Caryn Lonz

I don’t get it. Why does the headline call it a pay-for-access operation? Is that supposed to make it sound more righteous?
“We’re not *bribing* anyone. We’re ‘paying for access’. Totally fine because, theoretically, *anyone* can hand the president a case of cash and he’ll hear you out too.”

Oof. Nope.
I’m not usually an emotional unfollower, but I guess today’s the day.
I can tolerate quite a bit. Only one party has spent the past 50 years painting representative government as the enemy. Claiming I’m an idiot for supporting the OTHER party gets you an unfollow.

Enrolling fewer international students also reduces their capacity to take domestic students since undergrad international students often pay way more.

Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Zuck was completely public about the fact that he'd launch Threads without ads and then insert ads once it had gained dominant market share.

Explicitly and shamelessly pulling a bait-and-switch on users.

FTC and Congress shouldn't allow something so blatantly anti-consumer and anti-competitive.

This week, the board met in person for the first time since the email vote. At the meeting, Dean gave an informational presentation about tenure at the university, including how the process typically works. The board wasn't entirely receptive. Trustees Marty Kotis and Jim Blaine both reiterated their opposition to tenure, while Perrin Jones and Rob Bryan raised skeptical questions. Much of the discussion centered around the net present cost of tenured faculty-the metric Clemens argued against using—and how the board can provide strategic and financial oversight of those decisions given the commitment of long-term resources. Preyer said he supported tenure in general but felt it had been given out "willy-nilly" in the past. He also inquired about ways to oust tenured faculty who "retire on the job." No one discussed the other side of the accounting ledger, as Clemens had. Roberts did not weigh in on the discussion.

Pretty grim kicker on an overall bleak outlook on the future of UNC

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Here’s one example: former Daily Caller writer turned Semafor WH correspondent touted his announcement and got 30 million views. No follow up since (on social or an article).

NYT, WaPo, CNN, NBC. Just about every mainstream outlet, IIRC.

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.

All those Trump surrogates who touted this, and news orgs that reported it credulously, owe Americans a big fat apology www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When does the next bus come? GoTriangle reduces wait time on its busiest routes The regional agency joins GoDurham and GoRaleigh in offering bus service at 15-minute intervals between Durham and Chapel Hill.

Raleigh increased bus service from every 30 min to every 15 min on its route serving Glenwood Ave. Ridership then doubled in the year that followed.

Over last year, city’s high-frequency routes have had 89% ridership growth.

People will ride when you give them service that they can rely on!

News Analysis Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn’t like and promote his own version of reality.

This Peter Baker joint does catalog Trump's lies and censorship, but headline and text tie themselves in journo-cliched linguistic knots to avoid that direct judgment. He's not "underscoring a tendency." He's not an "echo" of an "authoritarian playbook." He is a dictator.

Well done, New York! The state's building code now requires most new buildings to be all-electric. This makes good economic sense: It's cheaper to install a two-way heat pump to both heat and cool, vs a one-way AC plus a one-way furnace. Outgrowing indoor combustion also benefits climate and health.

now to take a big sip of coffee and check which 'journalist' this is

Annoyingly, I have to quote this, as I can't reply to it. The reason no one remembers it was because it originated from the 1970s, and there was a moral panic over martial arts and Bruce Lee films and feared people were going to be using throwing stars and nunchukas to attack people.

Deploying military forces inside the US for domestic law enforcement is bad, un-American, and illegal under an 1878 law reauthorized in 1956, 1981, and 2021.
I said the few hundred Marines deployed in LA as part of ICE raids looked like a trial balloon. This memo indicates they plan to do much more.

Well also www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024...

my favorite example of mounk being attentive to evidence and absolutely not disregarding facts in favor of his ideological hobbyhorses is when i confronted him in person, during q&a for a panel, with the fact that gender-reassignment surgery for young teens essentially does not happen in the US.

Did CNN ask him to provide the “2025 facts” that miraculously flushed the decades of data that came before?

Also, did CNN ask him if he knows what a “finite resource” is? Did CNN ask him if he passed eighth grade science back in the <checks notes> 1990s?
Wait.
THAT GUY IS ONLY 45???😳

Everyone wants to know why he's qualified to be god but no one ever cares if he's qualified to be Charlemagne

The way mom starts getting excited…just so much genuine joy from everyone in that arena

That's how you can tell human authors from AI.

AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.

Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

This is horrible. If you use AI to write my obit, be prepared for you and generations of your family line to be haunted. Koreans hold multi-generational grudges

I DO!! And Garbage Day, and The Racket, and The Farce, and Platformer, and Bad Faith Times, and Losing My Perspicacity, and Campaign Trails, and The Handbasket, and, and, and…I lose track!

So many great contributors on Substack, and I can’t access any of it.
As soon as Dr Kruse shifted to Ghost, I slammed that subscription button sooooo fast...please don’t tell me there are nazis platformed on Ghost. I can’t handle it today. Tell me tomorrow.

I pay for subscriptions to a few, but I can only afford a few. Most use Ghost, but I know there are others. Selfishly, it would be great if some authors teamed up on blogs? Like Arcdigital except NOT on Substack? Maybe we could eventually form new newsrooms.
Getting optimistic.
Best stop there.

I’m just in a bad mood, which is not your fault. I follow you because I like what you have to say. Your knowledge benefits me, so me berating you for how you provide that knowledge is pretty stupid on my part.
I ask for your patience to get through the bad stuff. It’s not you.💙

This is not normal.
This is not legal.
And they are trying to cheat to steal the next election.

We will fight them every step of the way. Our democracy is on the line!

I did search vaguely for where she put him, but my brain short-circuited pretty fast.

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump The very wonderful and talented Lara Trump, whose show is a big ratings success, put racist sleazebag Charlamagne "The God" (Why is he allowed to use the word "GOD" when describing himself? Can anyone imagine the uproar there would be if I used that nickname?). He's a Low IQ individual, has no idea what words are coming out of his mouth, and knows nothing about me or what I have done - like just ending 5 Wars, including a 31 year bloodbath between Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, where Seven Million people have died, and there was no end in sight. He didn't know that, or India and Pakistan or, wiping out Iran's nuclear capabilities, or closing the horrendous open Border, or creating the greatest economy, where prices and Inflation have come way down, and where STUPID and CORRUPT JOE BIDEN set the record for doing the Worst Job as President, EVER. But this dope, Charlamagne, would vote for Sleepy Joe or Kamala? Remember, one year ago our Country was DEAD, now it's the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. MAGA!!! 1.49k ReTruths 5.86k Likes 8/3/25, 1:49 AM

where did lara trump put charlamagne?
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WHERE DID LARA TRUMP PUT CHARLAMAGNE???