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@davidhudnall The existence of an internal review for newspaper “bias” is not cause (in my opinion) for an expose. Why does it matter? Intentional dishonesty with public & a pattern of manipulating facts in local news in an attempt to change public opinion is a story that matters (ie Platt).

@davidhudnall Writers are people. Therefore, there is no such thing as “nonbiased reporting”. That said, journalists have an obligation to resist the “speed over quality” pressures of news & ensure their headlines, images, and copy are not drawing conclusions for readers as best as possible.

Kansas City City Hall quietly put together a “bias report” on The Star. The mayor says he didn’t order it. The emails make that a pretty tough sell. I wrote a column about it. kansascity.com/opinion/opn-co…

@KeruboSk Me every day.

Are there women who leave the house completely barefaced? With no makeup at all. Just embracing their natural look. Curious...What’s that like for you?

@peterbakernyt @lydiadepillis How do we know and trust these numbers? Every month since last year, the jobs report has been adjusted *downward* by 10s of thousands of jobs!

Employers added 178,000 jobs last month, a return to a healthier rate after a year of anemic job growth. @lydiadepillis nytimes.com/live/2026/04/0…

@Reuters How do we know and trust it “rebounded”? Every month since last year, the jobs report has been adjusted *downward* by 10s of thousands of jobs!

US job growth rebounded more than expected in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks for the labor market are mounting from a war with Iran that has no clear end in sight reut.rs/4c0vvE5

For a relationship to truly work in real life, you have to accept that you and your partner are two different individuals..shaped by different backgrounds, experiences, and ways of seeing the world…coming together to build one future. That alone requires patience, grace, and deep understanding. You won’t always think alike, feel the same, or see things from the same perspective—and that’s normal. Differences don’t mean something is wrong; if handled well, they become an opportunity for growth. In reality, you’ll notice a pattern: you meet someone you’re attracted to, but they lack sense. You find someone who has sense, but they can’t communicate. You meet a good communicator, but they struggle with trust. You find someone who trusts you, but they’re nonchalant. Then the one who isn’t nonchalant may not even have a clear future. It starts to feel like something is always missing. That’s where understanding the 80/20 rule comes in. If your partner is 80% right for you, chasing the missing 20% in someone else will only lead you in circles. Even if it’s 70/30 or 60/40, the principle still stands…there’s no perfect person anywhere. What matters is that the good clearly outweighs the bad. At the end of the day, it’s not always about who is right or wrong, but how you handle the moments when things don’t align. Do you listen or just react? Do you seek to understand, or are you only trying to be heard? Do you choose communication over ego? Healthy love isn’t about perfection or agreeing on everything…it’s about respecting each other enough to work through your differences, protect what you have, and keep choosing each other even when it’s not easy. That’s where real love shows up.

@FrankLuntz Policies that support mothers & babies: affordable healthcare and the expansion of healthcare subsidies. Affordable daycare + universal pre-K. Parental leave + remote work flexibility for working parents. Address cost of living/raising children & more folks will procreate!

How can we incentivize more Americans to have children?

She went from barely holding on to swimming home again 💙 For more incredible turtle rescues, follow The Turtle Hospital on Instagram: thedo.do/marathonturtle… TikTok: thedo.do/turtlehospital and YouTube: thedo.do/TurtleHospital.

@MissSassbox It’s because they are just waking up for the day and can rebut all the lies Trump tells us while they are sleeping 😒

please stop telling us this shit at bedtime 😭

Showed up to graduation with three layers of icy hot and barely able to walk on account of this song being played repeatedly the night before 😅😅

@atrupar Women who have had emotionally immature partners recognize this type of manipulative response all too well.

Trump: "Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer 'need,' or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

@SenseReceptor He’s really close to getting what Black Americans have known and said about America for hundreds of years…

Tim Dillon on America as a "moral black hole": "We do deserve everything we get as a country." "The suburban American has a bloodlust that is absolutely insatiable." "The common person is... unfortunately... culpable... [like] the people cheering on this war in Iran." "We're a sexless country, we're a joyless country, our only joy is in exporting violence. It is the only thing that unites people and gets them excited... and they don't care that we bombed a school of Iranian children... [these people are] a moral black hole... there is no morality. They're amoral." "I don't know how much of it can be blamed on outside forces or even these billionaires, who we know are evil."

@TaraBull I get all my gas from Costco if I can help it — this is one of the reasons.

Card skimmer found while pumping gas. How would the average person even spot one?

Scientists put kids through 100 hours of reading, then scanned their brains. New wiring had physically grown inside the language regions. Communication between brain areas sped up by a factor of 10. Kids who didn't read showed zero change. That was a 2009 Carnegie Mellon study. It gets wilder. In 2013, Emory University scanned 19 students every morning for 19 straight days while they read one novel chapter each night. Mornings after reading, the brain areas responsible for understanding other people's emotions lit up with new connections. So did the region that processes physical sensation. Their brains were simulating what the characters felt, as if it were happening to them. Those changes stuck around for 5 days after they finished the book. Now flip to scrolling. A massive review published in Psychological Bulletin last September pulled together 71 studies covering 98,299 people. Heavy short-form video use (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) showed a clear pattern: worse attention, weaker self-control, and more anxiety. Consistent across teenagers and adults, across every platform tested. Oxford didn't name "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year for nothing. A 2024 brain wave study found that people hooked on short-form video had weaker activity in the front of the brain, the part that controls focus and impulse control. Separate brain scans showed the same thing: heavy scrollers had less activation in the exact regions that deep reading strengthens. UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has been studying this for decades. Humans were never born to read. There's no gene for it. Reading is something we invented, and it hijacked neurons that were originally meant for recognizing faces. Over time, it built entirely new brain circuits connecting language, vision, and emotion. But those circuits only survive if you use them. Stop reading, and they fade. Wolf's conclusion is simple: screens built for speed produce a speed-wired brain. Books built for depth produce a depth-wired brain. One honest caveat: most of these studies are snapshots, not long-term tracking. People who already struggle to focus might just prefer short videos. But the same pattern showing up across nearly 100,000 people is hard to shrug off. The tweet repeats the line seven times. The research backs it up with brain scans, EEG data, and white-matter imaging across tens of thousands of people.

@jaketapper Oh my goodness, a set of twins and a young toddler 😢.

Major Alex Klinner has been named by his family as the 2nd of 6 US service members killed in Thursday’s refueling operation to support the US war against Iran. He leaves behind a wife and three children. (Photos from GoFundMe set up to support the family gofundme.com/f/major-alex-k…)

“Apologies don't erase problems” - Matthew McConaughey.

@SamAdlerBell I haven’t finished reading the article and it says I have reached my limit? Not sure how, as I’ve not even gotten to the bottom of the page…

The right has a problem with women? Sounds like a dog bites man story. But there is more to it: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

“The consensus is essentially that women are subhuman,” she says, “and I mean that quite literally: subrational, non-agentic, cattle.” New in @NYMag: I spoke to women in, around, and leaving MAGA about the right’s unabashed embrace of misogyny.

@TherealCANDIACE You would be amazing at this! Just start it 🙌🏾

I have been saying this. I’m available. I’ll also produce.