Davvero!

It’s incredible to think these images are from today, May 15th, 2026 and not from the Middle Ages This is Gubbio, Italy 🇮🇹 during the Festa dei Ceri A tradition more than a thousand years old, where history, folklore and religion collide in the most spectacular way imaginable

There are no words.

A map of Central Europe before the unification of our present-day countries, 1444.

What a joy to speak at @NYULondon on democracy and America’s founding ideals 🇺🇸 Thank you @rtkersh for the invitation….and to these remarkable students for their curiosity and energy. Onwards, together.

Venice New Year’s Eve…over #WFU Casa Artom!

Va bene! 💚🤍❤️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=8S3Huv…

The Night of the Bookstores has started in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 200,000 people are out in the streets and they are forecasted to buy books worth nearly $400 million 🇦🇷

Florence is basically one big open air museum

Goodbye Comet Lemmon. See you again in 1,155 years. ☄

Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we are all bound by moral obligations to God and one another. Today, Michelle and I mourn with everyone around the world – Catholic and non-Catholic alike – who drew strength and inspiration from the Pope’s example. May we continue to heed his call to “never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope.”

Incredibly proud of my son as he wraps up his time as a Demon Deacon basketball player. Sports test, push, and challenge you—and Kev and his teammates rose to the moment on and off the court. Wake Forest was the perfect place for him, and I’m forever grateful to the coaches, staff, professors, teammates, and fans who made these four years so special. Go Kev, go Deacs! 💛🖤 #GoDeacs #ForeverADemonDeacon

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

Terrible moment for US health research; as this brave ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ piece affirms, vital NIH funds (that enabled CRISPR gene editing, Covid vaccine, & 99% of drugs approved in US) remain illegally halted. theatlantic.com/health/archi…

Essential read by indispensable ⁦@anneapplebaum⁩ theatlantic.com/internationa…

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s approval ratings are falling right now. Americans are having buyer's remorse. And you know who is feeling it the most? Republicans facing their constituents at town halls.

Europe has had its bleakest week since the fall of the Iron Curtain. This is how it must respond to the threat posed by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin econ.st/4hLkVmf

😔 theatlantic.com/health/archi…

Glad you asked. Since February 24, 1803.

I’m entering hospice today. Will probably update every little if at all. But I wanted to say to be kind, be brave, be principled, be an idealist. Most importantly, be a decent human. I love that we existed together, in this moment of time.