There is a throughline from the Kavanaugh hearings to Pete Hegseth's Pentagon to Republicans openly calling for repealing the 19th Amendment, and now what was once fringe is now policy and the GOP's closing argument heading into the midterms.

Yeah, the USAID cuts were both evil and stupid. When it comes to pathogens, ignoring someone else's suffering is the best way to make it your own. The trouble with biological systems is selection pressure. Ebola *can* transmit via aerosols, and people infected with... apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...

This was always coming. Always. And history tells us what will come next.

So kids, please don't rely on AI for your papers and projects. It makes stuff up. Its hallucinations are not even internally consistent. And by the time it's done, I'll have been "married" to more guys that Elizabeth Taylor!

It is irresponsible that patients are being left untreated when there are many treatments available to help manage symptoms. How do we lead doctors to resources for Long Covid? #LongCovidAwareness

ICYMI: This well-organized guide to long covid treatments came out in March, but I just discovered it today via Ed Yong's newsletter: www.rthm.com/resources/bl...

Alternative headline: Big oil wants to externalize costs and privatize benefits. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Economic sanctions don’t seem to be stopping the bloodshed because the US is just giving them everything they want. US taxes paying to murder Palestinian people. Targetting children. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

It’s right at the end of this article, and she nails it: “Maybe the goals of A.I. so far haven’t been aligned with the goals of regular people, with everyday workers.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/m...

'It was unclear why Mr. Artan could not have been considered for referee duty in Mexico or Canada, the two other countries hosting the tournament.'

The unfortunate thing a lot of people around the world are going to learn about US immigration is that being granted a visa by the State Department has no bearing on how they tyrants in CBP (Department of Homeland Security) will treat you when you actually reach the border.

Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.

Absolutely horrific. Netanyahu is a monster.

Canadian COVID Forecast Jun 6 - Jun 19, 2026 CANADA MODERATE [decreasing] About 1 of every 345 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 4.4 x higher -Long COVID: 4.8 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.8 x higher -Deaths: 1.7 x higher

Chrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.

How much will the referendum on having a referendum, and on 9 questions that can’t be provincially implemented cost? $90 million tax dollars. 60,000 workers to be hired by Elections Alberta. You could build 3 schools for that. That’s your money #ableg www.elections.ab.ca/resources/me...

apparently the Mexican government has backed a new super cheap EV van, 100 percent made in Mexico, that looks sick as hell www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Albanian government has suspended Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s luxury resort project after mass Flamingo Revolution protests, Politico reports. The protesters aren’t backing down. They want the development cancelled and a caretaker government installed.

I will be hosting a press conference this morning in Ottawa calling for an investigation into foreign interference driving the Alberta separatist bid. We are witnessing the Donbas and Brexit playbook. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you can’t win playing by the rules, cheat. Disgusting. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Mohammed Al-Shawish mourns over the body of his wife Shaima Al-Shawish, who was killed in an Israeli strike, in #Gaza City on May 28, 2026.... More than 900 people have been killed by #Israel since the ceasefire... (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP via Getty Images)" www.instagram.com/p/DY4JAPPtqiB/

A primary function of friendships is to validate one another's questionable decisions, but begging strangers seems a step too far - if you're embarrassed by your public behavior, maybe act differently. (I won't validate friends' Twitter habits, either. A benefit of aging is losing all your f**s.)

Open letter from Professor Richard Scolyer released following death

Auburn Board Takes Full Curricular Control, Dissolves Faculty Senate The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn’t take effect until October and doesn’t apply to the institution. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

A Tokyo team has a kidney treatment that’s helping cats live longer. Most mammals carry a blood protein, AIM, that works like a cleanup crew. A cat’s AIM isn’t built to do this, which is part of why cats are so prone to kidney disease. buff.ly/yIsl8ds #ShareGoodNewsToo

Trump administration moves to rip out 900 deep-ocean sensors used to track coastal threats, including hurricanes. There has never been a more stupid administration. And it's putting us in danger. abc7ny.com/post/hurrica...

Yes, we do. And they're the ones shaping policy. www.buildcanada.com/memos/the-ai...

“Eventually, though, what's left of the free press will have to reckon with the fact that the far-right fringe is now the modern world's governing elite — and openly declaring an intent to repeat the 1930s. That's a story.” www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

That’s a headline.

when satire is reality

The corrupt purchase/capture of Paramount (steered to the Ellisons by #BrendanCarr and the Trump regime) has set the stage for an abomination of media mega-merger that’s bad for democracy, consumers, journalism, diversity of voices- and national security. #BlockTheMerger👇 bsky.app/profile/medi...

When Bari Weiss was hired as head of CBS News an acquaintance said to me “what is she supposed to do, not take it?” And I said that I wouldn’t because a stretch job is one thing but a job where you have no experience and you’re at the top? No.

A bunch of people on this site are being stupidly literal about the "HR lady" thing. It's not just about HR depts! It's about this idea -- absolutely ubiquitous over on X & in tech company boardrooms -- that bold, risk-taking "masculine energy" is being restrained by niggling nanny-state rules.

I keep saying, read and learn from the Italians, they had 20 years of fascism and a disastrous war to learn from. ia802906.us.archive.org/31/items/umb...

In the real world, enduring progress comes through non-zero-sum cooperation over time, and anyone who has worked in a professional context knows that nothing makes such cooperation more difficult than the presence of egotistical men convinced they are bold risk-takers possessed of masculine energy.

With the violence escalating, the $75,000 recruitment bonus was indeed very attractive.

In the news today Trump stormed out of an interview with Kristen Welker, calling her "either crooked or stupid", when she challenged him on the 2020 election & January 6. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

WATCH — Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ Tantrum (longer version, with context) When Welker pushes back on his unhinged lies about the election and grills him on the $1.776 BILLION fund for seditionists who attacked the Capitol he still won’t say is dead, Trump loses it and leaves.

"The Trump Administration will begin sending ships to begin pulling up the instruments later this month... The ocean observation system was designed to operate for at least 25 years, meaning the decision would result in the loss of more than a decade of data..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/c...

This island is not just a haven for wildlife, it's also of strategic importance... Old nuclear bunkers from the Soviet period. Historically, it was as important for Italy as the Hormuz Strait.

That island is developed. functions as strategic hold like the strait of Hormuz. Multiple countries have held it strategically there's over 3000 buildings, including bunkers put there by the military to control that straight. Investors: Saudi Arabia/members of Trump's administration with conflicts

I’m in Canada, and even I’m tempted to call this guy up and raise some hell.

I've dedicated my professional life to architecture & building homes. Here is the AIA firm commissioned to complete the east wing. www.sbaranes.com Feel free to e-m the principal [email protected] His clients include 342.7 million folks. You included.

Working on a paper at the Halifax Central Library today. Public libraries are essential third spaces where everyone is welcome. Cutting funding to the library system when the services and programs offered are needed more than ever is shameful.

"He sent text messages to a friend about joining the Russian military if he could not eventually join the U.S. military..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...