thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 20h agoNew 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.
damn i could've lost for only $20 million and i wouldn't even have been racist about it @dnc
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 15h agoUnfathomable
The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.
The largest funeral in Gaza history is being held today as the remains of 112 people from a single clan are laid to rest after being buried in rubble for three years. More than 300 people were killed in the strike by Israel, including 44 children and 37 women. The others were vaporized.
Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes
Remains recovered from beneath the rubble renew grief for families still searching for thousands missing in Gaza
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Liberals Are Ceding Ground to the Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings … latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/08/03/c...
Liberals Are Ceding Ground to the Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings
From the New York Times to the EU, liberals defending Spain from far-right fearmongering are regurgitating the right’s anti-immigrant premise.
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So this is one of the signs we’ve moved into a sub-tropical climate
Norah Woodsey@norahwoodsey.com · 2d agonyc weather today
Doing passive voice about our seige of an entire country
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2d agoCuba’s electricity grid collapses, the state-owned grid operator says, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.
Experts aren't always right. That's why I put my faith in morons who are never right
truly a mystery who the party should appeal more to, a charismatic young influencer with millions of fans or a guy who sounds like a cartoon and is about to die
Carville's campaign for Clinton was dragging the party to the right and he's seeing his life's work undone. He has no idea how much he is responsible for shifting the window enough to give us Trump or has no regrets about it. He prefers Trump to anything left of himself.
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3d agoJames Carville Tells Fox News He’s Out of the Democratic Party if Hasan Piker Stays: ‘One of Us is Going to Leave’
I'm gonna get elected then start going by my middle name, JIHAD
Fuck....I didnt realize Abdul El-Sayed was a PERFIDIOUS MOHAMEDAN. Thank you GOP for blowing the lid off of this one
David Darmofal@daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d agoThe disgusting, bigoted National Republican Senatorial Committee going full Islamophobe on Abdul El-Sayed.
As a cyclops truther I like that Homer’s Odyssey is listed as non-fiction
It is possible that in the next few years television will wreck movies, not, as was thought possible earlier, by taking the audience away, but by its simplified methods and by killing B movies, which were the training ground for directors. (1966)
REVIEW: Oh My Godyssey! (haven't seen it yet but don't want to miss out on having a take)
Just an extraordinary joyous version of Fairytale of New York at Shane's funeral www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptay...
Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill Perform "Fairytale of New York" at Shane MacGowan's Funeral
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lots of people have strong feelings about the review they didn't read of the movie they didn't see
When you're losing $11 billion per year on cops standing around playing candy crush, it's not a problem to lose a bit of money feeding people
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last wk.Mayor Mamdani: Since 2019, food prices have soared at grocery stores around the country by roughly 30%. Wages have not kept up. Today, I am proud to announce a collection of essential staples that will be predictably 30% cheaper at all five of our city-run grocery stores.
Striking article. Missing and damaged artwork. The building left trashed. I am struck by the image of the "tangle of upended music stands." It's as if the Kennedy Center was simply evacuated of people one day...
Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · last wk.Sandy Weiswasser for President. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Abukir (1799) to all the Napoleon heads out there en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Battle of Abukir (1799) - Wikipedia
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You can see all the new options for the Euro banknote designs here (and you can flip them over too) www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot...
It’s a crazy world out there, and when Instagram user KingdomCome1488 and the American Academy of Pediatrics disagree, it can be difficult for busy parents to know who to trust
I wrote about the art of audiobook narration and how the answer is either/or but never AI. lithub.com/author-or-ac...
Author or Actor: Who Should Narrate Audiobooks?
Who’s the better narrator for an audiobook: the author of the book or a professional voice actor? Trick question. The answer is both, and/or, it depends. Let’s leave nonfiction out of this discussi…
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just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards
Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 12mo agoAnyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision
