I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

Reminder that it’s not good that the closest historical comparison people are making about AI is Nuclear War.

Turns out you can't make everything a gerund without issue. #WNBA.

Not sure how far I trust artificial intelligence to make real decisions about climate, finance, politics and health when spell check (a kind of AI because it's based on probability) can't figure out that when I type osmething I meant to type something.

Tried to make it through all of NHJ's self-absorbed, self-absolution essay today and saw this and giggled.

Having the Kennedy Center close on his watch (and because of him) should land Trump in Boomer jail forever.

Teaching from your book today, @alexhanna.bsky.social. Did you think we would reach the Mutually Assured Destruction phase of our program this fast? Since everything else maps onto Cold War and nuclear warfare here, might as well bring back MAD, even if it makes me talk about Reagan.

"American society is peculiarly liable to the corruption of inauthenticity... And computer technologists especially su!er the euphoria of being in a new and rapidly expanding field.

As a middle-aged, white academic, I am here to tell you that it is, in fact, very easy to not harass or preposition students.

Seeing Clark and Reese play together and enjoy it is going to put a lot of people through some things and I'm here for it. #FIBA

Reese block, Clark assist, Citron bucket #FIBA

MapQuest has seen a surge in app downloads after the company said it will not rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. It is currently the top free app in both Apple’s U.S. and Canadian App Stores — its highest ranking in its 30-year history.

Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

As of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple’s No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.

washingtonpost.com

Really confused by @theatlantic.com 's "review" of Vance's Communion that spends more time talking about the campaign books of Hilary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Jill Biden than it does about Vance's book itself.

As the academic year begins, it seems like everyone is ready to get back on their bullshit.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs order directing interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' as Canada trade war persists.

How will POTUS make the Dolly Parton death news about him?

Hey for something fun, look up which former MNBA player had 26 rebounds in a single game. #Reese #WNBA

Enes Kanter just got himself more attention getting ejected from the Sky-Fever game for being a transphobe than he ever did as a player.

The original (1915) conception of academic freedom didn't allow professors to say whatever they wanted all of the time—they were able to say what they wanted based on their areas of expertise.

If a Bezos-Musk beef is what gets science reporting done, then so be it.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo ago

NASA has released images of a new crater on the moon after part of a rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX crashed into its surface this month. The rocket slammed into the moon at about 5,400 mph.

That’s one way to keep us engaged all the way through. #ChicagoSky

Once again booked a trip to Madison during UW move-in weekend. Oops.

It's me, using the term rolodex in an essay in 2026.

Bluesky replies are like HOA meetings for people who can’t afford homes.

Who could have predicted the drug companies would benefit so quickly from this administration? (everyone, including the WHO). www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

The New Race to Find Treatments for Measles

As vaccination rates decline, biotech companies see a potential new market for measles drugs.

nytimes.com

Every time I see Andrew Tate there’s more evidence that masculinity has no definition.

Wow. I did not realize how terrible the @thenation.com app is. Has it always been completely unusable?

Something quite bullshity about having a pop up ad for Conor McGregor’s homoerotic expression (fight) get in the way of reading an article from @thenation.com about a transgender former athlete, especially when I pay for the magazine.

Looks like he's got another phone call to make. #WorldCup

Never watch soccer. Do they always have the goals on incessant replay like this or is this another case of American Exceptionalism? #WorldCup

More like Looooooooool amirite? #WorldCup