I'm curious to see what Colbert does after this. His self-regard seems endless and I don't think this sort of rage-y hubris is something the entertainment market is rewarding at the moment

there are not 10^100 atoms in the observable universe If the shrimp have become so numerous that there are 10^100 of them, they are a plague. They are a disease on this universe and you have a moral duty to destroy them

I've been thinking hard about the "tradwife isn't real" debate and I've landed here: I want young women to feel ok saying their great aspiration in life it to be a wife and mother. I want my girls to feel ok if the big thing they want to do is get married and raise a family.

Look, it's hard to distinguish what "tradwife" means, but I know a ton of families where mom stayed home even though things weren't financially comfortable. Saying "it's a luxury" is a sneering dismissal of the work of these women.

You say you want to know about the horror insect that we eradicated 50 years ago but that is rapidly making a comeback? Today is your lucky day. Link in replies.

I've got a newsletter going out tomorrow about screwworms and it got a little spicy

"not understanding that early on" But then, later on, Newsom was attacking Ron DeSantis for having open pandemic policies. He was attacking DeSantis for not mandating the Covid vaccine. This wasn't "early on". This was late in the game after the case was well laid out.

I truly have no idea how furious the Canadians are b/c I don't care what they think about anything

My 9yo son is about to turn 10. He informed me: "In XX days, I'll be one tenth done with my life"

Apparently @X is showing "impostor tweets" A follower alerted me to the fact that this tweet showed up attributed to my account... but I never tweeted this. Tapping on it takes the user to a different post that is mine