A reminder that U Chicago is the standard for *checks notes* speech and academic freedom.

#Satire

'member when he said we should vote for him because he was so rich he couldn't be bought? I 'member.

Trump 'Stunned' Oil Execs Demanding They Raise $1 Billion for His Campaign, Promising 'Deal' of Lower Taxes, Regulations: Report mediaite.com/a/gpvmr via @mediaite

Sunny afternoon on the Seine.

If you only have a minute, read the last paragraph. if you have the time, read Jamal Greene's book: How Rights Went Wrong.

'Opal Sandy was born unable to hear anything due to auditory neuropathy, ....

But after receiving an infusion containing a working copy of the gene ... the 18-month-old can hear almost perfectly and enjoys playing with toy drums.'
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BREAKING: Although mostly ignored by the media, student protesters have won big victories at 6 major US universities over Israel's mass civilian killings in Gaza. Agreements reached at Rutgers, Northwestern, Brown, Middlebury, Evergreen and Vassar.

Protest works. More to come.⤵️

'China Rules the Green Economy. Here’s Why That’s a Problem for Biden.'

That's an actual The New York Times headline, not the New York Times Pitchbot
New York Times Pitchbot

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Note: this law makes it easy for Democrats to challenge Repub voters.

How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents

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Chip doesn't know the US didn't bar any immigrants until 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act. The next bill was 1917.

The reason we know that RFK Jr. had a brainworm is that he said explained it during his divorce proceedings to make the case that his earning potential had been reduced by brain damage.

Twelve years later, he wants to be president. nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

I think the anger comes from people who believe in our system of government and feel betrayed by its failure to hold Trump accountable. I feel that anger all the time. It feels like betrayal to refuse to hold elites accountable.

The Tory problem is not their latest leader, it's what they have done to people, and people know it.

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Klaus Makela conducted the Paris orchestra and chorus in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Philharmonie tonight. It was terrific.

Makela will conduct the Chicago Symphony starting in 2027. Great for our city.

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Here's a not-surprise: Matthew Kacsmaryk signed.