Nice note from Kirkus on my forthcoming book, Hotwired — preorder if you like your science writing breezy! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Good company — definitely want to read the Salt Lakes book!

Summoning my inner Buddhist to reconcile opposing ideas: the president canceling comedy shows is terrible, and so is Jimmy Kimmel’s show

We also didn’t learn much about the Butler guy, but he died

They’re coming after … The Nation?!? The only people The Nation is trying to kill are its writers, by starvation.

Important to remember that everyone is hurting & scared now: After Kirk Killing, Americans Agree on One Thing: Something Is Seriously Wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

Can’t wait for this Tour de France stage to end so we can watch three 50 year old dudes in hats sitting around a table, hawking ketone shots 🙄

I’ve listened to NPR for decades, donated to NPR stations, & been interviewed on NPR shows. My career owes a lot to NPR. Even all those times when they stole my stories. But even I struggle to understand why it should be funded by taxpayers. chicagoreader.com/news/how-do-...

“On the left, support for youth transition has been rolled together with other issues—such as police reform and climate activism—as a kind of super-saver combo deal of correct opinions.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

How did @stephenrodrick.bsky.social not write this? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Let’s shrink Elon

It’s the holidays, you’re thinking “maybe I oughta cut back on drinking a little,” but then you travel somewhere with Brits on holiday and realize, Sweet Jesus, I’m *fine*

So excited to be re-upping with Obamacare, Democrats’ signature policy achievement of the last 15 years. LFG!

This doc diagnosed a patient with stage 4 lung cancer and put him on chemo — for 11 years. Turns out he didn’t have cancer at all. He was a cash cow. Insane from propublica: montanafreepress.org/2024/12/07/a...

First post! Here’s a fun thing I did for Outside about a couple of renegades who built the hottest ticket in skiing, the Indy Pass. Read It if you don’t know what a “P24” is! www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...