How would soldiers from places like Florida, Texas and Georgia fight and persevere in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees?
(We truly froze for this one. Ask me about my big toe!)
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...
Update: Hegseth pulled nine officers off the Navy one-star list. The only three female and two of the three black male officers on the 22-person list.
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional. One trainees' death is under investigation. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Adm. Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military’s record since Feb. 28 school strike had been near perfect.
“Ridiculous,” said human rights group that investigates civilian casualties.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...
The U.S. Army’s ‘Big Experiment’ in the Arctic Cold
How would soldiers from places like Florida, Texas and Georgia fight and persevere in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees?
(We truly froze for this one. Ask me about my big toe)
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead.
Of special note: The list has no women.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
“My mind shot back a decade, to that day we had marched into Vietnam, swaggering, confident and full of idealism. We had believed we were there for a high moral purpose. But somehow our idealism was lost, our morals corrupted and the purpose forgotten.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
In April, he disparaged the vaccine requirement as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
The Post lost > 250,000 subscribers after Bezos screwed up the editorial page, and an additional 60,000 subs after he fired around half the staff.
Doesn’t seem like profit is his actual motive here.
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Powerful personal essay meets fascinating science reporting in this exploration of what dementia takes from us. @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite this week by @ellenbarry.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead.
Of special note: The list has no women.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
SORKIN: Why lay people off at the Post? Why fire people?
BEZOS: The Post needs to be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own 2 feet
S: Does it? Some people say it should be a trust
BEZOS: Yes. It's a measure of its relevance. If people aren't paying for our product, it's not good enough
