Gray Calhoun (he/him)

This Is Who Charlie Kirk Was | Defector Certainly the dead tend to be thought of more fondly than they were in life. Still, it’s quite disorienting to watch American institutions obediently line up to display the utmost solemnity for a bigo...

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Went on a family walk from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center with 70k of our friends and neighbors on Saturday. Blair’s sign (the “I knew it would be bad…”) got a lot of compliments, but the jester and king trump actors really stole the show. #nokings

a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

Holy moly.

when I die, there are people who will be sad, and then life will go on for everyone ... but you know what won't happen, is there won't be fuckin mass parties in the street in every city in the country.

“Hi I don’t have the courage to protest with you but I have some notes about the optics.”

It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.

Right now it's not worth the risk.

Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.

Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have

fuck me, second time today I forgot to post a lengthy disclaimer that I am not actually asking for advice, just making an observation

Just incredible

Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)

This is one of the worst interviews I’ve ever seen. Moran keeps trying to move on from a point Trump is CLEARLY WRONG ON and just says “agree to disagree.” Do your fucking job!

Opinion | No, thank you. I don’t want to appear on one of Trump’s ‘lists.’ The administration keeps coming up with ways to misuse federal data.

Similarly, those in autism advocacy community have asked for more research & support. But a new autism "disease registry" that people cannot opt out of, and that is managed by anti-vaxxers who say disparaging things about people will disabilities, ain't it. wapo.st/3YO5amY

Breaking the championship trophy is one thing. Breaking the pope is a whole different level.

oh hey happy "paying your taxes so the president and his billionaire cronies can figure out a way to steal them" day to all who celebrate

Man leading meeting stands at a chart pointing to the nadir of a huge drop in the stock market

When elected officials see mass protests and then immediately adjust their behavior in response, that is a good thing. That's how this should work!

Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.

Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker WASHINGTON—As the Trump administration continues to alter the version of American history that appears in government publications, sources confirmed Monday that a page on the National Parks website ha...

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How am I going to buy more delicious penguin meat now?!?

This is what democracy looks like in Ames Iowa!

Caught up to the tail end of the march and made it to #handsoff Philly

Seung Min Kim @seungminkim •4h HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A federal judge orders the US to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison. 21 t> 191 769 Ill 107K Seung Min Kim @seungminkim White House response: "We suggest the Judge contact President Bukele because we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador." - @PressSec 5:48 PM • 4/4/25 • 319K Views

The Trump administration claims the right to throw a man with legal status into a black hole Central American prison, affording him no due process, to admit afterward it was a mistake, and then to get snide with the judge who tells them to fix it.

Jesus www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

A column comparing preparation for a colonoscopy with prep for a space shuttle launch, "with you as the shuttle."

In the history of American letters, there will always be a special place for this column by Dave Barry, almost 20 years ago. www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-c...

(It's about a very important medical procedure. No joke.)

Hmmm, why might this imagery be vivid in my mind over the next 18 hours ????

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

Yes, America has always done bad things. No shit. I was getting beaten by the cops for protesting those things while most of the qt-dunkers were still in diapers.

My point: it used to be relatively safe for academics to travel to the US. It’s not anymore. Don’t do it.

New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.

They vote in the morning.
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me, purchasing affordable products from the EU, Canada, Mexico: we are such fools, they are taking advantage of us like nobody's ever seen before, if only these prices were higher