My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
Alex London
@alexlondon.bsky.social
I write books. You might like some of them. Your kids do, at least the cool ones. https://www.calexanderlondon.com/
We're literally just letting the richest man in the world commit vandalism on an extraplanetary scale.
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles an hour
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the accuser here has been a gigantic fan of trump and the gop, and this is what it’s currently doing to her
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayNN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
There is no red line anywhere for Republicans. Pedophiles? Rapists? Criminal fraud? All fine. By the way: bsky.app/profile/poli...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayNN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
The voters in this district who keep choosing these guys really do all need therapy.
Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 2d agoSomething about that seat man – Edwards' predecessor was the scandal-ridden Madison Cawthorn. Texts that will make you physically uncomfortable, personalized Adam Sandler puzzles, "approximately 30" types of ice cream ahead (if you dare): talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-e...
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians. What to know, who is involved, and how you can act. bookriot.com/arkansas-act...
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
bookriot.com
Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure
@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d agoABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"
Apparently DEI was the only thing standing between us and death lettuce
Reuters@reuters.com · 2d agoMichigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E
FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4d agoGreat reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...
Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
My 9th grade English teacher, Cary Woodward died last week. In 1994 he assigned us the Thom Gunn poem, “The J Car”, a poem of the AIDS crisis. What a radical thing to do at a conservative all boys school then, what a beautiful, saving thing this poem was for me.
i do not understand what the non-nefarious use case for this even is
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Trump is on the side of Iran and not Minnesota. Congratulations everyone. Apparently J6 wasn't proof enough that he was a danger to the country. Lol
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
Imagine the conservative media diarrhea storm if any Democrat said this about a red state
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Someone got fired to teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story?? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
nytimes.com
There is a strong case to be made for tarring & feathering the executives behind this extortion scheme.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 6d agoI thought up that example. I don't know if it's really happening. But here's something that really *is* happening: ecommerce sites charge parents of newborns extra when they order thermometers in the middle of the night. 14/
What if someone told you there's MORE than one horse? Have you ever considered that?
Finishing the first draft of middle grade talking orca novel and it went from "yeah! epic apex predator battles!" to "it's okay to feel hurt by past wounds, but you cannot make your trauma everyone else's problem" in under 200 pages.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz has died. elpasomatters.org/2026/07/28/b...
Renowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71
“Ben was irrepressibly hopeful of the human spirit,” longtime friend Ruben Garcia said about Sáenz, an award-winning author whose “Aristotle and Dante” young adult novel was adapted into a movie in 20...
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Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
So a majority in the senate has chosen to break the law it passed in 2004, which requires the DNI to have extensive national security experience.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: Trump ally Jay Clayton, who has no intelligence experience, has just been confirmed by the Senate to be Director of National Intelligence.
Worth remembering that Talarico raised so much money he just gave some away to other Texas candidates and Mamdani raised so much money during the primary that he told people to donate to Adrienne Adams. People aren't giving up on Ds. They just don't like the DNC. The DNC should think about that!
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · last wk.can my comparative politics folks come up with any other example of the opposition party being $2m in debt when the incumbent government is ~20 points underwater on approval?
So we've gone from a manufacturing economy to a service economy to an addiction economy. Things appear to be going well.
**It's the Cover Reveal Day for TOO BIG TO SAY** My pal, @mikecurato.bsky.social, the creator of the graphic novel FLAMER, is the illustrator of my next middle grade novel. Thank you to Betsy Bird and @slj.com for the reveal and Q&A. Please check it out. afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/27/c...
I feel so official. Now how do make my family address me as professor? www.arcadia.edu/faculty-and-...
Alex London
Alex London has published over 30 books for children, teens, and adults. He’s the author of the picture book, Still Life, illustrated by Paul O Zelinsky, the middle grade Princess Protection Program, ...
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A rare perfect match of product and spokesperson
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 11mo agoFrom yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
Since a certain movie is in the public consciousness: this obscenity — in the Greek sense of the term — is like something out of an ancient play. www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-w...
Iran War Widow Says 'Nobody Has Reached Out' To Explain Husband's Removal From Death Toll
Jamiah Gonzalez-Swinton gave a tearful interview after her late husband, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, vanished from the Pentagon’s public casualty count.
huffpost.com