A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it.
Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”
A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
The frog is sweating.
Reykjavik harbor. Fortunate to be here for a few days!
How the brain encodes social isolation and the need to be together, a wonderful update on the latest neuroscience by @inkfish.bsky.social
Autumn, a poem by the Czech poet Václav Hrabě, translated by C.E. Janecek, in the June 2026 issue of #Poetry magazine from @poetry.foundation. "Trembling poplar bare as a sentence"
The Gig just won the JJA Jazz Award for Blog of the Year! Here’s how I’m unpacking that news, with plenty of kudos to go around.
Sad about the Champions League loss, but can't defend the way #Arsenal played and can't say we deserved to win. Hope there's more positive play next year.
In 712 Harvard courses last year, every undergrad got an A. The Crimson analyzed a decade of confidential grading data to map where the grading cap — set to take effect in Fall 2027 — will hit hardest.
Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Today's Featured Poem:
"The Last Sea Cow's Testimony" by Brandon Kilbourne from Natural History published by Graywolf Press
Read here:
poems.com/poem/the-las...
It’s the end of science as we know it, and I feel fine www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... via @statnews.com
I wrote a thing (also hi, I’m alive!).
Sunset in Boston Harbor from Boston Light! Thanks Boston National Historical Park!
A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.” A ma...
