Laura Tamman

These guys are lacking basic levels of self awareness but I wonder if villainizing them is a distraction. There are other people whose salaries we pay who we elected and who are vested with the authority over NIH funding: Congress.

“Hey siri, what does tomorrow’s weather looks like?”

“The high will be 67 degrees. Snow is likely.”

-transcript of last nights convo with the home pod

This is an interesting finding: “parties cannot undermine elections with impunity.”

Video: How Best Picture is Decided Best picture is the only Oscar category decided by preferential ballot. Our reporter Marc Tracy explains how that works.

This NYT video by @marcatracy.bsky.social is about voting in the Oscars, but it is also a fantastic resource for anyone trying to explain Ranked Choice Voting in NYC (or anywhere else). I’m going to show it to my classes this week!

www.nytimes.com/video/movies...

“Around 70 percent of moderates (combining the moderate and moderate-to-liberal respondents) said Democrats are “too timid” in taxing the rich, taxing corporations, and cracking down on companies that break the law.“

“The bigger problem, though, is the one that’s still invisible: all the ways my work — and the work of every other writer — is being used, right now, by systems that are smart enough not to tell us about it.”
🔥 @caseynewton.bsky.social

“Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand. Grammarly just had the bad manners to put my name on it.”

I feel like I might know which article you are talking about.

I’ve been pulled over a few times in my life. Never had anyone ask me how I came into possession of my vehicle.

Yaaaaaaaaaasssss!

Thank you @hellgatenyc.com

U.S. Schools Are Betting Big on A.I. Will New York City Be Next?

If you were as horrified to read this as I was, here is a link to the petition asking Mayor Mamdani to enact a 2 year moratorium on gen AI in NYC public schools: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

U.S. Schools Are Betting Big on A.I. Will New York City Be Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

Excited to share that Cindy Kam’s and my article is published online! We examine item refusal pre- and post-Dobbs and find a significant increase in women’s refusal to disclose their pregnancy status after the decision, with concerning implications for research, policy, and women’s health.

Holy smokes!

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

🎯

Sing it loud.

Yeah, to me this is a huge compliment.

This makes so much sense. And is so important. I love the word “legibility” - it describes the phenomenon perfectly.

!!!!!!!!!!

Robust elections are the first step in democracy recovery.

This is horrific. The only thing more disturbing than this story is the fact that the story wouldn’t exist without @hellgatenyc.com and @nysfocus.bsky.social. Thank g-d for investigative journalism.

Holy moly!

My 14 year old, who loves Grays Anatomy, thought it was terrible.

I will! And feel free to tell him when/if you run across him in the car. He takes great pride in being the spaceship car guy.

I love it that my brother’s car has become the literal poster child for more metered parking.

Turnout and persuasion: two very different phenomena.

Is The Late Show with Colbert going to be nominated for an Emmy in the drama category? He is doing masterful work.

ICONIC.

Seriously tho, corruption erodes civic trust. Prosecutors don’t have the resources to uncover all of it. @hellgatenyc.com is the only reason folks know about this influential grifter whose self dealing affects anyone who ever interacts with our court system. G-d bless @nickpinto.bsky.social.

Frank Seddio is the Anna Delvey of Cadman Plaza. Netflix should ask @nickpinto.bsky.social to turn this into a limited series.