Geoffrey Fairchild

Aurora in Santa Fe!

The entire Lichess team is deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely passing of GM Daniel Naroditsky. Danya had a deep passion for chess and a rare gift for inspiring that love of the game in others. Through his commentary, playing, and tireless efforts across all domains of chess, Danya won the hearts and minds of the community. We have truly lost one of our brightest advocates for the game, taken well before his time at just 29. Our team's thoughts are with his family, friends and his many fans at this time.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

As I was saying…

Go New Mexico!

Opinion | Stop Funding Trump’s Takeover Democrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy.

“Tell me this is not what authoritarianism looks and sounds like,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes. “And so the question is: What are Democrats going to do about it? What can they do about it?”

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...

“My concern is that there is going to be a large outbreak of not just measles, but other vaccine-preventable diseases as well, that’s going to end up causing a lot of harm, and possibly deaths in children,” said Dr. Anna Durbin of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social.

(Published April 2025)

More than 85 climate experts say Energy Department report on greenhouse gases is "full of errors" The climate experts say the July report from the Trump administration fails to "adequately represent the current scientific understanding of climate change."

Shameful. :(

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

Scientists' favorite social network of the moment: Bluesky
arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Mobile App: Official Release! Now available on both Google Play and the App Store.

We're thrilled to announce the official public release of our new mobile app! Read about it on our blog: lichess.org/@/lichess/bl...

New Mexico governor ‘most likely, definitely’ to call special session SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – An attorney for Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham revealed Wednesday in a legislative committee meeting that the governor is likely to call for a special session. While facing…

New Mexico governor 'most likely, definitely' to call special session

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

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Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university’s governance structure

Bend at the knee. Get fucked. Idiots.
Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice, weighs in on Trump's release of the MLK Jr. files

Shit, now I need to plan a new vacation!

IRS to share personal data with immigration agents to aid deportation efforts The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a…

A new report by ProPublica finds the Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access to sensitive taxpayer data, including home addresses.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Is the Wrong Framework for AI Governance | AI Frontiers Michael C. Horowitz, Jun 27, 2025 — Placing AI in a nuclear framework inflates expectations and distracts from practical, sector-specific governance.

This is a really nice article in @aifrontiers.bsky.social I think it does a good job of outlining while the federal government isn’t quite sure how to respond to national security-related AI threats; we’re simply approaching it with the wrong framework.

As a manager who TRULY cares about work-life balance, I routinely encourage my folks to add an explicit goal for their annual performance review about improving work-life balance. This way, they actually get rewarded for it, and it’s something we have a focused discussion on throughout the year.

Inside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever As space rock 2024 YR4 became more likely to hit Earth than anything of its size had ever been before, scientists all over the world mobilized to protect the planet.

This is the inside story of how, over a span of just two months, a sprawling network of global astronomers found, followed, mapped, planned for, and finally dismissed the most dangerous asteroid ever found—all under the tightest of timelines and, for just a moment, with the highest of stakes.

POTUS Tracker Update

The President signed an Executive Order:
Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission

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POTUS Tracker Update

The President signed an Executive Order:
Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks

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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."
- John Quincy Adams

Hey remember that time we had an agreement with Iran that prevented it from getting a nuclear weapon that it was abiding by #backinmyday

Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine

We and our news media have lost alarm. This litany of political violence and intimidation surrenders to it as a trend: "not really so surprising," an "inescapable reality."
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

When I was in elementary school I asked my teacher why trees never learned to walk and she said “because they didn’t need to” and that’s a great answer but it’s not the whole answer but I feel like I’d need a full book-length project to answer it.

Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like

"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

The Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Was I wrong?

Musk goes nuclear: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election" "Such ingratitude," Musk said.

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