The standoff over the B.Q.E. has become, more broadly, a symbol of the power that local communities wield over critical infrastructure projects around the nation.

sometimes you question whether your kids are listening to you at all and then other times you catch your three-year-old muttering to herself "these are really chic" while putting on her new shiny little mary janes

settled down intending to crack open a novel tonight but there are simply too many takes to fav

10 emergency declarations ↓ 33 executive orders ↓ Hundreds of actions www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

New: I wrote about the shortage of men in the child care industry—and what it would take to change that. I was glad to spend time with some of the talented men who have chosen this career path, despite the stigma and bias they sometimes face vox.com/child-care/4...

with aid increasingly difficult and dangerous to obtain, some basic items are available to buy in gaza, but at unfathomably expensive prices. a bag of flour that cost $10 before the war is $300 now; a pack of diapers that would cost $5 in the u.s. is $150 in gaza. (gift link)

Reuters reported the "ward is silent as hungry children are too exhausted to cry," and a doctor said of a baby who did not gain a gram in three months, "there is a total loss of muscles. It's only skin on top of bones."

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

“There is no one in Gaza now outside the scope of famine, not even myself,” said Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, who leads the pediatric ward at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. “I am speaking to you as a health official, but I, too, am searching for flour to feed my family.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

Trump calls the Epstein case a "hoax." His MAGA base disagrees. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended. This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

Wide Leg Jean is an example of something that can be nice to buy, but not so nice to have as a nickname

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

the jenny slate doppelganger doing asl translation for the mayoral debate is so wonderfully expressive

The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

"like you could eat a carrot with an onion ring and they would travel down to your stomach, then they would get there, and the carrot would say, 'it's cool, he's with me'"

overheard through the door of my kids' room this morning — 2-year-old: all done music? husband: but this song is so important! brandon flowers: I NEVERRRRRR

restaurants should have a menu option called “the rat” that lets you scurry around and eat leftovers ppl wont finish. the waiter could ask guests if they’d like a box or if they’d like to send it “to the rat”

Policy changes often take years to show results. And then there is congestion pricing in New York. Here are all of the ways we could find it having an immediate effect: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I went to Chicago to cover a papal conclave. No, not that one. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

very fun story by @ezwrites.bsky.social but as a parent of twin actors i am duty-bound to oppose this practice www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/m...

New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause: - 15.2m deaths from AIDS - 2.2m deaths from TB - 7.9 additional child deaths

as the trump admin rapidly changes immigration policy, it can feel hard to keep track of what rights different groups — citizens, green-card & visa holders, the undocumented — have. an easy-to-follow breakdown of legal rights and how they're shifting, by @albertsun.bsky.social & miriam jordan:

Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.” By @andykroll.bsky.social

leslie bibb, carrie coon and michelle monaghan

which word do you openly detest so much that you could utter it in a hostage-phone-call situation to subtly let your loved ones know you're under duress? mine is "learnings"

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

hard agree

I get that a lot of people don’t like to read, which encourages reliance on ChatGPT and TikTok - but “aversion to reading” has been an issue for basically forever, and I believe that instead of just giving up, we should still be strongly encouraging people to read, because it’s good for society

cannot overstate how excited i am to read @greenwell.bsky.social's book about private equity this summer!! if you, too, would like to know how one industry has been a harbinger of doom for so many others, smash that preorder button bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...

I hated having to write this, but I'm grateful to the many people who risked their ability to do critically important work they love, by talking to me. (And I will continue to cover it, so if you want to talk to me, DM for my Signal.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

In 2023, the @nytimes.com published a series of investigative articles showing the growing risk of mid-air collisions involving airliners, especially in close proximity to airports. Worth checking it out. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

tired: fearing that robots will become so smart they take your job wired: fearing that robots will still be dumb but take your job anyway

@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social made a list of all the topics you people are unbearably annoying about, so for the love of god stop discussing them now! defector.com/discourses-w...

your honor my clients are INNOCENT

we have reached the point in thanksgiving when my husband shares with his ten-years-younger brother his "secret stash of the good stuff" (deep-cut wikipedia articles)

I wonder who the first Gen Z orca was that saw a pic of their mom looking like a baddie in her dead salmon hat and decided to bring the trend back

i propose we call an inelegant attempt to combine two words a jortmanteau

fig newton is short for figment of your imaginewton

i don't have a great way to explain or justify this but i think the vanity fair cormac mccarthy article has ruined any chance i might have had of enjoying the new father john misty album