Twins from Brazil are traveling with their father for the World Cup. After stopping in New York, they are now visiting Philadelphia. I asked them their impressions of the city. This was their response…

I know people who hate his guts -- people who live in a peaceful, free, and democratic country. I think I know why. He makes them "hold their manhoods cheap," to use Shakespeare language. They can barely tie his shoes, and they, somewhere, know it.

This might be the best thing Jeff has written. The Eagles try to make it really hard to this sort of in-depth reporting, but it’s vital information for fans.

We obtained a copy of the agreement between Iran and the US. The 14-point MOU lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran that it will never produce a nuclear weapon Read the text reporting —> w/ @Kevinliptakcnn @MostafaSalemCNN cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeas…

“I have totally defeated you and also transferred $300 billion dollars into your bank account”

Pro-Israel groups deliberately turned Israel into a polarized issue and alienated almost the whole Democratic Party for the sake of a war that turned out to be as disastrous as Obama warned them and is going to end up with a deal that’s worse for them than JCPOA was.

While reporting from Halhul today in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers severely damaged our vehicle and those of several Palestinians, smashing windows & puncturing tires. Thankfully, no one was in the vehicles. We won't be deterred from continuing to report on this story.

With heroin?

“Championship Playoffs”

the cost of one subway ride to lincoln financial field

A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in İzmir

I I’ll never forgive people who voted for Trump. This is on them. The Lincoln Memorial is hallowed ground. Where our greatest president, who gave his life to end slavery, is commentated. Where the Gettysburg Address is written. We live as graffiti now.

Aged like milk.

All of these were reported over the past month: • A new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, that roughly doubles survival in late-stage disease • A precision lung cancer drug, lorlatinib, that kept 55 percent of patients progression-free after 7 years, versus 3 percent on the old drug • A prostate cancer drug, talazoparib, that halves the risk of progression • An endometrial cancer drug, dostarlimab, where 58 percent of patients hadn't progressed after 4 years, versus 16 percent on chemo alone • An early-detection blood test, the NHS Galleri test, that quadrupled cancer detection but missed its main goal • An mRNA cancer vaccine that halved the risk of melanoma recurrence when added to Keytruda • The most effective weight loss drug so far, retatrutide, which cut body weight by about 28 percent • The first in vivo gene editing therapy, which cut hereditary angioedema attacks by 87 percent from a single injection • A one-time gene edit, VERVE-102, that lowered LDL cholesterol by 62 percent • A feat of pharmaceutical synthesis that raised enlicitide's manufacturing yield 14-fold using engineered enzymes • A functional cure for hepatitis B, bepirovirsen, that cleared the virus in about 20 percent of patients • The discovery that human cells can swap chromosome-sized DNA through nanotubes • An ancestor of CRISPR, VIPR, found in bacteriophages, that silences genes without cutting DNA • A preventive Covid-19 pill, ensitrelvir, that cut symptom risk by 67 percent after exposure • The first PROTAC drug, vepdegestrant, which destroys a disease-causing protein rather than blocking it Every month, Niko and I write a round up digging into the latest news in biotech and medicine, and this month's was astonishing. We share some thoughts on what's responsible for this progress and what it means for science in the future.

Europeans experiencing random Americana as they come visit for the World Cup is a lot of fun, and a good way to get Americans to not take for granted what’s awesome about our country. slowboring.com/p/a-german-so…

Spotted in Philadelphia

Eating in Mexico coming from England or Scotland has got to be a transcendent experience. Like seeing colors for the first time

me with the SpaceX cafeteria lady after she becomes a billionaire from the IPO

To be fair, the "I f***ing love science" crowd also turned on the man who popularized the development of rockets and pushed through the funding for the V-1 and V-2 programs, over the advice of his generals.