El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

In case folks have missed it, the running commentary on the right is that Jews are sending Arab migrants to invade Europe. Because Islamaphobia and antisemitism are always nearby to one another. AND because so many of this hateful conspiracies rely on the antisemitic mythology of Jews as puppeteers.

The New Arab@thenewarab.bsky.social · 2d ago

Spanish far-right activist María Isabel Peralta has sparked outrage after footage circulated showing her performing a Nazi salute outside the Moroccan Embassy in Madrid.

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

It's so condescending! It's insulting to the "middle of the country" to be like yeah, we've got to push right-wing social policies to appeal to inbred mouthbreathers (how she sees "real America"), and screw "the coasts" because they'll fall in line. And honestly, fuck that shit.

I was today years old when I learned that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand attends a bible study group that teaches that Jewish people killed Jesus, which has been used to justify antisemitism and associated violence against us Jews.

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 4d ago

NEW: Corporate media zero in signs of antisemitism on the left. Meanwhile, one of Rep. Haley Stevens's most powerful backers in her Senate race attends a Bible study that teaches that the Jews killed Jesus...

This is more of rollercoaster than I was expecting.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

Who says cops never have to face any consequences.

Remembering how the "Ebola Crisis" was literally *the* most covered news story - consistently framed as though it was a huge embarrassment to Obama - before the 2014 midterms (after which the media totally abandoned the story)

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.

I've been seeing a lot of people responding to this with "there ought to be a law," but importantly, we haven't needed a law for this sort of thing because no prior president wanted to be known as a leader who would literally kill people in their hour of need for not voting for him

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

I think it's good that Mamdani is Just Doing Stuff but more people gotta realize that it is not a matter of Will or motivation or whatever but because the NYC Mayor, as an office, is one of the uniquely powerful individual offices you can hold in the United States (seriously)

This is not about the OP, but honestly, I think the constant harping on "no do THIS not THAT as a consumer" is designed to make you give up on climate. This is a job for good old fashioned government, one that regulates pollution, including greenhouse gases.

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · last wk.

I'm getting dietary fatigue at this point. This is an OLD reality, but the solutions aren't as straightforward as some of the coverage would have you believe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The investigator is working through October, if you were at Interlochen and need to report.

Olivia Messer@oliviamesser.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m going to be sick. Even the photo they chose — I painted in that exact spot during a concert one of my summers. From the 1970s to the 2010s, which includes the three years I attended. When my friends were there. Back to when some of their *parents* were campers. www.mlive.com/news/2026/07...

Not sure how many NYers are aware that there is a program with the NYC Parks Department where you can camp in various parks during the summer. I believe it starts in August: www.nycgovparks.org/events/famil... - This includes Central Park & they provide tents if you need them.

Kool-Aid Man bursting through wall: where's the goddamn amontillado, Montresor

www.reddit.com/r/socialism/...

Ms. Betye Saar has left us. Three days shy of her 100th birthday. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...

Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99

Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.

nytimes.com

"I do not accept the argument that people should be held accountable for the direct, foreseeable consequences of their actions" oh ok

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

I can’t say whether this happens more or less often than it used to, but there’s definitely been many reports the last few years of historical markers stolen or damaged - those that don’t center straight white men. It looks like someone sawed off an LGBTQ+ marker in Indy bsky.app/profile/hist...

Jordan Ryan@jordanryan.bsky.social · 2w ago

RIP the pride on the circle historic marker June 2022-July 2026 💔

the gap between employment metrics and actual well-being always lies just beneath the topline numbers

Rachel Lerman@rachellerman.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. From @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social and me Gift link: wapo.st/4gS59s1

The story of the rigged civics contest is in some sense small time bullshit that doesn't matter but in another sense perfectly exemplary of why Trump is so corrupt and at least a few Dems need to call for investigations etc and keep it in the news

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 2w ago

this seems like political poison with the desi community tbh

this is you in meta’s pervert glasses

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 3w ago

BBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach.

July 21, 1926: Washington Roebling, the engineer who built the Brooklyn Bridge, dies at 89 in Trenton, N.J. The Civil War veteran and son of the project's originator never was cured of the painful decompression sickness he suffered while below river level, and oversaw years of work from a sickroom.

insane how there isn’t a single industry where being good at your job does anything for you variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

variety.com

I read this story this morning and it almost broke me. In a land of almost comical abundance, we are starving people to punish them for being poor and to force them into indentured servitude to oligarchs.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

Page One. @nytimes.com

The person who brought in the Upskirting law is specifically accusing Rowling of breaking it.

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

We just won a court order stopping the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. while our lawsuit continues.     We’re going to keep fighting to keep costs down for consumers, protect jobs, and stop this illegal merger.