They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 20h 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.

Good on Democracy Now! for owning the mistake. I guess the new normal is being ever vigilant about looking out for AI-generated content. We're all investigative reporters now.

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 5d ago

We messed up! During a segment earlier this week about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote purportedly by author Naomi Klein that was itself AI-generated. She joined us on today's program to discuss the viral spread of the words falsely attributed to her.

This is more or less how the World Cup trophy presentation went, with Trump as Ralphie.

uh - ralphie, get off the stage sweetheart

YouTube video by Fatzcarraldo

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really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

New book drops in one week. Find info and events at johnwashington.substack.com @haymarketbooks.org

Highly recommend reading this thoughtful feature by @ferrisjabr.bsky.social as well his thread on the joys and challenges of native plant gardening. I also recommend reading Doug Tallamy's books and checking out his org Homegrown National Park.

Ferris Jabr@ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 4w ago

For the @nytimes.com Magazine, I wrote about the increasingly fervent native plant movement; its esteemed guru, the entomologist and bestselling author Douglas Tallamy; and the complexities of ecologically responsible gardening in our modern era. Gift link 🎁 : www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/m...

Pics or it couldn't possibly have happened

Jake Lahut@jakelahut.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump says there are pictures of George Washington surveying the White House grounds, despite the first photographs not coming around for another two decades after his death.

I had the honor of copyediting Stacey Patton's "Strung Up" from @beaconpress.bsky.social, to be published in October. This is a great promo for it. Looking forward to the conversation about this excellent book and the devastating history it uncovers.

Dr Stacey Patton (@drstaceypatton1865)

Check out the promo video for my forthcoming book, Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children. https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/my-editor-calls-publishing-my-new?r=ps5eh&ut...

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Iranian goalkeeper has that shit locked down like it’s the Strait of Hormuz.

one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"

I was already rooting for Japan, but this is just icing on the cake.

RG3@robertgriffiniii.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After Japan battled the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw, the Japanese fans stayed behind and cleaned up every single piece of trash from their section at Dallas Stadium after the game. You LOVE to see it 🇯🇵 #WorldCup #Football #Soccer #RG3 #Love #sports #RGIII #RobertGriffinIII #Japan #Discipline

Robert Moor's In Trees: An Exploration (Simon & Schuster) makes the case for protecting, learning from, and reconnecting with trees. A review on my Substack, The Taproot Review.

Entangled in the Canopy

A Review of Robert Moor’s In Trees: An Exploration

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To state the obvious, if you act tough and talk shit like this, you better be able to back it up. At some point, perhaps not long from now, someone tougher than this demon twerp (which is essentially anyone) is going to demonstrate there are consequences. Just sayin'.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All this tough talk and he's hiding on a military base. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Happy #PublicationDay, @kpc.bsky.social! ⚛️ ENTANGLED STATES, their exploration of mind-bending physics concepts to as a way to understand their life journey and queerness, “stings like an exposed nerve and shines with humanity.”—Kirkus Reviews, ⭐️Starred Review

I'm calling it: the original "nine most terrifying words" is done. Good riddance.

Skye@simplyskye.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

My good friend Dom has done a superb job charting the mammoth influence of ‘Trane, McCoy Tyner, and modal jazz on a lil outfit from the Bay Area.

Dominic Umile@dominicumile.com · 3mo ago

I wrote a sort of long, potentially dull piece on the influence that John Coltrane’s early 1960s recordings had on the Grateful Dead (see also @bourgwick.bsky.social + the Deadcast, and, for show insights, heads.social/@mangroveval...; bunch of links herein) www.dominicumile.com/blog/john-co...

"One of the settlement options the Justice Department and White House officials are reviewing is the possibility of the I.R.S. dropping any audits of Mr. Trump, his family members or businesses, according to two of the people." IT'S ... A ... FUCKING ... SHAKEDOWN!!

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo ago

Breaking News: The Justice Department is said to be considering settling a lawsuit President Trump filed against the IRS over the release of his tax returns.

RIP to former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly Gay, active, male pro athlete. Hard to explain what a big deal it was in 2014 when Collins signed with the Nets. He took number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shepard, the Gay teen murdered in a horrific hate crime. JC was brave and will be missed.

Happy #PublicationDay, @lodrinkswater.bsky.social! 🥳 BODY WEATHER, her lyrical exploration of the interconnected relationship between chronic illness and Earth’s meteorology, is “a timely and thought-provoking ode to discovery and recovery.” — @libraryjournal.bsky.social

Wouldn't it be nice if this was the agenda that every progressive ran on, in every city, state, and federal election?

Climate and Community Institute@cplusc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)

I wrote about the end of the U.S. Forest Service and the arrogance of trying to kill something like a forest: defector.com/the-trump-ad...

Since our one precious world has avoided nuclear holocaust (at least for a few days), it would be great if news sites scrubbed their "Trump Threaten to 'Blow Up' Iran" headlines from landing pages. It's a bit triggering, no?

I just did this. Called my rep and my senators. I highly recommend it. Doing nothing is not an option.

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

The world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment

I'll never get over how much data is available on climate change--and some of it, like this chart, is fascinating--and how we do so very little in response to it.

John Bistline@bistline.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

74% of Americans now say the government isn’t doing enough to regulate AI. They’re right. That’s why I introduced a moratorium bill - to give us time to address the risks and to ensure that this technology works for all of us, not just the billionaires who own it.

A gigantic record-breaking heat dome is baking the US and war is skyrocketing fuel prices and the cost of living. If only scientists and climate activists had warned us…. Oh wait they did.

Epidemiologists Confirm First Airborne Transmission Of Mar-A-Lago Face

Hats off to caller Jack. God willing, more and more Americans display this kind of courage, giving it straight to Trump's enablers and anyone else willfully driving our country off the cliff.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: "Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer"