I feel like a bare minimum criteria for Primate Leadership should be Understanding How Bananas Work. Like, on one hand, of course we’re not going to ask you, ‘Do you understand how bananas work?’ We will just assume you do. BUT! If you demonstrate inability to clear that hurdle you must resign.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 18h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

UN announces 800,000 displaced Lebanese returning home - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-announces-800000-displaced-lebanese-returning-home

UN announces 800,000 displaced Lebanese returning home

<article data-history-node-id="445540" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-announces-800000-displaced-lebanese-returning-home" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-announces-800000-displaced-lebanese-returning-home" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN announces 800,000 displaced Lebanese returning home</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The UN said more than 800,000 people displaced by war in Lebanon have begun returning to their hometowns following a lull in violence amid the Israel-Hezbollah war.</p> <p>The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said that 821,077 people began to return on 30 July, although 360,000 remain displaced, of which 26,000 are currently living in government shelters.</p> <p>Lebanon and Israel are currently engaged in US-sponsored talks in Rome aimed at ending the fighting which are scheduled to run until Thursday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Day 3, tree sit is still up ❤️‍🔥

Max Granger@maxgranger.info · 7d ago

BREAKING: Tree sit goes up to stop border wall construction in Arizona. The action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. aimed at stopping construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.

as disability pride month ends, all i can think of is every disabled person, elder, & child being tortured, routinely reinfected w deadly disabling viruses, & denied treatment in concentration camps & other prisons, especially those who are queer, trans, black, indigenous, & ppl of color.

also wanna highlight what happens to disabled ppl when their caretakers are brutally taken from them. this, too, is state murder. r.i.p. wael tarabishi.

'Unimaginable Cruelty': ICE Denies Father's Request to Attend Son's Funeral | Common Dreams

One family member blames ICE for Wael Tarabishi's death from a degenerative genetic disease. "They killed him when they took his father away," she said.

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i'm gonna lick The Major.

Not only was she loudly right about everything and reviled for it, in 2017 O'Connor donated 30 years worth of clothes and makeup to trans girls in Ireland.

Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor

None of us -want- to clog your timelines with this shit. I fucking HATE interrupting dumb horny boob posts with calls to action but like If action isnt taken the boobs will stop entirely like we -cant- ignore this shit, this isnt FUN

Hypno-Scream (Comms Open)❤️🩷💜@hypnoscream.bsky.social · last mo.

Saw a post saying "I don't want NSFW accounts to talk about voting, just let me jack off" Buddy, NSFW artists and sex workers are being constantly attacked by a government of nonces trying to distract from their own crimes by pinning the blame on porn. They have the right to speak up about this.

BBC breakfast talking about this and it's all fun and games and not SpaceX being wildly irresponsible with their equipment.

Sky News@news.sky.com · 17h ago

SpaceX latest: Abandoned rocket about to slam into moon at high speed

It is *NEVER* too late. You are worth it. Your life is worth it. Your heart, your soul, are worth it ♥

Hannah Who@notablyuncool.bsky.social · yesterday

If you have transitioned later in life, please know how deeply you are needed here. Your story is the exact proof someone else needs to finally take their first step.

hey yall, Elias needs help ♥

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · yesterday

My sweet boy Elias in Gaza is going blind! Amidst this utter hell,Iam begging on my knees—please,merciful souls, save his eyes before darkness steals him forever!We are desperate,time is running out! Don't let my child lose his sight! Save Elias😔 Verified by:molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/1624...

heads up all :(

Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS@thanh-neville.bsky.social · 20h ago

I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.

man out here tempting me with a good time 😂😂😂

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 23h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

More than 50 people have died in ICE custody

Frida Ghitis@fridaghitis.bsky.social · 23h ago

A 41-year-old man has died in ICE custody. He had not been convicted of any crime.

I honestly didn’t think that EA could get any worse. Little did I know. I feel very bad for the gaming industry to be honest 

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.

My new free interactive guide on #Godot Control Nodes and #UI is out!! qaqelol.itch.io/gui My free #Tween guide also gets a new update! qaqelol.itch.io/tweens AND You can now get the All-in-One version, that regroups all my guides + extra features to support me!! qaqelol.itch.io/guides #GameDev

Christophe 🌱@qaqelol.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My interactive tween guide for Godot is out ! If you have trouble using tweens, adding "Juice" or picking the right transition, it should hopefully help! The guide is free and will always be 🩵 qaqelol.itch.io/tweens #Godot #GameDev #Animation #Tutorial #Guide #Tweens

Not a word about verifying the gender of boys... this is little girl specific. Child sexual abuse on a state level 'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners

A Washington State ballot measure that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before taking part in sports provoked nationwide outrage.IL26-638 w...

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We’ve just rented a projector so the kids can watch some films over August and we’re trying to source and buy treats and snacks. Ionad Hind Rajab is about more than education. It’s about getting back a little bit of childhood. 👇

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d ago

An Irish artist has helped establish a children's centre in Gaza that provides food, education and psychosocial support to children displaced by the war. Adam Doyle, better known as Spicebag, tells us why he helped create Ionad Hind Rajab. jrnl.ie/7117887

The other day the algorithm fed me 1 part of a 5 part series of some woman targeting a romantasy writer with “why I think her book series is AI generated” and it was just…vibes. With a caveat that said “just my opinion” Trying to ruin someone’s career over vibes AI has created collective paranoia

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d ago

The way that everyone sees fantom AI in original work now is such a fucked up secondary downstream AI nightmare consequence. People can’t critically identify real art any longer and so everything gets accused of not being original. I don’t know how we climb out of this hole.

Since losing everything, rebuilding our lives has been a constant challenge! Providing food & the basic necessities for my family is not easy. Your support helps us keep moving forward.🙏 No gift is too small. Every donation helps us provide the essentials our family needs.❤️ 🔗 gofund.me/e2066cf16

i've said it before but it's too easy to just say "we've all got something going on" and leave it there. individualism and silence is beating our asses and giving us shoulder pain from all the shrugging. it's frustrating and i need us all to be present and actively listen and act accordingly.

individualism is killing our people

Spoilers for Batman: Caped Crusader Jul vf gur wbxre Jreare Urembt? (Rot13)

Substack is a nazi corp.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2d ago

getting tired of people on the left still launching substack newsletters after all the reporting on that company in recent years

ICYMI heatmap journalism seems to have stopped a data center and gas fired power plant

Matt Zeitlin@zeitlin.bsky.social · 2d ago

big @jael.bsky.social scoop: developer clearway isn't going forward with its data center and gas plant proposal (that had already been swapped out for an existing solar proposal) heatmap.news/sparks/clear...

For yall that don't know: Buc-ee's is run by fascists. Its a megacorp gas station from Texas. I don't know why yall are so into this piss.

Gem City Vinnie@gemcityvinnie.bsky.social · 2d ago

I didn't mind Buc-ee's, but this large corporate chain moving into our town now filing a lawsuit of a community mini mart, who has been here 20+ yrs, over the use of a drawing of a beaver. Keep in mind the local mini mart is in a town called BEAVERcreek. Fuck Buc-ee's www.whio.com/news/local/b...

Yo does anyone know of a CAD plugin that can be added to Blockbench? I love @blockbench.net but the one thing I can't stand is that the measuring systems are absolute trash. Being able to add CAD functionality would basically make it a dream to me.

PSA: It's even worse. Craig not only operated a revenge porn website, but he also was engaging in racketeering by secretly running several shell companies that offered a paid service that would remove your revenge porn *from the revenge porn distro sites he owned*.

Roger (6’5”)@iamtherog.com · 2w ago

Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

“Imagine having to pay an extra $0.5 on taxes to help POOR PEOPLE! EWWWWWWWW”

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.