Today is the 179th birthday of Scientific American, the oldest continuous publication in America, according to editor Laura Helmuth. I'm so proud to be a columnist for SciAm. The late Oliver Sacks' assistant Kate Edgar told me it was his favorite magazine. Oliver not only read every issue, he saved them in his library in bound volumes.
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The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
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Deeply thoughtful and fair piece by John Harwood on how our media is struggling to meet this dire historical moment. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] https://niemanreports.org/articles/warped/Deeply thoughtful and fair piece by John Harwood on how our media is struggling to meet this dire historical moment. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] https://niemanreports.org/articles/warped/
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Incandescently brilliant piece by Tina Brown on her autistic son and Guz Walz.Incandescently brilliant piece by Tina Brown on her autistic son and Guz Walz. We must BURY Trump and Vance at the ballot box and shovel dirt down the throat of the zombie corpse of the former Republican party. Please spread this gift link. #HarrisWalz2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/opinion/tim-walz-son-gus.html?unlocked_article_code=1
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His guts roiling and seething with hatred, bigotry, and sadistic thoughts of revenge, Trump struggles with aides begging him to stay "on message." The aides might console themselves by remembering that hatred, bigotry, and sadistic thoughts of revenge ...His guts roiling and seething with hatred, bigotry, and sadistic thoughts of revenge, Trump struggles with aides begging him to stay "on message." The aides might console themselves by remembering that hatred, bigotry, and sadistic thoughts of revenge are Trump's only message. He's got nothing else to offer. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/us/politics/trump-campaign-2024.html?smid=tw-share
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The bottom line is that #DNC2024 was one of the most patriotic events I've ever seen.The bottom line is that #DNC2024 was one of the most patriotic events I've ever seen. To an extent that surprised me, it not only made me feel proud to be an American, it deepened my sense of what being an American means. #HarrisWalz2024
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No, I'm not going to repost Ann Coulter's mocking of Tim Walz's beautiful son Gus.No, I'm not going to repost Ann Coulter's mocking of Tim Walz's beautiful son Gus. She's a talking toilet, a vile, wicked creature from the Sociopathic Lagoon, a worst-case human scenario who claimed the 9/11 widows were "enjoying" their husbands' deaths. She makes people nastier and more ignorant every time she opens her lips.
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The bottom line is, we've all been traumatized by the past nine years.The bottom line is, we've all been traumatized by the past nine years. It's been a scarring nightmare, like people experience in abusive families, more than we could even speak. Our nation has needed this healing. [ Demetrius Freeman]
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From now on, every Vice President who is not a coach will seem disappointing.From now on, every Vice President who is not a coach will seem disappointing.
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Michelle Obama SLAYED tonight at #DNC2024. She burned down the spot, as jazz musicians say.Michelle Obama SLAYED tonight at #DNC2024. She burned down the spot, as jazz musicians say.
"Who's going to tell him that the job he wants is one of those 'black jobs?'"