Just out @propublica.org: How did the Pentagon make the horrible mistake that left more than 150 school children dead? Perhaps because it cancelled an effort to limit such harm in favor of Hegseth’s lust for “lethality.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

NEW: DHS is requesting access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains the name, address, Social Security number, employer, and salary or wages of every employed person in the country — as well as sensitive information on children and domestic violence victims.

youngest texting to let me know her phone is off as she's about to enter a federal courtroom for the very first time 🥲 but I'm quite sure not the last hopefully as counsel 🤣

“The indispensability of a liberal education is the freedom from being tied to the zeitgeist of one’s age or situation to love what is true, good, and beautiful, and to be initiated into the world while cultivating a love for it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/upholding-li...

Dems overperformed by a 17-point margin in Georgia's 14th Congressional District special election primary. The combined party vote is 60-40 Republican in a district Trump won 68-31. All candidates ran on one ballot, and Democrat Shawn Harris will face Republican Clayton Fuller in the April 7 runoff

Are anti-vaxxers aware that if we stop vaccinating, and these preventable diseases come back, then Big Pharma will become Bigger Pharma? - Sci-gasm Podcast

Democrats win GOP seat in New Hampshire, notching 10th straight special election flip Since the start of Trump's second term, Republicans have flipped zero Democratic seats. www.the-downballot.com/p/breaking-d...

#LRP for "corporate," first read communal, then structural

"Lent is an opportunity to acknowledge and address that sin—and salvation—is corporate." sojo.net/magazine/mar...

I suspect this is not Summit's first time on earth

driving youngest to the train station early for her mock trial semifinal top 8 high school teams in the state audentes fortuna iuvat ⚖️

interesting essay on the theological and philosophical bases of eurocentrism plus (unusually) a proposed remedy: centering consciousness not in the mind, but in the "spiritual heart"

“One of the most important Catholic teachings on war and peace is that nations have the strict obligation to end a war as soon as possible. This is particularly true when the decision to go to war was not morally legitimate.” #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForPeace www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

🧊✈️ SEATTLE: Women in chains descend in driving rain from an ICE-chartered Eastern 737 (tail: N917XA) at Boeing Field 👀

Has anyone pointed out to ICE agents that if they're arresting people solely to collect a bonus, they're not law enforcement officers. They're bounty hunters. I look forward to all of them losing their jobs and being blacklisted from serving in law enforcement.

This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure. This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...

The reported push to move some air defense missile batteries from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East comes amid concerns about America’s munition stockpiles amid the Iran War.

#LRP reminds me of an old Zen saying what do you call the wisest, most effective, and revered teacher, the one who radiates enlightenment sensei what do you call the most difficult and challenging patient / customer / co-worker, who tries you daily and gets under your skin constantly sensei

My ‘difficult’ patient made my heart sink. But what happens when doctors are part of the problem? | Ranjana Srivastava

Israeli officials increasingly believe that Donald Trump is much less eager than they are to see full regime change in Iran. Instead, they reckon he is focused primarily on controlling the flow of oil

book recommendations for left-Catholics

“Her mission on TikTok is 'to start a conversation between the church, where the Eucharist resides, and the world, where the Holy Spirit moves.'”

#LRP the numerous caricatures of Marx in print and online — whether out of ignorance or consciously political partisanship — often rival those of Freud from those disposed to despise either for all sorts of reasons

Marxism is often misunderstood because of how it changed over time. Let’s break down the differences between Marx’s original theories, the authoritarian regimes that followed, and common American stereotypes. 🧵1/7

In case you wondered where the turn of phrase “red letter day” came from, it’s from Roman fasti (festival calendars). Romans loved rubricating—using red to emphasize a letter—as this epitaph for Aurelia Artemis, from Akhmim, (Roman Egypt), 4thC CE (Walters Art Museum) illustrates.

Starting to think there might be a reason that previous administrations tried very hard to avoid war with Iran

Leo also warned against what he called "the globalization of powerlessness," a temptation, he said, to "believe that an era free of conflict is unattainable."

especially glad oldest is home from college this week, as he gets to cheer his sister on at both her high school mock trial quarterfinals and drama semifinals just three days apart (my youngest and her teammates all need a real vacation soon)

I’ve got two of them covered (no pun intended) both of them in Latin

Julia Kristeva sheds a lot of light on this process through her notion of the abject

You haven’t missed your chance to learn a new language! Yes, kids may pick up accents more easily, but adults bring focus and language experience to the table – and can still become fluent. There’s no age where language learning “switches off”.

New from me: The robot umps are here! Here’s what to watch for this spring, including this fascinating question: What should an umpire say if the catcher asks, “Where was that pitch?” www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

"Stuckey’s second sentence may be the key to understanding Evangelical responses in Trump’s second term. There is little reason to question her sincerity in condemning Trump’s post, yet she makes it clear that her political loyalties are unchanged."

"Depriving an innocent child of his citizenship based upon his parents’ immigration status would be an especially outrageous punishment—one that this Court has rejected as punishment even for people who have been proven guilty." trib.al/x9CrHSj

Famously irreligious Trump has the full backing of Christian nationalists on Iran.

Has anyone ever reported out a story asking anti-vax/science people : “when in your life did you stop believing science?” Like, kids (at least in my experience) are fascinated w/learning. I believe my job as a parent is to foster that and help them learn how to learn. So when do folks turn away?

"Moderate Democratic voters are not centrists clamoring for a return to the Clinton era or rebukes of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders." trib.al/12NCA6z

accents are one of the fastest ways we determine social proximity (eg friend/foe, in-group vs out-group) membership also the way in which notions of identity are tied to those of authenticity (eg an "authentic" X accent)

The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo is 19% faster than the M2 Ultra in the Mac Pro in single-core performance (Geekbench 6). The MacBook Neo starts at $599. The Mac Pro, which is still for sale, starts at $6,999.

I am currently single

Important ruling on immigration operations in Minnesota Judge Tostrud (Trump appointee): "Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that Defendants have adopted a POLICY authorizing federal immigration officers to conduct investigatory stops based on ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion." 1/

It's not widely known enough that the moment the UN formally recognized "genocide" as a phenomenon, Black Americans filed a petition charging the US with genocide against Black people. The conditions they describe have continued. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we...

How dare her!! 🧐🤨 "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."

Fr. Pierre al-Rahi, had earlier refused, along with other priests, to obey an order by the Israeli military to evacuate the Christian village of Qlayaa, a Maronite village of some 8,000 inhabitants in the Marjayoun district, a few miles from the Israeli border.

The simplest way to understand these well-spoken monsters is they don't believe in the universality & equality of all before the law. They believe in law as a weapon for disciplining & vaporising lesser humans & for protecting & shielding superior humans like them & their allies from consequences

AirTag leads volunteers to hidden cat and six kittens in Waltham #news https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2026/03/09/airtag-leads-volunteers-to-hidden-cat-and-six-kittens-in-waltham/

Dhaba Gosht with basmati and roti 👨🏻‍🍳🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🚨🚒

watching my oldest prepare summer internship applications at various microbiology labs across the country and wondering how my total humanities DNA ever managed to help produce a budding scientist👨🏻‍🔬 🦠 🧪