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…the morning air is all awash with algos.
A mother dolphin in Western Australia has been carrying the body of her 2-week-old calf through an estuary. Researchers say the behavior is believed to reflect a period of mourning that has been documented in dolphins before the mother eventually lets go to feed and survive.
David Bentley Hart has written about baseball, this is not a drill.
Running in Circles | Plough
There is only one truly redemptive form of memory: baseball.
plough.com
“We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness. Homelessness is fundamentally a housing issue.” Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins has until Aug. 3 to either sign or veto changes that would make it easier for police to arrest people for sleeping in public spaces, Alexandra Martinez reports.
Mayor Eileen Higgins should veto change to Miami encampment ban that could worsen homelessness, advocates say
The mayor has until Aug. 3 to either sign or veto changes that would make it easier for police to arrest people for sleeping in public spaces
prismreports.org
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
nytimes.com
Not sure why this is news, it's called a lunch break
Not a surprise to anyone living in Miami. On top of higher costs the wages are much lower. The place is heading for a kind of demographic collapse and simultaneous inflationary spiral because the bartender/barista/ waiter class is moving out unless they get paid more, so prices keep going up etc.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.MIAMI'S COST OF LIVING SURPASSES NYC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
Two straight days in which news organizations made uncanny valley image choices where famous people look like Onion stock image illustrations.
Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day
Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.
ucdavis.edu
whenever I pay too close attention to that third movement in Beethoven’s Op 132 I think I might die
'It is generally a mistake, in American politics, to say “let’s wait four years and build.” It is wiser to seize every momentary advantage and push it as hard and as far as you can.' www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...
AOC Must Run For President
History is calling. Sorry!
hamiltonnolan.com
New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
404media.co
I am now old enough to admit, publicly and for the first time, that the Pearl Jam is a great American rock and roll band.
The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.
gotta admit, the vanity on display is pretty disgraceful www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
The Doctor and His Diary: What Fauci’s Innermost Musings Reveal (Gift Article)
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci seemed to be the life of the party, even in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
nytimes.com
The point of The Great Books, the point of the canon not only of "the West" but of all cultures (everyone has one) is that they belong to us all. Everyone should learn them, everyone should comment
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2w agoI didn’t care for Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s Odyssey, but the only thing I’m offended by is defenders saying “she’s earned the right to criticize it.” Man, *everybody* has the right to offer their opinion on a movie. You don’t have to earn it by learning Ancient Greek, for Christ’s sake.
this was not fact checked was it
m.a.m@mangelmartin.bsky.social · 2w agowhat a hilarious photo. Well played, nyt.
I never noticed this before but Ross Douthat looks like the "after" photo in a PSA about the dangers of online gambling
I got really into Irish cheddar recently
Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 2w agoPeople on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese