I still think it’s awful that we have no memorial or day of grieving to commemorate and eulogize the communal trauma of the epidemic.

“The pitch is simple: put Colbert on public television as the host of a series of specials built around the same mix of comedy, politics, culture, and civic-minded mischief that made him broadcast television’s No.1 late-night host.” Put me down for a tote bag.

It’s no big surprise that Trump’s DOJ is deleting all of the January 6th press releases from its website. Here’s the thing: I downloaded all of them in Feb. 2025 (that’s right, more than a year ago) suspecting that they’d do just that. And we’re working to post them all online, as are others.

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

I had a very raucous convo with Atima Omara tonight based on her new book, “The Instigators” at one of my fave locals, Flyleaf Books. Having a lot of serious community heavy hitters in the audience made a lively Q&A. We got deep on the DNC autopsy, class politics and the two-party system.

hopefully this is the year America finally ends its 250-year championship drought

This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

Imagine reading this and thinking Gender Studies is an outdated discipline.

All of it is just people starving

Wrong to the point of malpractice

In the end we were just his latest casino and whatnot.

MIT boasts a $27b endowment

Faculty: libraries and librarians need your advocacy BEFORE our collections are shuttered and our workers are fired. Whether you think your library is in trouble, and it almost definitely is, write to your provost and tell them how essential the library and library staff are to your work. Right now.

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

she isn't an accuser. she won her case in court. he was held liable for sexually assaulting her. she is a survivor of being sexually assaulted by the president of the united states.

This is incredibly tragic. I had the pleasure of speaking at an MIT Libraries event last month and got to see the good work the do and the community they support. For a university of this caliber to shutter this many of its libraries--this is truly a travesty.

Reminder that Widow’s Bay creator Katie Dippold is behind one of the greatest Halloween tweets of all time:

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

This is a really ballsy speech by student reporter Santiago Campos, winner of the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship ($10,000) and worth watching in full.

Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.

American politics is bananas. I can’t believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that it’s normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.

I know it’s pretty well liked but I still say Grosse Pointe Blank is among the most underrated 90s movies

Fifteen years ago, when I arrived at Columbia U, David Rosner already had the kind of research career and impact one can only hope for--and yet no one was more generous or kind. I was deeply honored to blurb his final book. I will miss him greatly. RIP David the great. May your memory be a blessing.

Let’s be clear about something: COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives. It is deeply cynical, corrupt, and frankly immoral to fearmonger about them. The biggest scandal of my lifetime is the right-wing war on public health because pandemic control efforts cut into corporate quarterly profits.

An audience member asked me about leftist pronatalism.

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

I am always looking for an anecdote to the decadence of the professional class, so I'll give this beer a try

it really is not too much to expect from local government agencies (especially those who might need to put out urgent info) to maintain their own, up to date websites.

Hey, if you're represented by Henry Cuellar (TX) Don Davis (NC) Cleo Fields (LA) Laura Gillen (NY) Vicente Gonzalez (TX) Marcy Kaptur (OH) Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA) Eugene Vindman (VA) Give 'em a jingle and ask why they're voting with Republicans to support HR 2616, the national book ban bill?

The fact that four high-ranking women in this administration have already been dispatched is perhaps an argument that Donald Trump has a deep misogynistic streak. On the other hand, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Tulsi Gabbard are all utter shitpieces, confounding that argument.

I can think of one way to disprove it.

looking at a photo of the Sesame Street and Shrinking casts together really underscores how muppets and people exist on a continuum of muppetiness variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Ah yes, the good old “anthropomorphized potato-egg-fish teacher reading a book simply titled MAGA” meme. Nothing better to celebrate educators.

Fucking terrible idea, we need to do everything we can to undermine the idea that people shouldn't pay taxes. Taxes are not a punishment, taxes are how we contribute to the collective welfare of society.

Powerful essay, please read. "Children will die from this. Not metaphorically. Not eventually." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/o...

Khanmigo, as in the AI chatbot that was killed off by Khan Academy last month? That's what they're spending money on? Instead of investing in teachers? That's what the American Federation of Teachers is supporting?

“According to the FDA email from Prasad…they determined 10 children died "after and because of" the COVID vaccine. But Prasad said the true number was likely higher”. What the report ACTUALLY said: “No cases [of pediatric deaths] were classified as certain in relation to COVID-19 vaccination”.

There have been almost 23,000 book bans in schools across the country. This attack on our freedom to read is unprecedented. Please take the first step to fight back and sign the petition today. via @everylibrary.bsky.social www.saveschoollibrarians.org/booksavelives

Imagine using $1.7 billion to address hunger, housing, education, and medical care. Imagine using $1.7 billion to address the wage gap and the lack of resources for survivors of violence and abuse. We should never look at these ideas as too radical or impossible again.

this would make a great exclamation

And this is why they are so desperately trying to entrench themselves in education and government. They’re hoping to create generations of captive users who have no other choice but to use their tech if they want to read, work, write or think

A surprising amount of what made the USA a functional country was put into place during the very brief period where white southerners didn't have the ability to veto it

Fun fact! Land-grant public universities were opposed by the southern states and only happened due to the The Morrill Act of 1862 while they were off being the Confederacy. I WONDER WHY THE MODERN GOP HATES THEM NOW?!?! It is a DEEP MYSTERY!

The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org

I don’t talk much about real life publicly but I want to congratulate several of my comrades who recently gave fire public comment on data center moratoriums in their towns. A small group of folks collaborated on research, messaging and delivery. They did great. ❤️

CASAR: For the $1 billion we're being asked to spend on Trump's ballroom, we could fund 217 million free school lunches and 15,000 more teachers. As secretary of education, which do you think helps our nation more? McMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons