Kim Bellware
@bellwak.bsky.social
Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats, formerly @washingtonpost Why are you booing me? I’m right. ✶ ✶ CHICAGO ✶ ✶
Headstone for Eugene Williams, whose murder was the first in a wave of racialized violence in Chicago in the summer of 1919. 102 years after his death, a group of people determined to see him remembered & honored were successful in getting his grave marked.
Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone. A bike ride today will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
ATLANTA (AP) — US surpasses 2025’s record-breaking tally for measles cases, with 2,318 cases and 5 more months left in the year.
If you haven't seen it yet, BBC's montage at the end of the World Cup was fucking tremendous www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Fi...
BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage
YouTube video by Pick Six Productions Xtra
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Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
omg Argentina brought out a "THE FALKLANDS ARE ARGENTINE" banner after the win
funny how the cutting edge of the far right is just regurgitated slaveholder agitprop from 1850.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 4w agoPreaching that God has assigned black people to "a civilizational station of subordination and dependence" due to the Curse of Ham, Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge calls for a "return to European Christian colonization of African nations." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
newrepublic.com
The end of consensus reality, baby
Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · last mo.Ha ha I hate it here
From who? And if you are a white house reporter please do not be too scared to ask this
"People are betting on wildfires." Really feels like banning these betting markets is a minimum necessary condition for civilisation.
High Country News@highcountrynews.org · last mo.Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.
Absolutely deranged
Rudy Faust@rudyfaust.bsky.social · last mo.I was appalled that the lede of this editorial used Riley O'Neill's death to imply that he would be alive if the driver had taken a Waymo, and by extension, we are causing deaths by not allowing them to operate. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/e...
Controversial to whomst? The owner of the Los Angeles Times?
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last mo.Controversial billionaire tax will appear on November ballot
Zoo staff members are breeding thousands of tadpoles to ship to Puerto Rico in an effort to save from extinction the island’s endangered crested toad, known as the sapo concho in Spanish.
How Brookfield Zoo is helping Puerto Rico repopulate Bad Bunny’s favorite toad
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This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
theguardian.com
Only one Chicago journalist won a James Beard Foundation Media Award this year. Ahmed Ali Akbar received the honor at a ceremony held at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday.
Chicago journalist wins James Beard 2026 Media Award with story about legendary bean pie
chicagotribune.com
Human Rights Watch has released a comprehensive report detailing human rights abuses by the government during this winter’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, which the group alleges also violates international human rights treaties that the U.S. is signed onto.
Report authors say feds violated Minnesotans' human rights during ICE surge
The 186-page report from Human Rights Watch in part highlights how federal agents stopped or detained thousands of people and alleges that many of the arrests were arbitrary and race-based.
mprnews.org
The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.
The New York Artist Embroidering Knicks Merch on the Street
vogue.com
A friend of mine volunteers here and they are always looking for more volunteers. It's the only free restaurant in NYC and it's based in Harlem. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/n...
In a Harlem Church, a Free Three-Course Dinner, No Questions Asked
nytimes.com
Authorities that won't introduce congestion pricing are making an official announcement that their policy is to prioritize convenience for car owners over all of these benefits for all residents.
Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 2mo ago“Since New York City introduced congestion pricing, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, & toll revenue projected to hit $500 million by the end of 2026. Now, Cornell researchers have tallied the environmental benefits.”
Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment. WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.
Reminder, this “Blessing of the Bicycles” is tomorrow outside St. Paul’s Cathedral.
"You will not speak on Flock tonight." A County Commissioner refused to let residents opposing Flock speak at a meeting. Instead forced the group to designate one single spokesperson www.404media.co/you-will-not...
‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting
"I’ve spoken. I’m not debating this."
404media.co
Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...
Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
404media.co
Wait ... are bison wildlife or livestock? 🦬 It sounds like a simple question, but it’s not. And the answer is shaping a major fight over conservation, grazing rights and the future of bison restoration in the American West.
Bison restoration efforts and grazing rights hinge on one question: Are bison wildlife?
Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.
theconversation.com
