A Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining the phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a whale skeleton on the front. What the museum lacks in in live aquaculture, it makes up for in skeletons.

New Bedford Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ merch

A Google user left a one-star review of the New Bedford Whaling Museum coining the phrase. Last fall, the museum began selling shirts and hoodies with the review on the back and a whale skeleton on the front. Now, the design is capturing national attention.

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Rest in Power Betye Saar. A true great.

Jessica Gelt@jessicagelt.bsky.social · 2w ago

A beautiful testament to Betye's life by @cmonstah.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Taco Bell offering $1 lettuce-free deal amid cyclospora outbreak

Taco Bell offering $1 lettuce-free deal amid cyclospora outbreak

Taco Bell shared on July 22 that it is offering a $1 deal for a lettuce-free menu item amid the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

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open.substack.com/pub/charlott... @reed.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

On Private Isabella Gonzales

What are we doing?

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This is a good example of the fear that ICE has engendered in so many. A man here completely legally with nothing (on paper) to fear from ICE took off running when they showed up at a gas station and was struck by a passing truck. Awful.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3w ago

NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...

If you’re looking for a freelance book editor for your project, hit up @wcboggess.bsky.social. When I finished the trilogy, I wanted to someone to read the books back to back, to check consistency, tone, vibe, thematic progression, all of it. William was really great, perceptive & insightful!

In April I published a book about Americans' centuries-long effort to come to terms with slavery's place in George Washington's legacy. I'm also taking on more writing and speaking gigs about history, museums, and how Americans are engage with the past. I could use your help spreading the word!

Do you think anyone in MAGAverse has heard of @hcrichardson.bsky.social ?

Two paddleboarders rescued a stranded raccoon from floodwaters in Austin, Texas, after initially believing the struggling animal was a dog.

Who do I know with an MIT, Columbia, or NYPL research library card who wants to go on a nerd quest for me? I am away from the stacks!

US citizens can comment here to save this incredible site- it’s part of a global heritage alongside sites like Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal and it should be as unthinkable to destroy it eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 4w ago

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

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If I ran the @nytimes.com , headline is: Wrong guy died, but we’ll take it.

If I ran the @nytimes.com : Ice goon squad MURDERS again.

ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch

Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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I’m writing a letter to my friend S.

This is tragic - there are members of my family who fought along US soldiers during the Vietnam War. I can't imagine the betrayal and anger I would feel if my supposed ally sought to deport a loved one and killed them in the process. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and aggravated his asthma, the death report shows.

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If I ran the @nytimes.com headline would say: American president confuses IRAN with JAPAN.

I wrote this essay in 2019, and I didn’t get to choose the title, which I think overpromises, but I what’s here is a checklist for writing fiction about people whose lives might be very different from your own. Three questions to ask yourself.

Sara Nović@novicsara.bsky.social · last mo.

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If only more people were like @hcrichardson.bsky.social

HCR HQ@hcrhq.bsky.social · last mo.

The answer to the question everyone has been asking:

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Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Guy down the street put a reflecting pool in front of his little sidewalk mouse house

July 2nd is the end of your comment period window. Please consider leaning in and comment, call, share, etc.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Please read and call. Flood the zone.

I am extremely disappointed that Attorney General Keith Ellison, who was just endorsed by the DFL, has still refused to sign this pledge. I am equally disappointed by Governor candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar's refusal to sign as well.

Dex Anderson@dexanderson.com · 3mo ago

Today, @stargays.bsky.social and I are launching The Pledge for Trans Liberation. We are asking DFL candidates across the state to pledge to support trans Minnesotans in specific, meaningful ways in office. thepledgefortransliberation.org

After Twelve Days of Rain by Dorianne Laux www.divasofverse.com/2017/10/afte...

After Twelve Days of Rain by Dorianne Laux

After Twelve Days of Rain I couldn’t name it, the sweet sadness welling up in me for weeks. So I cleaned, found myself stan...

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Spat by Caroline Bird www.divasofverse.com/2022/06/spat...

Spat by Caroline Bird

Spat   ‘It’s me or the dog,’ she laughed, though by ‘dog’ she meant ‘void’ and by ‘laughed’ I mean ‘sobbed’ and by ‘me’ she meant ‘us’ and b...

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Asking for blurbs is probably one of the most embarrassing parts of being a writer, so thank you to @nicolechung.bsky.social for this stunner.

Tell me, when you drop bombs on giant crowds of peaceful protestors, are you the good guys?

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

@whitehouse.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov When our president commits war crimes tonight, will you say you couldn’t stop him because Congress isn’t in session?

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Summer Brennan@summerbrennan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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If you are a United States servicemember and you are concerned about illegal or immoral orders, or you simply need clarity on your rights and duties, a counselor at the GI Rights Network can help. 877-447-4487 girightshotline.org/en/military-...