A reminder that my team is trying to bring some joy and reaffirmation of human agency to this anniversary with the 250 to 250 videos. Here's Pete Buttigieg talking about the Erie Canal, for example:

Cc @kyrieoconnor.bsky.social

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:

Ever wondered who cares for some of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures? We’re chatting with Ellen & Mariana about their career paths, why conservation matters, & how aquarists & researchers are restoring species like the sunflower sea star. Join us live 1/22 at 12 p.m. PT. at mbayaq.co/4sHfSch

Neanderthals had a big year. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/s...

This Octopus’s Other Car Is a Shark www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/s...

Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S. Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.

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good morning everyone! the vibe today: these press on nails

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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help. www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Not to be THAT dictionary, but… It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’ It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’ It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’ It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’ It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.

I have no idea what this is and it might be the best thing ever made: www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Z2...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/s...

Gigantura aka telescopefish are a genus of small, deep-sea fish found in cold, deep tropical waters

I've left it way too long into my adult life to become a donor, but there's never been a more important time to do so. And as an added bonus, we spent last night entirely on PBS Passport. Such a treasure trove

President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...

This week in octopus www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/s...

Can't really picture this ... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/d...

This week in octopus Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...

Not just “only in Vermont” but arguably “only in Hinesburg, Vermont” [from Front Porch Forum post]

This week in octopus Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...

BIG numbers for CNN's telecast of "Good Night, and Good Luck:" It "reached a combined 7.34 million total viewers on CNN US television, CNN International, and streaming audiences on Max and CNN.com." On TV, it ranked as the #1 show of the day across all of cable.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated. “I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

☀️📚 Summer reading just got a whole lot sweeter! Kids can earn FREE books, pizza, backpacks, meals & play points just by READING. From Barnes & Noble to Chuck E. Cheese, the rewards are real! #SummerReading #EduSky #KidLit #TLSkyChat #TLSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #SummerBooks

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Relationship Experts Recommend Single Women Try Bathing In Open Stream Until Suitor Glimpses Them Through Trees — theonion.com/relationship...

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Who are these kids who are getting 30 dolls for Christmas?

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Every single time I get my purse stolen, it has $3,000 in it.

This is wickedness. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/n...

//My opinion of William Shatner just went up considerably.

Like Marjorie Taylor Greene, I too bought the dip. Except mine was hummus.

We spent some quality time with a color changing squid today #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #colorchanging #chromatophores #cephalopod #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf

This week in even more octopus Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/s...

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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited As Martha Stewart would say, “It’s a good thing!” I’d love to see that holiday centerpiece. 😉

I "got" $200 a month when I was 18 when my dad, who paid in his whole eligible life, died. It was a lifeline.

Trump’s Art of the Deal: Attacking Voting Rights and Your Money On this episode of ‘America Unhinged,’ @franifio.bsky.social and I react to the House passing a sweeping voter suppression law and Trump’s massive flip-flop on tariffs. Give us a watch! zeteo.com/p/trumps-art...

SOUTH TEXAS esp. my hometown of San Antonio: please go get this puppy immediately, her name is Pita and she is the best girl!!!

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@itsmephee.bsky.social @femsocphd.bsky.social Booker is in hour 14 Give this a boost!! He is killing it- laying bare All of the shit show!

Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution #HistoryTips

this is phenomenal