Mary Connolly

Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information, Northeastern University, Mizzou, Red Sox Nation, Scottish Terrier Nation. Former @NewsTimes.

[Mary Connolly @ConnollyCT]

Chloe is 13.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

it's notable to me that the administration tried to frame tonight's UFC event as a "gift to Americans" but you can't watch it unless you have a paid subscription to Paramount+

[Jeremy Siegel @jersiegel]

Norway fans are doing a “Viking Row” up the escalator at Boston’s South Station before heading to the World Cup

Adding this to the list of things I’ve never seen before and probably never will again

[Variety @Variety]

UFC boss Dana White condemns fighter Josh Hokit for saying "Michelle Obama is a man" during the White House’s UFC Freedom 250 event.

“I understand that the Obama’s are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families. Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.”

https://t.co/o4GYx7Zya4

[TV News Now @TVNewsNow]

🚨 NEW: Fox’s Brit Hume on Iran peace deal: “Possibly a great triumph if all the things that President Trump is saying are in the deal turn out to be in the deal and adhered to.”

“But he’s at a bit of a political disadvantage because of the extravagant things he’s said about what we accomplished in the early going. The goal he said at one time was unconditional surrender.”

“Iran has lost a lot but this is not unconditional surrender, this is what you get when you negotiate. The administration has clearly given some ground here but the President says correctly perhaps that none of the money that’s been frozen or sanctions relief that Iran wants to get will be forthcoming until and unless they play ball on the nuclear matter but they will get the Strait opened to them as well and that’s the source of millions of dollars a day. So there’s going to be criticism of this and not just from Democratic partisans.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

Kerry Kennedy on her brother RFK JR: There was a snake in the garden. He rushed over with his infant son in one hand—he grabbed this snake and stuffed it into the pillowcase while he was holding his infant son.

He walked up to where the rest of the birthday party was, and he reached into the bag. And the snake was just chomping on his hand, and he pulled out the snake to show the kids. Then there was a vole and he grabbed that with his hand and he put it into the bag with the snake, which made all the kids scream.

Then we went over to his house a mile away. There were tons of kids in the swimming pool and he released this snake that had chomped on his hand into the swimming pool.

Now, so this is somebody who, on the one hand, has a fascination with nature, but on the other hand has, you know, a lack of judgment when it comes to the safety and care of children and of and so is this the person who you want running HHS who's got this lack of judgment when it comes to health and safety?

[Shawn McCreesh @ShawnMcCreesh]

https://t.co/oh7v45vGid

[CT Public Health @CTDPH]

Connecticut has confirmed the first measles case of 2026.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health has confirmed a case in an unvaccinated adult Hartford County resident who recently traveled internationally. The individual developed symptoms after returning and is currently hospitalized in stable condition.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

Symptoms of measles may include:
• Fever
• Cough
• Runny nose
• Red eyes
• Sore throat
• Rash that typically appears a few days after symptoms begin

Vaccination remains the best protection against measles. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing illness.

DPH continues to monitor the situation and reminds residents that staying up to date on routine vaccinations helps protect both individual and community health.

Read the full press release: https://t.co/u3ON7HuKKL

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Chicago, it’s good to be home!

Michelle and I built the Obama Presidential Center to be a place where people of all ages can learn, play, and work – and we can't wait to welcome you all later this week!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Gov. @GavinNewsom: To Donald Trump, who I know is watching because he watches everything, I have a message for you. You can subpoena my records, you can investigate me, you can harass me. Put my name on every and any enemies list you have, but leave my wife and family out of your personal vendetta.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Josh Hokit just ended his post-fight speech at the White House UFC event by yelling "Michelle Obama is a man!"

A disgraceful spectacle through and through

[Barbara Comstock @BarbaraComstock]

One thing we know after last night - Trump doesn’t need the damn ballroom.

[Matt Viser @mviser]

On the cusp of the country’s 250th birthday, the capital is a city full of metaphors.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.

Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.

A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Aged like milk.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

When asked: “The WH understandably protests when people insult First Lady Trump. How does your refusal to criticize Hokit for his remarks about First Lady Obama square with that?” the WH would not directly answer the question.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack and I were so honored to have @AkunyiliCrosby create our portrait for the Obama Presidential Center. Her artistic brilliance shines through — and the way she infused such life and joy into the piece is truly extraordinary. We love it, and we think everyone who visits the Center will too!

[Neal Augenstein @AugensteinWTOP]

The tarp is still up Monday morning at the Kennedy Center, obscuring the name of the building. The Trump administration filed paperwork saying it complied w judge’s order to remove the current president’s name.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history.

The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet.

Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention.

He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette.

He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents.

A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

$347 million in soybean losses. $104 million in corn. $607 million total in one year.

North Dakota State University. Peer-reviewed accounting. Indiana was among the hardest-hit states nationally.

Jim Banks hasn't said a word about it. The farmers in Benton and White and Jasper counties are still paying for it.

[Vincent | 信号＞噪音 @VincentLogic]

刚看了一段伯克利工程学院的毕业典礼演讲，是今年看过最打动人的一段视频

演讲者收到伯克利博士录取通知的时候，96岁的奶奶跟她说："我很为你骄傲，但我不想让你走。因为我不知道我还能不能再等五年，看到你博士毕业。"

她说从那一刻开始，她一直在想一个问题：一个PhD的重量到底是什么？

不只是论文和答辩。是导师的指导，是实验室里无数个孤独的夜晚，是家人替你承担的那些你看不到的代价

她的奶奶成长在动荡年代，连小学都没读完。但今天她坐在台下，看着孙女成为博士

演讲里有一段话我反复听了几遍：工程是人类最古老的职业之一，从石器到蒸汽机到今天的AI。我们有建造和定义时代的力量，但每个系统背后都是真实的人生，每个决定都有重量

现在AI这么热，大家都在聊模型多强、效率多高。但偶尔需要有人提醒一下：技术最终是服务于人的，不是反过来

她最后说，她设计传感器的时候，总会想象奶奶生活在这个技术世界里