the writers are not subtle

Yes, do this. "You cannot arrest someone because they are Hispanic" is worth fighting for. It's worth shutting down the government for. And it's worth attracting attention to.

TFW you’re near the end of a paper that has frustrated you throughout, only to see the author suddenly declare, “the point is not to defend any of [the claims expressed in previous sections)”.

What a disgrace. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

RIP Helen. You will be remembered fondly in my heart for years to come.

Unbelievably useless.

On the other hand, “we’re all going to die” anyway.

Vile.

"He had to wait almost four hours for an ambulance to take him to get treatment for a third-degree burn he got while working in the kitchen to make money to call his family" is not a sentence that can be written about a humane society.

One of the best articles on the personal perils and costs of AI. "It feels strange to imagine that, someday soon, we might need to start reminding ourselves to think." www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

Optional reading: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

This is exemplary leadership by Van Hollen and it is beyond outrageous that a White House atrocity necessitates it.

US immigration judges, despite the title, are DOJ employees, so this is not surprising. And Khalil’s lawyers are correct to point out the decision was clearly pre-written. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“According to the center’s 2025 budget justification, two-thirds of its grants typically go to U.S. institutions that partner with groups in low and middle-income countries. Fogarty says it has trained some 7,500 people across 132 countries since 1989.”

This seems silly on its face (Chinese vehicles are already banned de facto), but the context that needs to be kept in mind is that Slotkin is the junior Senator from Michigan who would be up for re-election in … 2030.

“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated” www.newyorker.com/news/deep-st...

It's not at all stunning to me.

famous moments in psychology / cog-sci as lego sets, a thread. 1. Pavlov's dogs.