Just as egregious as the content of the pro-AI essay in the HWA newsletter is the fact that such a poorly written piece was published in the first place. This is a newsletter by writers aimed at writers. It reads like a half-baked Facebook rant.
Michael M. Hughes
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Author, speaker, tarot instructor, game designer, magical thinker, satirist. Copy editor @The Baltimore Banner. Opinions 💯 mine. http://theartofmagicalliving.com and http://michaelmhughes.com.
Jesus, @cnn.com, if you send a reporter to cover fires in Spokane, please tech them how to pronounce the goddam name of the city correctly! (She kept saying "Spo-KAYN")
If I was REALLY paranoid I’d worry that a low-scale, intermittent war with Iran would last until the midterms, when a false flag attack on an American City that would be blamed on Iran would give Dump the excuse he needs to declare martial law and cancel elections. Crazy, right … right? Right?!?
🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ has officially handed over UNREDACTED Epstein-related records directly to federal Judge Emmet Sullivan for private review following a court order in MeidasTouch host Katie Phang’s lawsuit.
Trump DOJ Hands Judge Unredacted Epstein Records After Katie Phang's Court Win
The Justice Department now says it delivered the records directly to the judge after Katie Phang successfully challenged the government’s Epstein-file redactions.
meidasnews.com
HISTORIC DAY EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Hundreds and Hundreds of records pulverized allover Europe in Spain,France,Switzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Germany,Denmark,Poland,Czechia,etc... 30 July 2026 marks the history of European climatic history. Wait for MANY UPDATES
Read this. Share it. We’re at the top of the roller coaster and how we prepare will determine how we collectively endure the harrowing trip down.
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
theguardian.com
The Wednesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail! Heatwave reveals lost ancient Welsh landscapes, looking for intelligence in cells, are Silicon Valley billionaires building a new fascist world order, and much more: www.dailygrail.com/2026/07/news...
News Briefs 29-07-2026
Here’s the Wednesday Grail news briefs to get you over the hump… Quote of the Day Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. George O...
dailygrail.com
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
If you say the name Bari Weiss aloud you have to say it in a Borat accent. That’s the rule.
There is a spokesperson for YouTube named “Boot Bullwinkle.”
Bullwinkle and Rocky Dancing Happy
ALT: Bullwinkle and Rocky Dancing Happy
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The planet is burning so let’s argue about criticism of a movie.
This book, perhaps more than any other, dramatically influenced the course of my life. I bought the now-battered mass market paperback copy shown here from a drugstore at the beach when I was 10. It was like finding a mysterious treasure, and it unlocked something that is still shaping me today.
Texans would nail Christ to a cross, take him down, and nail him to it again, every day for a month, to prevent a Democrat from winning.
Dr. Dave@drdave1999.bsky.social · last wk.Texas: Sure, we’d vote for Satan— we have many times. We’re ignorant, bigoted, and fiercely self-destructive, but we make up for it by being the most corrupt state in the country.
Oh sure, Jimothy’s all cute and lovable and fun until you’re taking out your trash at 1 a.m. and the son of a bitch hisses at leaps and you shit your pants in terror.
“Disclosure Day” was a dud. Great performances couldn’t save the awful script and directing. And the effects were garbage, which was surprising. I need to watch “Close Encounters” to cleanse my palate. 1/5 stars.
Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death
Pregnant women who resorted to eating mud. A man who had to bury his own mother after she died of cholera. Listen to ProPublica reporters Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social discuss the fallout of Trump destroying USAID on “Paper Trail.” (Originally aired on @revealnews.org)
What Happened When Trump Officials Destroyed USAID (From Reveal)
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · July 23 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
Just saw Twin Peaks S1 episodes 2 and 3 on the big screen at the Charles Theatre. So fucking good.
We are the frogs and it's getting awfully hard not to notice that the water is boiling.
It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It
Japan this week recorded its first kokushobi, a term that means “cruel heat day,” as temperatures reached 104 degrees. It is not the only country that has scrambled for a new summer vocabulary.
nytimes.com
This bullshit can't end soon enough. [applies to everything]
The ongoing attempt to destroy Native sovereignty. Colonization in full force courtesy of white supremacists.
BWJones@bwjones.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservations, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Zuni Tribe are sovereign Tribal Nations who have worked collaboratively with the federal government to steward Bears Ears National Monument. This is a slap in the face.
Your reminder that heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather — it kills more people than storms, floods and cold.
Maryland heat deaths near last year's total with summer still ahead
The number of heat-related deaths in Maryland has topped 30, putting this summer on track to be one of the deadliest.
thebanner.com