MIT has lost 500 international grad students relative to last year. Caused directly by the White House. Closing America's doors to the very best, most brilliant people on the planet is like dropping a bomb directly on America's capacity to innovate. On the prosperity of our children's future.

Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium.

The public poetry program on NYC's MTA stinks. I attempt to explain why.

To be clear: this piece has NO LYRICS. It's literally just the title and then, you know, music for wind ensemble. I don't like this one bit.

“HHS is punishing a world-class scientist who was working to protect people against pandemics, and if he had been listened to more thoroughly, we might have been better prepared for SARS-CoV-2” This might be the most insane thing yet. www.science.org/content/arti...

Harvard University's top leaders likely enslaved thousands of people between the founding of the school in 1636 and the defeat of the Confederacy, according to new research.

I wrote on how we aren’t facing a crisis of trust but one of truth.

Government lawyers are full of shit and never act in good faith. Stop inviting these people to campus.

So, Canvas is hacked, right? Super awesome.

Will @amtrak.com warn riders which train this is so we can select a different one?

Brilliant satirical poster in the Barker Center today:

Economic anxiety.

Brilliant satirical poster in the Barker Center today:

Step 1: the fascists all resign. Then I'll consider it.

By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond. Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.

How do we argue in good faith?

How do we argue in good faith?

Hey, look, Harvard does a good thing! (It seems good at least. We should do more of this kind of partnering.)

Viewpoint diversity!

In my new piece in @theatlantic.com, I argue that the consensus about birthright citizenship extended far beyond elite legal circles to readers of newspaper advice columns and letters to the editor pages for well more than a century. nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

I'm in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social today about "viewpoint diversity."

I'm in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social today about "viewpoint diversity."

If anyone is still confused about why Republicans turned against higher education, this should clear things up: the national party did it on purpose. Just like with independent media.

To be clear: the President is a fascist and a threat to democracy. I don't say that to score political points; just to use the English language clearly and specifically.

Totally fine. Niceness is bullshit. Kindness is everything. Ban ICE, Ban NICE. All good.

Congratulations to @farberhannah.bsky.social on her Cullman Fellowship!

"I can't spare this man; he fights." Abraham Lincoln

These murders make me as angry as any of the corrupt, illegal, malicious shit going on in our government right now. And they keep happening. My only consolation: Gen. Francis L. Donovan, I'll see you in the dock!

The Trump Administration’s antisemitism lawsuit should be dropped. I explain why in the Boston Globe.

The Trump Administration’s antisemitism lawsuit should be dropped. I explain why in the Boston Globe.

Viewpoint diversity! Which views? Be specific, please.

Viewpoint diversity! Which views? Be specific, please.

I like how the adjective "dangerous" floats around Trump himself here.

Bankrupted a casino.

We need more viewpoint diversity so we can have more faculty who will insist on the divine right of judges to conduct their rites in private.

Do yourself a favor and read everything on this site.

Grateful to my wonderful colleague, @kirstenweld.bsky.social for this incisive analysis. “Harvard could have responded with statements standing behind the world-class research and teaching of its faculty...” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Brief words on an astounding new book about the climate crisis. (H/t @allofmilov.bsky.social)

Brief words on an astounding new book about the climate crisis. (H/t @allofmilov.bsky.social)

This was a hell of a read. Didn't always understand it; have some questions. But: wow. And: uh-oh. Thanks for mentioning it @allofmilov.bsky.social

What if my reward for completing the NYC School Survey is DOE doesn't message me about it (by text or email) again until next year's survey? @mayor.nyc.gov

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When your kids get their flu shots:

Thoughts on Harvard's finances in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

Thoughts on Harvard's finances in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

Harvard's finances are insane. Administrators are undertaking some overdue reforms. They can do even more.

"Discerment." 🤣

I am opposed to my government's summarily executing anyone under any circumstances. It must stop. Everyone in the chain of command must be prosecuted, from the President to the drone pilots.

Paul could do much more, but he remains one of the few GOP Members of Congress to evince any principles.