For the first time in nearly 14 years, a civilian passenger aircraft has landed at Deir ez-Zor International Airport on a domestic flight arriving from Damascus International Airport, Syria.

The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Going through old photos I found this photo I took at a political rally in Roanoke, Virginia, 2008.

The Met Museum’s research library might be one of the best in the city. Once you get over their extreme special collections policies, it’s a dream.

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

“Trump sued Capitol One for Slander. In discovery, we learned Trump sold multiple condos to Russians who paid in cash. The Money Laundering Desk at Capitol One closed his accounts. Republicans of course are not investigating this.”

Friday: Capital One reveals they debanked Trump debanked bc he was laundering money. Sunday: Acting Attorney General solidifies promise Trump's tax crimes won't be punished.

Maybe I’ll buy a hot air balloon and cross the Atlantic to land in the courtyard of the Louvre just to see their Chardins.

A beautiful Saturday to wander aimlessly. Sadly my nervous system thinks I’m periodically being chased by tigers. 🐅

Rowling signed the Harper’s Letter, which lamented, “it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.” Are ANY of her co-signatories — some follow me — going to speak up about her crusade against trans people?

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 4d ago

Amnesty International correctly called out Rowling's transphobia. She threatened them in response. And @amnesty.org surrendered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There you go, Trump is holding up what happens in Ceuta as what will happen if Republicans lose the midterms. Not suspicious at all.

Trump says US 'will be invaded' like Spain if Republicans don't win midterms

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Hrag Vartanian@hrag.bsky.social · 5d ago

Now Spain is saying the number is 49,000. Only 84,000 people live in Ceuta so the population has ballooned.

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026

Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.

amnesty.org.uk

In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, green trampolines make Mario jump so high he goes offscreen for 6 seconds. By extracting his position values from the code, we can "zoom out" the stage and visualize his actual arc, which reveals just how absurdly high the jump is.

Spanish government is reporting 25,000 of the migrants have returned to Morocco. Sure seems strange, like something designed for the news cycle but we’ll see. h/t @quilombo.eurosky.social

Hrag Vartanian@hrag.bsky.social · 5d ago

Now Spain is saying the number is 49,000. Only 84,000 people live in Ceuta so the population has ballooned.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn just added a “seems like AI slop” button to report posts that don’t feel human-written. It’s part of a broader push to get rid of AI slop on LinkedIn www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button

It’s also removing an AI “enhance” feature.

theverge.com

Now Spain is saying the number is 49,000. Only 84,000 people live in Ceuta so the population has ballooned.

Hrag Vartanian@hrag.bsky.social · 6d ago

Thousands have swam or walked past the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Some are saying 1,500, Aljazeera is saying 2,000, Spanish tv says 2–3,000, while French tv said it might be as many as 20,000. Majority appear to be men & the images remind me of paintings from the 19th century.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Thousands have swam or walked past the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Some are saying 1,500, Aljazeera is saying 2,000, Spanish tv says 2–3,000, while French tv said it might be as many as 20,000. Majority appear to be men & the images remind me of paintings from the 19th century.

Watching the primaries is a fascinating way to understand what people actually value versus what part elites do.

I visited the new MoMA PS1 commission by Precious Okoyomon and the joy of walking into a giant Teddy Bear’s butt and sliding out through its mouth, like a tongue, is special ✨

The Great Khmerdashian war, no doubt.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump: “We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting, and it was a bad one.” Fact-check: False. There was no conflict between Cambodia and Armenia.

Putting ideas into practice.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

Marc Rosenblum, executive director of DHS' statistics dept, is out. And he couldn't be happier about it: "Between the war on immigrants, the war on feds, and the war on facts (not to mention the crazy war in Iran & the brazen corruption), I just need a change" 1/2 www.linkedin.com/in/marc-rose...

so much for billionaires fleeing because of zohran

The wait times for some library books are ridiculously long.

When all this is over drinks are on me.

On a related note, I heard that Bibi Netanyahu drowned kittens in his sink. Like, multiple times. Laughing the whole time. It was disgusting. That's what I heard anyway.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Netanyahu on Fox News lies that Mamdani "celebrated the October 7 massacre" to zero pushback from Maria Bartiromo