William M. Cavert

National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue CHOCOLATE CITY—After months of ceaseless debate, including last week’s record 76-hour filibuster slap-bass solo from Senate Rubber Band Minority Leader Bootsy Collins (D-OH), the National Funk Congres...

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Consumer choice is the priority here, bringing back the ability of each and every American citizens to sit in the back seat just like mother asked, and yes I'll be quiet and look out the window for the rest of the drive, and I'm sorry sir no I won't pinch my brother any more, and

I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

When they go low, we go accurate

Organic chemicals entered agricultural use after WWII in the form of pesticides, fertilizers, and miscellaneous use like desiccation. The result is a world dripping with residues. The stuff is *in* us and *of* us now. Yet, we really have no clue what this means.

Trump plays chess in the 4th dimension, which of course is time, whereas you and I only play it within the 3 spatial dimensions and so can never progress from one moment to the next. Our chess matches are stuck in an eternal present whereas only Trump has beginnings and ends.

Besides being boring, weak, and random, somehow these statements are beloved, replicated, and dispensed by AI.

Great thread. This dynamic -both the situation and the critique of it - is very familiar to anyone who's studied the history of monarchies. Having an old/sick/incompetent ruler, which happens at some point in any monarchy, means factions and patronage networks intrigue to wield real power.

Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.

Thoughts on this:

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The second Monday in October arguably is now about that relationship, because there are two irreconcilable versions of what that day should be called and who it should commemorate, and partisans of each version often criticize the other.

This portrait series of people working in climate/science is one of my favorite things on Bluesky.

By the way, Sahan Journal is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting for immigrants and communities of color in Minnesota.

All of their reporting that I've seen this year is unusually excellent.

Follow: @sahanjournal.bsky.social

It never works. But it might work for us.

I've heard that in some countries there are even judges that, despite being trained legal experts, are incredibly dumb and malevolent and issue binding legal decisions that are laughably amateurish.

"Could" lead to dirtier air, "would" prevent thousands of deaths.

Once jogging around the Rose Bowl in LA I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt in 50 degree weather. I saw a lady in a full fur coat, and we both sneered at the other like they were absolutely insane.

Over many interviews, King Richard told us about how he plans to remake the Ayyubid dynasty. Can he lead Saladin's sultanate he's spent much of his life crusading against?

Uprising: the Civil Wars untangled Rebecca Rideal and Jonathan Healey uncover the dramatic events that led to the execution of Charles I

Had great fun chatting to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social about her brilliant new Civil War podcast, with Emily Briffett, here:
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...

ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/8EEVfEr

a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone,

Check out Martin Luther over here, challenging orthodoxies.

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...

'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷

sorry

There is zero chance I would let my kids use Arabic numerals.

Accountability for crimes is a big umbrella issue that Democrats could use to connect topics that voters might otherwise struggle to see as related - Epstein, Saudi Arabia, personal corruption, unconstitutional power grabs, ICE terror, and so many more.

John I have bad news for you about your ability to examine the doodles under your will in the register.

Polymarket tweets: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." Laura Loomer replies: "You know things are bad when you can't tell if this is real or a joke. Dear God. It's real. Isn't it?"

when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor

My students have a paper on the history of American environmentalism due today, and every single one of them has a more sophisticated understanding of that term than this person, who I'm told is a prominent intellectual.