US evangelical Christians don't seem to have a problem with this.

More AI pollution, this time in scientific literature.

How the Iran War Has Rippled Across the World www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

American Medical Association reaffirms support for trans health care after controversial statement www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/amer...

Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began" "We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created" "This is insanity"

After a winter of almost no bike riding, I knew today’s short ride was going to be ugly. The wind didn’t help. But my gods what a difference it made to be on two wheels again with the local canal trail completely to myself, a few other riders, geese, ducks, and a beaver. Slow but glorious.

First performed on March 25, 1725, Bach's cantata for Palm Sunday "Wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern" ("How beautifully shines the morning star") has pride of place as the first in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalog of his works, earning the designation BWV 1.

#Paris has new Mayor! Emmanuel Grégoire is an environmentalist who rode to his City Hall inauguration on bikeshare. Change in last decade: 100s of school streets closed to cars; Seine clean enough to swim in; more trips by bike than car. Summary of a revolution: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

That aged well.

Mozart wrote his Serenade No. 10 for wind ensemble, known as the Gran Partita, 242 years ago today. Here is my favorite movement in that wonderful work, the third movement adagio.

He really is a repulsive excuse for a human being, the embodiment of every character defect one could imagine. He is such a singularly twisted and disgusting creature that I don't even have to say his name for everyone who might read this to know exactly whom I describing.

Bach's surviving church cantatas—sadly, so many are lost forever—are a treasure trove of riches but this one ranks among my favorites. The opening chorus is just so joyous, a much-needed ray of sunshine in these dark times.

Happy 341st birthday, Bach.

None of this would be happening right now if Trump had gone to prison for January 6th like he should have

Here in New Jersey, we could definitely be a cycling culture considering the short commutes so many of us do. Yet we collectively seem incapable of grasping the opportunity to build a sustainable and healthier way of living. Meanwhile, we keep playing bumper cars to judge from the auto collisions.

Fetterman never misses an opportunity to prove how much of a disappointment he is.

The University of Gothenburg's latest report on the state of democracy around the world is out and, not surprisingly, the US is going in the wrong direction. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

A cancerversary "is the day that your life as you knew it ends, and a new life begins." I have two cancerversaries, today being one of them, and those experiences fundamentally changed my life. I lost a lot along the way but I also gained a lot.

Dear World, Don’t help him. Oppose him. Defy him. Embarrass him. Arrest him, if you’d like. We’re not with him. Sincerely, Decent Americans

While civilians are being killed in Iran and Lebanon in the US-Israeli war of choice, the killings of civilians by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank continue apace. Has the world become completely numb to this?

Every morning I calculate my net worth, a habit I’ve developed on account (pun intended) of my training in finance. Lately, I’ve been doing so with a sick feeling in my stomach. But then I remember that the US isn’t dropping bombs on my house. It’s just wrecking my savings. I’m comparatively lucky.

Good. Brazil doesn't want election interference from the US.

None of this need have happened. All this loss is the result of a choice made by a particularly stupid and power-hungry man.

Driver: 30km/hr is way too slow for our roads! Also driver: hey cyclist slow down you’re going 20km/hr - You could kill someone!

“The Trump transgressions come so fast they distract from each other. Public attention rarely remains focused on any one atrocity.” The flood of outrages has a purpose as discussed in this short piece worth a read.

Smart phones and social media had already undermined my students' ability to read, focus, and learn. AI, from what I've seen, will just finish the job by tempting them to outsource all their thinking to software. No wonder they don't see using it on assignments as cheating.

It’s a very warm day here in New Jersey but I bike-commuted into work anyway. It was so liberating not dealing with motorists. Well, except for the student who decided to park their car right in the bike lane. The campus police didn’t seem interested when I called the plate in.

There are some interesting results in this latest set of survey results recently published by the Pew Research Center.

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

A war without justification started by the man who thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

The consolidation of US media, notably in the hands of people allied to the régime, just went into overdrive with this announcement. Oh, and it doesn't look good for CNN at all.

Alternatives to the likes of Meta, Google, etc. in the areas of we browsing, social media, email, and productivity software: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Chega a 46 o número de mortos nas chuvas na Zona da Mata Mineira. Ao menos 21 pessoas estão desaparecidas e mais de três mil estão desabrigadas.

Those settlements, just to reiterate the obvious, are illegal. Yet the US government will now provide consular services in them. This country is a rogue state and keeps providing examples of just how much.

But not a single word of sympathy for the victims. Monster.

"Annoying children keep wanting to bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."

As if it couldn't get more interesting, the course I teach on international trade just got a new plot twist.

It’s shameful that they were removed in the first place by the racist régime.

And that’s how you do it. Brazil and South Korea are showing the US how it’s done.

DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!

NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science. By @megomatz.bsky.social

Numerous reports have now said that they raided the concentration camp and took the children's letters...

There are non US citizens influencing our elections, they’re called corporations. The establishment wants us to not focus on this.

Hard to believe the president of the United States shared a racist post just a week ago — and it’s already vanished from the headlines.

New Jersey has created a "Know Your Rights" web site in this age of arbitrary and violent Federal actions in our communities. www.nj.gov/knowyourrigh...

The chair of Rutgers' Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at Rutgers—Newark on Bad Bunny's halftime show:

Sad news. "Harold and Maud" remains such a touching movie.