“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday,” Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, wrote in a memo. He added that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity.” nyti.ms/41yElFc

For the first time the military provides number on transgender military service. And they’re stunning. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

In Marine Drill Instructors, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide. Important reporting by @kelsbbaker.bsky.social and @dflawrence.bsky.social. Would like to know what the instructor's blast exposure was in the years before their last assignments. Military.com www.military.com/daily-news/i...

The NDAA requires comprehensive action on blast exposure and brain injuries www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...

The US spent almost 20 years trying to eradicate Afghanistan’s opium industry. The Taliban has succeeded www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/w...

“Since God made the subways, people have been doing stupid things on them.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...

Tree bark and toad poison and a quest for healing. How combat vets are seeking relief from brain injury through psychedelics. The trend is strong among Special Operations, especially Navy SEALs. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...

Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/t...

The Navy says flying jets does not cause brain injuries, but this fall it launched a confidential effort, called Project Odin's Eye, to screen every TOPGUN pilot. Pilots say its about time. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/u...

How Pete Hegseth evolved from a by-the-book young officer to a defender of troops accused of war crimes. Latest episode of The Daily. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/p...

Jim Bishop was a Colorado man who had a lifelong obsession to build a castle by hand. He just died at 80. His castle lives on. In 2007 I drew a comic strip about him for The Colorado Springs Gazette. I’d like to share…

When Pete Hegseth was an earnest, young Army lieutenant, he was cleareyed that warcrimes were indefensible. By the end of his Army career, he was their leading defender. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

After being grounded for months following a string of crashes, the V-22 Osprey is back in the air. But there are questions as to whether it should be. apnews.com/osprey-safet...

More than a decade of costly and time-consuming prevention efforts don't seem to be working. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

“Seeking an edge in combat, the Navy has created boats so powerful that riding in them can destroy sailors’ brains” via @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...