El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

When Uber Eats and DoorDash hid the tip button, delivery workers paid the price. Tips fell by 79%. In January, we changed that. Since then, more than $104 million has gone back into the pockets of the delivery workers who keep New York City fed.

NY Times fact check team is on it.

It turns out insurance companies believe in climate change whether you do or not

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d ago

MIAMI'S COST OF LIVING SURPASSES NYC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

couldn't happen to better guy

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 6d ago

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

(looks out at a nation run entirely by Republicans, with literally everything in shambles and more and more disasters on the way) "You know, the thing I worry about is a handful of DSA candidates winning House primaries."

what a mess

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)

The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

nytimes.com

Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy is changing his tune on shutting down “subpar” universities after facing bipartisan backlash ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/22/v...

Vivek Ramaswamy said Ohio should shut down 'subpar' universities. Then came the backlash. • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy is changing his tune on shutting down "subpar" universities after facing bipartisan backlash.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Setting up an art gallery in the basement of the eye doctor I worked for (in high school, as a file clerk) because he was trying to sell his ex-wife's collection of Caribbean art.

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

This is a great position to take if you're a loser who's addicted to losing

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2w ago

“Democrats appear slow to recognize that ideologues on the left are attempting a hostile takeover of the party,” James Kirchick writes. In looking for a way to reclaim control, he argues, they could find inspiration in British history:

Fernando in Summer of Sam

Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trying to think of pop songs most effectively used in movies. First that come to mind are of course “American Girl” in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and “I get around” in THREE KINGS

Many faculty have been sounding the alarm about the problems generative AI poses for student learning. Strangely, some higher ed administrations seem have emerged as major AI boosters. Why? As I write in the latest @hedgehogreview.bsky.social it's a labor story: hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...

Morning

MLB would like you to Stand Up 2 Cancer while the MLB commissioner sucks up to the Trump administration that’s gutted cancer research & doomed people to death.

What is this fifth inning jingoism and fireworks show

Phish

Rob Chapman@scribblerrob.bsky.social · 3w ago

What band or artist do all your music tastes suggests that you probably should like and yet you don't. Me Plastic People of The Universe. Chet Baker.

“We're doing this work because we love our jobs and we want to continue to sustainably keep them and be able to provide the care that we do to our library community.” CMLU Organizing Committee member Rahaf Fares speaks to @wosupublicmedia.bsky.social about their big union win!

Columbus Metropolitan Library employees vote to officially unionize

The results, released by Ohio’s State Employment Relations Board (SERB) on Tuesday morning, recorded 86% of valid ballots as being in favor of the union.

wosu.org

OH MY GOD best AFT union logo since the Baltimore crab union

Neil Bhaerman@neilanalien.bsky.social · 4w ago

Brett you need to see this variant that one of our OC members [@celesticus on instagram] made

Congratulations to the Columbus Metropolitan Library workers on winning your union vote! Workers stood together to improve working conditions and better deliver what their communities expect from their local libraries, and now have won the voice on the job that they deserve. @oftunion.bsky.social

CML workers won their union vote! They stood together, across different branches and different job titles, because CML is a stronger library system when workers have a voice. Thank you to all CML patrons and neighbors who supported CML workers!

Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers Win Union Vote

COLUMBUS — A strong majority of staff at Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) voted to form their union, CML United, according to secret ballot election results released today by Ohio’s State Employmen...

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continue to think that planter’s support with the lib/left male pundit class was not *in spite of* his various transgressions, but because of them, a frankly pathetic attempt to reassert dem masculinity through a man whose violent career they believed represented working class authenticity

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

is it possible that platner’s appeal is driven in large part by his audience’s libidinal investment in seeing a cheeky (derogatory) boy get away with things

Ruben Gallego should probably stop endorsing candidates

I stand by the wisdom of the pit

Neil Bhaerman@neilanalien.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Having a totenkopf tattoo would get you kicked out (at a minimum) of a mosh pit at any punk or hardcore show and I don't think we should have lower standards than that for the Senate

We certainly wouldn't want to commemorate the Declaration of Independence with statements of rights and grievances

Brian PJ Cronin@brianpjcronin.bsky.social · last mo.

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

Democrats need to net 5 Senate seats to have control over the Senate, not 4. If Dems have a mere 51-49 majority, Fetterman will caucus with the GOP. I've never been more sure of anything.

@bicoastaldem.bsky.social · last mo.

This is where we are. Senators actively engaging in Trump grift & lies that mislead voters that MAGA policies actually improve their lives. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Sad to see Travis Sawchik in his new role as cheerleader for the mlb owners

your buddy Craig who works at 7-11 and is high all the time@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · last mo.

I wonder if what will give are the owners. Let me click and take a look.

Instead of hearing about this and thinking “how dare he take 3 months off!” consider thinking that 3 months’ paid leave for inpatient depression treatment could be available for everybody if people like Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) chose to pass a law that said so

CNN@cnn.com · last mo.

GOP Rep. Tom Kean announces depression diagnosis after mysterious monthslong absence from Congress. https://cnn.it/440CV6S

Reminder that the alt accounts are cosplaying bureaucratic resistance fighters and post tons of nonsense stuff that makes you feel good and useful but is nether. Sometimes that garbage is AI and whether intentionally or on accident it’s another reason to refuse to engage with these accounts

Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social · last mo.

Fifth most liked post on Bluesky yesterday. No escaping the fucking AI liars.

Losers who are addicted to losing

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for a centrist initiative aimed at pushing back against the party’s tilt toward democratic socialism.

We are outraged at today's Supreme Court ruling, allowing Monsanto and chemical companies to avoid responsibility that their labeling fails to warn people about critical harms. 1/2