Regardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
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every election night I feel like I should apologize to all the non-Americans who have to learn the names of obscure counties on whose returns some major question of world policy swings
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 15h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
"Her [Emily Wilson's] opinion, just like every other review of The Odyssey posted online for all to see, is just that, and she’s not wrong for disliking a movie even if you disagree with her." —Josh Rosenberg, Esquire. #AncientBluesky www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Is It Okay to Not Like ‘The Odyssey’?
Celebrated translator Emily Wilson is under fire for her harsh review of Christopher Nolan’s film.
esquire.com
In Homer’s epic, it wasn’t just the song of the Sirens that lured men to their doom, but the temptation of their words. They tempt the wily Odysseus with all the knowledge of the world, and particularly foreknowledge. 😱 🤯 🏺 3/ #ancientbluesky Left, 📸 me
"Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway - The Sorcery of Nymph Circe" is coming to Netflix on August 31. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjGt...
Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway - The Sorcery of Nymph Circe" is coming in U.S. theaters on May 15. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGZ...
In The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, space is not a place where you can get comfortable. Only your ship and your VAC suit serve as a barrier between you and the deadly emptiness.
I had to highlight this tribute to Mamoru Oshii's live action film "Stray Dogs - Keberos Panzer Cops" in the new animated movie "Patlabor EZY - File 1". They literally recreated almost all of the shots from the original 1991 trailer.
We've seen lots of questions regarding the delivery of the Sentinel S'phticide Cryo Archive shell style. We're expecting this to release later in Season 3 as we're hard at work locking down content for that very season. But, here's a sneak peek of what's to come:
Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.
it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 15h agoRegardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
It's sad the way Seattle voters have lost touch with the Seattle Times editorial board.
So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy
A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.
seattletimes.com
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
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Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 4d agoGoing to do a thread, using some of my own (incl. older) work, to clear up some of these relevant concepts. Hope it helps builds conceptual hygiene and immunity to hyped claims about “AI” capabilities. 1/🧵
They got people dying in camps now and they’re happy about it. bsky.app/profile/joho...
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Today everyone — EVERYONE — should take a moment and read Ray Bradbury's four-page short story from 1950.
Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 20h agoToday is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:
One of the things I don’t think some get about the Wilson critiques of The Odyssey is that one of the only and best ways academics can make our work and expertise relevant and available to the public is to pick a hot topic or newsworthy story and use it as an entry point to that expertise/research
“read the article darth” they said “it will be fun” they said
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
University of Michigan voters have a 100% El-Sayed precinct right now.
Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:
Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 17h agoI remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.
Aaaaaaaand AP just called the Kansas U.S. Senate Democratic primary for Rev. Adam Hamilton, so now there is, indeed, six. Not surprising (he was breaking fundraising records), but notable all the same. (And possibly one more pastor nominee by night’s end — we’ll see.)
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 22h ago"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.