A program that gave women in Flint, Michigan, money during pregnancy and after childbirth significantly improved their health and that of their newborns, according to a new study published Wednesday.

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

One day, I will indeed forget that I already fed her, and her campaign of psychological intimidation will be complete.

If I was trying to interview someone and they did this ... I would lose my mind.

ain't no drama like food co-op drama.

@rusty.todayintabs.com did you … pixelate the whales’ faces?

Anthropic employs at least four philosophers. Google DeepMind employs at least TEN. When journalism fully implodes, at least my B.A. in philosophy will be put to good use. (Love this story from @joelkhalili.bsky.social about the murky motives of AI companies and their Aristotles)

wake up babe the white house is a six flags

My main Knicks-related story involves working for Bill Bradley when I was 23 and losing Dave DeBusschere (6’6”) in Zabar’s. Surprisingly hard to guard.

Babe what’s wrong you haven’t touched your shrimp ass chips

Whereabouts of missing Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) remain unknown, but he’s trading stocks again. From today’s @notus.com newsletter:

Ok it’s genuinely joyous to see so many people at drop off, including teachers, in Knicks gear.

“Does How To Cook Everything have how to cook a house?” And other questions Mark Bittman didn’t anticipate.

"Becerra refused to provide records of police shootings, on-the-job sexual assault and dishonesty-related officer misconduct held by the state DOJ ... a 'bad-faith pattern of attempting to frustrate public access about matters of the utmost public importance.'" www.kqed.org/news/1173062...

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

Rocking up to my husband’s reunion with some Cool College Facts.

Soundtrack of my middle school dances

This week, Slate staff was notified that three employees—all members of the union—were being laid off. Each was a member of Slate’s podcast staff. With their departure, Slate is reducing its audio content, which includes job reductions for a number of contractors. Slate Union's official statement:

I met Patreon's CEO Jack Conte a few years ago, and I have always been intrigued by what he's trying to build. We sat down to have a pretty-wide ranging chat. Also he was game enough to answer "why does everyone hate tech CEOs?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5KY...

Patreon CEO Jack Conte is obsessed with the idea that the internet can be better. So we sat down and talked about it. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

look, maybe they are at that point in wedding planning where it's a goddamn delight when someone bails.

Seems like Bill Cassidy has come down with a case of senioritis

THE DRIVE ICON LOOKS LIKE RECYCLING DON'T DO THIS TO ME

If only there was some kind of agency to coordinate US aid.

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

My child told me not to fall asleep on tv tonight. Which, thanks bud.

“That’s the stupidest question I’ve ever heard.” RIP Barney Frank

She’s baaaack (and wearing pleats please) www.thecut.com/article/how-...

Rage hot. Ambient pee smell hot. Standing on the breeziest part of the train platform hot.

My AI girlfriend dumped me is simply something you could not waterboard out of me

I’ve done an inexplicable thing.

Attn: Morgan Stanley www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego was at least the 24th high-profile shooting at a house of worship in the U.S. over the past two decades, according to an analysis by @thetrace.org. Collectively, the shootings left at least 95 dead and 103 wounded, not including the shooters.

Why write a book if you are not going to write the book? Truly what is the point? Everything is stupid, the end. Thank you.

Come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

Single moms with hungry kids have been kicked off food stamps in Arizona and elsewhere. Disabled Americans across the country are bracing for deep Medicaid cuts that they fear could force them out of their homes and into institutions. Meanwhile, in Washington:

Exclusive: The Pentagon said a crash that killed six U.S. service members did not involve hostile fire and happened in “friendly airspace”—but initial intelligence reports painted a more complicated picture, Atlantic staff writers report. theatln.tc/1Tz6qECT

I remember loving my own commencement speaker, Yo-Yo Ma. He played for us and then gave a short speech about finding your own voice. Much better than the usual blather. He starts around 24:00 in here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYjU...

You may have read about the woman who gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom Friday night while waiting to be arraigned. I spoke to an attorney who saw the whole thing, and says it was much worse than has previously been reported, a scene of "complete violence." hellgatenyc.com/birth-in-bro...

Roblox is one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world. It has a child safety problem -- can its new features, including facial recognition, fix things? slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The jury said they cannot let that sink in

Unanimous verdict from the jury: All three claims brought by Musk are barred by statute of limitations. Elon Musk loses.

musk v altman: we have a verdict. now waiting for the jury to enter

Incredible phrase: "...had been owned for more than five decades by the president of a regional hosta society" www.curbed.com/article/they...

“Pregnancy care is a continuum,” said Dr. Maria Rodriguez, an OBGYN and professor at Oregon Health and Science University, and the study’s lead author. “If you restrict access for one type of care, it’s going to affect all of them.”

Sometimes I think about how they played Too Close at my brother’s middle school dances.

Everlane to SHEIN feels like some kind of millennial culture death knell.

"Though 10,000 Maniacs were always more studied and less artful than their friends in R.E.M.—R.E.M. didn’t print their lyrics, while the Maniacs laid them out in prose like little short stories—both bands inhabited the same literate, history-conscious landscape, and cultivated [similar fans]"

Great @anniegowen.bsky.social piece on the Flock debacle in one NY town www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...