Voluntary redundancy extended, *this* time with the explicit message that the now-possibly-inevitable compulsory redundancies will get smaller payoffs. Plus we’ve got a figure now that the university is trying to save, and lots of fun ways they might try to save it.

Coastal billionaires might deserve their bad rep. But let us not forget that all over the American heartland, a multimillionaire class is consolidating its wealth at the expense of their own workers—not to mention the public at large.

Rep. Thomas Massie opens with a joke at the Children's Health Defense conference: "Senator McConnell has inspired my latest bill. It's a term limit bill called Three Strokes and You're Out."

we've reached a new milestone- the U.S. average diesel price has hit $6.301/gal while gasoline is up to $4.355/gal. I expect both of these to jump noticably over the next 48 hours. diesel could hit $6.60/gal in a few days, surpassing the inflation-adjusted peak seen in 2022.

so, is there, like, anyone in the republican party who has tried to explain trade deficits to him? like, even once? because he very clearly doesn’t understand them at all and his total wrongness is like the entire basis of our current trade policy

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday discouraged Democrats from engaging in the same political gamesmanship over Supreme Court nominees as their Republican colleagues if the party wins the majority in November. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/durbin-pours...

"The use of tax law to force institutions to accept the Trump administration’s definition of inclusion is a clear attack on institutional autonomy, but presumably one that those who think of academic freedom as the right to say racist things would applaud."

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.

It is kind of amazing what a huge failure his "prevent the AI apocalypse" project has been at accomplishing anything that is supposed to be a goal

Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."

Is this bad for Trump? Seems bad! www.axios.com/2026/09/15/t...

I’ve noticed a big increase museum layoffs and closures. I suspect ARP money finally getting fully flushed out of state/local budgets, declining federal support, rising prices for everything, declining corporate/foundation support for non-Trump approved history are all contributing. A sad thread:

They’re stealing my shtick thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Finally got the time to read this in my paper copy and it's quite a good summary of the current situation in UK higher ed www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

No one in the government is saying where Trump’s 660 million pounds of importedmeat are coming from, so you might want to avoid hamburgers for a while, unless you grind your own beef.

oberacker literally used the disingenuous accusations of antisemitism of left wing figures (perpetuated by both democrats and republicans) to defend his post celebrating his nazi grandfather. really puts this BS into perspective. archive.is/2mLuW#select...

Fielding questions re: this article w/bizarre factual errors. First, there's no "Montecito County" in CA. Second, 2 fires are actually in *Monterey,* & 3rd in *Mendocino*. Third, 60k ac have *not* burned in either fictional Montecito nor real Mendocino.🤨

The taxpayer-funded White House incitement account is now attacking me for [checks notes] being in my 40s

Someone on Reddit filmed an aerial drone advertisement in the night sky in Toronto and if this is real, it needs to be banned immediately. #TOpoli

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said. It’s the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

The IRS should, by statute, funded until the marginal gain of a dollar of additional funding is less than one dollar.

Equatorial Guinea is a particularly concerning one

I feel like this is going to be something that gets dog-piled by all the dummies on this site who only read the headline. But it's very much worth reading in its entirety.

AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer, former porn actor, neopagans and neo-Nazis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

This was very helpful for me, as a non-mathematician, in understanding what new results do in that field. As someone else comments on the post, I appreciate the direct connections made here between math and other creative disciplines.

The RNLI volunteer has told us that donations usually run at £20,000 per day. Currently running at £100,000 per day! Bloody brilliant!

Think this is BIG: A common stat was that the US was home to 5% (really 4.5%) of the world's pop but 25% of its prisoners. As of 2026, we are home to 4.1% of the world's pop ... and only 16% of its prisoners. Some of our 10-point drop is growing harshness elsewhere, but also our own declines.

Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.

Post 9/11 thread for people to post the wildest shit they remember from 01 to 06 I'll start: People thought Osama had an entire mountain hollowed out that he was using as his base and that's why AQ was hard to find and that somehow a group of like 30 dudes arranged this.