From CDC: "As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 19 states..." "As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that Influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 42 states..." www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....

Deeply upsetting but not surprising: “policies defunding everything from scientific research to public health have damaged the U.S.'s reputation to the point where she hears from hospitals and universities that top international talent are no longer interested in coming to America” 🧪

The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.

Volvo electric excavators get to work crushing rocks in Canadian quarry

Interesting how its always more work for women....

Didn’t eat any pizza today I’ll try harder tomorrow

bit.ly/4pwdFy8 Oregon is back in the top five and Miami leads pack of five ranked ACC teams in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.

Link and 🧵

Update: A halt has been called for the auction of the equipment of Radio Free Asia, which has seen Kari Lake-controlled USAGM stop distribution of it Congressionally approved funds. rasmus.com/auctions/galIdtync...

Ice plus oil = fireball Fireball is not the same as butterball. These are two very different things.

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

As we start four-man bobsled today, this is what it looks like on the way down the 16 curve track in Cortina d'Ampezzo

hahaha i'm sure this isn't a potentially massive problem right hahaha

This is particularly wild if you think about what happened yesterday in the oval office

A barred own in North Mountain Park in Ashland, Oregon this afternoon. We had quite the stare down for a while. #birds

Colleagues and I were just talking about this: The CTA holiday train is the purest experience of joy in the city. -No one- is so jaded that they don’t light up when they see it. Commuters get genuinely excited. People smile and laugh and text pictures to their friends. It’s a delight.

Non-Chicagoans don't realize how fun it is to see the Holiday Train pulling into the station. A little jolt of joy gives you a lift.

I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook County Jail.

I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥

Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine buff.ly/3tRhtNf

Some animals have no sense of personal space. This is how I wake up these days.

I cannot believe how many of you will not only touch a hot stove, but will willingly pay to do so 🙃

A poem for your Saturday Don't Hesitate ~ Mary Oliver —If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate/It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins./Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty.

I am 100% not paying for words written by Ryan Lizza, Olivia Nuzzi, or anyone else I can think of with two Zs in their last name.

Okay gang, at 7:00 AM ET we'll have the first 2-man bobsled race of the season! Big field of sleds, and it should be some good racing on the Olympic track. This is my thread for the first heat, and this is the live link to watch along! www.youtube.com/live/4gHTaQL...

Journalism is not for everybody.

Another in my series of libraries Carl Jung's library, Zurich #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Time has no meaning in an airport! If I want breakfast at 19:00 and pizza at 10:30 this is my right as a traveler. This will be my platform when I run for the Parliament. Also the Brentrence because swapping money is annoying

A perfect cat for #Caturday

This is what happens when a stable family groupchat has not been firmly established.

In what little is left of his authentic self, Trump is two things: A New Yorker, and an interior decorator. The only head of state he considers impressive is the Mayor of New York City, and the only thing he really feels pride in, is his interior decorating choices. Mamdani hit him in the heart.

If I was Mamdani I'd be calling that motherfucker every day. Just call him up and talk about what happened on Fox & Friends. The Knix score. Just keep that line open.

Let me get this right The pope threw a rave at the Vatican Trump loves Mamdani And MTG is quitting?! What is going on

I have been mostly offline today but it feels like an entire “We Didn’t Start the Fire” worth of news happened while I was gone

F1 qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix starts in 10 minutes and it’s raining! Could be mayhem here. 👀 🌧️

Not a great photo choice, but I’m glad the Clintons are visiting at this time. PSP is an awful diagnosis.

Maude (Bea Arthur) chose to have an abortion #OTD in 1972 GOLDEN GIRLS creator Susan Harris wrote this relatable two-part episode wherein Maude and her husband make the decision together. Such was the power of Norman Lear that he could present an honest portrayal of choice in primetime 53 yrs ago.

And speaking of ICE, an Oregon coast community is now suing the federal government after its rescue helicopter was relocated to potentially make way for a new detention center in the state.

Makes sense. She usually has plans on January 6th.

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci

man, if there were more than one popular, charismatic democrat we'd be all set

Also worth noting: In 2024, Trump got less than 840,000 votes in New York City. In 2025, Mamdani got more than a million. For every four votes Trump got, Mamdani got five.

This @mcsweeneys.net piece is 10/10 no notes www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...

Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way? Eric: Nope. Never. You? Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥

the son he always wanted

A modeling agency, you say?