Thoughtful discussion by @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social and @nvpatel.bsky.social on the risks and benefits of going to the moon. To me, one of the most exciting prospects is finding 3 and 4 byo Earth rocks up there, perhaps right where they landed after the Really Big One. #astrobiology

was watching that bob dylan biopic and trying to think of what my generation’s equivalent of him going electric would be. closest i came up with was title fight releasing hyperview.

i don't have thoughts on cracker barrel. have a good weekend everyone.

Some professional news: My portfolio is shifting a bit at New York Times Opinion and I'm now taking on AI as a deeper topic of coverage here. If you have a guest essay on AI you want to submit, I'll be your guy.

Not that I totally love that Gujaratis are the focus of discourse at the moment but it is nice to see our history and the intricacies of our community become a learning lesson to Americans right now.

I’m biracial (US dad, Ethiopian mom US born) and moved to Kenya at 4, had lots of Kenyan Indian friends, families there generations. When I moved to the states I didn’t know I was Black or have any idea of the American binary concept of race until someone called me the n word.

Summertime highway music youtu.be/_WlLGOw3Cws?...

I’ve only been in town since Thursday but can attest to this. Friday night should felt buzzy and filled with mirth — instead it was as if everyone had cancelled plans, preparing for a natural disaster to strike.

Song of the year on the album of the year youtu.be/i1YzOOi0u68?...

I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument. Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch

Great and chilling piece by @jherrerx.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...

Detroit must be stopped at all costs

Oh no

This Knicks / Pistons series is so good. They are about to scrap at every given turn. Finals-energy. God I hate Detroit

“That someone as morally and scientifically confused as Kennedy is in charge of guiding our children’s health is a grave mistake,” Jessica Grose writes.

For the better part of a century, the US has been enormously enriched by emigrant scientists from around the world. Under Trump, the brain drain is reversing. If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.

my favorite thing is that some of these stories from the last 24 hours present the same contradicting points in within the same graf

for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I wrote about the trump administration’s attacks on HIV care, and what health care providers can do to meet the moment

Great article by @nvpatel.bsky.social overviewing what’s at stake for young researchers. Finding jobs and seeking funding happen on tight timelines. Many of my peers are forced to leave, not because of a lack of fortitude but a lack of opportunity (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Times Opinion has heard from more than 100 readers who have shared stories of how their research has been affected by funding cuts. “America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists,” @nvpatel.bsky.social, a staff editor in Opinion, writes in response.

"Many young researchers say they are having to choose between staying in the United States and staying in science." An essential read from @nvpatel.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Just read @nvpatel.bsky.social's article. Absolute banger, it really captures the heartbreak me and many other scientists feel in this moment, as well as the love and dedication we have for research. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

From a beacon of excellence to a brain drain in just three months. "America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists." -- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Hitting on themes that many have been had in conversations, on social, blogs, essays, op-eds, and more, @nvpatel.bsky.social describes the ongoing crisis in the @nytimes.com. The fate of American science is not yet written, what we do now shapes the future. 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Before I became a journalist, I had planned to become a scientist. It has been incredibly disorienting and disheartening to see how a career in research has now become just as uncertain and tumultuous as journalism itself. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

“The modern-day childhood vaccine schedule has allowed children to grow into healthy adults,” writes Elena Conis, a historian of medicine. “For people who’ve never seen them, the worst manifestations of some of these preventable diseases are almost unimaginable. It’s worth remembering their toll.”

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dr. Oz’s nonconformist approach endeared him to patients “and to a public eager for a warmer approach to medicine,” the journalist Eoin Higgins writes. “At the same time, it became a way to accrue decades of fame and fortune.”

Midtown is awful but a small joy is getting to witness a man in a suit zip by in a scooter complaining loudly on the phone about someone scooping up some building’s air rights before him.

Spreading the gospel on a Friday night

are they gonna refund me the ~$30 that I have sitting in my acct for international calls

Lotta bad stuff in the world right now but I’ve noticed in the several weeks that nearly every bar I’ve been to has played “Only Shallow” by My Bloody Valentine at some point in the night, and I think that’s something our society ought to celebrate more openly.

God I love how much Draymond hates this loll

Mr Beast is so awkward at the all star game — very clear evidence how YouTube celebrity doesn’t transfer to mainstream charisma

I have to say I think this is all my fault. As a Philly hater I was really looking forward to how upset everyone in my group chats would be tn. I think my hubris led to this. My bad.

if i text you this just know you’re cooked

I’m sorry but I have no choice but to root for jimmy butler and draymond as teammates

Tomorrows the first time in my life I’ll make plans to watch First Take

And Trump fired all the inspectors general so there can’t be a federal investigation. Unbelievable

We’ll always have basketball 🥲

forgot what it was like to kinda be losing my mind on a friday evening

Impossible for me to root for the eagles. Go chiefs.

We could just try letting it stay banned, feels worth a shot

is there a term for having a parasocial relationship with an app, bc it feels like there's a lotta that going around rn

Literally gasped when I saw it. RIP David Lynch. Really impossible for me to articulate how heavy his influence was on the way I think about art.

Meta/Facebook always goes all in on certain trends of the moment. once it was video, then metaverse... the lurch into free speech / "antiwoke" policies is perhaps more jarring because it includes a more internal cultural shift at the company. but the pattern has always been that these moves founder.

goddamn

I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...