Must the same same, lone counter-protestor at last week's Hands-Off Rally near the convention center. He looked kind of lonely. I was tempted to make the proverbial invitation to join our side because of the vastly superior cookies...and clear thinking.

In the good news department, my older kiddo successfully defended his dissertation yesterday at the U of Hawaii. He has a physics Ph.D. aloha lei to prove it! We're super proud and very relieved that he has already secured a 2-3 year post-doc in Stockholm.

They're emphatically clarifying that "woke" = human.

Ouch! I hope it's still healing

Yikes!

In Jan or Feb, I read something about how psychologists understand tantrums. Sometimes, the "tantrum-havers" continue to rage even after getting their way. That doesn't explain the full end game, but it sure feels like we've been on the receiving end of mega/maga tantrums

Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...

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I'm no fan of MO Senator Josh Hawley, but he "endorsed a Democratic amendment" to prevent "tax cuts for the wealthy if any Medicaid funding were cut from the Senate budget resolution" (AJMC). The Senate rejected that proposal, but we shouldn't!

The Government Waste DOGE Should Be Cutting The problem that really needs fixing is not the public employees but the private contractors—and Elon Musk is one of them.

To improve efficiency, reduce "contracting and mak[e] the civil service more accountable—to American voters and to their elected representatives, not to freelance tech bros."

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Thanks!

So, which one is the ai account?