I lived in Beijing in the era of airpocalypse, and the US embassy's air quality monitor helped push China to change policies. It improved health and transparency for Chinese and US citizens. It cost nothing. It was a big success. Secretary Marco Rubio shut it down: nytimes.com/2025/03/04/cli…

The first episode of Gavin Newsom's new podcast is genuinely humiliating trib.al/wkiLywd

Couldn’t come back to SF for a visit without an old shake 🫨

Somewhere in Japan, a warm breeze passes by Hayao Miyazaki's face. It is the beginning of a global heatwave driven by the high GPUs needed to power OpenAI's imitation of Studio Ghibli. He frowns and wipes his brow indiewire.com/features/gener…

should have been trump’s campaign slogan

Young men should be angry. The long-term effect of taking Adderall and Ritalin over years is growth suppression. I don’t think many boys are told “take this pill, and the major side effect is you’ll be shorter.” Terrible.

Christmas is dead, coal for all bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Sorry I can't come to the phone rn my brain has shrunk parentdata.org/how-pregnancy-…

Still thinking about this iconic finale

This is Dr. Casey Means, an absolute MAHA warrior and President Trump’s new nominee for Surgeon General of the United States: “Health is getting destroyed in the United States, which we don't really talk about, because it's not profitable to heal in this country. It's

Da Pope: Chicago lose its mind over homegrown pontiff. Within minutes of the announcement, Chicagoans had Photoshopped the new pope holding an Italian beef sandwich and made at least 50 Malört jokes. buff.ly/hxnbaII

In Europe, new food additives are generally presumed unsafe until proved otherwise through scientific review. But not in the US, of course. Food companies have a loophole where additives are "generally recognized as safe." nytimes.com/2025/05/12/opi…

Put seeing Beyonce after waiting hours for a storm to pass while 8 months pregnant at the top of unhinged things I did while pregnant, but 10/10 would do again.

I’ve seen three puffers and a fur-lined hood this morning. Please respect Chicago’s privacy during this difficult time.

The repayment system never accounted for pregnancy, unpaid caregiving, or maternity leave. That’s by design.

tldr: -cuomo hasn’t lived in NY since he was 32 -his rent is $8k -he can’t think of a single thing he’s changed his mind on politically -he regrets resigning after credible allegations of harassment -he has 4 cars -his bagel order is an English muffin nytimes.com/2025/06/03/nyr…

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.