People need to take a page from Opera. Opera has moved beyond race since before I was born. Nobody cared that Jessye Norman was a black woman singing Wagner, or other black singers playing traditionally “white” roles. We just cared that they could sing beautifully. Maybe Opera still is relevant.

Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm always here for a smarmy mis-use of "begs" the question, but also: Neither Page nor Nyong'o was prominent in promo for the film! They were prominent in right-wing arguments about the film and coverage about the online drama.

I think I have a new slogan for the firm

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago

I forgot how wonderful this sounds. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8IeU...

The Kiffness x Mariana Merenda - Feira de Mangaio (Live Looping Brazilian Song REMIX)

YouTube video by The Kiffness

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It is officially Train to Kyiv time!

@natharari.bsky.social I'm building an app with Claude right now and it needed to populate some thumbnails to test...and it actually Rickrolled me. 🤣

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has triggered one of Ukraine’s biggest political controversies since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Why Zelensky fired Ukraine’s defense minister, explained

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

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Finally, some actual research on the 40+ year old editor war. sals.place/blog/a-perfe...

So much is wrong with this, but I will point out the part where white Jews have exactly this kind of conditional whiteness - and it is absolutely being rolled out more and more.

The Nexus Project@nexusproject.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧵 THREAD Tucker Carlson claimed anti-white racism is a bigger threat than antisemitism, while comparing Ivy admissions for Jews vs. white people.

"According to public reporting, Mr. Blanche spent approximately nine hours meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell. He did not even spend nine minutes meeting with a survivor." -- Dani Bensky, testifying this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Just a thought on the Todd Blanche hearing yesterday: Anyone who votes in favor of this criminal pedophile enabler should be put up against the wall when the revolution comes. No exceptions.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of July 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

They just opened a cowardly short 14-day public comment period. Make your voices heard. PLEASE. Link Below 🔗👇🏽 eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...

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

Testing..testing...1...2.....3..... I migrated to my own server. And then bridged to Mastodon. 😀

Ukraine has now struck over 130 Russian ships in the Sea of Azov and now the Black Sea. Ukraine's drone forces commander confirms that the Kerch Bridge is still standing because Russians must continue to evacuate Crimea.

Ukraine is Ending Russia's Shipping Industry

YouTube video by Jake Broe

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@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com All that I can say is that I am so glad to have left that side behind around the time that you did. I had a blog that you featured a few times back in the day, but ended up denouncing the right nearly two decades ago. I couldn't be happier.

Happy No Kings Day here from France! 🇫🇷😃

This is sad news indeed: edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/e...

Sam Neill, Jurassic Park actor, has died | CNN

New Zealand actor Sam Neill has died, his family said in a statement.

edition.cnn.com

Whoa…

In the first term, only a handful of folks DIDN’T think Trump was a moron. The rest of the people I worked alongside — from Cabinet members to staff assistants — realized that the president was an idiot. Take it for what you will. But that’s the truth.

This had me in stitches. 🤣

If the OED doesn't revise their editions to put his picture under the definition of "Idiot", I will have lost all respect for them.

💯% this

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us · last mo.

We have a new message for Democrats: attack attack attack. Trump is corrupt, he’s butchered the economy, and his DOJ operates like mob lawyers. And every voter knows it. So stop looking backward. Stop with the endless focus groups. This isn't complicated. He’s weak. Finish him.

It's not easy being green

Belarus halts equipment used to guide Russian strikes, Zelensky says, after Ukraine's ultimatum "As of today, the equipment is no longer operating," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Belarus halts equipment used to guide Russian strikes, Zelensky says, after Ukraine's ultimatum

kyivindependent.com

It takes 1.28 seconds for a message to reach us from the Moon. It takes as little as 35 minutes from Jupiter. It takes as little as 4.5 hours from Pluto. It takes at least 6-12 months from NYT reporters, plus $35 for the book containing it.

I interviewed Daisy Rockwell last fall about the DHS/ICE recruitment ads featuring Norman Rockwell's paintings (without permission), and the disgust the family felt about this hijacking of his legacy. www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell

Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.

thebulwark.com

I just translated the entire U.S.-Iran MOU from diplomatic jargon into English. Short version: Iran gets sanctions relief, oil export access, frozen assets unfrozen, reconstruction funding, and reduced military pressure. America gets a promise. Read the receipts. 👇 https://twp.ai/4hraVm