Brevity

Falling asleep at an event everyone beholden had to attend.

RFK Jr. says US will know cause of autism "epidemic" by September Kennedy says the HHS has launched a "massive testing and research effort" to uncover the cause of the "autism epidemic."

Imagine being so self-assured, so righteous, that it actually means “The scientific community has known this for years. They are helping me understand. I hope to do that by September.”

This is actually an improvement over his boss.

www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-...

I think we deserve a HHS secretary who understands what "inverse correlation" means

SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.

FYI:

It was the small hands…

Let America Be America Again Let America be America again.

Sen. Booker just quoted the Langston Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again"

"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"

poets.org/poem/let-ame...

Succinctly devastating:

Scoop: Hakeem Jeffries slams Mike Waltz as "totally unqualified" over Gmail report The House Democratic leader hinted that his call for Hegseth to resign may extend to Waltz.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has come out swinging today against Mike Waltz over a report the White House national security adviser used Gmail to discuss highly sensitive matters.

CDC buries measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations • Alabama Reflector The nation’s top public health agency said vaccination was a "personal" decision, a shift in its long-standing messaging about vaccines.

Via @propublica.org: Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control ordered staff last week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.

The greatness, it turns out, is in the velocity of decline. Thanks, Donald.

The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer's Iliad has proven surprisingly resistant to adaptation.

The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-...

Music leaves people hanging?

U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one A local travel company in Greenland’s capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance

Huh… threaten to take over a country and no one wants to welcome you? Go figure.

www.yahoo.com/news/u-offic...

I think you are right.

Revery I was the starlight / I was the moonlight / I was the sunset,

poets.org/poem/revery

New sensation: I am sitting in a crowd of strangers waiting for a concert to begin wherein a piece commissioned in honor of my daughter will be performed.

I am not sure what to feel.

rockfordchoirs.com/kp/

Our Stable Genius-In-Chief

The voice or reason? Someone who is just another private citizen like us now. No one on the inside seems to be doing anything.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

This is an offense that would get a corporal arrested dishonorably discharged, and jailed.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

This administration has gone out of its way to hire unqualified people for important roles. This is just a glimpse of how that is working out.

www.wired.com/story/michae...

The salary you need to live comfortably in the 10 most affordable major U.S. cities If you're looking for the benefits of city life, you don't necessarily have to pay New York or L.A. prices. Consider these 10 cities instead.

This article highlights the 10 most affordable cities in America. The median incomes every one of them is at least 20K LESS. So the question is: affordable for whom?

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...

There’s pressure in that now, considering the price of eggs/failure to recognize H5N1. I dropped an egg the other day and the lament echoed through my home.

Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...

So that chainsaw guy, expert in efficiency, is missing 1.4 BILLION in his own company?

I remember when expertise was required for positions of public trust. Sigh.

electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...

RFK, Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain why that’s a dangerous idea

More from Scientific American

www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

The increase in the price of eggs is tied closely to the avian flu outbreak.

RFK is content to let it go through the flocks. What could possibly go wrong?

www.usnews.com/news/health-...

Is that rice flour on the top?

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

X AI Grok, describes the conditions required for Elon Musk to face a margin call on his Tesla debt. He has to hit a margin of around 125/share.

Twitter’s AI estimates the threshold for a Musk margin call at $125/share. It finished at $238.01 today.