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I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.

I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community. We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect? Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.

Bernie at Coachella: before we start discussing the millionahs and billionahs, I’d like to thank this nice young lady Clarice for inviting me up here on this Era tour. Ossoff in the audience: (curling fists) the man never listened to a Clairo album in his life.

GODS A GATOR

I feel a missing piece in the “AI will eat science” discourse is that people mistake a research output (like a paper) for the store of value. They aren’t! a paper is a report on people learning; it’s only value is to speed up other people learning. The value is in its consumption by humans!

If I was in charge of this country I'd make a Chengdu-sized megacity out of Columbus, Georgia

Imagine how good it will feel next January when the Gators are national college football champions

Playboi Carti Tiny Desk Concert

Does anyone have an article or essay discussing exactly what has gone on to make Starmer's government so reactionary?

ELECTION COVERAGE: Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Gov. Jeff Landry a major policy defeat. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social & @greglarose.bsky.social report. lailluminator.com/2025/03/29/l...

45 minutes left to go vote NO if you forgot

Kermit decided he needed a break. He hopped in his limo and told the driver to take him to Sesame Street. "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" the driver joked. "C'mon, be serious," said Kermit.

“Pritzker will also meet with laid-off workers at the University of Illinois Soybean Innovation Lab that is set to close its doors next month due to cuts to the federal USAID program.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The Wirecutter is wrong about the best plain potato chip. aftermath.site/the-best-plain...

We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government. This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...

AI search engines are wrong 60% of the time (with Google's Gemini being the absolute worst) www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...