The vice president’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel.

— John Grosso, in the National Catholic Reporter

In Honor of Renee Nicole Good, by Jay Kuo.

To die a politicized death in America is to be forever denied peace, by Kim Kelly, via Luke O’Neil.

Border Patrol Agents Shot Two People in Portland During Immigration Stop, by Noah Hurowitz.

Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, by—you guessed it—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell.

Donald Trump is waging war against human conscience, by Osita Nwanevu, via Kottke.

Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case, by Emma Hickey.

A dark bird flys over a field. Beyond the field, a cityscape dominates the view. Beyond the city, some mountains are visible. — Kyōto from Ōkōchi Sansō, March 2025

Stephany, Fabian & Duszynski, Jedrzej. Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the Use of Generative AI. (January 2026). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.03880 (via Martin Anderson)

Fouquet, Yves; Keroulle, Jean-Michel; Stéphan, Pierre; Pailler, Yvan; Bodénès, Philippe; et al. Submerged Stone Structures in the Far West of Europe During the Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition (Sein Island, Brittany, France). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (Decemebr 2025). https://hal.science/hal-05406477v1 (via Un mur géant datant d’il y a 7 000 ans découvert sous 9 mètres d’eau au large de l’île de Sein, par Nicolas Guillas, via Frank Jacobs, via Kottke)

I don’t think I’d ever heard of the legend of Ys before. It’s giving Atlantis.

Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say, by Sharon Adarlo, via Eric W. Bailey.

If a Tree Falls: The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers, by Rosa Lyster, via Leah.

Also via Eric: The Rime of the Ancient Maintainer, by Joan Westenberg.

Also via Leah:

How Markdown took over the world, by Anil Dash.

Algorithmic hover states with contrast-color(), by Dave Rupert.

Several wooded mountains stand under a gray, cloudy sky. — Jackson, Wyoming, October 2024.

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person, by Sandy Ernest Allen, via Kottke.

KOSA’s re-emergence comes during a moment of existential crisis for the Democratic party. Warren’s LGBTQ+ constituents want to know: are principled Democrats going to listen to queer people and stand up for trans youth? Or will they throw us under the bus so they can say they’re “protecting the kids,” by advancing legislation that actually hurts kids?

— Evan Greer and Janus Rose, in With KOSA, Elizabeth Warren is Betraying the Trans Youth She Claims to Protect

Movement Advancement Project. New Survey Reveals Dramatic Changes for LGBTQ Adults Since November 2024. (October 2025). https://www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-survey-report (via Erin Reed)

By Erin: Tomorrow’s SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights. Other pieces about the cases the Court heard arguments for yesterday, on the 13^th: