I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
@damienmacrae.bsky.social
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
Ministers and factional heavyweights worked behind closed doors to squash an attempted revolt over Israel and Gaza.
View from The Hill: Labor’s ‘managed democracy’ reaches high point as blanket thrown over Israel-Gaza dissent
theconversation.com
What if hostile foreign governments were able to control social network algorithms in the United States, suppressing information vital to our survival as a democracy? That would be weird.
Mayor Mamdani Is Still Exploring Whether He Can Have Bibi The Butcher Arrested For War Crimes, As Heads Of State Generally Have Immunity.........👏🏻 (NY Times)
He should face imprisonment, alongside the other individuals involved in the murders. 😡🤬
Finally — woke is over. A man can become the leader of a Women's publication purely on merit.
Well... there is no shortage of FIFA World's Cup comments on the web - we like this one a lot: "𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 "𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱" 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 "𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀" one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500
Where do I donate to ensure this happens? This time I won't make the mistake I made by SYMPATHIZING with someone with clear mental health issues. Focus on your health before politics. I will support ANY DEM who can kick this feckturd out. There. I said what I said.
"It has created one of the most segregated education systems in the OECD." Walkley-award winner Jane Caro AM unpacks the issues with Australia's private/public school system in the latest Vantage Point essay, 'Rich Kid, Poor Kid: The battle for public education' 📚 #auspol @janecaro.bsky.social
Australia warns of foreign interference from rivals while quietly bending to pressure from allies, raising hard questions about who really shapes the nation’s decisions. Foreign interference has compromised Australia’s national sovereignty ~ Alana Baker
Foreign interference has compromised Australia’s national sovereignty
Australia warns of foreign interference from rivals while quietly bending to pressure from allies, raising hard questions about who really shapes the nation’s decisions.
buff.ly
Melania - Your husband was gleeful about the deaths of Robert Mueller & Rob Reiner, he yells at & demeans female reporters on a weekly basis, he encouraged a mob to endanger the life of his former Vice President. And on and on. . . So, Melania, America is asking you to kindly f*ck all the way off.
KIMMEL: “You know how sometimes you wake up and the First Lady demands you be fired? We’ve all been there, right? — I agree hateful, violent rhetoric is something we should reject… a great place to start to dial that back would be to talk to your husband.”
"All you had to do was pay us enough to live" Pasteup seen in Nashville, Tennessee
Witness the stunning timelapse of a lightning storm over Western Australia, where nature's fury creates a breathtaking spectacle of light and power.
Since Trump is out here denying he is a rapist, a reminder that a judge said he absolutely was one
Judge in E. Jean Carroll Case: Yes, Donald Trump Is a Rapist
A judge rejected Trump’s semantic attempt to throw out the case.
newrepublic.com
My wife snapped this amazing pic of the Empire State Building tonight
Apparently, Kegseth hasn’t destroyed their ability to drop truth bombs.
Yep. Yet, much of his base remains loyal. Then again, I never understood any working-class American being Republican either. They are just voting against self interest.
Also known as "using insider knowledge for war profiteering."