You're about 1 step away from staying at a cabin at Walden Pond for 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days.

"Get the policy right and the politics will follow" is just not remotely true.

... and it's amazing the diversity of scientists among FAS, Harvard Med, HSPH, and the hospitals. It'll take some time for the institutional forces to really fail, but if we whipsaw between D and R admins, it will crumble.

I think an international endowment for scientific research would make a lot of sense. Still, I doubt that any physical location is in a place to create the community that has existed in American universities. I work at Harvard with scientific instrument facilities ...

US scientific leadership didn't just depend on consistent science funding across administrations, it depended on a relatively welcoming environment for immigrants at all levels of academia.

Recovery may take a generation AFTER the American right returns to sanity which could be a while.

One of the articles I read about the destruction of US scientific leadership pointed to the Chinese Cultural Revolution where, among other things, scientists were sent to work on farms. Once China turned away from Mao and the CCP decided they wanted science back, it took a generation+.

This is 100% true

This is great and every effort should be made to keep the country together on this, but I think we have to face the reality that half of this country is going to continue to be a bunch of dolts for some time now.

I would, in parallel, start empowering regional entities managed by the states.

built pyramids and calendars, China, India, and on and on. I'm sure you know all this, but I'm not sure he does. They all say so many things that are profoundly shallow that it's hard to believe that they know better.

Well, his "some cultures produce wonders and others suck" bit makes me wonder how deep his humanities training is. Look at any "culture" in the world and at some time or another they have produced "wonders". North African Muslims developed math and astronomy, Central and South American cultures

As damning as this article is, it is replete with sane-washing. "The president’s impulsive style". Give me a break.

I've heard this! Might get a job in a theater so I can see it as soon as it's out.

Minnesota Still Cleaning Up after Pam Bondi's Trophy Stunt - emptywheel I’ve been closely tracking two sets of cases in Minnesota: (1) the Don Lemon conspiracy case, in which (among other things) DOJ arrested and then dismissed the case against the wrong woman, and (2) th...

From last night: Minnesota Still Cleaning Up after Pam Bondi's Trophy Stunt

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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed.

We must get rid of Palantir altogether.

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One of my favorite comfort movies is Constantine. Kid you not. Probably not what you're looking for.

Good man

Mike Nellis @MikeNellis "I'M NO LONGER CATHOLIC!" Hannity ABANDONS HIS FAITH for Trump NELLIS X.com • +*+

Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism

Damn. You. Are. Good.

You are fast becoming one of my favorite Congresspeople

This doesn’t require Constitutional amendment. It doesn’t require that we wait until the White House and Senate are politically aligned to effectuate more ethical, rule-of-law driven court expansion. We could do it today. And we should.

It would also use Congress’ power under Article 3 to limit SCOTUS’ appellate jurisdiction and move much of that to a randomly selected panel of Senior Circuit court judges. In combination, that would effectively eliminate SCOTUS’ ability to act as a political, rather than judicial entity.

My bill, the Restoring Judicial Separation of Powers Act would, among other things force SCOTUS to provide written, signed explanations of all their decisions. casten.house.gov/imo/media/do...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

If you are as infuriated as you read this as I am, know that Congress not only has the power to fix the abuse of the Shadow Docket but also that the legislation is already drafted. We just need to get it to the floor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

John Roberts is and always has been Sam Alito with better PR

he has declared himself and his fellow republican justices the unelected rulers of America and they have wielded their power in favor of making Donald Trump of all people untouchable

the court as it exists today must be broken

The next Democratic president will encounter significant challenges and must demonstrate assertiveness, unlike previous administrations. It is crucial to pursue accountability for those involved and their affluent supporters in the aftermath of the Trump era.

The Markets love to present themselves as a measure of objective reality and not the consensus among youngish, white, rich men who will lose their jobs and social circle if they say anything bad about Trump in the racist group chat.

While I like her in Congressional hearings, I really don't get the sense that she's the right person to build the inter-state coalitions that we need going forward. And without California, such efforts will be hard to pull off.