"Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This is one of those things where I don't really think it matters where public sentiment is. He's gonna do it because he wants it, and there's no longer anyone in his vicinity who will fight him over it.

Can the Madison Public Market say it's helping small, minority-owned business get a start, while also requiring them to spend up to $100,000 on a build-out -- and dictating which plumbers and electricians they're allowed to use? We did some digging: buff.ly/s4nzimK

Centro to establish tech, workforce development hub with $3 million grant isthmus.com/news/news/ce...

My wife brought home something called "haff caff" coffee this week and this is a good illustration of me every morning since.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it makes a lot of sense to hire gamers to address a shortage of air traffic controllers. www.semafor.com/article/04/1...

this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...

Judy Davidoff and I talked yesterday about @isthmusmadison.bsky.social, 50 years of local news and culture, and the challenges facing media everywhere with the Madison Rotary club. The 50th Anniversary tour continues! youtu.be/GHiSLAungJ8?...

USA Today confirms our reporting. Thx for the credit and the link, USA Today 😀 🙏 bsky.app/profile/radl...

This was often the topic of discussion at the first grade lunch table.

I know elections are expensive, but we'd be better off as a society if less money went toward elections and more went toward any number of other things.

It's peak Trump to say "they misquoted me" in reference to a comment he made on a TV show days earlier to *the same interviewer*.

I know it's a tornado siren. What do I call it when it's not a drill and there's actually bad weather? "Air raid siren."

Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel.

A family member is playing golf for a somewhat affluent suburban high school. They're expected to raise $900, in addition to her fees. I get it that golf isn't cheap, but look what's happening to youth sports.

The Republican Party used to complain that President Obama used the pronoun "I" too much in his speeches.

Two decisions Chris McIntosh made that are low-profile, but telling: - The failure to include an indoor track with the construction of the enormous and palatial football practice facility. Unforgiveable, considering UW's track history. - Moving the Hall of Fame to the Kohl Center? A head shaker.

Let's talk about succession in the world of college sports. Apparently the greatest sign of respect, or exercise of power and ego, is to be able to name your successor. We've seen this most recently with Bruce Pearl's son taking his place at Auburn. 1/

Who's in charge of the University of Wisconsin? Interims now at president, chancellor and athletic director.

The football team is in the midst of spring practice. Did Mac see the writing on the wall?

Really well-observed, cutting account of Trump watching a UFC bout while talks collapse in Iran: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

This child isn’t just suffering needlessly. This child is at risk for blindness, brain damage and death. All completely preventable. #VaccinesSaveLives #SheShed

“Here’s the takeaway: Keep recording,” said Adam Rose, the deputy director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/fede...

Did flannel shirts ever go away?

And don't forget the media attorneys on retainer, many of whom are connected to partisan politics. Many of whom are also called in for damage control and specifically to intimidate publishers.

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis, as well as the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.

The University of Michigan has been measuring consumer sentiment since 1952. We just got the first Iran-afflicted measure for April, and it's at the lowest level ever recorded.

I say this as someone who will see six movies in the next two days: Madison has some special theater going on right now with Forward and APT and geniuses like Colleen Madden. Go see "Lady Disdain."

Seems like a very serious guy.

The very first events calendar in the very first issue of @isthmusmadison.bsky.social, published 50 years ago this week.

Another great unintended shot at the NCAA.

American Gen Zers are growing more uneasy about AI

The Badgers team that had to wait out the final day of the conference tournaments to see if it'd get into the NCAA field is going to play for the national title. Here's what stood out in Vegas. badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

Listened to a Badgers hockey game on the radio for the first time in... 20 years? What a great listen! Brian Posick is amazing. So much fun.

Health care is where policy makers and executives are miles apart from the rest of us. There are at least two health care systems in this country and they're not using the one we use. My dad died a year ago. Before that was a 6-month lesson in how things don't work. One fiasco after another.

I have no way of knowing if Otter/AI is responsible for this error, but it's the kind of thing Otter/AI does with transcriptions. Like how your phone autocorrects curse words you try to text? AI needs to catch up with the coarse American vocabulary of the 2020s.

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“A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers”

Important reporting here on what active clubs are up to, specifically the growing trend of organized fight events bringing groups from across the country together www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

After San Francisco high school newspaper The Lowell published controversial stories about student drug use and teacher sexual harassment, journalism teacher Eric Gustafson was removed from his role. He sued his employer, and he won. With @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

We have four stories up about Tuesday's spring election: From @liamberan.bsky.social: "In beating the conservative-backed candidate for state Supreme Court, Chris Taylor didn’t just win in reliably blue counties; she won handily in some red ones." isthmus.com/news/news/th...

Jacobin mag pushed a story about Gronert being among a wave of Mamdani acolytes surging across the country. This shows that local politics is still quite local.

a small town in wisconsin is now one of the first municipalities to pass an anti-data center referendum at the ballot box letting them have the power to stop future projects

I'm not one of these people who loves to try and dunk on the @nytimes.com. Their journalists are doing exceptional work and getting stories nobody else gets. But what is this bullshit?

Direct hit, @theonion.com. Direct hit.

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