Dogs never live long enough.

from Ursula's foreword to the book: "The good interview is like a good badminton rally: you know right away that the two of you can keep that birdie in the air, and all you have to do is watch it fly."

Join me, Arati Prabhakar, Erica Chenoweth and @ucs.org on June 3 to launch Science Rising, a new initiative to speak out and mobilize scientists and science supporters to protect science and our democracy. This moment calls for something new. Let's show up. Join us at www.sciencerising.org

Lobsters know what's up... why be just one thing? #TransArtMay

1,000 World Cup tickets. $50 each. All for New Yorkers. We fought hard to make the people’s game available to the people — and won. Let the summer of soccer begin.

NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Issue 8 #Poetry DEFIANCE IS SACRED WORK by Candace Kronen Blackout poem of very few words — I encourage you to listen to the audio, which is its own gorgeous piece of art! epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

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.”

I do think that the MAGA/MAHA administration’s policies will likely end up killing even more people globally than here in the US—though there will be mass death domestically as well The final body count is going to be enormous And I say this as someone… 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3)

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

May 19, 2026

Tonight’s front porch reading:

What a great season. And I still miss Jeff Skinner! We’ll get ‘em next year! #Sabrehood 💙💛

Hopefully Sabres fans at home know its pretty much mandatory to watch the third period standing up like 6” from the screen or while pacing near the doorway into the next room. Those are the only options. #LetsGoBuffalo

HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

Apparently when Bluesky is down you are supposed to eat a tiny little bowl of peanut m&ms ?

✍️ find details on submitting to our chapbook open reading here: buff.ly/EYEycWa

I missed you all so much #LetsGoBuffalo

Frank Hulley-Jones was a senior graphics editor at The Washington Post when he was laid off in February, and his new baby was just 7 months old. Last month, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Colleagues are raising funds for his treatment and his family. gofund.me/db431d951

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous to the existence of an independent and free media. Take action: glaad.org/fcc

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

This is Sprout and Granola. They are enjoying a day on the lake. Yes, the propeller hats are necessary. They're helping with acceleration, obviously. 14/10 for both (IG: nolatheiggy)

More red pine treetops against the blue skies of North Carolina

a peculiar solemnity survived all its respective owners... a collage erasure from Classic Crimes for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Red pines in the backyard over the rooftop #NC

1. The Shining (stayed up until 2 am in the middle of a Buffalo snowstorm to finish this one) 2. The Road (made me sad for the rest of my life) 3. Tie between Donna Tartt’s The Little Friend (what in the world???) and John Green’s Looking for Alaska.

Can Benson play goalie?

Study finds COVID patients who are vaccinated against the virus are 43% less likely to infect household members www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

guy who is mad at Nolan’s Odyssey because it depicts the sea as blue instead of wine-dark

Sunset hike at Ft. Macon State Park #NC

Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...

That decidedly did not feel like an NHL playoff game

Morning hike with wild horses #NC

never in doubt? #LetsGoBuffalo

Love this new 11-panel mural project by Gina Kim and Mural Arts at the new Philly Bus Terminal at 10th and Filbert Streets!

Again!

The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.

FLOP

Booooooooooooo #LetsGoBuffalo

a low tide harbour that changes the shape of everything

Morning hike with wild horses #NC

I cannot tell you how angry this makes me/how unsurprised I am

Tale as old as time

"Reinfection Raises Long COVID Risk in Children and Adolescents" "Children and adolescents who are reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of developing long COVID, according to a large, multi-institutional study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases."

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