DC statehood yesterday

It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll.

People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

“Within a week she seemed back to normal. What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain, poised to exact a terrible toll years later…. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”

Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing The April 22 Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the first official testimony for Martinez, who demands that federal agents be held accountable for her shooting.

Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing

@tinasfon.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Virginia governor, advocates remember Dr. Cerina Fairfax Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women.

Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women

keep seeing this take (maybe sometimes a joke?) and I get it, I can’t stand Vance - but there’s a reason excommunication is so rare and can even be lifted later. it is considered a BFD to cut someone off from the sacraments. and in this case would just give JDV way more attention than he deserves.

A screenshot of the linked pdf showing the hardcover bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction, with an arrow pointing to an image of my book cover

THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME DEBUTED AT #9 ON THE INDIE BESTSELLER LIST!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

What I love most about this is that it means people are supporting indie bookstores ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
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and their kids were home at the time, dear god

describing a murder/suicide as an “ongoing domestic dispute” is certainly a choice

How Trump’s Clash With Pope Leo Turned Into a Fight Over Theology

I do love the fact that their misuse of “just war” has pushed bishops to explain what just war doctrine actually is www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

I guess, but I can’t really take seriously any Catholic who doesn’t just find this whole thing extremely funny

members of the press, I too have a “feud” with the pope, in that I disagree with him about things and he does not care in the slightest

honestly it’s hilarious that he’s trying to fight the pope and the pope is like “I don’t think about you at all”

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Who Gets Guggenheims? - Public Books Unfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe.

Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities

www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

same 💛

kwanzan cherry!!

the kids have taken it further and call her “peppyogi” and “peppyroni”

Peggy kisses have also been delivered 🫡

someday! also whoever said dogs don’t understand or appreciate (gentle, non-entrapping) hugs and kisses never met Peggy

can never have too much golden joy

I feel this, I live this

FIZZY MY IDOL

mattie, we seriously call her this all the time because of you!!!

honestly she would love that!!

we love to help

a joyful golden retriever mid-sprint through green grass under a canopy of pink cherry blossoms

i feel like you all need this

omg Chanda I think about it all. the. time.

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldIn her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shared with her audience an abiding sense of wonder at the cosmos, while imagining a world without the entrenched injustice that plagues her field. Now, in The Edge of Space-Time, she embraces that cosmic wonder, taking readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe, inviting us to spend time at the edge of what we know about space-time and about ourselves.Guided by her conviction that for humanity to go forward we must know our cosmic past, and drawing on poetry and popular culture—from Langston Hughes, Queen Latifah, and Lewis Carroll, to Big K.R.I.T., Sun Ra, and Star Trek—Prescod-Weinstein renders accessible some of the most abstract concepts of theoretical physics to tell fascinating stories about the history and fundamental nature of our universe. Here we meet the quantum cat that is both dead and alive, learn the difference between dark matter and dark energy, explore the inner workings of black holes, and investigate the possibility of a unified theory of quantum gravity, following our guide out to the far reaches of the cosmic event horizon and down to the tiniest (and queerest) neutrino. Along the way, she calls on us to resist colonial approaches to space exploration and instead imagine a better path forward in our pursuit of humanity’s undeniable connection with the stars.Through Prescod-Weinstein’s clear-eyed and unique perspective, and informed by her deep knowledge of postcolonial history and Black feminist thought, The Edge of Space-Time argues that physics is an essential way for everyone to look at the universe and presents a compelling case that “the edge” is a powerful vantage point from which to see the big picture.

The Edge of Space-Time is an especially urgent and valuable read *right now*, with our beautiful home in peril and science under attack. It will teach you a lot and it will also remind you of the importance of storytelling, of our shared inheritance as dreamers, of the future we have to fight for