Lora Kolodny

i'm sorry. did kid rock claim to have the gift of gab? i am still *cackling* about this

Betting on catastrophe: the dizzying rise of prediction markets Bets on the fall of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro have shed light on the spectacular rise of prediction markets: portals where people place bets on everything from sporting events, to Trump’s next strike...

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Do you live in the United States and enjoy drinking water? Ask your elected representatives to ensure your drinking water utility is climate resilient. There's a good chance the utility faces climate risks and they are not doing much about it.

Quote from NYT: President Trump’s actions may be inadvertently intensifying these dynamics. While consistently antagonizing the allies that have helped keep Beijing’s geostrategic ambitions in check, Mr. Trump has shown little appetite for sustained confrontation with Beijing, appealing for summits and suing for peace in his trade war. It may be no mere coincidence that General Zhang’s downfall was announced just one day after the Trump administration released a new National Defense Strategy, which focuses on U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere while moving away from the longtime goal of countering China. If Mr. Trump continues with an accommodative approach to China and further destabilizes U.S.-anchored alliance systems, the strategic consequences two years from now could be profound. With fewer constraints, both internal and external, Mr. Xi would be free to squeeze Taiwan even harder, backed by a regenerated Chinese military leadership that has been conditioned to execute — not question — his orders.

One of many good pieces in print NYT Opinion section: John Garnaut on how Trump's perverse combo of hostility to allies + TACO to China is empowering PRC and undermining Taiwan.

Whether "inadvertent," purposeful, merely incompetent, or corrupt, it's dangerous.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race

Facing racism in the sport head on, Surya Bonaly landed the banned backflip on one foot and made history anyway ⛸️ 💥

Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.

“Black” is being flagged as a potentially prohibited word violating anti-DEI law at multiple Florida Universities. My interview this week with @grundrza.bsky.social documents his event being flagged because the flyer said “Black.”

Racial authoritarianism is here, it’s just unequally distributed.

It's so funny how many people have had their brains pickled by X and Fox News and can't believe that SF remains one of the most amazing cities in the world.

thinking about who they degraded, intimidated, blocked, traumatized, paid for or brow beat into silence etc. 🤮also thinkin bout how much of this has been known awhile (lots) yet little to no consequence

the epstein files reveal to me who was profoundly avaricious, abusive, tasteless, immoral and did i mention *deeply* stupid?

also wondering what opportunity is helped and nurtured along by stripping talent & resources away?

ex cfo will be next ceo… “
Mr. Lewis will be succeeded by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer of The Post.” 🤔🧐

Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t... Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”

Acecdotally, when we called him on Thursday as part of a union action, the number was disconnected

All - after two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step aside. I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership throughout my tenure as CEO and Publisher. The institution could not have a better owner. During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day. With gratitude, Will

Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):

Can't Live With the World by Laura Mvula on Apple Music Song · 2013 · Duration 6:05

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Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.

"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.

“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

HEATHER CHRISTLE Aubade ... You don't have to know how to live It keeps happening either way This morning on my walk I bypassed the cemetery in favor of the banks They are all over downtown and very beautiful The sign with the lion whose mane falls like water We bought a house and the lion owns our mortgage When things get too beautiful I need an emergency trepanation so my brain does not crush itself against my skull The next bank was beautiful too Their sign said OUR HOURS HAVE CHANGED Tell me about it! This was a rhetorical thought The clouds were not rhetorical They were actual and pink At the last minute I could not resist the cemetery The sign said ENJOY YOUR VISIT and I did that a lot When the dead come in the sign tries to make them laugh I thought the streetlamps were the moon repeatedly I walked on in light of my mistakes ~

HEATHER CHRISTLE Aubade ... You don't have to know how to live It keeps happening either way This morning on my walk I bypassed the cemetery in favor of the banks They are all over downtown and very beautiful The sign with the lion whose mane falls like water We bought a house and the lion owns our mortgage When things get too beautiful I need an emergency trepanation so my brain does not crush itself against my skull The next bank was beautiful too Their sign said OUR HOURS HAVE CHANGED Tell me about it! This was a rhetorical thought The clouds were not rhetorical They were actual and pink At the last minute I could not resist the cemetery The sign said ENJOY YOUR VISIT and I did that a lot When the dead come in the sign tries to make them laugh I thought the streetlamps were the moon repeatedly I walked on in light of my mistakes ~

in case you want the whole poem now…

“You don't have to know how to live / It keeps happening either way” from Aubade by Heather Christle

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?

SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social

this makes me so sick. anyone live near a giant polluting facility like an airport, factory, farm, power plant etc.? yeah, me too.

Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds - Inside Climate News Analysis of federal data by a nonprofit watchdog group found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.

“Our nation’s landmark environmental laws are meaningless when EPA does not enforce the rules,” Jen Duggan, executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project, said in a statement. insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202... (It's just air, water, soil, food, health, huntin' & fishin', etc. /s)

Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds - Inside Climate News Analysis of federal data by a nonprofit watchdog group found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.

Under the Trump EPA - enforcement action against polluters has plummeted... via @insideclimatenews.org by Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...

I’ve been following Greg Bovino and Border Patrol around for months. Here’s some of my footage (and thoughts).

Opinion | Is Donald Trump a Racist? (Published 2016)

“To prove discrimination, blacks were repeatedly dispatched as testers to Trump apartment buildings to inquire about vacancies, and white testers were sent soon after. Repeatedly, the black person was told nothing was available, while the white tester was shown apartments for immediate rental.” Gift