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A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
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 · yesterdayTurns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Hours of video analyzed in an 18-month investigation reveal what really happened the night Antonio Mays Jr. was shot at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, and how protesters mistook him for a threat.
A teen was killed at a Seattle protest. New video evidence shows what really happened
An 18-month investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW and NPR's Embedded podcast and a review of more than a dozen videos from the night of the shooting reveal the most comprehensive view to date of how the chaotic scene unfolded. And they show how a Black teenager who came to join the civil rights movement of his generation — in a zone abandoned by police — ended up killed by a protest movement that thought he was a threat.
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Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
theonion.com
I just realized that Theo Nash is a grad student so I'll not be as mean as I was about to be.
A Texas mother of three sues the federal government in July after it terminates her DACA status for unauthorized travel following her March deportation to Mexico. The lawsuit demands her return to the U.S., arguing Homeland Security unlawfully removed her despite valid legal protections.
US cites 'unauthorized travel' to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A woman deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to remain in the U.S. has filed suit against the federal government.
apnews.com
Absolutely gutted. I adored Once on Broadway. What a tragic loss. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash
Irish musician Glen Hansard, who won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film "Once" and was lead singer for rock group The Frames, died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56 early on W...
reuters.com
Fauci diary "does not provide the smoking gun Senator Paul is seeking. Rather, it echoes past disclosures showing Dr. Fauci wrestling with a fast-moving crisis as scientists’ views evolved. But it further inflames a polarizing political battle" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Fauci, in Private Diary, Reflected on Covid’s Origins and His Own Fame
Private entries, released by a Republican senator, have reignited a furious debate over whether Covid-19 leaked from a lab.
nytimes.com
Serpico! gift article 🎁 “he’s essentially the godfather of police accountability and just moving law enforcement and police accountability forward….And the fact that he is still with us is a blessing.” New York Has a New Sheriff, and His Mentor Is Serpico www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/n...
New York Has a New Sheriff, and His Mentor Is Serpico (Gift Article)
Edwin Raymond, a retired police lieutenant and former whistle-blower himself, was sworn in at a ceremony that paid homage to Frank Serpico, the famous anti-corruption detective of the 1970s.
nytimes.com
An English teacher wrote this which i think is a very good take: open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The many-turning man turned straight guy
How Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey smooths away world literature’s greatest creation
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I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
lrb.co.uk
As far as internet outrage is concerned, we need a way to quantify 'levels'. Wearing earrings looted from a country your country is war crime-ing isn't like, murder bad, but like mother in law wearing white to the wedding bad. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event
Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 years
theguardian.com
Warm, Encouraging Email From CEO Quickly Identified As Phishing Attempt https://theonion.com/warm-encouraging-email-from-ceo-quickly-identified-as-phishing-attempt/
Of course The Odyssey sidelines women and lacks nuance. Nolan uses great actors and pretty visuals to mask his lack of writing ability.
A classicist’s verdict on Nolan’s Odyssey: a soulful hero flatters our times as women and nuance pushed overboard
Matt Damon’s sensitive and repentant Odysseus might come as a surprise to Homer, likewise some significant omissions concerning the poem’s female characters
theguardian.com
Springer Nature has reversed the more than decade-old retraction of two papers by legendary physicist and Nobel laureate Max Planck, saying the initial action was based on human error. https://scim.ag/3TouJuS
Springer Nature restores Max Planck’s mysteriously retracted papers
Publisher denies a bot was to blame for withdrawing famed physicist’s work
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Not all men... 🤔 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Trafficked, beaten and raped: raids reveal scale of abuse of women in Asia’s cyberscam centres
As tens of thousands are freed, female survivors are increasingly reporting gender-based violence in the compounds, previously thought to hold mainly men
theguardian.com
Across NY & MD, I'm counting 12 Democratic incumbents who lost (or, in one case, are trailing) to a challenger to their left. —2 congressmembers (both NY) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —6 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD) A thread to break this down.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court said a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by prison guards could not sue them for money. nyti.ms/3SsmWMe
FUCK YEAH ✊🎉✨
Grand jury improprieties revealed in court as ‘Broadview Six’ case unravels
Just five days before a jury trial was set to begin, federal prosecutors have dismissed all remaining counts in the “Broadview Six” case.
chicagotribune.com
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 3mo agoFUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor Thursday dropped the case against the remaining “Broadview Six” defendants in a stunning hearing that revealed apparent misconduct before a grand jury — of which he said he recently learned. Quick take via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'Broadview Six' case dropped after closed-door hearing, just days before trial
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros made the highly unusual announcement Thursday, hours after the private meeting was held about redactions made by prosecutors to a set of grand jury transcripts.
chicago.suntimes.com
“Kat” Abughazaleh speaking after today’s crazy developments in the “Broadview 6” case
