I made the leaders of one of my professional societies aware of a serious problem with some of their policies. Figures crossed they actually do something about it rather than just covering up for the previous leaderships fuck-ups 🤞🏽

Source: CNN www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/e...

His deductible is $4,000. To control his diabetes, he’s had to cut corners. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

MAHA for airports: Trump officials pitch mini-gyms, more play areas www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

Trump is sending a clear message to the free world www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.” www.advocate.com/news/second-...

Democrats, who once lambasted Trump on immigration, have grown quiet www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Jared Kushner, the President’s Son-in-Law, Is Part of Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...

N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...

A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...

media people please find a way to talk about the Paramount WBD bid without using anti-Arab, anti-MENA dog whistles please The people involved suck because they’re assholes not because of where they’re from

A Frustrated Congress Pushes the Pentagon to Produce Its Boat Strike Orders www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...

The business of caring for older Americans is in a deepening crisis www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Oh my god

The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...

Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...

‘Positive Obsession’ shows Octavia Butler as a very human icon www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

This is in fact the material point: “The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.

Source: Newsweek www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-...

I feel like Pump Up the Volume has some lessons for 2025

Source: Axios www.axios.com/2025/12/05/r...

This study found this weed-killing chemical doesn’t cause cancer. It was just retracted. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Rep. Grijalva says ICE agents pepper sprayed her at Tucson restaurant raid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Students in need were paid $500 a month to stay in school. It worked. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The most important theorist to American conceptions of "freedom of speech" is John Stuart Mill, who spent decades as a colonial administrator and leader in India & did not believe that his ideas about liberty applied to colonial subjects and this seems relevant to how universal his ideas truly were

Democrats press for expanding inquiry into Caribbean boat strike www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A Smartphone Before Age 12 Could Carry Health Risks, Study Says www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83 Billion Deal to Create a Streaming Giant www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

We Rejected This Practice 60 Years Ago. We Must Do So Again Today. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

ICE Arrests Harvard Professor Charged for Shooting a Pellet Gun www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

What caused a massive die-off of penguins off the South African coast? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

UGH given her comments just this week about Woody Allen UGH deadline.com/2025/12/scar...

Hypertension treatment wasn’t working. New changes could help. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...

A note on learning physics ⚛️ for starting PhD students: At the risk of saying something completely useless because everyone has it worked out There is no magic trick, your classmates *may* be faster than you, but they are still studying as long as they need to and you are quite capable of the same

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

'“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp' Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave fuck you Alex fuck you

Source: Fresno Bee amp.fresnobee.com/news/califor...