Political solicitations are back, and they’re calling be Vince again because (my best guess) someone signed my info up for this under that name, possible as a cruel joke.

"Masterblaster runs barter town" runs through my head more than I care to admit.

Regarding the latest SCOTUS ruling—I think a reasonable rule could have been: Primarily, when a high level of evidence suggests patently unconstitutional acts will likely cause irreparable harm not just to litigants but those like them, a nationwide injunction is appropriate. 1/

New Ted Lasso season 😮?

"People do not decide their futures. They decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures." F.M. Alexander (posting so I don't forget)

Almost no zombies in a show makes a show not really a zombie show

Saw a headline that fed expects to shrink staff by 10% over next several years. But if it cuts quality govt service by 70% (made up stat), is that a good bargain?

DC is 43 on happy cities? Seems high.

I would write a book called "wrong lessons I learned," but I don't want you to learn them, too, so I'm not going to write it. You're welcome.

Episode 3 of Last of Us season 2 better be better than episode 2. 😭 🤮

Has Trump ever told a joke?

PSA: kids are really good at getting around screen safeguards. E.g., No TikTok? Ok, just screen record one and send as a vid. 😖

I think we could all use a new Enya album, yes?

Is Ezra Klein’s Abundance meant to catch the attention/support of the Abundance360 people?

Special elections signal possible anti-GOP/Trump sentiment. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.

Turns out whooping cough can bust through the vax in a 10yo. This sux.

My take on Schumer's choice. reasonablist.substack.com/p/schumers-c...

Again—10 Dems voted for cloture. Only 2 voted for the actual CR, and neither was Schumer. (They were Shaheen (D-NH and King (I-ME).)

He voted against the bill. What he did vote for was cloture, to end debate on the matter.

FWIW, Schumer voted for cloture but against the actual CR.

TIL Ringo has never had pizza.

I mean, I guess tariffs driving prices up and killing the markets will increase unemployment and so could… slow/stop inflation? The feds will need to lower interest rates to counter? I’m trying to make sense of all this.

I actually think affordability is standard fare for an America dream.

Against threat, we have the options of fight, flee, freeze, or friend. I should make a flowchart helping suggest which make sense when. Worry folks don’t always think this through all that well.

Kevin Drum has died. I really enjoyed his thinking. May his memory be a blessing.

I guess Elon, by his own admission, instantiates the point. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

I stockpiled Canadian maple syrup because who knows.

The response could’ve used a theme.

I fell asleep

I’d not heard of Anora. 🤷🏽

Gotta couple this with where Americans want more/less taxation

There was no idea that would’ve gone well for Zelensky. He knew beforehand they’re in his enemy’s pocket. He must’ve self-immolated in hopes to inspire more European and other support?

Should a country be judged by its leaders?

Hackman will be missed

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

VA bill would throttle youth social media time to 1hr. Caregivers could extend. Interesting.

The latest issue (Vol. 65, Issue 1) of History of Education Quarterly is out. Below are (free or open access) links to all the content. 1/n

Establishment Clause?

Confusing if not dishonest: SC, SD, AR, UT, likely other attorneys general assure they'd protect Sec 504 disability rights while the suit they joined seeks to overturn that section. Can't have both. Clear they seek to overturn. See pg42 demand for relief. www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/defaul...

Still not getting action on this site like was had on the other, partly because (I think) active users over there have not put in comparable effort here.

Fascinating -- Alaskans get a government cash payout (similar to universal basic income) that has resulted in an increase in twin boy births. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

@chadaldeman.bsky.social eduprogress is down. I want to read your tariffs bit!

Important: "[S]uppressing fearful thoughts improved mental health, esp for those w anxiety & post-traumatic stress." (2023) This upends "century-old wisdom that suppressing thoughts is maladaptive, offering an accessible approach to improving mental health." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Can anybody use Spotify in Karaoke mode? (Trying to troubleshoot here.)

White Lotus!

Lawyer recruitment to assist illegally dismissed Federal employees 🧪

Go to @marcelias.bsky.social He is recruiting lawyers to assist government employees. 202-968-4490; [email protected]. Please retweet as much as possible. Get the word out. These people are illegally fired. They can sue.

I’m fine with getting rid of pennies.