I dare you to create a worse collection of human beings!

Our data analysis of 1.4m emails flagged many disturbing messages between Jeffrey Epstein and women with redacted names, often involving requests for nude photos. In some cases, there are references to avoiding parents

RFK Jr. made it into the Epstein files in the most RFK Jr. way possible

Jon Stewart on MAGA: "These people... are so triggered by someone singing in Spanish for 20 minutes, they needed to create their own safe-space alternative halftime show"

Bad Bunny's all-Spanish halftime show was joyful and infectious, or as MAGA calls it, "the single worst halftime show in NFL history"

Worth hearing

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl? Desi Lydic Foxsplains why that's no bueno

I think AI is doing basic things that we must be doing. Measures should be taken because we humans could be losing our abilities to communicate through writing.

Weird that "Melania" moviegoers don't know about Brett Ratner's starring role in "Me Too"

This is the story of those who awarded their doctoral degrees

The taint of the disgraced financier will endure

Trump: “Let’s cancel the midterm elections. Ha ha, JK!”

For example, Nazi intellectuals made a reintepretation of Ancient Greek culture, saying that ancient Greek civilization was derived from the Nordic race. We know that Ancient Greece is the air of Egypt, and in lesser extent to Persia and Mesopotamia. Ionia was a commercial city, part of Anatolia

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The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust. n.pr/4tkczIu

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q

Trump Delivered on His Campaign Promises, But Only to Himself youtu.be/lE5gkV4YFJY

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Sure, Venezuela is collapsing, but look at that view!

One meeting with JD Vance and Marco Rubio turned delegates from Greenland and Denmark into the Ben Affleck Smoking meme

RFK Jr. is committed to building a healthy America, one slab of red meat at a time

It's a massive invasion... of hilarious ICE videos!

Ronny on how ICE’s newest recruits are unqualified, poorly trained, and ready to unleash violence

Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject latest $108bn hostile Paramount bid

Trump Kidnaps President Maduro, Targets Venezuelan Oil & Ditches "America First" youtu.be/HDSzUfMZRHE

Saturday’s raid makes good on President Trump’s long-held desire to remove Venezuelan President Maduro, but was done without congressional authorization, is in apparent violation of international law and leaves open questions about Venezuela’s future.

The job-market impact of AI may already be visible at the bottom of the career ladder. In The World Ahead, we examine what this means for graduates in the coming year

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “I never predicted that a fringe conspiracy theorist like Mr. Kennedy would one day become leader of the health care system, but it doesn’t surprise me,” writes Dr. Benjamin Mazer.

I recently wrote up a description of the book and its argument, if you are curious about its extremely counter-intuitive argument — that Truman was perhaps the most anti-nuclear president of the 20th century: doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-most-a...

Tatarchenko: By the 1970s, computers had become culturally familiar enough to serve as a vehicle for critique in USSR. The computer could serve emblem of systemic dysfunction, failures of planned economy & shortcomings of the various human actors involved #SHOT2025

This podcast is great stuff

I wrote a little essay in honor of my dad's retirement, "Reading Between the Lines in the Barany Lab" (open access) doi.org/10.1007/s109...

A footnote to the Copernican revolution: What a profound epistemic rupture it was, wasn’t it, for the Earth to be demoted to the status of a planet? We are no longer at the center of the universe — just an ordinary planet, inhabited by ordinary people.

Doble supernova (imagen diaria de la Nasa)

ÚLTIMA HORA | Muere una trabajadora del servicio de limpieza municipal en Barcelona en plena ola de calor www.eldiario.es/catalunya/mu...

Cat amongst the Glutton by Robbie Bushe, 1989. Scottish, b. 1964 - Oil on panel

EL ENTRETIEMPO.

Breaking of Dawn by Yokoyama Taikan, 1940 Japanese, 1868-1958 Adashi Museum of Art

Hablo con @felipez360.bsky.social sobre cómo la creación en internet se convirtió en una industria, el silencio cómplice del gremio ante personajes como Frank Cuesta, la comunidad “redpill”, o si tiene sentido disputar espacios como Twitter #NoObstante en @furortv.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/riK47b4YvAQ

Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer, on the day of the Leviathan workshop, outside the UCL room where Simon had is PhD viva many years ago (1980s). Steven was one examiner, Roy Porter the other.

I hate that this is the first thing I have to ask the mainstream publishers I'm getting ready to submit work to

El Gobierno ultima la documentación para la extinción de la Fundación Francisco Franco y la suspensión de su actividad

Para recordar, Palacio, científico, estuvo comprometido con el desarrollo de la ciencia y tecnología nacional al escoger a Luis Romo Saltos como secretario de Ciencia y Tecnología cuando era vicepresidente de Lucio Gutiérrez. Romo es el único Ecuatoriano conoció a Einstein

❗ Reino Unido rompe sus negociaciones comerciales con Israel: "Lo que está pasando es injustificable" eldiario.es/internaciona...

Great thread

Vergüenza

EL MUNDO AL REVÉS Como es esto de que hay gente pidiendo el fin de una dictadura imaginaria con banderas de la DICTADURA REAL.

En La Casa Blanca están buscando “Enrique VIII” en Wikipedia. Por lo que sea.

Since apparently we're doing this *again*: 1. An education in the humanities is good and lots of people should have one. 2. If you think that an education in the humanities is the only way to learn critical thinking then your education in the humanities has not taught you much critical thinking.