Sometimes I try to think of positive things to say and I’m stumped, truly stumped.
Kristy Eldredge
@el-kristy.bsky.social
Writer — fiction, humor, tennis. Peep Show devotee, sadly a Jeremy (with flashes of Mark).
If Bret Stephens is against it, maybe AI deserves another look.
This sounds good!
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · yesterdayI wrote about a frustrating, brilliant novel that deals with how devoid of connections and curiosity the world has become, and then, fittingly, I wrote (again) about how AI is ruining the book publishing industry. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
Bravo to Emily Wilson for calling out The Odyssey’s terrible screenwriting! This ill plagues many, many films. Re-normalize putting scripts through multiple drafts, consultations, reviews etc before a final draft!
What the fuck kind of shit is this. How desperate to create legal fictions and create PR wins can the administration possibly be that they're going to deny that people KIA and WIA were part of the Iran conflict.
Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · last wk.Pentagon updates official casualty database from the Iran war, adds new “Overseas Operations” category for personnel killed/wounded since July 7
Did anyone listen to “The US at 250”on the LRB podcast? Bloody depressing but interesting analysis.
Flies keep ending up in my wine and it’s the world’s worst.
The lettuce recall is turning lunch into a greens-free hellscape/paradise.
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
This game is on too early for USers. Two bars I went to are closed. And I can’t locate an unambivalent wish to see this match. So am sitting in a park (unambivalently nice).
www.vanityfair.com/story/texas-... Beautifully written, devastating, patiently detailed article on the flood from last year that swept away lives with shocking speed. Kudos to Karen Valby for this excellent piece. @karenvalby.bsky.social
A Year After the Deadly Flood That Devastated Camp Mystic, A Reckoning
The flood that killed 27 girls at Camp Mystic last year also drowned nearly a hundred others in the Texas Hill Country, including numerous members of the local Hispanic community. Karen Valby speaks w...
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“Can’t eat lettuce” pretty much puts paid to all the plans I had for this weekends. 😤
Happening now in Chicago: community members and activists are in the La Villita/Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate against continued ICE violence in across the country. In just the last two weeks, ICE agents have killed 2 men. A 3rd died running from agents, and a 4th died in ICE custody.
“Opportunities Narrow for Women with Hegseth in charge.” And there’s that razor-sharp political acumen that says, “Seriously damage and alienate 50% of the population and watch the votes roll in!”
This Bastille Day, I implore Americans to look past the pétanque, the savory crepes and the coq au vin to the actual events celebrated by this holiday. Et quoi pouvons-nous a faire? (Ne me correctez pas, je vous en pris.)
![[Update, 12:20 p.m. July 14: Law Dork confirmed that funds totaling more than $5.62
million were transferred to E. Jean Carroll on
Tuesday.
"Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll. Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict," Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, said in a statement.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiai4d25iejywhjzddqs2ptuikl7vc4bjj6eci4xricn4qocmqfgqy)
Abolish ICE. Don’t even think of voting for a Democrat who doesn’t make abolishing ICE an urgent priority. ICE are murdering people in the street.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w agoThis morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
England and Argentina play on Wednesday — we yanks have three days to figure out what 20:00 is.
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
I’m cheering for Norway because I’m Irish. Make sense?
My new hobby is burning with jealousy over people I’ve never met’s romantic hookups.
It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner.