Hello, since you're here anyway, would you please take a moment to read and share this beautiful letter written by the husband of a palliative cancer patient (me) in support of the nurses of Kaiser Permanente?

mishellbaker.com/pushing-back/

I am simultaneously delighted and horrified that I have arrived at a time where Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” is grocery store music.

Wow… the “fire and ash” are what is left after this review! 😂

Scientists have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at MIT, who was shot at his home on Monday

go.nature.com/3MI0sUD

A dangerous provision is being considered by the Senate that would prevent states from regulating AI for ten years with no federal alternative.

We must tell Congress to oppose this ten year ban on AI regulation immediately.

Me? Well I'm living by the sword and only reading the first half of aphorisms

The Senate is considering a bill that would prevent states from making any regulations on AI for ten years with no federal alternative.

This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.

The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.

This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.

Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.

And while we’re on the subject of Barrett’s Privateers…

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org

“…Spotify is already structuring the musical world through the musicians it now governs, musicians who alter their creative process to align with its machinic logics. Human expression bends toward the platform’s embedded telos: keeping listeners locked in a passive, lean-back consumptive state.”

An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.

It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.

Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

Jeffrey Goldberg in the group chat