Rays CEO: ‘…we believe with conviction that we're going to be able to create a world-class work-live-learn-play development…’ www.mlb.com/news/rays-hi...

He’s running, Jay Powell ‘28

last year this could’ve been about central eurasian studies but since it’s 2026 i guess it’s something else

The money range that top transfers are getting, per @skhanjr.bsky.social: - QBs: $1-4million+ - Edge rushers: $500,000 to $2 million - OTs: $600,000 to $1.3 million More: www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

On Wisconsin!

The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.

I must prove to them that their own inner voice — the one we’re honing all semester — is more trustworthy than AI. It’s a project of connecting students w/ their own humanity. Building & trusting their own muscles to run & dance when hopping in the AI golf cart seems not just easier, but *smarter.*

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

A few thoughts about this deeply-flawed Jeremy W. Peters article.(Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

when anyone mentions Kirk I’m thinking Alejandro only tbh

ICYMI: CVC buys into International Schools Partnership (ISP) at a €7bn valuation, more than triple what it was worth four years ago. www.ft.com/content/074a...

💣🇰🇷 BREAKING: LAFC are finalizing a deal to sign superstar Son Heung-Min from Spurs, per sources. Agreement reached between LAFC and Spurs for fee in region of $20-26m. Personal terms all agreed. Son could travel as soon as this week w/ @jacobsben.bsky.social www.givemesport.com/lafc-reach-a...

Hello to new followers, just fyi if there’s anything food-related that I’d like to be known for (apart from my own books), it’s probably this piece I wrote about Anthony Bourdain london.eater.com/2018/6/15/17...

‘…[Bourdain] a man who could pinpoint the Malaysian Nyonya / Straits-Chinese roots in my Sambal Udang dish without anybody telling him who had cooked up the dish or where it came from…’

Donald Trump loves posting A.I. images of himself. On a new episode of The Political Scene podcast, the staff writer @xwaldie.bsky.social talks about how she sees these often bizarre representations as the “statements of intent” of a budding authoritarian. Listen here.

These WNBA preseason games played at colleges where stars are from are such a cool idea. The Fever at Iowa today. The Sky at LSU yesterday.

Welcome to the US' saddest airport lounge: "Like hanging out in the early 90s at your friend’s basement at the house his divorced dad rented. Dank. Dark. Weird stains. But you get to pour your own liquor because there are no adults in charge.” www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

“[America’s universities] strength has been built on government investment but not government control. The Supreme Court recognized this years ago when it articulated [their] …ability to determine who gets to teach, what is taught, how it is taught, and who is admitted to study.”

Never thought, living in Ann Arbor, I’d become a huge Harvard fan. But today I am. Go Harvard!

🏆🏒 Western Michigan beats Boston University 6-2 to win the NCAA ice hockey national championship. It's WMUs third national title in any sport, joining two men's cross country titles in 1964/65.

The optics and impact of a Muslim Arab woman from Africa being a key force at a storied wbb College program in the United States are so important right now. Jana El Alfy is THAT player. #MashaAllah 📷 @uconn.bsky.social WBB

ICYMI: FT’s @alanbeattie.bsky.social excellent interview with @douglasirwin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5hvA...

Walk by this a lot but for some reason I thought today would be a good day to post it.

Oh my gosh this is incredible skating

Justice Sotomayor’s career “has exemplified to an extraordinary degree this University’s core values of service, truth-seeking and justice” - Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values www.princeton.edu/news/2025/03...

ICYMI: Provost @kingscollege.bsky.social & @financialtimes.com columnist, Gillian Tett joins former Banana Slug & now well known podcaster @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social here… open.spotify.com/episode/1RPk...

@mayorwu.boston.gov rocked her hearing today. More of this from all Dems, please. Thank you, Mayor Wu. youtu.be/0i21cliuoXo

“Sometimes, when I talk to my friends, I think we all realize that just by them having a friend who’s actually from China and has different opinions and a different life experience and different perspectives on things, it’s really helpful,” Yang said.

David Brooks is concerned…. ‘And I have — I first started thinking, is it — am I feeling grief? Am I feeling shock, like I'm in a hallucination? But I just think shame, moral shame. It's a moral injury to see the country you love behave in this way.’ www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

If nothing else, and way too late, people who believed that government does nothing of value are now getting some remedial civic education.

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc. Rubio just cancelled all of them languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...

I don’t care if they’re making the very best decisions in the history of policymaking—they’re NOT ALLOWED to do ANY of this.

In the midst of a goal to cut taxes for the wealthy but cutting the safety net, it turns out that their is one tax increase some Republicans support: a 15 fold increase in the tax rate of their perceived political enemies.

Very grateful to our @scripps.edu President/CEO Pete Schultz, for this OpEd in @sandiegouniontribune.com on the key importance of research institutions in U.S. biomedical science and how federal support is critical to fuel new discoveries and medicines. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...

The US risks a heavy price for cutbacks in research spending - oped by Abby Joseph Cohen, professor of business at Columbia and former Goldman partner. It is not just govt cuts but the concentration of private sector funding www.ft.com/content/0d06...

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

A massive, self-inflicted wound on American higher education.

AP sues Trump White House, alleging ban on its journalists at major events amounts to unconstitutional retaliation by the federal government for free speech. White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains" My updated story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...

In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, dir., 2000). 25 years later, still obsessed. We'll be screening it tomorrow 2/14 7pm at The Ruby at Duke @apsi-duke.bsky.social. Our Valentines Day (counter-)programming.