I haven’t been on social media much lately, but where can I read coherent reactions to, and thoughts about, this article? (Coherent, so not the comments section) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Very satisfying to overhaul the bike I ride everyday. Everything wore out at once, so I replaced the front rim; tires; grips; brake pads, levers, and cables; and chain. Rides like a dream now!

Goodbye for a couple of days.

I don't think I'm spoiling the last line by quoting it, from this fine essay: "We need to get up from under our desks and persuade our fellow citizens that the institutions that they have helped create with their tax dollars are incredibly precious and important." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Nice to see the NYT building such nice interactive tools. I clicked on it out of curiosity; the architecture of the article, links, and graphics drew me in; and now I find that I would have been the previously unknown 13th Babylonian sign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Mike Johnson claims that Trump was an FBI informant who was trying to take down Jeffrey Epstein.

Important local special election. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"NUMBERS ALWAYS TEND TO BENEFIT THE LEFT"

Wow that is not a good jobs report.

Climate deniers set pen to paper in order to provide an alternative evidentiary basis, but doing shoddy and rushed work also just seems to open them up to ridicule. Read some of the scathing comments. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...

GOOD www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hard-hitting — ok, not, but fun — data journalism. wapo.st/4oXP7i1

What are the most effective ways of reaching multiple audiences -- policymakers, industry, and the general public -- on a technical but ofc fascinating (to me) topic area? To vote, like one of the replies below: 1. Book 2. Peer reviewed research articles 3. YouTube 4. Podcast 5. Substack newsletter

The United States is the only country where this happens regularly, we should never get used to this. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

This is someone who graduated from college four years ago: '"I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation and I accept all risks,” wrote Aram Moghaddassi, [former Musk employee] .... in a July 15 memo.' www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

"Tuesday is the 1,000th day since ChatGPT’s release." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

I've been banning laptops and cellphones in my seminar class for almost ten years now, with similar results in terms of engagement and evaluations -- it works amazingly well! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

White sands New Mexico

Oh, I’m sure that people like this are easily replaced and recruited to government: “Ms. Gabbard, on orders from President Trump, fired the scientist, who was a leading government expert on artificial intelligence, cryptology and advanced mathematics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

A great and long article about Bill Belichick starting the season and school year at UNC. The sums of money involved, sheesh. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This was an excellent article, and especially inspiring on how to move on after failure and setbacks. Keep at it! www.construction-physics.com/p/morris-cha...

"Teague said he was dismayed on Wednesday morning to see a city contractor working on trees along the path. He filed for a restraining order to stop the work later that day." This seems silly and mostly guaranteed to raise the cost of basic improvements to the city, i.e. everyone else.

Mostly disturbing but so OTT it can't help but be comical also: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...

As I try to get organized in advance of the school year, let me ask you HOW MANY of the following do you use regularly? 1. email addresses 2. shared calendars 3. cloud drives 4. devices #AugustFeelings

This was a nice article, but especially because how the disjoint words combine in the title. Plus, if you've ever read his other writing: this guy reads *a lot*. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...

Trying to use ChatGPT to speed up basic tasks, but it often fails. For example: 1. Download table in a well-formatted, clear PDF 2. Ask ChatGPT to put this into spreadsheet 3. Check spreadsheet 4. Find many numeric errors! I still saved time over typing, but if you don't check the work... ugh.

“To my amazement, these columns have resonated with readers personally in a way my political columns generally don’t. Each one produces intense engagement — even [from] readers who have no use for my political commentary.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

An excellent read that is horrifying, essential, and ultimately hopeful (?) about the power of documented truth, however long it takes to work. wapo.st/40v10l0

A good argument for suppressing or summarizing notifications on your phone.

Nothing in the world could bring me more joy right now than this $1.50 Costco hot dog and soda.

Even though I wrote many letters for @votefwd.bsky.social in the last election cycle, I am glad to see them presenting negative results. The last line of the article is a truly excellent quote.

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

"Borrowing an idea from the German economist Albert O. Hirschman, Professor Dorsch, an American, said universities had three options: leave, obey the government or speak up." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

Oh, wow 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Article from a month ago but we’ll be navigating with less information for much, much longer. www.propublica.org/article/the-...

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

“It’s not novel that Meta is undermining your privacy. But the tactics the researchers identified were so scuzzy they surprised even those digital privacy experts who have seen every trick in the book.” wapo.st/45hNMeB

A really excellent video that combines "maker"-style video flourishes and gun culture with a thoughtful exploration of the implications for gun control, crime, and violence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQB_...

Insane video. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Riding through Cambridge to work this morning, I saw so many young people in graduation gowns and robes that I just started spontaneously hollering my congratulations at crosswalks and from the bike lane. Sometimes you have to ignore the news to find short-term joy and long-term hope.

‘“No one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.” She paused. “This is Carol.”’ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

This will destroy America's soft power. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More Brandeis from the Adolphis Mason biography. Despite him being a member of the Boston elite in good standing, I especially enjoy when he tells them about civic engagement and political power:

The cycle of history. While reading about the 1890s in Adolphus Mason's biography of Louis Brandeis:

This article popped up on *multiple* news alerts I have set up for my various interests, including: - "urban planning for pickleball" - "pickleball is life" - "pickleball tiki bar jet ski eminent domain church homeless shelter" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...

ChatGPT in education, part 3 of N, a reaction to the article in the previous post below: www.readtrung.com/p/ai-killed-...