out of curiosity, I checked the list of performers. I’m not as on top of the names in comedy as I once was, but boy - this is a list of people I would never, ever watch.

The government of the United States, which is controlled by Donald Trump in the presidency, Republicans in the Senate, and Republicans in the House, will shut down in a few hours. It is the first shutdown since the last time Trump was president and he shut down the government.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Just read my first Winifred Holtby novel, having picked it up on the never-fail principle that one should buy any Virago Modern Classics book one should happen across. She's great, and I wish I had known about her sooner. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifre...

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles

Our community has felt the impact of sweeping changes to the federal and contracting workforce. Many are navigating unemployment, rethinking career paths, and seeking new business strategies. Join the AAPOR Open Community Forum on the Current Challenges with Federal Research. buff.ly/h7mJcQz

If people who have broadcast TV could post information on advertisers for the only-streaming-service crowd, I’m sure many of us would be happy to write.

I don't think defunding American universities because Americans don't need to go to college is a winning position?

Don’t Give Up the Ship #collageart #papercollage

23 questions about Robert Redford in iPoll @ropercenter.bsky.social The first is a comforting reminder that in some ways we all share a reality; the second is a sad reminder that a lot of people have bad opinions.

Go vote for Kate. I don’t even like podcasts, and this one has helped me maintain a shred of sanity in these terrible times.

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

In another era (this morning), I wrote about how institutions are again doing the hard work of validating the administration’s intimidation tactics. www.pbump.net/o/the-climat...

This one was going to be the 9 of cups, but I kind of like it as is. She imagined herself walking away.

My partner - a blue-eyed fellow of Irish descent and complexion - just put a Mexican flag on his pickup. He says he hasn’t been pulled over in over 20 years. It’s upstate New York, so I’m giving it 3-4 weeks.

Winter Kills is one crazy-ass movie. But that 70s paranoia sure aged well.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

I just need every liberal, progressive, feminist man to understand deep in their bones that every woman—including the most accomplished woman they know—is belittled at their job REGULARLY. Even now.

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

Another Friday Find. This map of 1954 Beirut is beautiful.

Sometimes my job is stressful. Other times I open a box to find a CREEP memo about research to determine if the slogan “Nixon: Now more than ever” is “too sophisticated.”

Six members of the Verasight team will be attending #APSA2025, hosted by @apsa.bsky.social‬, from 9/11-9/13 in Vancouver. We’re offering attendees the opportunity to add a free question to our next omnibus survey and be entered into a $250 Verasight credit giveaway. See you there. #APSA25

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

Since @aedwardslevy.bsky.social wants people to post their work: I'm assembling a list of most-used response scales of the last 20 years to speed question ingest. Survey says: Yes/No Approve/Disapprove Favor/Oppose Agree/Disagree Very closely, Fairly closely, Not too closely, Not at all closely

A lifetime public transit rider, the worst thing that ever happened to me on a bus was shifting into a seat that had just been vacated by a well-dressed Ivy League student to find it was drenched in hot urine. It was 5 PM. I have no idea. But never once had a problem with crime.

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

1. Eat real food, not junk 2. Move your body 3. Take your meds 4. Prioritize joy

The answer to life, the universe and everything may be found in research data repositories! re3data at #CoRDI2025 with a poster about Repository Engagement in the German NFDI (REGEN) #NFDI #CoRDI #researchdata #42

Never been so glad to have depression!

To put a finer point on it, Pritzker is being presidential in a way Newsom is not. Newsom is doing a decent job trolling Trump for the lulz, but Pritzker is speaking with the gravitas this situation warrants, promising real accountability, with federal, state and local leaders standing behind him.

Concerned about a specific federal dataset being altered or removed? We at the #DataRescueProject have you covered. Submit to our Nominations Tool (bit.ly/DRP-nominati...) or check out our portal (portal.datarescueproject.org)

I’ve got the Sunday morbs something fierce

It’s an East Coast elite thing to say, but I ate at a Cracker Barrel once, and it was the 3rd worst restaurant meal of my life. Chicken&dumplings tasted like salty paste with lumps. #2 was Arby’s. #1 was a Chinese buffet in Lunenberg, MA with salmon so old and turned I couldn't keep it in my mouth.

Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...

You should not trust anyone who isn't clearly stating the truth which is that fascism is fully here at the Federal level. The main question is now what? People who aren't clearly saying this are either lying to themselves or to you.

i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.

As befits a Masshole, I am very conservative on pets and headphones and extremely liberal about swearing. www.pewresearch.org/quiz/which-p... It's my HERITAGE

That's why we need to push back against this myth. Expertise matters. Skill matters. Problems are solved by analysing and understanding them deeply, not by discarding every piece of knowledge we have about them. Don't let Tech and Business bros convince you otherwise. /end 🧵

That’s the stuff!!

remember like five days ago when it was revealed that facebook has specifically set parameters for its ai to have sensual encounters with children and then no politicians or major media outlets wanted a followup

Do you ever use an inflation calculator to see how much your income compares to what you were making in today’s dollars ten or twenty or thirty years ago and then die a little inside? Just me?

One of the biggest blunders (when well-intentioned) and betrayals (when not) in Democratic rhetoric over the years is their impenetrable insistence that what voters respond to is somebody who begins by finding common ground with their opponent, no matter who that opponent is or what that ground is.

Boy, I did not expect to see Trump in the role of old man facing mortality and fearing repercussions of his life of sin. That’s some classic literary shit going down at the White House. Do you think we’ll get to see him go beg the Pope for absolution? Not that he’ll change, mind you.

Pollsters: do you have unarchived data? Are you worried that your program might be shut down due to government attacks on media and academia? Archive your data NOW to ensure long-term preservation and give your research a chance to continue to have an impact

This is the friend I was talking about. He is 100% the real deal and is going to win this thing

Dream with me

CEOs: AI will replace writers AI:

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Going with the time my boss called me at 11 on a Saturday morning asking why the hell I wasn't in the office. "You always go in on Saturdays!" "I was planning Sunday this week." "But I'm in NYC, and I left the dog in the office because I thought you would be there!" Office was in Cambridge, MA.

Some troops surveyed said they no longer trust U.S. law as useful guidance, saying “Trump will issue illegal orders.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/majorit...