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The little of I’ve seen of Douthat’s video work, he does not have the screen presence that a network TV audience is going to enjoy. But at least his opinions are also off putting

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

Imagine dying and having your eulogizer praise someone else at your funeral.

If ever there was an archetype for "lonely old man, brain being cooked by the Musk hate platform," this is surely it. Think about what it's doing to thousands, if not millions, of others.

Gov. Beshear on Mitch McConnell: "If he can have a 17-minute conversation with his protege, he can call into any of your news stations for three. All we're asking is just a little bit of proof."

In "Number 12 Looks Just Like You," The Twilight Zone explores a society of surgically enforced conformity and the fate of a father who resisted. In a new personal essay, Alex DiFrancesco reflects on a life without easy transitions:

Absolutely loved working with the brilliant @alessandrostardust.bsky.social on this piece — it is beautifully vulnerable, and tells a story of transition, family, and sci-fi's unique ability to show us all the possibilities of life.

This is not a serious country. But it is a seriously demented one.

This is a vibes post but I think one narrow factor could be that yes there was a significant contingent of (pre-)civil rights era Black Americans who supported their Jewish comrades and therefore supported causes including early Zionism, but when those same Black activists visited Israel…

HANNITY: Elon Musk talked about Americans not even needing to save for your retirement like we have historically because of the abundance AI will create. Do you believe that? BESSENT: I do, but I think I would change the timeline. Elon is so far ahead of the curve

Your AI retirement plan.

Exactly how such a crucial mistake was missed for so long is, at present, a mystery.

I love to do public readings. Do I pack The Odyssey or Das Kapital in my carryon?

This is a thing? We are allowed to lecture at length to captive airplane passengers? This changes everything, I'm now practicing conference talks on my way to the conference.

it’s kinda wild that kittens exists because it’s like, a cat is already a better version of a baby, wdym they dropped a baby version of the most baby creature on this planet

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Can you George R.R. Martin that GIF up?

*stares at the three pages of a nagging idea that's been hanging around* Damn it, am I writing an epic fantasy novel?

Today in 1957, a C-124A Globemaster II ferrying 3 unarmed Mark-5 atomic bombs and 1 plutonium capsule from Dover AFB, Delaware, to a base in Europe, lost power in both its port-side engines off Cape May, New Jersey, and began losing altitude. To make a safe emergency landing near Atlantic City …

When America's top health official is constantly pushing conspiracy theories, trust in public health takes a hit—and we're seeing the consequences in real time. There are record measles cases for a reason. RFK Jr. is a threat to public health & should RESIGN.