We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.

quite a headline (and it’s right)

"The most prominent pathway identified was educational attainment. Liberal policy environments in the past often involved greater investment in public resources, including schools... Education is believed to create cognitive reserve."

Everyone with concerns about their or their loved ones‘ memory should read “When Memory Fades,” the very clear and evidence-based new book by @uwmadison.bsky.social colleague, Dr. Nate Chin. #medsky #dementia #alzheimers

11 years at NPR today. Which feels like a wild statement. TBH it *is* a wild statement. But anyway donate please. Buyouts and layoffs are coming. And the newsroom has MANY great people in it. Okay thank you.

Medicaid already does this.

Big win for progressives in Philly.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Genetic survey exposes flaws in widely used mouse models. A survey of more than 300 mouse strains has found widespread discrepancies between how mutant mice are reported and their actual genetic make-up. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a form of psychosis. These people will burn the world if they have their way.

In addition to advocating for better salaries and working conditions, an organizer pointed out that the union will allow us "to defend our university, the land-grant mission of our university, and defend academic freedom.” Yes! University presidents ought to be welcoming faculty unions right now!

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

"Killing student writing outside the classroom means an enormous reduction in the volume of time spent writing, and learning more generally: it is a loss of thousands of hours of reading, thinking, puzzling over problems, writing, revising."

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

In honor of May Day, Starbucks workers in Providence, Rhode Island marched on their boss to announce they're organizing a union! ✊ THIS is how we make change. Not through hoping our jobs get better, but by taking real collective action!

"ChatGPT please give me a Bible verse that glorifies hypermasculine violence."

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

It's far from the worst thing going on right now, but when you find yourself researching whether the son of the former president actually challenged the sons of a sitting president to a cage fight you know that you are living in a republic that has truly failed....

New with @pamherd.bsky.social: While never mentioning Trump or political parties, the show’s second season offers an almost-real time commentary on how policy changes are affecting health. Lets take one particular example of Medicaid coverage loss. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

Slavery was actually pretty awesome. Sure, people were beaten a lot and couldn’t leave, but it was all worth it for a night at the theater.

I wish science could explain what’s happening.

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail. Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

Most of the social programs that are routinely dismissed in American politics as "unrealistic" or "too expensive" could have been paid for multiple times over by the cost of this war so far, much less the costs to come. It's never the money.

Sen. Chris Murphy and Ted Lieu have both reminded members of the military chain of command that they're legally obligated to refuse to follow illegal orders. That's really good and important.

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

"Living in a [toxic] sacrifice zone means losing the right to die of old age.” The nauseating reality of global injustice: the poor pay for the excesses of the rich, including with their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"Cultural theorists have written about the complexities of how audiences understand – and either resist or embrace – what they read and watch. Many minority groups who are underrepresented or misrepresented in popular culture will nonetheless find their own meaning and inspiration in characters..."

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

An Easter message from the president which should really force the VP and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving."

"Removal of the requirement does not mean all schools will stop teaching the topic. But, given how crowded medical curricula already are, a lack of a requirement may lead medical schools — particularly in areas with conservative politicians — to deprioritize it."

Energy was also building in pockets of the region where Trump has more political capital, and those who oppose the president feel their voices drowned out. "I grew up in an America where I saw change for the good," said Betsy Tucker of Bucks County. "Now, I've seen that change ripped away."

I know there's a lot going on But what the US is doing to Cuba is unconscionable

146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.

Here's a question in my university's AI-in-teaching survey which is going to force everyone who doesn't use it in their classrooms to say they have no more than a "basic" understanding of it. What's the betting the analysis will conclude, "people who don't like AI also don't understand it?"

despite being concentrated in ameria’s largest cities, america’s media is terminally car-brained

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

break them

"AI-generated videos are especially adept in race-to-the-bottom trends... They push limits to get attention. By depicting black women, they perpetuate a long history of exploiting black people, using caricatures and self-hating characters to attract morbidly curious or racist audiences."

A transformational shift in public opinion is happening in Germany, France, Canada and the UK, away from the US and towards China www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Just in case you need some good news today: researchers at U of W have figured out how to turn plastic waste into acetic acid (primary ingredient in vinegar) using the sun. This has the potential to really help us reduce plastic waste. uwaterloo.ca/news/media/w...

"The risk is that AI could lower the threshold or cost of going to war, as people play an increasingly passive role in reviewing and rubber-stamping the work of AI."