McKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, and Laurene Powell Jobs are all far better humans than their one-time husbands were. All putting their money to work in constructive ways that their husbands never did.
A fun article about my alma mater, @stjohnsgreatbooks.bsky.social in today's @nytimes.com. Yes, we are that nerdy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/s...
Donald J. Trump, Interior Desecrator
Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split
“The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.”
— The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 3, Scene 5)
Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?
Not good.
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.
Fortunate Son. OMG
Moran's post is problematic because it's way too wordy and it shows he not only thinks X is a useful social platform but one worth paying for to be able to post at such length.
Amazing!
Unconscionable.
Game changer.
NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
Ayup.
Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
Oy!
"he can't be bought."
[Qatar has entered the chat.]
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[Donators to Trump's "inauguration fund" have entered the chat.]
[Purchasers of Donald's cryptocurrency have entered the chat.] . . .
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
BREAKING: Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court, has conceded to Democrat Allison Riggs.
Riggs won by 734 votes, as confirmed by multiple recounts, but Griffin repeatedly challenged registrations of tens of thousands of voters.
Story to follow
The axolotl has the ability to regenerate its brain.
Using single-cell transcriptomics, four Science studies in 2022 revealed evolutionary innovations in reptile and amphibian brains.
Learn more during #AmphibianWeek: scim.ag/3EEKMxZ
Your regular update:
Less that two weeks after its debut, w around 180 college/univ prez who stood up as initial signers, now **607** institutions on this academic declaration-of-indep statement.
Back story here: fallows.substack.com/p/from-acade...
Current list here: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Donny 2 Dolls
His Sopranos character name
TFG. Georgetown Prep has a lot to answer for …
Best swag from the RSA Cyber security conference!
www.hotmess.com
Another great #DeepTech company from the #Triangle (@ncstate.bsky.social). #AgTech
The "New" program at @stjohnsgreatbooks.bsky.social began in 1937, in part as a response to growing fascism. Powerful piece by a SJC alum on the need to protect liberal education now for the sake of free thought and democratic ideals.
libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
