VP, Financial Services @ CFRA Washington Analysis. Longtime DC finreg and econ policy guy; history buff, tortured MN sports fan, Fargo native. #Timberwolves; opinions my own
When people ask me now what part of that training prepared me for being in Congress, I always tell them that Congress is best when it includes people who think in lots of different ways. And the way that scientists think if often antithetical to the way politicians and lawyers think.
In recent weeks, there has been a remarkable surge in large, intense, fast-moving, and unfortunately in many cases destructive/deadly wildfires in multiple Northern Hemisphere regions spanning a wide range of climates & ecologies, but they all share one key commonality. [Thread]
The Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum in London early Friday after a secretive nighttime operation involving multiple police forces — the first time the fragile embroidery has left France in several hundred years.
Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in U.K. After Maximum-Security OperationThe 11th-century tapestry will go on display at the British Museum in September. Tickets for the exhibition have already been selling rapidly.nyti.ms
you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport
Opinion: Putin’s reign may not survive the impending fall of Crimea thehill.com/opinion/nati...
Putin’s reign may not survive the impending fall of CrimeaTuesday marked the third anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin failed and paid with his life. But Russia as a whole, and Russian-o…thehill.com
You're about to have a shot at buying Television guitar hero Tom Verlaine's personal album collection.
Tom Verlaine's vinyl collection to be sold through Discogs & NYC's Academy RecordsYou can buy records from Tom Verlaine's personal collection starting June 26 and most records will go for between $10 and $50.www.brooklynvegan.com
Study: Majority Of Middle-Aged Men Lack Support Network They’ll Need To Handle Neil Young’s Death https://theonion.com/study-majority-of-middle-aged-men-lack-support-network-theyll-need-to-handle-neil-youngs-death/
Gary Gensler has come out hot against the idea that prediction markets can offer sports betting. Whole thing is worth a read but this is probably my favorite part www.marketswiki.com/wiki/images/...
Look, I’m sorry but I just can’t believe the Knicks came all the way back. And I bet a lot of my fellow basketball fans feel similarly. This calls into question the legitimacy of their Game Four win.
The House passed bipartisan legislation that would provide new aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions against Russia, largely clashing with the Trump administration’s approach to the war.
House passes Ukraine aid bill in another GOP rebuke of Trump’s foreign policyThe vote comes after the House passed a resolution earlier this week against President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.nbcnews.to
Washington and Moscow are fueling the Alberta separatist movement in order to weaken Canada: www.bbc.com/news/article...
US and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report saysResearchers warn that foreign actors are meddling in the Alberta separatist movement in ways that threaten Canada’s "democratic integrity".www.bbc.com
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
elizabethginexiSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
CBS News Radio ends today. It’s a major loss for the US
CBS News Radio ends today. It’s a major loss for the USThe decision by top editor Bari Weiss to end radio service represents another crack in the network that my grandfather, William S Paley, helped buildwww.theguardian.com
“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study findsLouisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors saywww.theguardian.com
Right-wing twitter thinks I'm always crying about GOP victories, left-wing Bluesky thinks I'm always quietly celebrating GOP victories. I'm just good at covering this stuff and understanding the history and mindset, instead of going "ooh, gosh, unprecedented!" when stuff happens.
Kerr Avon ♨️We all know you're full of shit, Dave.
