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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil Dash anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...

there’s a ton of important detail in this first interview of Ilhan Omar since the homeland security raid on her house, including something she says almost in passing—she and her family have to move now, because her address was made public, and they receive too many death threats to stay there now

Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

Yknow one thing I'd like to see come out of authors' mass rejection of AI is crediting of the human editors and proofreaders (and typesetters? Is there still an electronic typesetter out there?) who make a book happen. Perhaps on the copyright page with all the tiny type? But there.

The new Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity has launched and it includes new sections about AI in research. These could have big consequences for how Dutch universities adopt GenAI in research and education. www.knaw.nl/en/publicati... ⬇️

Ossoff: "It's the most corrupt administration of all time & everybody knows it. While the crook president & his crook family rake in billions from all over the world, you pay more for everything... they lied us into war & spent most of the last year covering up for the world's most famous pedophile"

Ossoff: "Foster kids don't have lobbyists or a super PAC. Neither do the women subjected to medical abuse in ICE detention. Neither do the female inmates sexually abused by the warden and the chaplain in their federal prison ... they deserve leaders who see them"

Da Mooch has been waiting, coiled like a rattler, for this moment.

1/ If you’re in D.C. for AUSA’s conference, we want to hear from you. We’ve been reporting on the $1 trillion dollar black hole of the U.S. military budget, and we’re looking for insiders to help us find out: Is all of that money really making our country safer?

This is how you write a headline.

School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

I dunno. Maybe it’s time newsroom executives told Trump to go fuck himself, and told their reporters to stop treating him like a normal president. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...

If and when we get the truth and reconciliation process, and an American Nuremberg underway, the number of Trump lackeys who will say “I was only following orders” will rival that of the Nazis after World War II

So, the reason we mock horrible fascists is not to make fascists change their minds. It is to show they are mockable. It breaks the veneer of respectability and power. It gives others social permission to mock them. Satire is poisonous to power because it makes opposition both fun and collaborative.

Holy shit.

This is as clearly as I've seen this spelled out. If the PCSA smelled off to you but you didn't know quite why, this interview offers very lucid proof that you were correct. defector.com/an-antitrust...

Ossof brings the heat!

the AI industry is full of people who would automate away playing with a kitten

It's worth noting that the decision to kill him by firing squad - chosen for its symbolism, according to Hegseth - gets the symbolism entirely backwards. For example: we hung the Nazis convicted at Nuremburg, instead of giving them the death by firing squad they would have preferred.

NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter

A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

I feel like this must have been done but I haven’t seen it.

Lots of talk about defending "Western civilization" these days, so here's Richard Wright on what it means to be Western:

Same, but I feel like I had to escape on a floatplane with some dude and his pet snake.

Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts."

Short, smart read on reading economic indicators in an age of monopoly. dylanratigan.substack.com/p/the-tech-m...

Should be reposted every month....

This thread. Hazing happens when leaders accept it, and stops when leaders won't tolerate it.

If it's any consolation, while someone who writes a plan like "The fastest way to get across a minefield is by running" may succeed without stepping on a mine, anyone who does this once and succeeds will think they've discovered "one weird trick" and just keep doing it until they step on a mine.

33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.

After blathering on about Fox News' negative space with @gregsargent.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, @janecoaston.bsky.social, and @johnfugelsang.bsky.social I've finally written out a proper piece laying out the concept.

IT IS TIME. buff.ly/pykYN6f

JD Vance: "The message is don't give power to the crazy people who started these problems in the first place. If you're frustrated about high prices, you have every reason to be."

JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror https://theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-reflection-in-mirror/

"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!

Any news organization that broadcasts the DHS version of events without a tremendous disclaimer is doing their audience a terrible disservice. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...