I will not be shutting up about this story, which I think is one of the best things we've ever published

cannot emphasize enough how much better kagi is than any search engine on the market. the filters + tools are powerful. devs are very active too. bottom line, it’s a massive timesaver. i can’t imagine ever going back to google or duckduckgo. it’s better than *old google*, and by a lot

this would fix me

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department. Violent crime is at a 50-year low. This is amazing. www.inquirer.com/news/camden-...

"An executive order signed last month to streamline rocket launches has been celebrated by officials in the commercial space sector. But it’s also causing a wave of alarm – from scientists, environmental activists and astronomers." www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #SpaceEnvironment

The Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress so there's a "way out" of a government shutdown if they can only get their shit together. This isn't on Democrats, at all.

Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.

This is a small thing but the sheer pettiness of it is driving me fucking mad. There is no corner of the institutions he inhabits that he will not fully debase. What a disgusting shame.

This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is the real story of ICE. 1200 detainees have disappeared just from Ailgator Alcatraz. Their families and their lawyers can’t find them. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

CHOTINER: Record shows you didn’t post a Chotiner meme until Thursday? ME: That’s correct. CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’ ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday. CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?

All right everybody, time to read (or reread) The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Ground rules: we are not reading for the history of 1848-1852 France, but we're also not looking for direct parallels to the contemporary US. We are looking for broad lessons on politics and just generally good lines.

hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...?

They joined the government, my dudes.

"The sharp edges of those steel steps" is going to live in my head as the saddest, most cowardly thing any American president has ever said.

We did sunsets a few days back, so how about we quote post #bridges today? I have a buddy who is in Florence for the 1st with the fam, so naturally, Ponte Vecchio is front and center on my mind

If they wanted Americans to react strongly to people getting shot, these Nazis shouldn't have let the status quo become children getting shot every week in schools and churches.

First I’ve seen of this. (Unlocked article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

The United States will never recover from this

WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.

In the wake of last night's Maddow back-and-forth with Harris, I'm seeing some folks asking why why someone like Harris is being pressured to take positions on Mamdani, a candidate for local office. The answer is pretty simple.

Sovereign citizens, colloidal silver and things of that nature.

Of course some processes at NIH & in US science in general should be reformed. But uncritically presenting Jay Bhattacharya as a naive idealist rather than a hypocrite & political operative charged with NIH’s destruction is wildly divorced from reality. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

ICYMI: Published this very personal piece this week on my dear friend, who knew she had the heart condition that would eventually kill her and lived her life anyway, and two recent movies that embody that same spirit

⚠️ Prime Ministers of the UK, Canada, and Australia announce their countries’ recognition of the State of Palestine:

Executive orders cannot supersede federal law or the constitution. Federal law sets visa fees, including for H-1B visas. And the maximum fee is $4,500, according to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-113). Current State Dept. site: travel.state.gov/content/trav...

There isn’t a “worked/didn’t” binary because they aren’t trying to do any specific thing they’re throwing shit at the walls because they’re an army of nihilistic trolls under cover of the demented id of the laziest, stupidest man alive.

Some hopeful weekend reading. “This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”

"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... All those people getting fired for comments about Kirk - turns out they were hunted down.

watching old bill moyers interviews with joseph campbell and it’s just basically impossible to imagine this on any kind of broadcast television today

"A cumulative maximum biogenic carbon stock of 300–400 Mt. CO₂ [stored in new and retrofitted buildings] is projected in the long-term, surpassing Switzerland's expected cumulative net emissions removals by 2050 by 6 times"

National day of remembrance for Charlie Kirk motion passed the Senate by unanimous consent. Zero Democrats objected, which would have stopped it. Tommy Tuberville is presiding — and smirking. www.c-span.org/networks/?ch...

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

Wrote about our cultural lurch to the right, cowboy boots and all. badfaithtimes.com/cultural-shi...

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

The only way forward is to inflict as much financial AND publicity damage on Disney as possible as swiftly as possible. Cancel streaming subscriptions, boycott products, picket, encourage politicians and entertainment figures to shout about this from the housetops. Demonstrate the cost of cowardice.

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The PM was proud the 62-70% by 2035 emissions reduction target is in the "sweet spot" where "some will say it's too high, some will say it's too low." Any target would be too high for Barnaby Joyce – what's important is what science demands. It's exactly what Richard wrote about in Dead Centre ⤵️

Seeing lots of people talking about canceling their Disney+ subscriptions. If you happen to have some extra money around that used to go to Mickey Mouse... small indie media sites like mine could always use some assistance. Especially these days. www.techdirt.com/support/

y'know i'll say it i WAS going to, in some capacity, contain my public enthusiasm, when whatever medical misadventure is fated to get the last hit in performs its inevitable grim function and It finally Happens i don't really feel like committing to that, any more

Gave feedback to Disney: Hello, I am suspending my Disney/Hulu/HBO streaming due to the shameful suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Very disappointed in ABC caving to right wing bigots and the Trump regime. help.disneyplus.com/feedback

When we tally up the greatest villains of our time, don't forget Andrew Wakefield. He has killed millions, some of whom aren't even dead yet

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Here's the entire letter to Karent Attiah from Warren Connell of the Wash Post as shared by @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in @status.news:

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button