David Sleight

FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

[screaming externally] wapo.st/4auA1dj

*cough cough* POLITICO *cough cough*

I’d like to see solid reporting on why this didn’t happen the same day as the staff layoffs. (If it’s as I suspect, why allow reputational protection for one failed executive when honesty could have made the brutality of the other cuts more politically palatable? Corporate boys club at its worst.)

That said, the one on the left looks like he knows that Fraggles are real and where their hidey-hole is.

I mean, if there was a god, it being this kind of one would explain an awful lot.

Pearls clutched, thoughts-and-prayers, etc etc.

‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas

“I only watched part of it. Someone else clicked the button. It wasn’t my idea but if it was it’s okay. The buck stops… honestly, I have no idea where it stops, maybe the snack drawer?” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

All of our NYU hospital experiences have been aces (except, you know, that bit about having a reason to go to the hospital).

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

“Look, I just didn’t want there to be any misunderstandings!”

Correct answer.

What I’d like to see clearer reporting about is under what authority this change is being made. Because they said so?

They don’t work for him, Karoline. They work for the people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

The base of a lamppost with the words RIP ALEX PRETTI ❤️ handwritten on it.

Minneapolis: Brooklyn sends its love.

Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?

Bright flashing red light right here, folks. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

LOL, the better half and I just finished rewatching season 1 a few months ago (the rest is unfortunately unavailable stateside) and I remember saying, “You just know someone is gonna reboot this.”

I really don’t mind if you eat lunch on Zoom. I’d rather you take care of yourself than stress about being side-eyed over a salad.

(And yeah, I realize I’m a couple centuries late to get that witty rejoinder in. 😬)

Yes. Headlines are the upshot. Body copy houses the details.

Not to any lay reader. Sanitizing to the point of legitimizing.

“White nationalists” is a really mealy-mouthed way of saying “racists.” Enough of this bullshit. Come out and say it.

There is no insurrection in Minnesota.

Speaking from experience, “setting a low bar” is a really shitty foundation to build your moral foundation on.

Up And Then Down Late on a Friday night, Nicholas White got stuck on an elevator in a nearly empty office building.

You just reminded me of this, which happened shortly before I started working there. (And it wasn’t the end of it. I once rode an elevator there with a colleague, completely horrified, as it climbed 43 floors express with its inner doors still open.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...

Godox's AD100Pro II packs more flash performance into a compact body Godox has announced the AD100Pro II, bringing worthwhile updates to its popular strobe.

Love the stuff Godox has been shipping. I’ve carried an AD100Pro for years and really enjoy it. Small enough to fit in my coat pocket and handhold while shooting, which means I actually use it. www.dpreview.com/news/3637088...

And the only way to pack more bad-TV-movie-mafia-don-energy into that “but they need protection” line would be if someone handed him a baseball bat while he slowly stalked the room.

Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception

Watching his careening vibes slam head-first into people who have to occasionally account for objective reality is something to behold. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/b...

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

(The same actor at least, but I like to think they’re actually the same character. It totally works.)