They have open primaries. There's a run off election regardless.

The article's existence negates its own argument. The fact that the easiest way for an academic to land an opinion piece in The Chronicle or Inside Higher Ed is by offering contrarian takes about how awful academia is suggests a strong desire to look in the mirror.

He has zero idea what a currency swap is. Bet me

Doing this video with a painting of Washington in the background is a level of irony that even he’d probably cross the Delaware again just to get away from

Sick warfighters are the best warfighters.

The best part of this is the ticker showing oil going down as Trump basically signals there will be no quick resolution.

2025 Politico headline: Trump on Texas redistricting: ‘We are entitled to 5 more seats’

John Gramlich skeet quoting Trump in NYT today: Trump: “I don’t know if you know what gerrymandering is, but it’s not good.”

A sowing/reaping for the ages

The Developer In Chief really wants to end the war so he can focus on what's important.

“The MAGA crowd is made of dumb people — like, SUPER dumb people. And they fall for it.”

For my @wired.com feature debut, I talked to Sam, a guy who made thousands of dollars on Instagram by scamming MAGA men with Emily Hart, an AI generated, Trump-loving influencer. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

*There. I said it. Can you untie me from the mast now? This ship is going down.*

Unbelievable

Interesting article.

If we have enough cocaine in the water for this to become a genuine problem for salmon, I'm guessing it will also become a substantial problem for humans as well.

across monarchies, communism, and kleptocracies. The rule of law has always been flexible. It's cultural and perhaps the biggest danger that the current administration presents.

It's as easy as insisting his cronies steal less money, and while I'm sure Putin has said it, it's a rule he's been unwilling or unable to enforce (perhaps because he's been stealing money hand over fist since he first became President). This is a problem RU has has had...

It's not strange. It happens to every Putin satellite. The puppet and RU steal too much money and then the people get pissed.

Menswear writer here. 👋 Let me tell you why you shouldn't wear an armband like that. 🧵

what

No, Rachel. We don't.

Editorial independence?

Pensions

99 red balloons.

Every Knicks coach is bad but they’re all bad in slightly different ways

a cartoon character with glasses and a beard is sitting in a chair ALT: a cartoon character with glasses and a beard is sitting in a chair

*Who would say this war was with, Mr. President.*

I don't know who all the spoiler candidates are, but they need to drop out.

John Bolton calls Iran ceasefire a ‘mistake’ Former national security adviser John Bolton said the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was a “mistake” as it gave Tehran time to prepare for a continued war. “I think it was a…

Bolton is right (heaven help me). Once you started it, you had to finish it, and that meant ending the regime.

Status: Still posting through it.