“It’s tempting to characterize the SAVE America Act as a solution in search of a problem, but it is far more insidious. It’s meant to be the problem.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

New in PN: MAGA's "pasta pass" talking point is height of gaslighting "The SAVE America Act makes civic participation something that feels onerous, and that is intended. The Trumpian project relies on people not caring what happens to the country, on them feeling like their vote doesn’t matter."

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

"It's happening, Knicks fans! It's happening!!" This is a treat--the delightful Knicks Radio team of Tyler Murray and Monica McNutt calls the end of Game 5 (start at about 8:30). www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxq...

Knicks Radio’s EMOTIONAL Call as Knicks Win the Championship 😲 | UNCUT

YouTube video by VintageDawkins

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Every day should be #EarthDay

Except, it turns out some market participants were suspiciously “all-in” before the rest of us. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Traders placed $580mn in oil bets ahead of Donald Trump’s social media post on Iran talks

Thousands of Brent and WTI contracts changed hands 15 minutes before president’s message on Truth Social

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George Pearkes@peark.es · 5mo ago

Market was all-in on the first explanation, but 2 and 3 are now entering the frame.

A great interview from @henrymance.ft.com - worth going back to read the original from 2016 as well. So many great lines, I struggle to pick one but…

Janine Gibson@janinegibson.ft.com · 5mo ago

Almost exactly ten years ago @henrymance.ft.com had lunch with Nigel Farage www.ft.com/content/864c.... It remains legend. Quite a lot has happened over the subsequent decade so we sent him back in. as.ft.com/r/edeac2c6-0...

I, OTOH, can’t recommend a digital subscription enough. Recently became a subscriber and the reporting is phenomenal. More useful than my NYT & WaPo subscriptions combined.

Kate Allen@kateallen.ft.com · 5mo ago

A customer endorsement! She / he / they do mean CAN endorse. I promise. (See follow-up post)

Afraid? A mob of lawless thugs in tactical vests and armed to the back teeth with military hardware are only afraid of one thing: Accountability.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Ron Johnson: "Why would they to remove their masks? Because they want these officers exposed, they want them afraid, they don't want to carry out their enforcement actions. They want judicial warrants, which would completely neuter ICE's ability to apprehend"

Umm… are we filing the articles of impeachment before close of business or are we going to sit on them for the weekend? “sexual exploitation and rape of a minor child of 13 years of age by Donald J Trump and Jeffrey E Epstein” www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Can I just point out to the good people of DC that Trump and Melania are hosting the premiere of the Melania movie Thursday night at the Kennedy Center for their invited guests. That might be a good opportunity to express displeasure with ICE kidnapping and murdering folks.

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 6mo ago

HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.

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Off_Dutch@off-dutch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Mom of all Moms #Greenland #NATO #Dutch #SCOTUS Educate yourself

“We lost the colonies because our King went insane,” Charles said. “But now the shoe’s on the other bloody foot, isn’t it?”

King Restores British Rule Over U.S.

“We lost the colonies because our King went insane,” Charles added. “But now the shoe’s on the other bloody foot, isn’t it?”

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The first 20 minutes of 2026 already looks better than most of 2025.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 7mo ago

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

@cnn.com needs to dispatch @camanpour.bsky.social in a flak jacket and a helmet to interview people having brunch on the Portland Downtown Waterfront.

Trump deploys troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary

The action escalates a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.

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What do we think the odds are that: A. Infections rise in public schools; and B. Private schools keep mandates in place and so are not affected?

Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov.<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/new...

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[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

@romanmars.bsky.social takes two @99pi.org podcasts: “99% Invisible” / “What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law”… …mashes them up into a #ConLaw book club! Really looking forward to this.

Roman Mars@romanmars.bsky.social · last yr.

The new @99pi.org book club project has begun! @elizabethjoh.bsky.social and I are breaking down the US Constitution one section at a time. Plus, we're doing our normal current event/constitutional crisis discussion. The Constitution needs us! This is how we prep podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

Humanity exhausted the Earth’s annual ecological budget by 24 July this year, meaning that 1.8 planets would be needed to sustain our rate of resource consumption. www.edie.net/earth-oversh...

Earth Overshoot Day 2025: Early Ecological Limit Reached

Discover how Earth Overshoot Day 2025 fell on 24 July, highlighting our increasing demand on nature's resources. Explore impacts and solutions today.

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If you’re interested in getting National Weather Service notifications without having to go to the other place… bsky.app/profile/nws....

Dennis Mersereau 🛰️@wxdam.com · last yr.

The NWS is doing a test run of using Bluesky. www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

This story has all the elements of a perfect Trump vignette: - takes a trophy he didn’t win - hangs around for applause he didn’t earn - thinks he can “Gulf of America” the NFL out of existence with an EO.

Trump kept FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself - leaving champions Chelsea to lift a replica

The FIFA Club World Cup trophy is currently in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump revealed

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I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets

Really fascinating Alex O’Connor podcast episode, with @annakaharris.bsky.social on consciousness and her documentary, Lights On. annakaharris.com/lights-on/

Is Consciousness Fundamental? #104 - Annaka Harris

Consciousness is the most familiar yet mysterious feature of the universe.

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Impossible to overstate how resigned the secretary of defense in any other administration in history would be at this point

Really interesting to see the mental gymnastics in MAGA world around Voter ID vs. REAL ID. It’s almost as if “papers, please” is something that should only apply to “other people”.

It seems the market may not be buying the whole “tariffs are paused” framing.

Surprised this didn’t happen sooner but this is the correct first step to document what is almost certainly the biggest cybersecurity incident in US history. bsky.app/profile/wire...

WIRED@wired.com · last yr.

SCOOP: DOGE is getting audited.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.