Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Gordon Monson should have waited one more day before penning this defense of Jazz front office strategy. No one tanks like my Jazz.

Groups of dead birds found in my county appear to be positive for bird flu. hudsonvalley.news12.com/preliminary-...

Wife encountered some creepy old guy at Walmart going around asking people which halftime show they watched and giving grief to people who said bad bunny. This is what it has come to folks..

I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.

Post a banger that isn't English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RhC...

My annual Prime membership ends this week and I decided not to renew, opting to try Walmart+ instead. This is great timing since Walmart+ comes with Peacock, thus enabling me to watch the Superbowl and Olympics the same month Bezos decided to implode an institution in journalism.

This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year. She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again. Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/

Here's my #dataviz showing the resurgence of measles in the U.S. by week in 2025. I separated out the top 5 states with outbreaks, starting in TX, then on to NM, AZ, UT and then over to SC. At least 1 case in almost every state. The SC outbreak is still going strong.

Question for the masses: is there an ethical advantage to Walmart Plus over Amazon Prime? At least one Walton (Christy) is anti-Trump and I'm not sure if the others hobnob at Mar-a-Lago like Bezos. Just considering alternatives for getting stuff in a rural area for no particular reason today..

"Kid Rock is now a vocal conservative, and suddenly the standards disappear." Yup, his planned alt-superbowl halftime show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of conservative Christianity today. relevantmagazine.com/current/oped...

Reptile Handler At Birthday Party Ruthlessly Heckled By 6-Year-Old For Showing Amphibian https://theonion.com/reptile-handler-at-birthday-party-ruthlessly-heckled-by-6-year-old-for-showing-amphibian/

If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.

I know David Brooks gets grief on here, but just a reminder that there are much worse pundits out there, like this bootlicker they got to fill in for him on PBS news hour. I usually enjoy the respectful dialogue on this segment, but poor Capehart was about to lose it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO8t...

When I think about measles I think about the number 1,000. Thats the number that epidemiologists use to explain harm from measles in children. With 1,000 cases, about 200 children will require hospitalization, 50 will develop pneumonia, and one to three will die. South Carolina is at 789.

I watched HBO's "The Smashing Machine" and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Not knowing anything about the subject of the movie, I was expecting it to have a sadder ending than it did.

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Great to see my state making this investment in public health. The Wadsworth Center, for those unfamiliar, is the largest and most sophisticated state public health lab. In 2030, it will be even larger. Super important during these times of divestment in the CDC. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Part of me thinks the danger of this winter storm is dramatized because it's hitting half the country at once. But part of me also picked up a propane heater at Walmart yesterday, just in case.

I just don't know what to say anymore about how bad this has become. Here, I'm only venting to the choir. On facebook, everyone who hasn't unfollowed me by now already knows how I feel. I post anyway. But man, if people don't see it on their own by now, I just don't hold out much hope for them.

Nature story about the appropriations "minibus" bill and NIH www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/4

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I know I'm about 2 weeks late to the party, and even later in paying attention to what ASAP Rocky is doing, but this is the catchiest tune I've heard in a long time. And great video, featuring Winona Rider, Danny Elfman, and Thundercat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp0...

It's penguin awareness day, which made me think of Werner Herzog's nihlist penguin, the sadest penguin video you'll ever see. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTU...

Every day, my boy takes out this piece of the marble tower and leaves on the floor in the exact same spot. I'll never know why 🤷‍♂️ #autismdad

This just in from the Wall Street Journal: a rich dude bought a house. Stay tuned for more captivating journalism. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

If you're feeling a little discouraged about your rights being trampled on here in the U.S., might I suggest streaming KEXP this morning. The DJ is breaking out every great protest song known to man and I'm loving it. kexp.org

I don't often brag about being an alumni of Salt Lake Community College, but this makes me kind of proud. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

There's a lot of bad stuff happening right now obviously, but it's hard for me to describe how much relief I feel at the Senate passing the science minibus. This is big-time, real-world consequences for a lot of people who need to keep getting paychecks and health insurance

Calling all turtle biologists looking for work... www.oriannesociety.org/careers/?v=f...

Chipotle rolls out high protein menu. Coincidence? Maybe. But we'll probably see others cashing in on RFK's protein fetish.

Kind of strange that Nick Shirley, a returned missionary, seems unfamiliar with the word benevolent. I figured every LDS kid knows this word because it appears in the church's 13th article of faith, which primary kids sing and memorize.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

It's also "hit the brakes" to stop rather than "hit the breaks", "toe the line" instead of "tow the line", to be "fazed" by something rather than "phased" by it, and "for all intents and purposes" rather than "for all intensive purposes". While we're at it.

It's a dark day. Do your self a favor and hear what Dr. Goodall has to say as she reflects on the end of her life. Some people never stop being heroes.

Bluesky for the win.

My latest for @scenichudson.bsky.social is a profile of a local artist using her own dyes made from plants to make these beautiful stencil cut out Japanese folk art pieces inspired by birds and wildlife in the Hudson Valley. www.scenichudson.org/viewfinder/s...

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Pleased to see the Pixies make an appearance on the Stranger Things finale, but had I been consulted on the soundtrack, I might have suggested 'Gouge Away' or 'Wave of Mutilation' from their 1989 album. More appropriate for the subject matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuHe...

The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.

Cavs lost but that 3 by Mitchell at the end to put them within 1 was sick. Still bitter at my home state team for letting this guy slip away. www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcn...

I kind of wish the 12 days of Christmas spanning from Dec. 25 to the feast of the Epiphany on Jan 6th was celebrated more widely. But maybe since those Mariah Carey piano notes start playing on the radio well before Thanksgiving these days, I can see why people are ready to move on by Boxing Day.

Just made this recipe yet again, probably my favorite pancake recipe. Sharing in case anyone is looking for Christmas holiday breakfast ideas. www.pbs.org/food/recipes...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

"The Montclair authors note, 'In the last five years, the term has gone from being nearly unused on Twitter (later X) in 2020 to being prominent in the current context.' I don’t think we know yet how the cruelty online is going to translate into schools and other communities, but I’m not optimistic"

A nice little low-budget Christmas movie starring someone who looks like a young Robert Redford. www.imdb.com/title/tt1109... Free on Prime (under a different title: Noelle) if you're looking for something different to watch. www.amazon.com/Noelle-David...