I’m so old I remember when Google’s mission was to organize the world’s information.

I don’t entirely know that there is a meaningful difference between book and book on tape. I listen audible all the time and aside from that I’m sure I read books more than 99% of people. I am not sure why normal reading is key different

Now for some positivity on this feed... We met with Hare Krishnas serving food at WEF (the only open tent exhibit). Their ability to serve hot food on mass scale seems genuine, and they are expanding their operations to America. They tried to recruit my mother to work for their upcoming Florida kitchens, lol. They were so excited that "DataRepublican" was interviewing them.

They found the crown of France lying in a gutter.

I have seen a lot of Bad Twitter over the years. Didn’t expect to have such an impressive new category: Mocking widows for being caught smiling Twitter. It’s just evil.

Good news: it looks like @nytimes will cover the issue of books going missing from US classrooms. Bad news: they are only focused on high school. But the call is coming from the elementary and school buildings, too. Please join me in encouraging @DanaGoldstein to broaden her focus.

64 killed in attack on a Catholic parish in the Democratic Republic of Congo: thecatholicherald.com/articl…

Reuters realized what had happened and tried to simply change the quote without admitting reporter error, like a five-year-old who broke mom’s vase and tries to hide the damage.

Once you notice how often “beautiful” is used as a default compliment for women, it’s hard to unsee. Instead of “my gorgeous wife”, may I suggest describing her as courageous, sincere, virtuous, earnest, patient, determined, or (as a generic fallback) loving.

A propos of everything in my feed, I’m going to ask you to read about this important study: “People dislike their political opponents for views most don't actually hold”

I'm getting tired of people prefacing their grief statement with making sure everyone knows they didn't agree with everything Charlie Kirk said. Why does that even matter? Why do you have to say that? Also, Facebook is a mess. I have friends actually celebrating this. One friend has a portrait of Luigi Mangione as a saint, and another has a picture of the exact moment when the bullet struck Charlie next to his quote about gun violence. Who are these people? I'm so horrified.

Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk: “You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election. “That was not all Kirk’s doing, but he was central in laying the groundwork for it. I did not know Kirk and I am not the right person to eulogize him. But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness. In the inaugural episode of his podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Kirk, admitting that his son was a huge fan. What a testament to Kirk’s project.” “Kirk and I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It is supposed to be an argument, not a war; it is supposed to be won with words, not ended through bullets. I wanted Kirk to be safe for his sake, but I also wanted him to be safe for mine, and for the sake of our larger shared project. The same is true for Shapiro, for Hoffman, for Hortman, for Thompson, for Trump, for Pelosi, for Whitmer. We are all safe, or none of us are.”