🎥 When Hinata and Kaoru are strictly warned to stay off the forbidden mountain, they naturally do the exact opposite. With the anime airing, check out Dara-san of Reiwa, Vol. 1: buff.ly/Pd70XzP
Thank you so much for attending #SDCC26! If you missed our announcements there or on social media, here's a quick recap of the new titles joining our lineup!
Today on Okazu – Common-Sense Monster, Volume 2 This uncomfortable mix of fears both real and phantasmagoric without space between them, makes for a horror manga about high school life for one awkward girl, that will keep you on edge. Out now from @yenpress.com! okazu.yuricon.com/2026/07/29/c...
from Carmen Losa, a Spanish screenwriter: leave Ithaca, Penelope. the sea is also yours.
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
Well we the people do 💰 for it. Meanwhile substack.com/@rawstory/no... Let's tear down 🌳 while one of the largest forests burn and they send their fire fighters to ☠️ for us. I wrote my feelings out in an email to my State sentinelcolorado.com/metro/rep-ja... After docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Rep. Jason Crow says Aurora GEO ICE facility violated laws in tuberculosis probe - Sentinel Colorado
Crow said Friday that for-profit prisons, like the GEO facility, “perpetuate ICE’s lawlessness and endangered our communities.”
sentinelcolorado.com
At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
What in the everloving hells. Buy books, keep them safe. Buy OLDER books, keep them safe. www.yahoo.com/news/science...
AI Companies Are Still Buying Up Old Books by the Pallet – Then Shredding Them
AI companies are bulk-buying used books, scanning them, then destroying the originals to build clean training datasets - and a court ruling made it legal.
yahoo.com
For my newsletter, I wrote about Ohio Dem governor candidate Amy Acton adopting the right wing extremist framing of trans issues. www.burnsnotice.com/amy-acton-tr...
I Guess We're Trying This Again, Huh?
Democratic nominee for Ohio governor is recycling an anti-trans strategy that didn't work two years ago, there's no evidence it will work this year either.
burnsnotice.com
"There’s a common misconception that these right wing attacks on trans people and trans rights is a proportional response to liberal overreach — but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Social conservatives chose trans rights as the next battleground after losing on gay marriage"
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last wk.For @ms.now I wrote about Dylan Mulvaney's response to Trump using her to insult a CNN reporter at the White House Correspondents Dinner: www.ms.now/opinion/dyla...
Anyhow. This is a nearly decade old piece that says it all. www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Matt Yglesias
The centrist contrarian struggles to comprehend that some people orient themselves politically on the basis of moral and ethical commitments.
truthdig.com
He admitted it was also about getting to feel like a rebel while being on the side of power bsky.app/profile/mich...
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last wk.Great point Matthew
there is actually not that much money in progessive political media. it's much more lucrative to be a centrist sell out or a vapid, no-brain right winger these days.
Philip Bump@pbump.com · last wk.[guy who reportedly makes seven figures arguing for centrist positions]:
say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please
"We think it’s important to recognize that many schools are underprepared to carry out their days in extreme heat, without the physical infrastructure or planning to keep students and educators comfortable and safe while in the classroom or outside on school grounds."
It’s getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds, and schools aren’t ready
A rising number of school districts are beginning their new academic years in July or August, raising the likelihood that kids will encounter scorching days.
washingtonpost.com
In response, to the settler attacks Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to "accelerate the legalization of farms and outposts in the West Bank and establish new ones" and launch an "intensive" military operation. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF set to launch West Bank offensive after deadly Israeli-Palestinian clashes
Following the incident – where two Israelis and two Palestinians were killed – the IDF imposed a full closure on Nablus and nearby villages. The army said that it conducted 'targeted operation' at a N...
haaretz.com
I went down a rabbit hole learning about rice, does anyone want a big rambling thread about rice?
Hoku Tomose's Liste Rouge Volume 1 is now available for purchase in print and digital format
really appreciated this video the concept of not knowing where to start with your audience has always been an issue for me because I get people who call my videos vapid but also those who STILL don't get what shoujo is... It's a hard balance to find www.youtube.com/watch?v=K870...
what can you ACTUALLY learn from video essays??
YouTube video by oliSUNvia
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✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!
Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026
A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures
events.humanitix.com
NEW VIDEO OUT NOW trying out 5 brand new manga releases so you don't have to youtu.be/kmWYdC6oPFM
The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.
Amnesty removes report that called JK Rowling's centre 'anti-rights'
Amnesty International UK has removed a report which labelled JK Rowling's sexual abuse crisis centre Beira's Place as "anti-rights".
thepinknews.com
fucking ridiculous man OH YOU GOTTA BUY ACCESS TO THE STORE TO BUY OUR STUFF fuck you I hate capitalism
Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · 3w agoThe Crunchyroll Store will become exclusive to Mega and Ultimate Fan subscription tiers in August
It is very surreal that I can now say I've written a booklet essay for a Criterion Collection release. It was an absolute joy to work with everyone at the company. You can read the essay now on their website: www.criterion.com/current/post...
