good grief I explicitly asked for no boba in my taro bubble tea

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In 2019, a state trooper killed Brandon Webster, claiming self-defense. Evidence contradicted that account but wasn’t made public — until now.

The Federal Parent Locator Service contains sensitive details about individual children, and it’s meant for finding people who owe child support. Granting access to DHS would violate a federal law that explicitly limits its use, officials said.

still very impressed that Norah O'Donnell got him to say that on national TV denying an accusation almost always amplifies it, especially when there's more than one and makes it stick even more in the public's mind as in Nixon's famous “I am not a crook“

“The difference is that [Canadiens' coach Martin] St. Louis’s impact will be felt not in X’s and O’s but in the way players are treated. He is a great communicator with the media as well as with his players. But he’s also a great listener, which might be his most significant innovation.“

Colleague: the time is out of joint Me: I'm sure there's a dispensary nearby

"Stressful experiences in early life, when transmitted epigenetically through the pedigree, can affect how individuals behave, even generations later." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

MAHA influencers, Democratic Senators, and cancer patients agree on one thing: you should be able to sue Bayer. Today, the US Supreme Court heard arguments over Bayer AG’s efforts to shut down the thousands of lawsuits alleging its product Roundup causes people to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

listening to orthodontist waiting room music and mentally translating the lyrics into Latin

the difference between stating, with scientific certainty, that the body does not store trauma (eg body memories, etc) and saying that science has up to now been unable to determine how the body does (eg through what specific combination of biochemical / sensory / muscular factors / pathways)

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"Small wonder that Clarence Thomas prefers the Gilded Age over the Progressive Era," writes @rbreich.bsky.social. "He’s the living embodiment of the Gilded Age’s public-be-damned excesses."

The American Academy of Pediatrics has shown moral cowardice when it comes to confronting the genocide of children in Gaza. https://bit.ly/3R423WU

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“The problem is [US] government does not care, and never really has. Let’s face what we are now and why we have become: transactional, careless, and directly involved in - if not responsible for - the world’s worst problems.” (in comments) (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

“In short, we are ruled by a class of people who seem either to believe or presume that war, disease, and apocalyptic destruction are things that will only ever happen to poorer and browner people.”

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in Vatican City for a historic moment of unity and prayer

Via NCR - Pope prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter, vows dialogue #PopeLeo #Anglican #ChurchOfEngland www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...

English writer Mary Wollstonecraft was born #OTD in 1759. Best known for her book, 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 (1792). It is a foundational text for feminism that argued for equal education and rights for women--challenging the notion of female inferiority. #literature #litsky #booksky

“Which brings us to the pope, the American pope, who has taken on Maga’s regressive form of Christianity more memorably and powerfully than any religious leader in recent history.“

April is National Poetry Month in the US, so I invite you to visit one of my favorite poetry sites: Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room, with its unparalleled collection of readings by English-language poets. You can listen to many of their recordings here: library.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

‪After their meeting, Pope Leo and the Archbishop of Canterbury prayed together in the Chapel of Urban VIII.‬

I'm genuinely surprised/impressed that Iran is holding firm on the "ceasefire must include Lebanon" demand; I'm so used to everyone being quick to throw Palestine & Lebanon under the bus.

Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and asks US to end blockade, officials say | Click on the image to read the full story

I just want to point out that the WHCD took place in a ballroom. Holding it in a different ballroom wouldn’t make it safer. The administration chose not to designate the WHCD as a “National Special Security Event.” That’s the difference.

All of this is obviously bad news for consumer prices in the short term, but it might benefit the climate in the long term. China produces most of the world’s solar panels, and the country’s solar exports hit a record high in March. — @thorbenson.bsky.social

#LRP when Irish and Italian immigrants came in waves to the US, and faced discrimination and hate, there was an institution already here, ready to welcome, feed, and stand up for them especially in the workplace and built hospitals, schools, and universities the Catholic Church

I missed this St. Patrick's Day message ‪by @mayor.nyc.gov‬. It is excellent. Puts most Irish politicians to shame! Well done, Mayor Mamdani!

This is also true of Trump abusing journalists—one uncomfortable question and he starts insulting Norah O'Donnell to her face, really awful stuff, and she doesn't even flinch, because it's just the standard Trump bluster.

This #NationalDNADay check out one of our most-read articles from last year, where ancient DNA analysis found sub-Saharan West African ancestry in two individuals from Anglo Saxon England! 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The attack on Iran killed an entire building full of school children on day one. We've been executing sailors and claiming they were terrorists with no evidence and everyone just moves on. Spare me the "turn down the rhetoric" garbage

love waking up extra early from dreams that interpret themselves immediately and rather powerfully

Kings of Leon - To Space (2025)

suspecting I may need to remove “todos, todos, todos” from my CatholicMatch profile if I’m to have any hope of success

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (2026)

Those of us in the pro-democracy movement can and should hold both of these positions. 1. We unequivocally reject violence. 2. We will unequivocally oppose efforts by this administration to use last night as an excuse to try to suppress criticism and criminalize dissent.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The raids,” Megan Stack writes about ICE actions in a Chicago neighborhood, “triggered the same, distinctly American revulsion against overwhelming federal power and militarized abuse that threads through the Constitution.”

President Trump lashed out at CBS' Norah O'Donnell on "60 Minutes" after she asked about comments the gunman from the White House Correspondents' Association dinner allegedly made about him in a manifesto.

introducing the term chingona to a junior colleague one of the genuine pleasures of teaching in late midlife

Hundreds of thousands of visitors descended on Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft this weekend — and it was incredible. I’m grateful to our teams at the PA State Police, PennDOT, DCNR, and local officials who worked around the clock to keep people safe and ensure this event was a big success.

My daughter, upon hearing Trump is building a bulletproof ballroom at the White House: "We have bulletproof ballrooms but not bulletproof schools?" She's not wrong. She's eight words of completely unanswerable truth. President DONALD J. TRUMP has no response.

this implies that his political opponents are the only ones capable of or interested in journalism

“And let us not forget those ‘thieves’ who, by pillaging the earth’s resources waging blood-thirsty wars or fueling evil in any form do nothing but rob each of us of the possibility of a future marked by peace and serenity.” 🎯

I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.

Today, we honor and remember Virginia Roberts Giuffre on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Her courage has allowed countless survivors to be seen, heard, and to be believed. Sending love to her family on this difficult day—and to all the survivors out there still on this journey for justice.❤️

I have two colleagues from Buffalo who are going to be insufferable tomorrow morning

We just dropped a limited batch of $5 tickets at gothamfc.com/mayor for the Gotham FC May 9th home game vs. Boston Legacy. I'll be there. Will you? Grab a $5 ticket at gothamfc.com/mayor before they're gone!

93 Candles 🎂 today for one of my favourite entertainers & people — CAROL BURNETT. Amongst others she’s received 7 Golden Globes, a Grammy, 7 Emmy’s, 12 People's Choice Awards, 2 Peabody’s & a Tony.