Shout out to my State school colleagues.

Nothing I can say can add to this. It is perfect. No notes.

We used to use this to sedate bison. They weigh over 1000 pounds. The dose was tiny. I never need to be around this stuff again.

for a party that has so long complained about the dangers of linguist relativity on the left, they sure seem to lean into it pretty hard.

did she just invent direct democracy?

This post dos not contain the shade I want to throw.

both funny and true

I have very occasionally been involved in the debate of wording in policy documents. Each time there is painful scrutiny of how each word will be interpreted by folks who aren't currently in the room. I'm struck by how everyone in this administration assumes nobody new will ever be in the room.

Yeah, we need fewer filters between peoples' thoughts and the rest of the world. This is going to go swimmingly.

She's clearly not spending much time on Twitter/X

This is far more analogous to yelling fire in a crowded theater than it gets credit for

valid point

If Dems take the White House in 2028, what would you fund with the proceeds from melting down all the gilding? (feel free to project how much more gold will go up in the next 2.5 years as things spiral further)

"hazard a guess" has to inspire a lot of investor confidence

And I coined the phrases "Bentley deserts" and "Yacht deserts"**

**Editor's note: not to be confused with "deserts"

Breaking: Trump to appoint Irving Fisher as fed chair

I'll note that the ethical/IP challenges and potential environmental externalities of the AI boom are separate things. Those, are a result of an unconstrained, unregulated bubble and aren't necessarily fundamental to AI (sensu lato). The bubble could very well negate the marginal benefits.

I was part of designing and implementing a MOOC during that boom. It was fun. It is still running. It is not world altering. It is a, at best, a well-organized YouTube channel. Similarly, AI will leave an impression, but the changes will be marginal ... like so many innovations before it.

I’ve spoken to crowds in northeast Ohio bigger than this.

I think that "DOJ to drop charges against insurrectionists so as not to implicate sitting President" is the kind of thing that might warrant an entire chapter in a high school US history book.

Let me tell you about the most exciting betting opportunity in early November.

though strangely, not the natural habitat for humans

I'm so starved for good and uplifting news that I've been rewatching the finishes of the men's and women's Paris-Roubaix and the rider reactions pretty much on repeat since Sunday.

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

You see, if it had been a depiction of him as a giraffe, he would have known better because he aces that cognitive test. This one was clearly much trickier.

I just finished "Trust Me: the false prophet" on Netflix and the parallels are uncanny.

I was routing for Marianne Vos. But Franzi Koch's victory was spectacular!

Chapeau Wout! #parisroubiax
Still hoping American Democracy can pull out the late win ...

Even Bartiromo couldn't hold back an eye roll

Two posts in I was like "wait a minute, where's the bad analogy? I thought I had found a kindred spirit?!?"

You stuck the landing though! I'm glad I'm not the only one.