Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

I would trust HEB with Texas government more than I trust the lege and governor, and I think many Texans would agree.

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Prediction markets are presented as real-time measures of probable outcomes driven by collective investment. Which is what horse racing odds are, and we don’t treat those as more than a novelty. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

1. The paper with the implausibly large effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on mental health was now retracted. A little thread on the process where @ianhussey.mmmdata.io and I was involved. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Literally idolatry

The NYT big expose on SCOTUS today pairs well with @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social's cover story on how ~everything wrong with this country today can be laid at the feet of John Roberts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.  In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

5 years after bottom trawling was banned across more than 300 km² of seabed off southern England, early signs of ecosystem recovery are emerging. Mussel beds are re-establishing, fish populations are increasing, & conditions are improving for kelp forests. buff.ly/vnOTVLk #ShareGoodNewsToo

{gift article} The infection of the State Department needs heavy doses of daylight. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...

John Roberts and the other conservative justices “have repeatedly empowered the president through their shadow docket rulings. By contrast, the papers reveal a court wielding those same powers to block Mr. Obama.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

"Studies show that while both women and men with depression express symptoms like lethargy or loss of interest in activities, men are more likely to express risk-taking; feelings of anger and irritability; or even physical symptoms like headaches or stomach problems." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!

OOP New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

We all celebrate the hero who went to a Nazi rally in 1936 with a napkin in his pocket that said “I’m not totally on board with some of this.”

JD popesplaining to the Pope is like a toddler with a toy medical kit explaining surgery to a surgeon.

Bishops doubling down

Perfect analogy of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz. 🤣

Despite the extreme and well-deserved unpopularity of the Catholic Church in recent decades, the fact that the pope acts like he’s not scared of Donald Trump and politely tells him to go fuck himself has made the pope very popular. I wonder if there is any lesson to learn from this.

Scott: *quote from Trump "we're fighting wars...it's not possible to take care of daycare, medicaid, medicare, all these individual things..." (Bobby is *SHAKING*) "Americans should not have to go into debt to access healthcare" "...Big Ugly Bill will...reduce number of ppl insured by 15m"

The idea that universities ”tend to exclude conservative intellectual traditions” is off base on two fronts: 1) how are “conservative intellectual traditions” relevant to the most of the popular majors and faculty research areas, such as computer science, engineering, the natural sciences?/1

The Yale report on trust in higher education has some good recommendations for reforms in many areas that I hope Yale and other schools implement. But its diagnosis is oddly silent about what I suspect is the most important force driving the decline in trust in higher education: political attack.

the idea that taxing billionaires will give us a bright new socialist future is nonsense, the reason to have a tax code that treats them with maximal hostility is because their wealth is a threat to democracy and stability

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

. open access science paper: Just distribution in and post sustainability transition | npj Climate Action - Nature Find out more: www.nature.com/articles/s44... #ClimateAction

I'm recalling your pocket staff. I'm recalling your finger beams. And you better find your adult portable bed rails because I am just getting started.

Does the judge who REFUSED TO GRANT CERINA FAIRFAX A DIVORCE have anything to say? (And since when does a judge get to REFUSE to grant a goddamned divorce because she doesn’t prove she has a plan to move out?) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/site...

Great news: Renea Gamble has been cleared of all criminal charges for the costume she wore to a No Kings protest. You may remember that Renea was arrested in October after dressing up as a “dick-tator.” Renea’s message after her win in court: “As Alabamians, we dare to defend our rights.”

I think there are two key takeaways for Americans from Peter Magyar’s ouster of Orbán: 1. We must rally overwhelmingly behind the 2028 Dem nominee 2. We have to be ready to send people to prison if we win My latest for @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/two-lessons-...

When I was a kid, "Possum Kingdom" was always on bc it was one of my mom's favorite songs. For @chron.com's series on media that gets the Texas Experience(TM), I wrote about urban legends and having a Young Mom. Ft. interviews with the Toadies drummer and my Mom! www.chron.com/culture/musi...

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) The Muppets (1955 to present)

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) ThunderCats (1/1985-9/1989)

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Michael Dorn played Worf on Star Trek TNG (1987-1994)

babe wake up the editors of National Review are adjudicating a theological disagreement between JD Vance and the Pope

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur. And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops). Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Last month in The Onion:

JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:

Death doula, the mic rula, the old schoola, you want a RIP, I’ll bring it to ya

Using one of my gifties to spread this piece far & wide. “‘I Don’t Know If We Can Come Back From This’: The View From Inside Trump’s D.H.S.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...