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Art and book criticism is a dying genre. Without it, great art will suffer since it will be buried by flavorless frictionless products favored by algorithms. There needs to be more support and outlets for criticism obviously but PhD and MFA programs too could do more to teach and support criticism.
Critics should be the arbiters of taste. But @nyt book review prefers to follow the hype, i.e. its 100 notable book list that has Hunger Games as one of this year's best. Depressing that books sections pander to popularity rather than doing their job and finding books that fly under the radar.
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
We're heartbroken over the death of Huabing Xie — a Chinese immigrant who suffered a fatal seizure at an ICE facility in Imperial Valley, California. Reports from Detention Watch Network show that Xie is one of at least 20 immigrants who've died in ICE custody since Trump's inauguration. 🧵⬇️
Another immigrant dies in ICE custody in California, this time in the Imperial Valley
Two deaths of immigrants in ICE custody have been reported in California in two weeks.
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Today's news in fascism: slavery wasn't bad and you are no longer allowed to criticize the white race for racism because that's racist. In fact don't even utter the word "white" if you're nonwhite because that's racist.
He’ll never get elected. Norms will restrain him. Mueller will get him. He can’t come back from J6. No way he’ll get re-elected. Epstein will bring him down. He’s overplayed his hand. He has dementia. This isn’t who we are. (Fables of the Trumpocene)
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
Breaking News: Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, calling him a “visionary” leader.
Bernie Sanders Endorses Zohran Mamdani for N.Y.C. Mayor
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont backed Mr. Mamdani, joining Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in endorsing the front-runner of progressives.
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What I like about Newsom is that he says exactly what I say about T rather than the watered down bullshit we usually hear from Dems. He has my support, for now.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Newsom on Trump's military parade: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak ... Weakness masquerading as strength ... that's about as small as it gets ... that's Donald Trump."
At the press conference Tuesday, Wu again said ICE has used "secret police tactics" across the country during immigration enforcement.
Mayor Wu asks for greater transparency from ICE, touts court win for fed funding
At the press conference Tuesday, Wu again said ICE has used "secret police tactics" across the country during immigration enforcement.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Just read an article by a rich oberlin alum justifying his argument against elite woke universities by saying he grew up “working class” 🙄
Dear God, are you there? It’s me, Tressie. The thing is, God, I’m tired.
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · last yr.Just spoke with my CDC sources: a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading across Louisiana, NYC, LA, DC, Colorado, and more. It's also fueling surges in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.
I'm genuinely sorry that Fetterman had a stroke and suffers from depression. But arguing that he has a free pass not to do his job in the name of destigmatizing brain injury and mental health struggles is offensive. If he can't do it, he should resign. If he doesn't want to, he should resign faster.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · last yr.In which John Fetterman argues with inflamed self-righteousness that he's being bullied into doing parts of the job that he thinks are dumb. Like...showing up to vote. And serving on Senatorial committees. And meeting with constituents. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money. This is murder. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Columbia welcomes its newest faculty hires
Karl Jacoby@karl-jacoby.bsky.social · last yr.Police at Columbia University graduation ceremony
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
A curator told me she told her black artists to get what was theirs now because the Black boom will be a a Black bust in five years. That's capitalism for you. hyperallergic.com/1012522/manu...
Manufacturing "Black Fatigue" in the Art World
Behind the declining demand for Black portraiture, and the backlash against Thomas J Price’s Times Square sculpture, lurks a strategic campaign of erasure.
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Democratic Party is on their way to driving away all the progressives along with the working class until all they have left is AIPAC, other lobbyists, and Hollywood to help them with the optics of candidates who are incapable of putting two words together without first checking in with the polls.
A reminder not to store red sauce in Tupperware.
some people go on vacations to sightsee and go on beautiful hikes but nancy mace flies around the country looking at bathrooms
