Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

A.I. is killing students’ writing homework, but to get around it, teachers are making students write in class. By hand.

It’s obvious that almost all media organizations are failing to cover the biggest threat to humanity. And there’s no improvement in sight. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #climatecrisis

Join us in DC this spring for an NCPH Mini-Con ncph.org/conference/r...

Tom Morello live in Minneapolis

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Particularly during these dark days, art and laughter matter, and I am grateful for O'Hara's body of work. Especially the warm and wonderful Schitt's Creek. Also, I am now old enough to utter the words, "Seventy One is SO YOUNG!"

Just as we don’t have a respectable First Lady, we no longer have a real Justice Department.

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state will lead an investigation after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis.

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

Funny how the Fourth Amendment keeps getting treated like a suggestion box.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

This makes me physically ill. I suppose a particular type of American will hold their wedding at a plantation before honeymooning in Gaza.

The thing MAGA fails to understand: if high ranking Democrats are caught up in Epstein’s pedophile and sex trafficking ring, WE WANT THEM ARRESTED TOO. We do not worship politicians.

A person can live on holiday cookies and coffee, right?

“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever — not President Trump, not President Biden, and not anyone else,” the lawsuit states.

If self driving cars become the norm, I will be staying completely off the roads

Turns out that trying to remember everything I have to do, forgetting, waking up panicky in the middle of the night, and feeling constantly overwhelmed does not work. So I just set up a task management app, @ticktickapp.bsky.social. Will it work? I don't know, but I already feel calmer.

This is lovely research, with real payoffs in terms of solving historical puzzles that we've been wondering about for ages. theconversation.com/drones-physi...

Just spent way too long trying to figure out how to turn off AI Summaries and other AI created content. Also started searching a way to turn off the AI "assistant" in my learning management system. If these instructions exist, they're sure not easy to find.

Since my divorce, every time I accomplish some task that I might have put on a “honey do” list in my previous life, I give myself an imaginary gold star. This weekend, YouTube and I remedied an issue with my shower. No plumber needed. ⭐️

I have been working too many hours and traveling (both for work and for family) way too many days in a row. Home today, cleaning and doing laundry. You’d think I was at a party; I am so happy!

The hell you say? Our illustrious Secretary of Health and Human Services doesn't know what he's talking about? This is my shocked face: 🙄

Yes. That was me this morning on the 695 spur in DC trying to remove a piece of rebar that got stuck under my vehicle.

It’s a stress-crying in the ladies room kind of day.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker. This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…

Looks like my purple chosen home state is a bit more blue today. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing. Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

I write this for a few reasons. 1) Accountability on something specific. 2) To model to swaths of Jewish leadership that *it's possible* to take accountability for genocide complicity. 3) To talk about repentance & repair work post-genocide. It all still matters. It doesn't stop mattering now.

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.” The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network. n.pr/3Kdrsdy

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

I don't know what I think about the fact that every piece of commentary or bit of news is either behind a paywall or requires a membership fee for the latest content. On the one hand, writers should be compensated, full stop. On the other hand, how many substacks will I actually read?

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.

I do not believe that completing a public history project or portfolio rather than writing a traditional MA thesis is a barrier to entry into a PhD Program. Am I wrong? Please share your experiences.