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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"Nation's Republicans Admit They Were Totally Kidding About Electing Trump Again, 'Do You Think We're Nuts?'" #plausibleheadlines
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Fact check: "No, Trump Did Not 'Literally Dance' on a Veteran's Grave at Arlington Cemetery. At Worst, He Engaged in a Bit of Finger Puppetry, Which Children Find Amusing" - Politifact, probably
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The ever-astute Will Bunch on how the media is blowing the most important election of our lifetime. https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/media-elections-dnc-kamala-harris-military-20240827.html
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Freakshow: To get that grotesquely disrespectful thumb's-up photo opp at a veterans' grave, Trump campaign staff had a "physical altercation" with an Arlington Cemetery official. These people are TERRIFYING. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091154/trump-arlington-cemetery
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The best hashtag I've seen yet for JD Vance: #HillbillyVanilli.
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I have such a feeling of déja vu not caring about Oasis all over again.
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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/
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Say what you will about joy not being a strategy, we're all going to live a little longer after the DNC vaccine against despair. #HarrisWalz2024
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Prominent expert on female reproductive anatomy says women's rage against Trump for overturning Roe v. Wade will make no difference in this election. https://www.threads.net/@vincedmonroy/post/C_GLk82v-il?xmt=AQGzNNBTg6tZq8hNRIBxKIqBkV7u5J44cFV-d2ebCAoUow
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Incandescently brilliant piece by Tina Brown on her autistic son and Gus 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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How RFK Jr. betrayed his followers and flushed whatever legacy he had left as an "environmental warrior" down the toilet to kiss the ass of the former president most hostile to protecting the environment in history. https://wapo.st/3yZIO8g
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How RFK Jr. betrayed his followers and flushed whatever legacy he had left as an "environmental warrior" down the toilet to kiss the ass of the former president most hostile to protecting the environment in history. https://wapo.st/3yZIO8g
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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 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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RFK Jr. was not just an addict - he was a drug dealer, and not just a drug dealer, but the kind of nasty, freaky drug dealer you'd never buy from again. He's still a weird asshole selling stuff that's bad for you, and today that's Donald Trump and MAGA fascism. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/rfk-jr-endorse-trump-execute-drug-dealers/679597/
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The best thing about RFK Jr. endorsing Trump is that now I can spend less time as an autism historian explaining to nudnik anti-vaxxers in my friends' social networks that his books and speeches are full of lies. I can just say, "What on Earth is wrong with you?"
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Immaculate.
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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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Kamala's speech blew me away even more than I hoped. She is so ready. We are so ready. It's time to turn the page.
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To mock the rule of law and the Constitution, prominent terrorist cult leader and rapist to host "J6 Awards Gala" on his golf course to raise funds for the murderous thugs who attacked cops that day. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jan-6-awards-gala_n_66c77f6be4b0b9c7b3609dab
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