Any public comment on a proposed regulation, event short and anonymous saying you don't like it/like it, helps. For those wanting to provide something deeper, I saw this resource and really liked it, from the PDF linked on here: www.peer-center.org/research/vir...

Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger with The Habit Sweet potato fries and ranch, and a Jack-in-the-box Shake

I really want to avoid investing in this, but if it is allowed to enter the s&p500 based on special permissions and funny numbers I literally won't be able to. A pump and dump on us all in plain sight.

With data from the @nytimes.com API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224,000 articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇

Scientists shared their standout days for this @nature.com feature. Thx to @nicoleackermans.com @bwjones.bsky.social @aishikghosh.bsky.social @peixotoraquel.bsky.social & others for their stories! If you have a story, please send it my way for part 2!

-Farm bankruptcies are indeed on the rise...from historic lows, back to still-slightly-lower-than-normal levels. -The US used to grow a lot of crops for export. We can't sell them anymore. We SHOULD cut back on crop acreage. To keep growing the same amount we used to would be absolutely insane.

From Snowcrete to spring sweetness Check out how the aerial view has changed over D.C. between January 30 and May 1. Huge thanks to @Barnzey13 on X (Twitter) for sharing this image comparison.

Yes, we know that Shelby County increased racial vote DENIAL. As Mike and I show in the book and our JOP piece, Shelby increased the racial turnout gap. But it ALSO led to widespread vote dilution at the local level 1/2

Let me get this straight: Bari Weiss has radically edited the new Trump interview on 60 Minutes? Let's not forget that Weiss lost her mind over standard editing of a Kamala Harris interview in 2024. But as Juliet shows, this Trump editing goes way beyond standard broadcast practices. Good grief.

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/waas #smbc #comics #saas

Gonna spend the next two years spamming every elected Dem about the concept of "damnatio memoriae." Chisel his name off every inscription. Build over the various Trump Towers like they're Nero's Golden House. Remove him from physical memory, not to forget but as a sign of disrespect to the man.

2 Kings 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

So there's a really important debate on civil liberties and national security going on on the House floor right now. It is shameful that it's taking place at this late hour of the night / morning. But I'm going to at least do something productive & try to explain here:

The Crimson continuing to break stories the Times could only wish it landed.

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

TGI Tuesday

For the car shopper in your life

I know I’m a broken record on this but: A handful of law profs are engaging in an effort to convince the Supreme Court to accept a reactionary administration’s effort to redefine American citizenship and render countless children stateless.

An abortion ban survived at the North Dakota supreme court last year: 3 of 5 justices voted to strike it down, but it would have taken 4. One of the two justices who voted to uphold the ban (Jerod Tufte) is up for reelection this year; no one has filed to challenge him yet, with 9 days to go.

Sooo, got that wildly misrepresenting "Justice for Democracy PAC" mailer... Bad enough to sue over?

this goes for so much of the right wing ecosystem. the same guys who scream “DEI hire” would sink to the ocean if they weren’t kept afloat by their far right sugar daddies

Some guys impersonating police officers from a restricted number wasted an embarrassing amount of my time.

At CBS News Radio, my dad interviewed the Beatles at peak of Beatlemania, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Marlene Dietrich, Jack Benny... and he was just one random reporter living the dream! Hard to fathom the role CBS News Radio played in building the America these people are tearing down.

Welcome SPRING, officially.... We declared winter over yesterday, and spring officially arrives right now (at 10:46 a.m.) with the vernal equinox. At this moment, the sun is positioned directly over the equator, bringing roughly equal day and night across much of the globe.

I know there are a few different reasons, but wow the Metro is eeeempty today.

Well that was certainly a high speed car no headlights with siren in pursuit for a residential street at 2 am

This discussion starts to answer questions I've long had about how it looks to manage (or not) fossil fuel infrastructure with falling utilization.

6/6 If you’re serious about climate solutions and what it takes to make them real in the world, I strongly recommend this major new work. Thank you, Nick, for once more explaining something essential to us all. press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...

Brava

Thank you, Ryan. We need so much more of this. ICE Employees: if you see something, say something.

Can't fuckin' believe I'm doing this but here goes: Twitter is a mind prison, a true jail of career advancement. I stopped posting on there and within months I became the CEO of The Onion and I'm not kidding. Went back on last year, felt worse, then left again.

No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. I win

After voting, snuck in one last brunch at Whiskey and Oyster before it closes in a week.

Sitting here open-mouthed at this Sound Transit board presentation, because it was just explained that making Ballard Link's Seattle Center station "slightly trapezoidal" would save the agency a HALF BILLION DOLLARS.

At one point there was a sizable science communications community here. If you’re still around, here’s a great undergraduate internship opportunity. #science #scicoms ewvl.fa.us8.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Front page of this month’s edition of The Onion.

If you want to understand how far-reaching the corporate rot in media is, read this gutting piece about the fall of Oregon Public Broadcasting. (And follow @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and @leahsottile.bsky.social’s new publication @thewesternedge.bsky.social which will be amazing bc they’re amazing)

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it. Spread this one far and wide.

- Nanomechanics - Physical chemistry - Chemical physics - Acoustics - music theory

I couldn't focus on any of my other work today and made this articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/clerical-c...

overheard people talking about having to collect data for this www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

The Old Town #ALX Ross closes for good tomorrow, after at least 43 years in that location.

Life changing spaghetti in an Osaka Museum cafe

My colleagues at @pressfreedomtracker.us are investigating and writing up as events unfold, so expect more reporting on MN incidents at this link. It already has three from November: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

No kidding climate philanthropy should buy this newspaper

What are the best accounts to follow of people who are posting from on the ground physically in Minneapolis, Minnesota? I started a list but pretty sparse so far (mainly @jcollins.bsky.social who is doing a great job out there for @mprnews.org):

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning. After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

A new project for the new year - sharing a favorite podcast episode from a year ago, monthly. Up first, January 2025: 99% invisible on the development and evolution of the Tennessee Valley Authority pca.st/episode/b7ec...

2025 was a strange year, appropriate to end it with an impromptu living room dance party with my little one.