Josh Resnick

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

Today I learned my minivan has a very good subwoofer.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@DovSFriedman Everyone knows NW starts at 16th.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

He would have liked to see Montana.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family said. His death in Sydney was "sudden and unexpected," according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. https://t.co/Evkgp6g1Sp

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

We were indoors for most of the show, but driving around near the Pentagon and seeing the crowds of spectators felt like the bridge scene from Chernobyl.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

I get the sense that very few people in DC are aware that federal officials wrote detailed analyses warning of the air quality health risks of the enormous 850K fireworks set to go off — and that the admin did not release those findings to the public

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

To believe this, one has to completely memory hole events in and pertaining to Syria.

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

As for why Gaza isn't just a foreign policy issue, I think this from @katz_morris captures it quite well. Gaza is a proxy for a deeper set of moral considerations. Your position on Gaza says something about your moral courage and willingness to oppose injustice in other ways.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@rich_goldberg The president disagrees that they are destroyed and that destroying them is the goal. God, It must get so tiring moving your own goal posts. https://t.co/9YelJjq1tT

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump endorses Iran having ballistic missiles: "I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some"

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

"We don't need sanctions because we won."

[Richard Goldberg @rich_goldberg]

I don’t know who’s writing talking points around this deal but please stop. The deal isn’t better than the JCPOA just because it was signed. The deal is better because everything allowed under the JCPOA has been destroyed by Donald Trump. And it’s only getting better from here.

[◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps]

DC, Maryland, Virginia

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@GhostsofDC But this video would be a view down 16th St. And an impossible one since the approach isn't uphill.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

Biblically accurate Sauron.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

What is this

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@DovSFriedman The Leon Wieseltier subplot is funny.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

"It takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish."

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Scientists have confirmed something almost unbelievable… forests aren’t silent at all.
Researchers from the University of Florence discovered that trees communicate using ultrasonic sound pulses — frequencies so high (20–200 kHz) that humans can’t hear them.
In the forests of Casentino Forest, European beech trees under drought stress began emitting rapid ultrasonic “clicks.” These weren’t random noises — they were warnings.
And here’s the wild part…
Nearby trees heard the signal and reacted within hours.
Before experiencing any drought themselves, they started closing their stomata (tiny pores on leaves) to conserve water proving they received and acted on the warning.
Scientists traced the sound to tiny internal events called cavitation microscopic bubbles forming and collapsing inside the tree’s water transport system. These clicks travel through air and soil, reaching trees up to 50 meters away.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@DovSFriedman I'm of the opinion that it's hard to predict how political arguments land (in either direction), but it does seem like ME and MI Senate races might provide data on this.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

I think this fundamentally misunderstands lobbying. Successful politicians don't take unpopular positions for money (at least not for more than a cycle). They take popular or neutral positions and get rewarded by PACs until those positions lose steam.

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

Yes, ultimately it’s the fault of Trump, but this war didn’t come out of nowhere. AIPAC and AIPAC-bought politicians spent years laying groundwork for it by wildly overstating the threat, closing off diplomatic paths and attacking anyone who proposed non-military alternatives.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

Because once you indulge conspiracy theory, you can't unsee it.

[Logan Phillips @LoganR2WH]

"Track AIPAC" has truly lost the plot. AIPAC has already spent money on TV ads attacking Jon Ossoff - because he was the only swing-state Senator that voted to withhold billions of dollars in offensive weapons sales for Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@DovSFriedman Why is this hard? If you claimed that Austria or Singapore (similar population and GDP) controlled the US, no one would take it seriously. Lobbying organizations that support Israel are only successful in as much as their cause has voter support or indifference (like all issues.)

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

@DovSFriedman Sure, but that's not really measurable in dollars. The sports growth rate in this chart is not so different from the tuition growth rate at my kids' school. You may recall that the last presidential election was won on affordability concerns.

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

The comments illustrate exactly why her response was problematic and would constitute a boycott of Jewish institutions regardless of their political activities.

[Alex Kane @alexbkane]

Janeese Lewis George, the DSA-backed mayoral candidate in DC, reportedly cried and apologized at a meeting with Jewish leaders, who were upset over her pledged opposition to Zionism and Israeli apartheid. https://t.co/uNWk0KLDxM

[Josh Resnick @mr_resnick]

I'd be curious how this compares with any hobby. Can you really take piano or photography for less than $100 a month? Can you be a daily baker for less than that?

[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

WSJ: “Parents have never spent more time and money on youth sports”