Adam Winkler

Hmmm... I see a good nyt article @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

every day there’s a new headline that’s like “trump administration kills program that would cure cancer”

these people are just so fucking evil idek what else to say at this point

CBS on the cardinals: "One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated. I believe the kids call it rawdogging."

No notes. h/t @ianbremmer.com

Trump supporters insisting that tariffs don't raise prices remind me of socialists and communists insisting that rent controls don't cause housing shortages.

Where did Pope Francis go wrong with America's right-wing Catholic bloggers? For one thing, his celibacy was voluntary.

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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

Nit: Those black handles didn't start arriving until 2021, I think; before that they were chrome. (Gemini agrees.)

Trump and Musk are for they/them. They're not for you.

TRANSCRIPT: Anat Shenker-Osorio's *actual* plan to beat fascism Read a masterclass from the political sage on how to fight back against Trump II, create "social proof," mobilize your community, stop waiting for Democrats, and start getting it DONE

Fantastic video/transcript of the conversation between the indispensable @anandwrites.bsky.social and @anatosaurus.bsky.social

'So what do we say? We say: “This is a government of the bullies for the billionaires.” He is coming for your freedom. He is coming for your privacy.'

Days after President Trump enacted 10 percent trade tariffs on all Chinese goods in early February, Bentley Zhao called the company that supplies his cabinetry, tiles and stone. The store manager told him to expect to see a 10 percent price increase for any materials coming from China. Mr. Zhao, the chief executive of New Empire, which builds high rises in New York City, was stunned to see the impact materialize so quickly. "It's too fast," said Mr. Zhao, 46. "There's no time."

Mr. Zhao, who was born and raised in China, said his support for Mr. Trump has not wavered — and would not even in the face of more severe tariffs — because he thinks the president's immigration policies will make the country safer. The looming price increases, he said, are worth the trade-off. Builders describe an unpredictable atmosphere where they are passing the burden of tariffs placed on them by vendors onto consumers. A house that is more expensive to build becomes more expensive to buy. Add in the risk of inflation from tariffs, and interest rates could rise in response, driving up costs even more, said

pundits: “Trump supporters just had valid concerns about the economy”

actual Trump supporters: “i don’t care if Trump destroys the economy and kills my business, as long as he keeps the immigrants out. also I am an immigrant”

Beyond Skepticism: Data Confirms Auckland's Zoning Reforms Delivered on Housing Promises Three rigorous studies, 43,500 new homes, and a 28% drop in rents: The data is in on Auckland's great housing experiment

Auckland went all in on YIMBY, and the results are clear: 43,500 new homes in 10 years, and rents down 28% relative to peers.
www.population.fyi/p/beyond-ske...

There are no “acts of God” anymore The Los Angeles wildfires show the influence of humanity in the world — and our inability to control it.

So true! We are great at causing change, but we don't which changes and their consequences!

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Here’s to You, Mr. Zuckerberg

Manliness maven Mark has the worst perm since Art Garfunkel, and most of his fans don’t have much carnal knowledge. But if he ever becomes president, you can bet that Scarborough fair will come to him.

by Maureen Dowd

Perhaps strong egos hate being told what to do (i.e., regulation by the government). Anything that impedes them must be destroyed! Authoritarians are more easily manipulated?

Goodness gracious!

A deeply unwell man who belongs nowhere near the levers of power.

Opinion | Trump pushed a blend of far-right and traditionally conservative policies in his first term. Here's why I think he'll do a lot of socialism this time.

by Ro Khanna

Less than 30 minutes apart.

Thanks for all of the lucid columns and books, Paul! Guiding us through these last few decades with your informed perspective!

"Leaders in both parties, including President Joe Biden and both of Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators, oppose the deal on national security grounds. " It's idiotic that any of them oppose this deal in which Nippon Steel was going to invest in an outdated steel plant. That would harm national security???