Trisha Craig

Great job, Zach!

Singing beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA is lovely and easily accessible on the MBTA's commuter rail at the Manchester Station on the Rockport line

For most of our lifetimes, U.S. higher ed has been the world’s best. That dominance can feel inevitable, even permanent.
But HBS's William Kirby shows it can be dismantled: bit.ly/457ofoh.
The U.S. is not immune. What’s happening now should be a warning, not a storm we assume will simply pass.

💯

Please post a picture. 💖coral bells

No, she won’t.

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

Ancient Athens, golden age of Islam, the Renaissance, Humboldt - the great seats of knowledge and human progress have always been international. US universities and the global talent they attract are a world-leading source of discovery. This is a national shame.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Also interesting if this is both cause and effect of the declining rates of university attendance by young men, as well as the lower levels of confidence in higher education among men compared to women.

and presumably she's noticed that airplane bathrooms are all genders when she's flying around.

Well, when they drop one or two a week in the sea, they might actually need more than 3 or 4

Singapore

Lots of grated ginger, sugar, a little water and chopped rhubarb. Cook it down, leave it a little chunky and it’s fabulous warm on vanilla ice cream or cold in yogurt.

For some, there’s a new step after propose dissertation: on university advice, do not leave the country for necessary fieldwork —> rework your topic —>find new funding for it —>propose new topic

Serious question: what is it they think you could learn - is this a self-critique about anti-semitism; too much DEI; bad admissions criteria; insufficient ideological diversity (which strikes me as odd for Dartmouth)? Schools are always vague on this.

YouTube video by demonflyingfox Democratic Penguins Republic - Trade War (Official Music Video)

Love this
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8q...

yep

To be fair, he’s an excellent senator.

shocked Pikachu face

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

why would you close them?

What could go wrong?

from Phrma.org:
Building a new manufacturing facility, for example, can cost up to $2 billion and take 5 to 10 years before it is operational, including the time and costs related to comply with various regulatory requirements.
So, sure, this sounds feasible 🤦‍♀️

Or he thought Hogan’s Heroes was a documentary

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote.
U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

He can’t read

Yes, my neighbors and I would like to know, too! Since it was cold and raining, maybe we should get a bonus. 🙄

I just saw a friend's picture of a rally in Oakland and compared it to mine in Lawrence, NJ and we said the same thing - they both skewed older.

And then after that; not checking 401(k) balances

YouTube video by Lawrence Wong 黄循财 Implications of US Tariffs

Extraordinary statement from Singapore's Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong. "The global calm and security we once knew will not return anytime soon."
youtu.be/XrX7lIcZrbk

And the Falkland Islands, who are an overseas territory of the UK but claimed by Argentina have a rate of 41%, while the UK and Argentina are both at 10%. Is our squid deficit so high?

From the @wsj.com Editorial Board: "Liberation Day is Buy Another Yacht Day for the swamp."