everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"
Prescient.
“Mr. Obama had been one of just 22 senators to vote against Chief Justice Roberts’s confirmation in 2005, saying that the nominee had ‘far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.’”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
Beginning to think that the Trump presidential library, like TrumpCoin, or in an earlier era, his hotels, is just a useful front for processing bribes to the President.
A VERY LARGE pinkish tardigrade on green mossy surface, all from cake.
Another shot of the cake, plus info tags.
Gotta show you this tardigrade cake I saw at the American Museum of Natural History.
"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"
"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"
This is an incredible bit of work, reflecting a *ton* of work learning, analyzing, discussing, & negotiating the issues. It will improve life for everyone in the state. And it's likely to get effectively zero national attention.
Italy passed a law that allows up to 3 days off to care for ill pets.
Rehabilitation of the Dandelion!
No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.
“Memphis is now being asked to believe that becoming a hub for artificial intelligence will secure its economic future. But economic development that does not center environmental protection, public health, and equitable access to opportunity is not development. It is extraction.”
File under "dudes are not okay." Crossfile under "the economy is not okay."
Seriously it makes me so sad his fans don’t see it?
Big fan of the Internet Wayback Machine. Not a fan of vanishing stories.
For example, there’s no longer an electronic archive of articles from when I wrote for my hometown paper early in my career. I have to ask a friend to physically go to one library branch and make a copy for me for my records.
The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.
"How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities?" has been a standard question for new federal job applicants since Trump changed federal hiring policies.
Hope that makes you feel better about air travel.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-politi...
Come on, Hungary, make it a terrible weekend for JD Vance
the leader of SECDEF Pete Hegseth's church held a conference announcing their vision (read: plan) of an america that bans non-"christian" religions, allows slavery, banning 'public' expression of LGBT identity, arguing for a "sexual gestapo" (their words), broadly banning women's vote, etc...
this was a bad idea from people that are unbelievably high off their own supply
"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."
If only there was a website with all the info parents need to find child care in New York City, including a map with every licensed provider in each neighborhood…
Oh wait! Now there is: nyc.gov/childcare
A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.
I think not enough people understand that the pushback against renewables and EV's is money.
Without getting too in the weeds: renewables cannot ever be as profitable as oil and gas.
EV's don't make as much money as gas guzzlers.
That's it. That's all you really need to know.
Wait a minute. Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams promised me that New York would descend into anarchy the second Mamdani was sworn in as mayor.
www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
“The Song of Other Things” is a poem
made from disambiguation statements posted at the beginning of Wikipedia articles -> thebaffler.com/poems/excerp... @marjeec.bsky.social shared this with me and it really shows she gets me. Always up for contemporary Borgesian vibes.
Stephen Miller urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis.
Social media really exposes how many people use progressive politics as cover to bully. It sucks.
Photo of a second hand store at the Helsinki airport
Finland has a huge second-hand clothing culture. Tons of gorgeous stores, even in the airport. It’s absolutely brilliant
