New Jersey Senator Cory Booker just completed the biologically impressive feat of speaking in Congress, without interruption — without a meal break, without a bathroom break — for 25 hours straight. It was the longest speech in Congressional history. An absolute triumph, the press declared. Finally, a Democrat was “fighting.” But it was less clear what exactly he was fighting for, as the actual particulars never made it into any of the major coverage. And so there it was, an accidentally perfect metaphor for the Democratic Party in 2025: the grand Hollywood performance of a Senator, but no coherent principle. AOC is annoying, but at least I know what she stands for (literally communism). All I know about Cory is he stood a long time. Yes, that’s impressive. But only in a Guinness Book of World Records kind of way. Still, flowers where they’re due, he definitely earned the title: longest ever speech about nothing. Congrats.

Tuesday, The NYT published a deep dive on the future of IVF, specifically the silent rise in “polygenic screening” — tests that use embryo DNA to predict risks for things like heart disease, cancer, depression, and even eye color. The reporter captures a key tension here, writing “It is no one’s business what particular couples do with their embryos,” but with more of this kind of screening, it’s “unlikely to remain purely a private matter for long.” Indeed, if IVF was already a wedge issue between the nascent tech right (Elon) and the Posobitch right (Bannon), AI IVF stands to blow that rift wide open — and, imho, this burgeoning industry needs to tread carefully. Marketing marginal IQ gains, stripped of context, stands to hand Gilead the narrative before the promise of the technology — eradicating tragic diseases, reducing US medical spend, creating miracles for loving parents — has a chance to speak for itself.

According to an official at the ‘New York Office of Cannabis Management’ (NY DOGE wen?), plans are currently in the works to allow movie theaters to sell marijuana, and here, we once again see a continuation of the phenomenon I call “Seth Rogen’s Law” — that is, marijuana use being encouraged by our elected officials while cigarette / nicotine use is simultaneously shunned. ‘No flavored nicotine pouches allowed!’ But, ‘What’s that? You want to take bong rips in the middle of the Minecraft movie? Right this way, sir.’ As for why our leaders continually promote the couch potato drug while discouraging the nootropic that took us to Moon, I’ll save that for the next Tucker rant. But just know this: if you thought Hollywood was already making shitty movies? Wait until audiences are so stoned that even “Feminist Snow White and the CGI Dwarves” seems watchable.

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a corporate spy just alleged he was stealing secrets from hr tech company rippling on behalf of competitor deel in a wild story straight out of james bond (code languages? family members on the payroll? who tf is “the watchman”??). as g. b. notes, it’s just the latest in a long history of corporate espionage — welcome to the perennial spy season, baby

it costs $93,064 to attend brown university. the annual budget deficit is $46 million. so sophomore alex shieh asked all 3,805 non-faculty administrators at his school: “what do you do all day?” here’s what happened. (elon, please hire this kid or we will)

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