remember when Sheryl invited a bunch of feminist bloggers to dinner and they all wrote nice things about her airport book being the future of feminism

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 21h ago

Lean In To Fascism

UK might not have any universities in 10 years time, but on the bright side the National Trust will have some gorgeous new ruins.

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

AIPAC spent more money than you will possess *in your life* only for their candidate to lose lol lmao even

Oh fuck off Adobe. No one wants your AI assist to summarise the document.

Today marks 6 years since the Beirut Port Explosion, one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. It killed +218 people, injured +7,000, and displaced+300,000 from their homes. Holding in my heart those whose lives were never the same and uplifting their calls for justice.🤍

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · yesterday

Six years since the Beirut Port Explosion, we stand with the people of Lebanon and remember the lives lost, the thousands injured, and the families impacted. Today, we amplify the calls of those gathering on the ground to renew their calls for accountability and justice.

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Basically the height of caricature at this point: Israel is demanding that as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, it be allowed to continue attacking Gaza.

Oh god...I died. 😂

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 3d ago

I was literally deceased by the end of this www.instagram.com/p/Dba8hsKyLXh/

BREAKING NEWS — Southwest Syria: Israeli military forces entered the town of Jbata al-Khashab in the Quneitra countryside, deploying several military vehicles during the incursion.

Footage shows an Israeli military heavy engineering vehicle, known as a “Bagger”, deployed to the Wadi al-Raqqad area opposite the village of Ma’ariya in western Daraa countryside, southern Syria.

Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:

Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo ago

There are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.

I was wondering when this year's 'most dumb American thing because America' thing was going to happen. Now it has: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Ceiling Tile https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/34095/

AI companies attempting to engineer book scarcity is really giving away the ending.

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 7d ago

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

Once again I have been left off the Booker long list, as it continues to discriminate against people who haven't written a novel recently.

*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.

Bluesky users really are 𝘓𝘙𝘉 people. Even if you don’t know it yet. Try us out for 3 months for just £6, to see: subscription.lrb.co.uk/offers/social

Michael@michaeljsc.bsky.social · last wk.

mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not

Super-pleased that Gwendoline Riley finally got a nod, even if it is totally for the wrong book. Even more pleased Kenan Orhan's The Renovation has made the long-list.

The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · last wk.

‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’ We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference

A lot of people who've never read The Odyssey are suddenly experts on The Odyssey today.

Under Actually Existing Liberal FoPo, I was told to not use the phrases "International Humanitarian Law" or "International Law" with the Israelis as this would "shut down the conversation" (those were the exact words used)

Travis@someforeignfield.bsky.social · last wk.

Under Actually Existing Liberal FoPo, I was chastised for taking notes during a call where a partner in Gaza described being shot at by the IDF and having their USAID-funded food supplies stolen by the IDF. They didn't want a record of this conversation.

Just finished Carthage ⬇️ by @gevemac.bsky.social. This is everything I love in a history book. Non-stuffy language & packed with little stories. 5 stars. No notes. #teamCarthage (fucking dickhead Romans) 🙃

Yay. The Ancients podcast finally did an episode on NZ. & it's so good ⬇️ podfollow.com/the-ancients...

The Ancients: The First New Zealanders

What if the first New Zealanders crossed an ocean, landed in a brand-new world, and built a whole society in just a few generations?Tristan Hughes and Dr Richard Walter tell the story of East Polyn...

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One of the great photos of our time. Captured by Maximilien Lamy for AFP.

Village sky is having a drama queen moment

Nope. No, you haven’t.

Remember a few months ago when Syrian villagers tried to shoot down an Israeli helicopter in occupied Syrian territory and the media lost their fucking minds? Here's an easy fix: leave.