@nytopinion.nytimes.com sr. staff editor. Listen to your friend Billy Zane.https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlvqkrpbpk2dToday's gift link. "The exit-strategy imperative also makes the departure of U.S. forces an objective—rather than a consequence—of a successful military operation, thus mixing ends and means." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/opinion/iran-war-off-ramp.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ilA.Sukk.8BSkV19HKsDk&smid=bs-share15 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqkrpbpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlsuu4cyq22yToday's gift link. "Throughout it all, Mr. Powell was crystal clear about the need to avoid being drawn into political controversies and to keep the Fed's decision making truly independent." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/jerome-powell-fed-chair.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.3MAf.k9AlkZo7OFPD&smid=bs-share14 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsuu4cyq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlqg7xxwh22jToday's gift link. "Satisficers don't necessarily have low standards. Their standard is 'good enough for me' rather than 'the best out there,' and that makes it possible to feel satisfied with their choices, instead of haunted by the ones they didn't make." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/decision-making-herbert-simon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.7Jtq.Sv8xkblFGbym&smid=bs-share13 May 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqg7xxwh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlo4zzdye224Bonus gift link. "For the rankings, I considered imagination, ambience, service, technique, passion, commitment and sheer deliciousness—but also, and most important, New York-iness. What does a restaurant tell us about our city, and ourselves?" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/dining/best-nyc-restaurants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.0055.mGUlzAtg2DVJ&smid=url-share12 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo4zzdye224https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlo2nyifes24Today's gift link. "How are people who may have been exposed supposed to protect themselves if they are not told of the modes of transmission and the stakes accurately and loudly, including when the definitions evolve?" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/hantavirus-complacency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.PDF5.LN-nVYdhOBYo&smid=bs-share12 May 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo2nyifes24https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlljavyrus2qOne more today. "Washington is trading hard-won cultural capital for a momentary win in a diplomatic spat." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/trump-nato-germany-troop-5000/687113/?gift=3qx5DAUwXOU-zo0uuMqXXemd8ZMeWmLiunPVGagQbHo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share11 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlljavyrus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mllihpxad22qBonus gift link. "Now, a seeming solution to the public health problem has been stymied by an unlikely force: the Trump administration's war on diversity, equity and inclusion programs." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/alabama-sewage-trump-dei-voting-rights-act.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.0W4O.j4WOfI6SXV0z&smid=bs-share11 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllihpxad22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mllgkkifws24Today's gift link. "The Abraham Accords were sold as a framework for delivering regional peace and stability. They have delivered the opposite." https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/07/trump-iran-israel-saudi-arabia-uae-abraham-accords-conflict-palestine/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dHJ1bXAtaXJhbi1pc3JhZWwtc2F1ZGktYXJhYmlhLXVhZS1hYnJhaGFtLWFjY29yZHMtY29uZmxpY3QtcGFsZXN0aW5l&pid=PNIJsoO0qqdmc1f11 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllgkkifws24https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mljwv35wgk24Today's gift link. "In recent years, a jamón-cutting station has become a fixture at high society events. Nowadays, a wedding is judged, Mr. Soriano said only half-jokingly, less by the sanctity of the union than on the state of the ham." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/world/europe/jamon-iberico-perfect-slice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.kpoc.ILHgQzMSfrRu&smid=bs-share10 May 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljwv35wgk24https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mldtwm2z4s2lToday's gift link. I'm not a Platner fan, but this is worth a read. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/opinion/graham-platner-nazi-tattoo-maine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.-7ox.ijXIegp4d_3e&smid=bs-share08 May 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldtwm2z4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlbdvbcnws24Bonus gift link. "Any hope that Greenland was an aberration rather than a precedent was dashed with the war in Iran." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-europe-nato.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.8Npz.hF-j1tM0Y5ii&smid=bs-share07 May 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdvbcnws24https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mlbdbsewzs2mToday's gift link. "This month-long journey cannot be meaningfully sped up." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/oil-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.dsVK.E1EG-T8cBib2&smid=bs-share07 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdbsewzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3ml75zt4ibc2pToday's gift link. "To the extent that the Supreme Court claims broad authority to say what our Constitution means, it is in large part because we have given this authority to the justices through our indifference." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/opinion/callais-voting-rights-act-discrimination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.PfTx.7qMlCa3BZln_&smid=bs-share06 May 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75zt4ibc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3ml4eztysts25Bonus gift link. "This year, since we now give you a chance to vote on your favorite looks, we're saying, unequivocally, that these were ours (presented in no particular order)." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/style/met-gala-2026-red-carpet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.9ZXB.tVU9QxLx3fsR&smid=bs-share05 May 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4eztysts25https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3ml4ewmk2j22wToday's gift link. "This argument rests on the false premise that most Americans are equipped to evaluate these complex, opaque investments. They are not." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-retirement-private-equity-401k.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.kFT6.fX1go8D1p070&smid=bs-share05 May 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ewmk2j22whttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkqqy42ajs25Today's gift link. "Justice Elena Kagan, voting in the minority, struck the right tone: 'I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,' she wrote. 'I dissent because the court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.ZQAx.-kv9lEL7PYFZ&smid=bs-share30 Apr 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqqy42ajs25https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkqbnews4c2lSerwer 4 - Alito 0 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/vra-supreme-court-callais-decision/686997/?gift=3qx5DAUwXOU-zo0uuMqXXa3RV1FqJ4751qmZRC7nnMQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share30 Apr 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqbnews4c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mknd3yzfss22Today's gift link. "Republicans who were quick to denounce the Obama administration's rescue of the auto industry have been mostly silent when it has come to Mr. Trump's more numerous adventures." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout-auto.html?unlocked_article_code=1.elA.CKAa.OhU2OuoHU6x4&smid=bs-share29 Apr 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknd3yzfss22https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkktsmlnbs2uBonus gift link. "In this 30-minute interview, Swift explains her process, the stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a 'rant bridge' and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/magazine/taylor-swift-songwriting-process-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.U_5P.SdZ_PEF6GOiB&smid=bs-share28 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkktsmlnbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkktom6vs22fToday's gift link: "More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here, in an unranked list, are the artists they chose." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/greatest-american-songwriters-alive.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.vqQc.VzMQSKg9JUpZ&smid=bs-share28 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkktom6vs22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mki5mp5ppc2mToday's gift link. "While in Congress, James Madison wrote: 'Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued or concluded.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/opinion/trump-iran-war-powers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.YUdR.jayjMNmixY42&smid=bs-share27 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki5mp5ppc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkh2hsjc3k27Today's gift link. "In February 2025, Donald Trump mocked Zelensky in the Oval Office. 'You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now,' Trump said. In April 2026, Ukraine has enough cards left that it’s sharing them." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/opinion/zelensky-ukraine-trump-nato-leader.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.fOD_.4DZb_WSdl-iN&smid=bs-share27 Apr 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkh2hsjc3k27https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mkawpjgt7k24Today's gift link. "This need that some MAGA apostates feel to rationalize their previous poor judgment can be harmless, if irritating. It's only dangerous when they insist on creating a scapegoat." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/conspiracy-theory-tucker-antisemitism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dVA.gGyW.lJzqPjuFCCTN&smid=bs-share24 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawpjgt7k24