In which I argue that the Mai Tai, not the old fashioned or martini, is the true Great American Cocktail slate.com/life/2026/07...
I’ve Finally Found the Drink That Deserves to Be Called “the Great American Cocktail.” It’s Probably Not What You Think.
Better bring your little umbrella.
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Hey @davidwondrich.bsky.social, would love to interview you for a cocktail-related piece I’m working on. DM me if you have a moment.
Trump’s college compact is an Orwellian intrusion into American higher education, in which “academic freedom” means gutting departments unfriendly to conservatives. So far, no university has said yes, but they need to stay united against it. www.theargumentmag.com/p/trumps-col...
Trump’s college compact is a trap
The administration is hoping to divide and conquer America’s universities. Schools need to unite and keep saying no
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After the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk, I watched as one right wing influencer after another said it was time to wage war on all left-wing institutions. Then, Trump echoed them in his oval office address. It's frightening he would even hint at it. www.theargumentmag.com/p/charlie-ki...
Ok we've made fun of deficit hawks forever but @jhweissmann.bsky.social has a convincing case that if you care about social welfare programs you actually do need to start worrying about the debt! www.theargumentmag.com/p/how-i-lear...
How I learned to start worrying and hate the deficit
It's time for liberals to wake up about the national debt
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My argument for being a liberal deficit hawk. Between slashing taxes and crushing immigration, Trump policies are a disaster for our fiscal future. Libs need a longterm plan to fight back that doesn’t compromise our goal to protect and improve the welfare state. open.substack.com/pub/theargum...
How I learned to start worrying and hate the deficit
It's time for liberals to wake up about the national debt
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One dead after bomb explodes outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-aft...
One dead after bomb explodes outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs ⋆ The Palm Springs Post
Police confirm one person is dead after a bomb explodes outside a reproductive facility
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This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research. In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*. This is an extinction-level event.
The fun part of this video is where he explains that Oxford and Webster both define a body slam as the wrestling move.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.DHS official Tricia McLaughlin keeps insisting that members of Congress and the Newark mayor assaulted and "bodyslammed" ICE officers even as Blackwell plays her video demonstrating that they in fact did not
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Stockpiling in Free Trade Zones in every US state surging amidst tariff fears. www.ft.com/content/bafa...
Trump tariffs drive imports into US foreign trade zones
Policy uncertainty fuels surge in use of approved facilities that temporarily exempt businesses from paying levies
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Looking forward to hearing Bill Cassidy’s take on this www.wsj.com/politics/top...
Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
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You know, I still would not rate the chances of a Canada invasion highly (like, less than 5% chance). But watching this Greenland presser, I’d understand it if Ottawa was doing a little war gaming right now.
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants. Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds. (Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
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Student loan news: The Dept. of Education is apparently planning to turn back on the applications for income-driven repayment plans tomorrow, according to two sources familiar with the administration's plans. SAVE and REPAYE will no longer be options. IBR and PAYE will be.
She’s targeting Jan Schakowsky, who is a popular progressive, but also an 80-year-old incumbent who represents a college town. (Evanston, home of Northwestern). Absolutely can imagine this being a serious challenge given the frustrations with the party.
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · last yr.I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
BYD says it has a battery system that can charge in 5 minutes, slightly more time than it takes to fill a tank of gas. The big US automakers are just hopelessly behind, and it feels like their foreign sales could easily be wiped out in a few years as a result. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
BYD Unveils Battery System That Charges EVs in Five Minutes
BYD Co. unveiled a new system for electric cars that the Chinese automaker says will allow them to charge almost as fast as it takes a regular car to refuel.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Alex Wayne@aawayne.bsky.social · last yr.Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Department of education announces it’s cutting its workforce by 50% (including buyouts/retirements)
This fuckin’ doof made his name trying and failing to stand up to German austerity. And now…
Yanis Varoufakis@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · last yr.Germans can no longer sell cars. So, they will build tanks. But tanks last for decades and consumers don't buy them anyway. That's why Military Keynesianism doesn't work, unless you start one war after the other US-style. Ergo, only fools welcome German Military Keynesianism.
New Yorkers when deciding on a mayor and picking the worst possible candidate
a man with a horse drawn carriage says tradition
ALT: a man with a horse drawn carriage says tradition
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The Trump admin has made several recent announcements suggesting it is aiming to strip employees at major universities of eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or at least give it the option. Friday, Trump signed an EO barring nonprofits from PSLF if they engage in "illegal" activity...
We need cheap rent so 23 year olds can make rent waiting tables 4 days a week and party 6 nights a week.
Brian Hanlon@hanlon.bsky.social · last yr.Great piece that confirms my priors: San Francisco is boring because 1) there are fewer young people; and 2) the young people who live here are focused on their highly remunerative careers. The solution: build a lot more market-rate housing! www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
On Friday, Trump announced that he planned to cut off PSLF for workers at nonprofits that engaged in ‘illegal’ or ‘improper’ activity via executive order. Based on item D on this list, it looks like he plans to wield that cudgel against DEI. Could have massive ripple effects.
Tesla’s crashing, Twitter’s out, Trump’s telling him to slow down DOGE. Not a great few days for Elon.
Student loan news: 25 Senate dems have written a letter to the Education Department asking when they’re planning to bring back IDR applications and what’s going on with recertification. The unfortunate takeaway for borrowers: Nobody outside the department seems to have any idea what’s going on.
There is a large audience on Bluesky (and I guess a smaller one here?) that thinks doubting Trump will invade Canada is as silly as doubting Putin would invade Ukraine in ‘22. Remember that in ‘22 Russia had already invaded Crimea and was massing troops at the border.
