This is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA). There is no complicated math: they ask you to subtract a single digit number from a 2-digit number less than 100, and do it 5 times in a row. You can see an example below. Either he's lying, he thinks it's hard, or he forgot the question.

Abrego Garcia should apply for compensation from the weaponization fund

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social: Is Sports Journalism Dead? Bezos Speaks Google's Killer Search PLUS: Great stories about covering Wemby w/ @mikefinger.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0t5X...

CREW's tracking of Trump has found that on his 486 days in office, he's visited the properties he owns and profits from 245 times. That's more than half the time... That says everything you need to know about his priorities.

“.. Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao, was pardoned by President Trump in October.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I listened to Suicide for the first time in a few years. Whenever I see this ignorant nostalgia, I think of songs like "Frankie Teardrop". Even the recent past had anxiety and violence. It's a time we should learn from, but not repeat.

Before 2028, the Democratic Party has to grapple with root-level reclamation of power from the executive branch, undoing almost a century of slow weakening of Congress. No big original ideas needed: Just undo what was done. But the commitment needs to be explicit and specific ASAP.

Today's must read thread.

I'm all for holding people to account for their actions, but Raul Castro is 94 years old. On the other hand, I would support sending Trump to jail at 94, if not sooner.

UN: Around 30,000 people have had to flee their homes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas following a new wave of violent attacks and atrocities perpetrated by armed gangs over the past ten days.

My latest: I wrote about Trump's Golden Statue. And as a former Christian, let me hold y'all's hand when I say...the Trump figure is not the modern version of "golden calf". If you know your Bible, the statue represents something far worse. karenattiah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

I believe the answer is all of the above. Unlike social media where being able to build communities online is compelling but the trade off is terrible people can do so too, there’s no similar positive AI narrative to counterbalance the tradeoffs for normal people.

Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

It's worth noting that the Jan6 fund ($1.8b) divided by the US adult population (270m) is $6.66 (ironic, isn't it?). We can either look at this as all of us is due $6.66 for all the political pain we have suffered or we will all be giving a Jan6er $6.66 for wrecking the capital building.

Great to see ABC news doing this - that's Rebel News panicking because if everyone does it they no longer have a business model @news.abc.net.au

Now that he's no longer under audit, does this mean he releases his tax returns?

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if there's no value to publishers in letting Google reference them, they should not let Google access their content.

The kill gos to F-16 but posted pic should raise a question. Romania? Yup, fighter pair didn't come from Estonian base of Ämari but Lithuanian Šiauliai Air Base. So Romanian 🇷🇴 fighter from Lithuania 🇱🇹 shot down hostile drone in Estonia 🇪🇪 aided by Sweden 🇸🇪. Now that's #NATO! #StrongerTogether

Trump’s foreign policy is a policy of white supremacy www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Incredible numbers from Sweden on the dangers of e-scooters. In 2016, 8 people in Sweden were injured in accidents involving e-scooters. In 2024, 4,407 were injured and 5 were killed. Putting motorized scooters out in cities where drunk people and kids can take them seems utterly irresponsible.

On this day in 1848, Mexico ratified Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending Mexican-American War. Mexico ceded to US territory seen on map as “Mexican Cession;” US paid Mexico $15 million. Many Americans viewed war as a southern plot to gain more territory for slavery expansion. Image: ssc.wisc.edu

Yechiel Leiter, who is the Israeli ambassador to the United States, earlier today said that Bernie Sanders is not a Jew but instead a "a Communist, who may have Jewish pedigree". "That doesn't make him a Jew."

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Am I the only one that didn't see contact between Ogura and Acosta? #motogp

Quadruple-header in Montreal sports today: Charge at Victoire, 2pm at Place Bell, TSN1, RDS Fire at CF Montréal, 4:30pm at Saputo Stadium, Apple TV Roses at Calgary, 5pm, TSN5, RDS Sabres at Canadiens, 8pm at Bell Centre, CBC/SN/ABC/TVA Sports

Now that US companies will be able to report financial data every 6 months, will that mean that their sales team's success are measured every 6 months too? 🤔

I just finished reading a bio of Stephen and Katie Miller in the FT. The article mentions how the Millers felt threatened by chaulk messages outside their house. The messages were deemed by police to be Non-threatening and incleded, "Stephen Miller is traumatizing children", "Refugees Welcome",

New PRESS BOX: Another Bari Controversy Nick Kristof Farewell to a Play-by-Play Man Netflix for All Seasons PLUS: Big Senate races, the Dems' gameplan, 2028, and more w/ Vox's @benjysarlin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5LoV...

"I need the most on the nose statement of populism you have"

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

*Every* Labour leader faces a hostile press: none of them fucked up as hard and fast as Starmer has.

I've often thought about how hard it is to convert a conservative voter, because their views are often not results driven. @hueyli.bsky.social adds more to the anti-feminist aspects of the modern Conservative movement in this video.

At this point, isn't the only way the Strait of Hormuz will be open is if the US pays a big fat reparation to Iran?

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One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

$20 trillion in productive wealth has been diverted to cleaning up natural disasters, but we’re no longer allowed to talk about the reasons why Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

These people will likely be sent to a military prison where they will face interrogaiton at a minimum. People returned to Myanmar from Thailand have been forcibly conscripted, and conscripts have been used in human wave attacks across the country as the Junta continues to fight the spring revolution

Two Finnish #Defence Forces videos from a recent exercise illustrate one of the hidden strengths of #Finland's Comprehensive Security system. Two civilian construction companies build a military bridge. Then it is blown up to simulate enemy attack. Then they repair it. youtu.be/XBg8-fK7Rbo?...

I really would like to figure out what rich private jet owner is behind the shell company Psalm 52:8 LLC. The cruelties they've enabled with their earthly riches has made them ineligible for eternal reward. If you have any tips, please signal me at gbrockell.44.

An ICE removal flight operated by Journey Aviation just landed in Myanmar--the second time this year. Migrants onboard will have been shackled for 19+ hours. Previous Burmese deportees were immediately sent to a nearby torture prison, per @jamesstout.bsky.social. gillianbrockell.com/three-craven...

The brand new yearbook of The Comics Archive is right now being produced. Here the process with the glue binder attaching the cover to the interior pages.

All the time. When I teach the history of sex and sexuality, I remind students that the period between 1942 and 1982 are the forty short years when sex was 'safe', after penicillin and before HIV/AIDs.

Chances are good that jazz fusion will come up at any given moment on THE YACHT OR NYACHT PODCAST, available wherever pods are cast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Just for laughs, it would be fun if the EU or China signed a mutual defense treaty with Iran. After Pres Blowhard whined about no one helping, someone should leaked that they were negotiating one.

An ink shortage caused by the Middle East conflict is forcing Japan’s biggest potato-chip maker to tone down its packaging

“.. Bubbles are inflationary because they grossly misallocate capital. So while Data Center construction is going wild (+34% y/y), NFIB Small Business Capex plans are at recessionary levels.” - RBAdvisers

Today would be a good day for the Democratic Party to promise to increase the size of the house to discourage petty gerrymander efforts and help reps truly represent their constituents.

Oh dear. Motogp can be painful and unforgiving.