In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Genuinely, I am just in awe. This was incredibly painful to sit with, thinking about the countless slaves, desperate for freedom. But even in the darkest of times, there are still such good people. This is truly just incredible.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What a moment.

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Pretty sure one was consulted, definitely was for the album news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

The punk council is gathering now to come to a consensus about stripping Green Day of their Gilman Street access.

It’s so much weirder than other Big Institutions destroyed by VC, because the Hudson m’s Bay Company essentially *created* the nation state of Canada. Survived for 355 years only for late capitalism to devour it. It’s so so so much more strange than Toys R Us or whatever.

going great already lmfaoo

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

A collection of Superb Owl observations! Mack Hollins went to a "farm school," apparently? His wikipedia page is a treat. Also holy EW that manscaping ad was gross.

Welcome to the Winter Olympics don't ask about how many people died or were injured in the making of this sport please and thank you.

/ U MITE BE LIKE / "ITS 2 COLD" / & U MITE BE RITE / BUT / IN 1 WEEKS TIME / U MITE BE ABOUT 2 EXPERIENCE TEMPS / 4 SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW / IN THE 40S / O ISNT THAT SO SPESH? / SPESH ENOUGH THAT ULL REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS?

I’m really enjoying seeing how our new solar panel set up is functioning, even with snow and ice still covering part of our roof. Look at it go! Gamifying things like this for me is infuriatingly effective…

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus." The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.

It’s always the people you most suspect

Last known entry in the Internet Archive: web.archive.org/web/20260131...

Good lord. “This list should give pause to anyone—no matter his or her political beliefs—who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported. 6 years old. She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.

Jeff Bezos had $75 million to bribe Trump for the Melania movie but cut 16,000 jobs at Amazon and is cutting more at the Washington Post today. And somehow people *dont* want to campaign on the issue of evil billionaires.

"Hot girl summer" used to mean tossing a virgin into a volcano as a sacrifice to appease the gods. We've fallen so far as a society

Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN. "Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."

Our first edition of 2026 highlights AFSA award winners, the costs of the Oct. 2025 govt. shutdown, a foray into Eastern Türkiye, and more. ➡️ afsa.org/foreign-serv...

my ex husband, teaching my child how to use the snow blower: think of it like a murder, first you choke, then you run

A far-right man who gave a Nazi salute was punched at the Arkansas game. It’s always OK to punch 👊 a Nazi

Spending my birthday at a fancy Jose Andres meal with the Hubs, followed by mezcal and Philomena Cunk. As one does.

A great thread for cookbook hoarders

Israeli authorities demolished the UNRWA HQ in Jerusalem today. Video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTuvDom...

If only it were this easy to avoid.

My grandmother turned 97 on January 8th of this year. Exactly aweek after that, The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. should have too.

Let this radicalize you.

WashU Public Health launches research network to bridge evidence and practice - WashU Public Health publichealth.washu.edu/news/washu-p...

One year ago... I hope this guy is living his best life and it's all been worth it for him - as.ft.com/r/8f116a6c-f...

Buy the damn cookies.

it's also just a wild accent to hear people get angry in. weirder than hearing a swiss german have a meltdown. just all these little flutes and honks on top of the rage

What a long way to say "corruption." "The various hats worn by Donald Trump Jr. are an example of the ethical questions raised by Trump family business ventures during the president’s second term." Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

I do love how cats are *such* psychopathic little dicks

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I know this isn’t the point of the article but y’all know why he was suspended and not fired, right? It’s because this king is a union member. I hope his rep mops the floor with management.

Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.

Heated Rivalry (1935)

routine is essential

"organized gangs of wine moms us[ing] Antifa tactics" should be a genre this could be the next heated rivalry