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I’m no lover of data centers, but local governments have very few tools at their disposal to finance infrastructure and other economic development. TIFs are one of them. This could be a new front for NIMBYs to cement new veto points that then apply beyond data centers

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

Long-term studies are vital to understanding how species and ecosystems are responding to climate change and other environmental stressors, but difficult to sustain under typical short-term grant cycles. LTER has been funding these since 1980. This is breaking something that can’t be replaced.

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

The first women being admitted as undergraduates at Columbia University is something that happened in my lifetime. There’s a lot we take for granted that is ~2-3 generations old, and people in power are actively trying to undo a lot of it.

This is very very big. Like a big deal and massive cuts. These can’t even be seen as budgetary since you don’t get much savings in the context of trillions budget. They want the US out of R&D out of science research.

Not the main point here, but I do not ever recall a federal agency making significant programmatic and personnel changes as a result of the PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, which does not change any law or funding allocations. Congress hasn't acted yet. What are we doing here?

Hot off the press, my op-ed in MSNOW on Trump’s budget request. Proud of this one, but particularly happy they let me keep the final paragraph with only light editing. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

the exceptions are, like, port authorities, bond banks, and industrial development authorities that have public enterprise functions that are more powerful than you'd expect but are pretty underutilized

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

“General Motors’ Cadillac division recorded a 20 percent increase in sales of electric models during the first three months of the year, a sharp contrast to the company’s overall sales, which fell 10 percent.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

In a matter of days the Clippers will be playing in post-season games. Not a peep from the league in months.

Awful look for the @nba.com that the Blazers and other play-in teams are jostling with the Clippers at the end of the season. This team clearly circumvented the cap, the superstar they paid under the table is winning them games, & they are meaningfully impacting other teams’ playoff chances.

Today, @markey.senate.gov and I wrote to Secretary Burgum to oppose this administration’s decision to pay a French company nearly $1 billion to cancel offshore wind facilities off the East Coast. This administration must stop using our tax dollars to prop up the fossil fuel industry.

personally I think "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn" is a bad thing to read in the newspaper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

I’m glad Duke learned absolutely zero lessons from last years massive clutch-time disaster collapse in the closing moments of a huge NCAA Tournament game

“This is like asking a tarantula to watch your laptop. It won’t help, and now everyone is scared. No, I’m sorry. This is unfair to tarantulas, who are not known for their racial profiling.”

This is just an incredible visual model of what being on X is like

Dumb argument aside (“prior wars were worse so cheer up and be grateful”), this is one of the worst written op-eds I’ve ever seen. Six run-on bullet points in a trench-coat. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

New: *American kids* are being caught up in the administration's continuing immigration crackdown. A toddler, a preschooler and a 7-year-old — all citizens — were deported. by @nicolefoy.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/amer...

Fun fact: Congress doesn’t have to ask the President for permission to pass legislation

Many (not all) Congressional Democrats continue to be terrible at modern politics. The nation is in crisis. Voters will not give them one iota of credit for performing bipartisanship in roll call votes, it just muddles the message that this is a lawless Republican regime

yes, absolutely, sir. extremely based. tremendous parenting.

$200 billion could fund the National Science Foundation for 20 years.

This costs more than the ten-year savings from cutting SNAP benefits in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that will make it harder for low-income people to buy groceries

whut

Ørsted's 704MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project started delivering power to New England's electric grid yesterday: orsted.com/en/media/new... 🔌💡

trump crash economy

we recently made the switch to electric (finally) ourselves and I absolutely adore the Ioniq EV9. It's also true for road trips (youth basketball tournaments in central PA) it takes a bit more thinking/planning. But, after a few of those you get completely used to it and it's smooth sailing.

The ongoing hackery and buffoonery at EPA is under the radar, but legitimately deadly www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/c...

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

I'm ok with NASA sending astronauts to Mars but I think it would be nice for them to have somewhere to come home to

Duke fans refusing to beat the allegations with a bunch of College Gameday signs mocking Caleb Wilson’s injury

Israel, US intensify Iran strikes, targeting homes, hospitals, stadium https://aje.news/olna4h

BREAKING: The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released. They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump. DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

We should probably try to move off this stuff! Thoughtfully and deliberately, but with urgency. A transition of sorts

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

I talked with the @latimes.com @hayleysmith.bsky.social about the Administration promising to lower electricity bills while also blocking new sources of clean energy supply. When demand is spiking because of AI and the government is blocking supplies, prices go up. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Tough day to decide to do my taxes.

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

After all the tumult, a welcome bit of good news in the sportswriting world: The Athletic snaps up six former WaPo journalists (including my pal @candacedbuckner.bsky.social). Congrats, all!

The Trump administration’s latest attack on offshore wind construction threatens to cost ratepayers almost $100 more on their utility bills every year for the next decade, on average, for a total of $45 billion. https://ampr.gs/4aLO5PK

SCOOP: A White House staffer appears to be operating the anonymous pro-Trump X account JohnnyMAGA with nearly 300,000 followers. More here: www.wired.com/story/a-whit...