Larry Page & Peter Thiel are willing to spend >6 months a year elsewhere. & make a political statement because they’d ONLY be left with assets worth $246 Billion & $26 Billion? Having 1.6 million or 170k TIMES the average household assets is just not enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...

abcnews.go.com/US/wind-powe... When you think affordability is a “hoax” of course you cancel more sources of energy supply as demand soars and prices climb for consumers.

While the new proposals to screen incoming traveler's social media might get attention, look at the next graph in the proposal - "High value data fields" The most important line is the last one- CPB invites public comment; up to you. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

www.bbc.com/news/live/cw... Look for the watermarks or where they might be blurred out

If we know the prefrontal cortex doesn’t fully develop till 25, is there an age where control of executive function, impulse control etc. decline? Asking for… A nation?

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Almost every phrase selling Germany to prospective scientists/ scholars / workers currently in the U.S. makes you reflect.

The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories. So we made that list for you 👇

“I have never seen anything like it” @camanpour.bsky.social addresses the President’s escalating hostility toward the press, citing a recent incident in which he dismissed a female journalist with the remark “Quiet, piggy.” Watch Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer.com 🎧

Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021. Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.

Am old enough to remember how ads from the Bush (sr) campaign about William Horton sank the Dukakis campaign. This wknd’s pardons are staggering in comparison.

Thanks so much to @nowhari.bsky.social for a great interview on COP30, Bill Gates, my new book, and more.

What’s will happen to ABC news after this presser conference with MbS? Mary Bruce asked about -Propriety of the President’s profits -The murder of WaPo journalist -Release of the Epstein files. led POTUS to wonder why his fcc chair doesn’t pull ABC’s license.

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call... Wonder in 25 years whether there will be more monuments overseas to the contributions by Americans of color than there will be in America.

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

The disinformation is coming from inside the house… in this case the white house.

Only the very best people… www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I spoke recently with @dakekang.bsky.social of @apnews.com on the level of involvement that U.S. companies have had in China. It’s often shareholder value over human values. youtu.be/nRG032PB7m0?...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9bf... funny & profound in his nuance... as always

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so... lets say you wanted info. on housing assistance and went to a website like HUD.gov... this is what you're greeted with.

I'm always pleasantly surprised how little time I spend on here. I come in, scroll a bit, click on a few stories, reach the part of my feed I've seen before, and then.... I just leave. It's quite sane.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Regardless of who commits it, violence is not the answer.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09... The freedom to censor.

Story:

Studies have found that many vaccines may be associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Here are four of the most common ones with the strongest links.

GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027. A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbsn...? Aggressive quotas drive arrest first, ask questions later policies.

South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America is hosting an emergency webinar at 2:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM EST discussing the effects of the new proclamation regarding H-1Bs. Join this link to get your questions answered. www.linkedin.com/posts/sabano...

Reporters who cover DOD - losing your “credential” will actually add to your credibility. Publicize the moment you hand in your badge. You didn’t sign up to be part of the comms department.

This seems like a big wheel driver veering all over the road - we’d usually steer clear of that guy… But here we are- on board. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Kimmel & Colbert were casualties of parent companies with business in front of the administration. It might be even more reason audiences turn to independent creators who are more nimble and can publish with less government leverage over their work. The next evolution of a public media.

And it begins…. Do we really have to make this play out where politics dwarfs our public health and we quite literally create a patchwork of blue and red states with radically different outcomes for children based on vaccine skepticism? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...

So the government would target a business who refused to print posters ? Didn’t SCOTUS rule a few years ago that a baker had the right to refuse to bake a cake for a same sex wedding? Full nyt article www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Sometimes I wonder if we’ll be talking about a “two state solution” in the future… For this country.

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss. A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Kentucky’s law setting the standard of 50-50 shared child custody was hailed as a victory for fathers’ rights. Critics say it also puts mothers and children at risk Painful to read some of these stories documented by @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Violence is not the answer.

youtube.com/watch?v=zj2M... Spoke to @mtosterholm.bsky.social before today’s testimony by Sec. Kennedy but the good Dr. breaks down clearly the changes to American health that so many Senators on both sides of the aisle are alarmed about.

Where the ____ were these interrogations by Senator Cassidy during the confirmation of RFK jr? Kennedy’s testimony continues to double down on his conspiracy laden worldview. It’s staggering to watch the livestream www.youtube.com/live/4-Ie1OZ...

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Waiting for Shakespeare in Jamaica … The annual …and futile … effort to get free tickets to Shakespeare in the park. This line in Queens had ~400 people in it. The earliest showed up at 5am for a noon distribution of tix.

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

Just finished the Lazarus project season 1 & 2. While it’s full of the usual time travel loop quandaries, gun play and the necessary suspensions of reality, it also had a Fantastic mind-bending end. #sci-fi #netflix

Worth listening to the reporting of @dgraham.bsky.social for his recent book on Project 2025. What you see happening around is part of a plan- not understanding that is …irresponsible. youtu.be/wREo3afnLBM?...

apnews.com/article/trum... Someone keeping crime statistics might get fired soon…

youtube.com/watch?v=TdCa... If you want help making sense of why the redrawing of Texas Congressional maps is important, listen to my chat with @davedaley.bsky.social He eats this stuff for breakfast (and likes it).