so weird: people who get big mad about having their tone policed sure do love policing tone

thank God for Zack Beauchamp vox.com/politics/2024/…

We need to create a space in the discourse for people who are against terrorism/hostage taking, against reckless bombing of aid workers, against perpetuating famine, against anti-Semitic protests, against only protesting one side of the conflict, and against militarized police…

I wrote about what's standing between us and a bird flu pandemic in my latest for Vox

vox.com/even-better/24…

The fuck is this? Who doesn’t know??

Asking Jews to understand and empathize w/people who do anti-Semitisms is trending

e.g. this passage from a recent kang piece on a series of events at UC Berkeley law school.

If you have the impulse to do this, I implore you to interrogate it

RIP your schnoz

vox.com/even-better/24…

One thing about me is that I'm always delighted to help people be more ridiculous! Thanks to Rob Walker for getting it.
robwalker.substack.com/p/be-more-ridi…

You're not imagining things: Allergy season is worse now.

My latest for Vox is about how (and why) to deal with all the gross stuff coming out of your face.

vox.com/even-better/24…

sharing for no particular reason

This is delightful 🐿️
Terrific writing 🐿️
Adorable artwork 🐿️
Thanks ⁦Vox⁩, big thanks ⁦Keren Landman⁩ 🐿️💜🐿️

The unexpected joy of the Squirrel Census - Vox apple.news/AJlkzSCy9QUGzs…

just got out of the (2.5 hour!) Grants Pass hearing. fascinating to be there. the justices had some really tough questions for Theane Evangelis, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, and seemed pretty unsatisfied with her answers

Some initial takeaways from my notebook:

sometimes I write stuff for y'all, and sometimes I write stuff for me -- this was a little of both (but mostly for me) vox.com/climate/241319…

$33k environmental fine

but otoh this company gets about $300m in state subidy #gapol