This ran on *A1 last Saturday,* but they waited till 4pm Friday to blast it out over email, just to maximally lay waste to pleasure

"Thinking of celebrating the end of another week which didn't bring the death of untold millions? Here's why that's a bad idea."

An email subject line from the New York Times newsletter reading "The condition that causes sober people to get drunk"

Every Friday at approximately an hour before quitting time, the NYT slides into my inbox with a fresh batch of anti-alcohol zealotry

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

I've never read her! 😳

It'd be nice if the discourse around HP and JKR could lead more readers to DWJ as an alternative

Diana Wynne Jones is criminally underrated

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if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

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I love "after that" as a release schedule. I heartily subscribe to the "make it, and then, after that" publishing cadence

So... when does it drop???

Few non-Mainers know the city of Bangor, Maine, is pronounced "BANG-gore" (fittingly, as it's where Stephen King lives)

Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

Good reporting from NPR on how U.S. federal agencies are simply buying people's private information and location data to use in investigations — without getting warrants.

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

This has been flying under the radar outside of atmospheric science circles, I think, but it's terrible: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...
The work at NCAR is essential to scientific understandings of Earth's atmosphere and weather. Dismantling it is a huge blow to that research when we need it most.

South Portland hoping to buy Walgreens as site for police station Mayor Elyse Tipton said the potential acquisition is on track to go to city voters this fall.

Meanwhile, SoPo public safety will be asking residents, who preferred Kamala Harris by 51 points in 2024, for an $87 million bond for a new police and fire station this fall www.pressherald.com/2026/03/05/s...

Portland approves purchase of police drone after delaying decision last fall After months of debate, police officials convinced city councilors that the device would not be used to violate privacy and would not be accessed by federal agencies.

After that testimony, City Council approved the purchase of a $45,000 police drone, per @pressherald.com www.pressherald.com/2026/03/03/p...

Text quoted from the Portland Press Herald, March 13 2026: "At a meeting this month as Portland city councilors considered buying a new police drone, they asked Dubois for information about his department’s interactions with ICE. “The only interaction we would have with them is securing public safety if something were to happen in one of their enforcement initiatives and it resulted in something where 911 was being called,” Dubois said at the March 2 meeting. “Something to that effect, where we would respond naturally anyway.”"

Portland police chief Mark Dubois appears to have misled Portland City Council when asked about interactions with federal authorities earlier this month

Text messages quoted in the Portland Press Herald, March 13 2026. HSI agent Jeffrey Larocque writes "Appreciate the help and hopefully tonight will be uneventful! We certainly pissed off the libs!" Major Jason King of the Portland Police Department responds, "Haha for sure. We are watching the anti you protest now but they are going to Longfellow square and then leaving. We are making plans to arrest people tonight if needed."

Portland PD also coordinated with HSI over surveilling and deterring anti-immigration protests in Portland

Image of text messages from the Portland Press Herald, March 13 2026: "On Saturday, Jan. 24, after several days of arrests, Larocque wrote, “Over 200 illegals taken off your hands. My team had two runners (Dominicans drug targets) but the young guys and gals chased them down at Market Basket.” “Nice work. Thank you for the difficult job you all have keep up the good work, stay safe!” replied South Portland police Chief Daniel Ahern. [...] “The boss said over 260 arrests which is not bad for 4 days. Lots of African sexual assaults and Domestics. They’re going back to their shithole countries,” [Larocque] texted.

SoPo PD chief Daniel Ahern congratulated HSI agent Jeffrey Larocque on the immigration arrests

Portland, South Portland police texted with immigration agent during surge operation in Maine Records obtained by the Press Herald reveal how local officials communicated with a federal officer, including on the surveillance of protesters, when more than 200 arrests were made in late January.

Portland, South Portland police involved in racist, partisan group chat with federal immigration officers, @pressherald.com reports www.pressherald.com/2026/03/12/p...

Dialing In the Audio Flux Podcast Dialing In the Audio Flux Podcast - Transom

The best thing about my job hosting Sound School is talking w/ smart people producing creative stories. Like on the latest ep. @jatomic.bsky.social & John Delore dive deep into how they brought @audioflux.bsky.social from idea to podcast. @prx.org @transom.bsky.social

A cover of “Men’s Cooking” magazine with the cover story: “The Pesto Challenge,” with font over a sexual mortar and pestle of pesto, subheads read “sex & food in the mood” and “hunting for abalone”

we need to bring back men’s cooking magazine. look at that cover, not a protein in sight

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

MURDER AT THE U Episode 1: Chillin’ with the Canes Podcast Episode · 30 for 30 Podcasts · S16 E1 · 38m

I've been working on this series for most of the past year. It's a story about a college athlete who was murdered in Miami nearly 20 years ago. It's also a story about police and prosecutorial missteps, blunders, and whoppers. And about the dedicated reporters who stuck with the case

Correct AI take

Video: Rare Giant Phantom Jelly Spotted in Deep Waters Near Argentina Scientists had a rare encounter with a giant phantom jelly during a dive off of Argentina in the Atlantic Ocean.

Just another day as one of these scared little blue fishes eating parasites off the giant phantom jelly I call home www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...

All wildlife videos must feature rhyming captions from now on

Two shootings on opposite sides of the planet shed light on America's exceptional culture of gun violence. www.pbump.net/o/twin-shoot...