Money makes the world go round: Buying “free speech” in religion, politics and sports, and paying for silence. The corpse of Schrödinger’s senator wheels through the U.S. Capitol, while MAGA policies kill Kentucky kids. And finding refuge in bugs, sports and art.

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My synagogue’s rabbi began Yom Kippur with a sermon apologizing for the pain that I had caused. If you think that is a crazy sentence to read, imagine writing it.

Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-09-22T16:09:22.528Z

Bugfest 2026: Celebrate insects and the vital ecological services they provide!

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