Be prepared!

I doubt it ever will be rebuilt: The very idea of government doing science in the public interest has been so demonized that it’s hard to imagine recovering it. Whatever we can’t save now will be gone for good; the best-case scenario is that the rest of the world picks up some of the slack.

She was effectively the chief administrator of Epstein’s child rape organization, and suddenly MAGA is treating her like a potential savior????

The “right way” is apparently a tax on U.S. consumers, which falls most heavily on the poorest, because they spend the largest percentage of their income on purchasing goods. 😡😡😡

Absolutely! I owe it to my family to try not to die, but I think the current available options — Dragon/Falcon 9, New Shepard, and Virgin Galactic — are safe enough that I could go with a clear conscience.

How sure are we that “lamo” isn’t just a misspelling of “lmao”? 😏