Red Dawn did not prepare me for this.

Honestly, and feel free disagree, but Days Between became his song. And he really brought something to it. It's not that I don't love Jerry's rendition, but Bob brought some incredible emotion to the song over these decades. stereogum.com/2484882/the-...

Remember when they were going to deport the criminals? This is criminal.

A judge restored funding for the American Academy of Pediatrics that helps prevent unexpected infant death, increases pediatric care in rural areas, improves care for newborns, and more. Retaliating against Americans’ pediatricians is not how we protect our kids.

Folds: I wouldn’t touch the place while it’s nuclear right now. Even if I’m just going to be a total capitalist about it, it’s like, yeah, let the market speak. How’s the Kennedy Center doing? Oops. Don’t play there. That venue can’t draw crowds. They don’t know what they’re doing there.

Bob Weir is gone. This place [gestures at the US] is in a handbasket. Is this the glorious New Year we all wished for?

Fuck. I don’t know what to say. Bob. This is beyond gutting. I cherish my moments of awe watching you perform. Taking my boys to see you in Foxborough for their first show.

Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...

The gaming platform Roblox is very popular with children. But it has also attracted adult predators and is facing more than 20 lawsuits over child safety. The hosts of "Hard Fork" asked the company's CEO about what they are doing to protect young users. nyti.ms/4oN4Gse

Olivia Nuzzi has entered the chat.

*knock, knock* ✊ Anyone surviving this madness?

Just me listening to Hallelujah -- the Jeff Buckley version -- and being reminded of how many Church performances include this song which is about a couple of sad Jews having sex. Kills me every single time. 😂

Unimaginable cruelty and evil.

I am thrilled to see attention paid to the effects of menopause on US women as we are decades behind other countries. Please see the UK. But it is beyond grating to see Temu RFK talking about is as the man hasn’t valued women for one minute of his life. And he is anti-science. 😐

It really is. So touching and definitely difficult to watch. But somehow in a really refreshing way.

Just disgusting. With that name, he should know better. My grandfather went to BU Med and I am just appalled all around. BU should be ashamed. www.boston.com/news/local-n...

I think about Maxwell's demon at least once a year. If Google allows valuable content and doesn't index low quality pages, it aims to reduce the disorder and randomness present in its system. EXCEPT that it now introduces disorder in AI answers. It's both a filter and a source of noise.

Jesus Christ. This email was less than a month before Helsinki

Tucker's embrace of Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has ignited a civil war on the right. I wrote about how traditional conservatives outraged by this mainstreaming of hatred helped unleash the monster that Fuentes himself says radicalized him, via @status.news www.status.news/p/tucker-car...

Homey literally said "touch mass"

Nothing about this is normal. Where were the adults and are they Nazis?

Ewwww.

The last thing I want to do right now is buy a car, but jockeying with my 20 year old over my vehicle is driving me nuts and I want him to have freedom. Wish me luck!

Feel like I will be on a high for the rest of my life after seeing David Byrne. Childhood dream come true. youtube.com/watch?v=fuJQ...

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found.

I missed this a few days ago, but it looks like the vast majority of Medical Knowledge Panels (the curated information Google built with 3rd-party sources) have been replaced by AI Overviews.

Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages? forward.com/culture/7739...

They have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the part of the Guns N Roses song Civil War where Axl says "what's so civil about war, anyway?"

I miss Sub Pop showing up in my mailbox with free mix tapes of their artists. My favorite mix tape had this song on it: youtu.be/55uaB-0nawo?...

30 Years of Red Red Meat’s Bunny Gets Paid! Chicago rock ensemble Red Red Meat hit hard with 1995’s Bunny Gets Paid. The record pairs Stones-indebted blues-rock roots with beautiful songs. Stream and repeat: music.subpop.com/redredmeat_bunnygetspaid

Tell me what music you are listening to to stay sane in the madness. I’m reliving my youth with Amorica right now. Have I told the story about my 5am flight from Logan to LA and two of the only other people in the terminal were Chris and Rich? Wild morning. 😂

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

This is fantastic.

A message to all governments: Invest in your artists. The Irish government has learned that it pays well.

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

In 4 days, I've been to 2 concerts (David Byrne and Bertha: Grateful Drag), a regatta, and a film talk. I think I look like this. For the first time ever in 20 yrs of parenting, I slept through an alarm. The kids looked at me like I had 4 heads when I told them, "YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES TO GET READY."

He’s twenty today. No one prepared me for this. 😭

Really fantastic Projecting Protest: Screening and Panel Discussion at MassArt this evening. Thanks to @ashmont.bsky.social for looping us in and @silencedogoodbos.bsky.social, Tom Clement, @sullivanjames.bsky.social, and Karen Pita Loor for meaningful dialogue!

Follow, follow the sun And which way the wind blows When this day is done Breath, breath in the air Set your intentions Dream with care youtu.be/0E1bNmyPWww?...

Fantastic piece. www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/s...

Sigh. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

I know this isn't the news right now. But I have some updated info on Covid vax availability. Several states where CVS/Walgreens weren't offering them or required Rx 1.5 wks ago now have them without Rx because of state officials' actions. But still 13 states where CVS and/or Walgreens require Rx.

This was needed.

But we can’t let ourselves or our values be defined by what others do or say. Our values are what *we* say *we* are. And I oppose all political violence. Not violence that’s legal (self-defense, defense-of-another) or all military violence, but all political violence. Like today.

Heading to the ocean on Friday to work remotely by the salt marsh for the day. It's one of the places where I can pull my brain and heart back together. Do what you need to do to stay healthy, friends. Give yourself the ok to seek goodness and joy in the worst moments.

Deeply disturbing rhetoric is spreading from influential MAGA figures (including the President of the United States and the owner of that other website). They have no idea who the shooter is, and many of these same people mocked Democrats when they were victims of political violence in the past. 1/

Realized I hadn't cleaned up my LinkedIn profile thanks to updates. I don't know how I missed this particular person who was absolutely the worst boss I ever had and who also walked in to a women's group meeting where she announced, "I'm not a feminist" with glee. But that's fixed now. 😂 😘

So many thoughts. So much anger. So much disappointment.