I see this as neither wise nor winning. They are a constituency in the city, and one whose power could be transformational if correctly shaped. I'd be more impressed if he could find the path to making them a good partner in city governance and policy.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Russian channels are reporting that in Bolshoy Istok, Russia, Vladimir Tkachuk, director of an enterprise manufacturing "Upyr" FPV drones, was blown up.

Palantir funnels earnings to US to avoid European taxes, report finds – POLITICO share.google/2ZhWH0YTdjb4...

Palantir funnels earnings to US to avoid European taxes, report finds

A new study finds that Palantir, which boasts of high profit margins in the U.S., barely scrapes a margin in Europe, which helps slash its tax bill.

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I have lived long enough to see Arabs and Palestinians go from being the cartoonish bad guys in a James Cameron movie to being the sympathetic but antagonistic Other in a Steven Spielberg movie to embodying the soul of what it means to support equality in America This has been decades in the making

Seven years ago today 🌿 Tall trees in McCullough Gulch and the rocky flank of Quandary Peak

😫🤣😒😒😒😒

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

BLITZER: If a Democratic Senate primary were held in Pennsylvania today, do you believe you would win? FETTERMAN: ... Like, today? BLITZER: Yeah FETTERMAN: Uh. Yeah.

Meanwhile St. Louis keeps going right to appease its billionaires and the population is absolutely cratering.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 3h ago

"if new york goes left, all the business money will move away" reality: business people like living in nyc and dont actually want to live in red states or podunk www.wsj.com/us-news/mamd...

Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, responding to Jeanine Pirro’s motion to dismiss, seeks dismissal *with prejudice.* Trump’s & Burghum’s conduct after dismissal show case’s political motivation & danger of harassment & re-prosecution. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

When we in the @debtcollective.bsky.social started to organize around this in 2014, the attorneys we talked to were supportive but skeptical that Dept of Ed would ever actually cancel even some of this debt. ...

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5h ago

Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

“The congressman is no longer merely hinting at leverage over the Ohio senator. He's now publicly claiming Moreno's silence was driven by fear of exposure.” www.signorile.com/p/max-miller...

Max Miller now says Bernie Moreno delayed condemning him because of a "deeply personal and embarrassing matter"

The congressman is no longer merely hinting at leverage over the Ohio senator. He's now publicly claiming Moreno's silence was driven by fear of exposure.

signorile.com

thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Monsters

I actually think that the confusion over this question—the mistaken idea that perverts and preachers have opposing projects—is responsible for a lot of the stagnated and remedial quality of sexual politics discourses.

Moira Donegan@moiradonegan.bsky.social · yesterday

There’s no contradiction between this kind of pornographic misogyny and puritanical misogyny of the old Christian right. Both use sexuality to enact men’s domination over women. That one sect forces sex and the other prohibits it is largely a matter of taste.

"Brasília swiftly condemned the US action as part of a deliberate campaign to influence the election. Lula’s office said: “Today’s decision is not an isolated incident. It is part of a deliberate escalation of hostile measures against Brazil, motivated by ideological reasons.”

US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa in escalation of diplomatic feud

Move is retaliation for Lula’s government refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília

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Eleven years ago today 🌿 Castilleja miniata, our Giant Red Indian Paintbrush, blooming below the Needle's Eye Tunnel #nativeplants

IT'S NOT EVEN HARD TO PRONOUNCE. (Some Arabic names are)

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 3h ago

This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.

Black Detroiters have been voting for progressives longer than some of your faves have actually BEEN progressive. Rashida Tlaib was first elected to the Congressional seat once occupied by John Conyers, who consistently advocated for M4A. thepulseinstitute.org/2019/11/02/j...

John Conyers, Progressive Giant

A Vignette of Memories Funny, Happy, and Sad Editor’s Note: A vignette of memories from Robert Weiner, former Press Secretary/Spokesman for Conyers and his committees, and life time friend later, W…

thepulseinstitute.org

After Trump lost in 2020, Flynn threatened a “shooting civil war” and urged Trump to suspend the Constitution and declare martial law so the military could conduct a new election. That’s the kind of person who got $1.25 million of your money. 3/4🧵

Michael Flynn calls for Trump to suspend the constitution and declare martial law to re-run election

‘Only then can the winning candidate be accepted as legitimate’

independent.co.uk

In December 2015, before Trump won the presidency and chose Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, Flynn took a $45,000 fee for giving a speech in Moscow at an event for RT, a state-controlled Russian “news” outlet. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin sat beside him at the banquet. 2/4🧵

Russians paid Mike Flynn $45k for RT speech, documents show

The former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency earned more than $50,00 from giving speeches RT and two other Russian companies.

nbcnews.com

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

nytimes.com

The Comb https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-vuillard/the-comb

Square Berlioz (La Place Vintimille) https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-vuillard/square-berlioz-la-place-vintimille

Sunlit Interior http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/vuillard-sunlit-interior-t01075

This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

Who else is out here being CALLED OUT by the upcoming anime about a middle-aged Ojisan who is obsessed with cute things

Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things | Official Teaser | Crunchyroll

YouTube video by Crunchyroll

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" puns in Greek literature serve a somewhat different purpose from puns in the present day. Today, people often see puns as the lowest form of humor, but, in early Greek literature, puns are more like word magic" neat. I did not know this.

I'm so mad about this.

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 9h ago

We're literally just letting the richest man in the world commit vandalism on an extraplanetary scale.

Seven years ago today 🌿 Anemonastrum narcissiflorum, our Narcissus Anemone, blooming in Upper McCullough Gulch #nativeplants

Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" included the above poem read by the automated house, long after its denizens were dead.