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?"

I loved this story as a kid, reading and rereading it. We’ve reached the day it’s set.

Eric Scott@captainfossil.bsky.social · yesterday

Today is "Soft Rains Day" for those who remember this haunting 1950 Ray Bradbury piece. It's classic Bradbury, eerily accurate w/ its predictions in some respects (looking at you, Alexa), and well worth a few moments of your day to read if you're so inclined.

📺❌ Fans of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes will miss the first three mountain classifications (Cat. 1, 3 and 2) entirely during tomorrow’s stage. The live broadcast begins at 15:45. There will be no TV coverage of the first major mountain climb (Col de la Faucille)! 🧐 #TDFF2026

René Bugner@renebugner.bsky.social · 6d ago

📺🚴‍♀️ Only stage 5 and 9 of the Tour de France Femmes will be broadcast live in full. Unfortunately, all other stages (including the Mont Ventoux stage) will only be shown in part (2.5 hours of live coverage). #TDFF2026

There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.

It’s wild how Peacock gives negative shits about the Tour de France Femmes.

The Secretary of Education has been spotted at Summerslam

"yeah i just ask chatgpt and-" cool i no longer take you seriously as a person

One of the barely-reported stories of the just-ended Tour de France is how two pro cyclists, Brandon McNulty and Xandro Meurisse, were hit by road-raging drivers, in separate incidents, on the same day (which was a time trial stage).

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5d ago

Every time a pro cyclist is hit by a driver it's a good reminder of how silly so much of the victim blaming around bicyclists is. These are the best, most skilled riders in the world and even they get hit! Turns out it's not about the rider.

Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

My kid (12yo) has a friend staying over tonight, and my neurodivergent ass is over here trying to be Chill And Awesome Mom so hard I am *vibrating*. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING WE HAVE SNACKS PET THE DOGS OK HAVE FUN. SORRY ABOUT THAT TINY SPECK OF DIRT. You know. Normal amounts of chill.

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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100 years ago my grandparents were about 10-12 years old, so let’s say 85 years ago, I would be a preacher (or preacher’s wife), or doing odd jobs for money, as best as I can tell (or staying home with the kids). Could I? Yeah probably. Would I be happy? Unlikely.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

It’s really starting to grind me down

US News ranked Florida the #1 state for higher education! Enjoy this free example for your next class section on face validity.

Going to open up a chippy called The Chip of Theseus. Every week I replace one item on the menu with something slightly different – halloumi bites for mozzarella bites, etc. – until you're not sure whether we really still serve the same food we did last year

Sultan Osman II when he tried to reform the army before the Janissaries deposed and executed him:

“This summer… An epic tale of betrayal and the quest for forgiveness. In a world struggling to produce enough food, one man will brave the cold to survive. PLUMS only in cinemas.”

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Ok Hollywood, these are our terms. You will deliver one hundred billion dollars to a designated location in unmarked bills or our professor keeps reviewing your films

Profits Soar As Taylor Farms Rebrands As Biological Weapons Manufacturer

Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death

The best cure for a Tour de France Hommes hangover is knowing that Tour de France Femmes is just 5 days away

375,000 people evacuated, major cities under threat, and tourists turned away. France has never had a fire fierce enough to generate a pyrocumulonimbus before. The largest devastation of land since WWII. But net zero is very expensive www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditions

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FIU had a search for a law school dean, 20 candidates. President and Provost (themselves with no academic experience besides a weak paper she published on the job) declare it a failed search and hire their buddy, a Trump lawyer, who didn't make the top 20, and was just sanctioned by a federal judge

‘Unusual’: How a Trump attorney became interim dean of FIU’s up-and-coming law school

One search committee member called the incoming dean, who’s worked as President Trump’s attorney, “a poster boy for ethical corruption.”

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Also this bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.

I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...

Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w ago

The use of extremely online memetic aesthetics to support far-right political goals is like something out of Walter Benjamin’s nightmares.

Video: 🇺🇸 Kuss denied Alpe d'Huez glory after crashing twice on descent of Col de Sarenne 🗣️ “I was trying to keep my gap over Richard Carapaz, and I was trying to get the most out of every corner. I misjudged a corner.” 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/vide... 📸 Cor Vos