The “America just got tossed into the abyss” narrative seems to assign very little agency to actual Americans who really do get to decide whether the abyss looks more inviting than the non-abyss. Certainly there is a pro-abyss contingent, just look for anyone trying to use the assassination attempt of Donald Trump to further turn the temperature up. The abyss is good for some people. There are also people who can be drawn into the pro-abyss faction by fear and frustration. But I think the abyss is both undesirable and pretty avoidable. Also, pitching the abyss as inevitable feels like a pro-abyss talking point. This has been my New York Times Op Ed for the day and “abyss” no longer sounds like a real word to me. Abysss. Abyyysssss…

In this horrible moment, encouraged to hear President Trump’s team indicate that the former president is doing well. An entire nation must speak with one voice today to completely and unequivocally reject all political violence.

RETVRN to 2014

I , for one, think it’s bad the richest person in the world bought a key social media platform and is using it to spread lies to whip up a moral panic about immigration so he can pay less in taxes

Advice from a former daily news podcast host: Breaking news is subject to change, often misreported, and is sometimes cleared up after a few hours or days. *You* don’t have to be a breaking news source. It’s also better for your blood pressure.

"To explain is not to justify. There is *no* justification for what Hamas just did in Israel. It was mass, indiscriminate slaughter...We are looking at a decades long military occupation of Palestinians..."

"The defense of innocent civilians on all sides is not an obstructive legal doctrine or battlefield annoyance but the entire purpose of a just war against an enemy that has set itself against humanity." raskin.house.gov/2023/10/sta…

Jack. @vulfpeck you gotta hear this. ƒ𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎 Truppen Luftabwehr the whole thing is here youtu.be/OFontQEoMEs?si=YXKn…

Roses are red nature’s a dream

As long as there have been rich people, there have been rich people trying to position themselves as populist crusaders against "experts," where "experts" are people with way less money and power who say things that rich people don't like to hear.

RT @AstroKatie: Scientists don't do everything right & our methods aren't always unimpeachable. But there's really not enough awareness th…

RT @AstroKatie: We actually do a lot of arguing and debating within science! But — and this is pretty important context — we do it with kno…

The thing about “debate me” bros wanting to debate scientists is that you can’t effectively argue with a professional public arguer without becoming a public professional arguer, and most scientists are (and should be) professional scientists.

It is far past time for stigma about ADHD stimulants to subside. They are: ✨not addictive when taken as prescribed ✨highly effective for most w/ADHD w/minimal side effects ✨out of our system quickly ✨stimulants. Like…caffeine. They don’t get us high, they help us work.

Who among us has not experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly?

“Hey dad I need to renew my passport, think you can take a simple photo of me in front of a white background?” My dad:

To put a protocol in place requires admitting a protocol is necessary. And you can't do that and downplay the sport's health risks at the same time

Every minute spent writing contrarian foreign policy tweets is a minute not spent ruggedizing Starlink terminals