The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
When I see an asshole with a Cybertruck illegally parked in front of a school, I run the plates on that dickwagon. What a surprise: 14 school zone speeding tickets and two red light tickets in 2025!
one of the most memorable experiences I had in college was asking my organic chemistry professor a question and him saying "I don't know - let's find out!" and then talking me through a lab experiment.
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
Is The Onion publishing under a pseudonym of WSJ or is the WSJ publishing stories that should be in The Onion?? 🤦♂️
My folks are not on X, and neither am I (bc it’s a cesspool and owned by a terrible person). So how will my parents, in-laws, etc know what’s going on or learn of changes???
After I published this piece I went on PBS to explain what was happening. Clear and simple explanations about the details of what the Trump administration do matter, because most people are appalled by what is happening.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
The destruction of American science continues apace. Early career people are the most likely to be seeking to leave. One of my about-to-graduate PhDs is seriously considering a job offer in Germany, even though it would involve lower pay. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Also worth noting that Welch only deployed that famous line because McCarthy broke an agreement not to publicly smear an employee of that same big law firm (Hale and Dorr).
If Welch hadn’t stood up for his junior colleague, we wouldn’t have that turning point for McCarthyism.
I question the comparison to Trump. Over the past several years corporate media bent over backwards to normalize him while good journalists were screaming from the rafters about what was happening. This time around the media didn’t miss the rise of a tyrant, its willful ignorance at best.
So weird how the media's fixation on grocery prices generally, and egg prices specifically, magically disappeared on January 20, 2025. 🤔
“There are nearly 133,000 people in New York City shelters, but the cost of housing is making the city unaffordable for what used to be called middle-income families…”
www.prweb.com/releases/jer...
Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe - Popular Mechanics
About 1,000 children of the 7,600 kids living in migrant shelters whose families got notices to leave city shelters since the end of June — have left the public school system, representatives of the city’s Office of Asylum Seekers disclosed at a City Council hearing Tuesday.
Will Rogers rings as true today as when he observed life nearly 100 yrs ago
Fascinating and scary use of 3D printing. Printing live neural networks created from brain cells that potentially ends up with a consciousness. Article has no mention or discussion of any moral or ethical considerations in creating a consciousness.
www.wired.com/story/a-lab-...
Our first skeet is the way Jack Dorsey probably intended it — with unsolicited advice and an external link to our reporting. Since Bluesky is in its early days, @morgansung.bsky.social’s advice is vital if it’s going to thrive: protect the marginalized communities that shape this platform’s culture
The way we build & grow social networks and apps can amplify and exacerbate the existing inequities in society. But it doesn’t have to be that way. (This piece is from 7 years ago; it’s about how networks are shaped by who gets access.) medium.com/humane-tech/network-ineq...
Our little Bluesky had an amazing weekend. How should it capitalize on that? I have four suggestions in my free column this week: https://www.platformer.news/p/blueskys-big-moment
After the twit exodus it’s been fascinating watching people publicly try on different experiences searching for the right blend/balance of culture, conduct & capability. It’s like a massive online charrette to include the most broad and diverse perspectives.
