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“Unleash Chiang,” as in the rallying cry of John Birchers in the 1950s, who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader of Taiwan, so he could retake Red China from Mao. “Unleash Chiang,” which later morphed into sports trash talk in the Bush family, like when George H.W. would warn from the baseline that he was about to “unleash Chiang” with his next serve.

Now I'm not sure why Politico uses "Chang" there because the next sentence clarifies.

Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation If confirmed by the US Senate, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead the agency, a big funder of US basic research.

O'Neill, an investor in anti-aging technology who worked on HHS policy, would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead NSF. His background will be a 'major concern' to the science and technology community, former NSF director Neal Lane told me.

@maxkozlov.bsky.social and I report:

One of the first things I learned as a professor is that accommodations don’t make the class/assessment easier — they just make it inclusive. Doing a moral panic on accommodations is just gross and ableist.

I just want to say this isn't universal. When you find an editor-journal combo who manages to avoid this situation for most papers... Keep submitting your work to them

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NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)

Directorates to follow

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Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

Opinion | Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?

Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

this is what they said it would be like under socialism

if zohran mamdani would like to appear on sesame street first of all i think he should insist on a return to the tone of the early show (urbanism for children) and second of all i think he and big bird and oscar should sing "the mayor is a person in your neighborhood"

Unless they mean "faculty meeting irate" then yeah... the paragraphs thing

What I actually sound like irate

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In Tense Deposition, Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes

Really NYT, did she "grow irate"? Do people usually speak in full eloquent paragraphs when they do that?

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But it's not just that MORE coal was burned last year. Coal was being burned DIRTIER, with more air pollution per amount of electricity produced—because operation of installed air pollution control equipment was being reduced or turned off.

As my colleague, Amanda Levin, explained to the WSJ: 6/

"The rise in sulfur-dioxide emissions last year was driven largely by more coal being burned to generate electricity. Coal generation increased 13% in 2025, compared with a 3% decline for natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration."

Coal, not beautiful, definitely not clean. 5/

🧪⚒️ A big eruption occurred at a mud volcano in Colombia on the night of the 25th February 2026.

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Peak Getting Dripped On Hours in NYC right now. Don’t worry about it

This is like Percy Jackson's cyclops brother but for Gritty

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Had they used hot water to make them into ice balls? Even then I think all's fair here

New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan.

Stares directly at the camera in "Michigan Childhood"

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Mine in this week’s @newyorker.com

Clavicular, the Radical Submissive In 2026, hypermasculinity has one master: the algorithm. Here, John Paul Brammer examines Clavicular's algorithm worship.

For Playboy, I wrote about Clavicular, masculinity, and the digital image www.playboy.com/read/enterta...

YouTube video by VICE The Story of 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul

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"I was talking to my girl, and I said I'm on my way to the studio, and she said hey can you put my name in the song? And how about my friend? And the journal she edits?"

*spooky synth and handclaps"

Shake that thing, Miss Annabella

Yo Miss Jodi, Agnewandte, and Rebecca

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If only I had unsubscribed yesterday! Alas.