Sanjay is a friend, coauthor. He was the only Econ faculty member laid off, in a largely heterodox dept, after years of publicly criticizing the administration's finances. A bad look for the New School. Tenure exists precisely to allow this kind of criticism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...

He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. (Gift Article)

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

nytimes.com

theonion.com/premium-draf...

Premium DraftKings Feature Lets User Select Players To Have Legs Broken By Goons

BOSTON—Touting the offering as a path to even bigger winnings from daily fantasy football picks, sports gambling app DraftKings unveiled a new premium feature Wednesday that lets users select players ...

theonion.com

"I don’t think the Reds were actively trying to be anything that different last season, with slower players (as the faster ones were injured), all recovering from grief, with no proper preseason, and then, for Slot, a first-ever injury crisis in his career." tomkinstimes.substack.com/p/excited-by...

Excited By Iraola – Fresh Start, New Players; But Will Continue To Respect Slot’s Tenure

New signings can add dimensions not open to Slot, and trauma around Diogo Jota should be less debilitating, and injury crisis should ease

tomkinstimes.substack.com

Another to file in the NCES (needlessly cruel, economically stupid) folder www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

U.S. will make visa bond program permanent, affecting mostly African countries

A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review “provided sufficient data” to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and ...

pbs.org

Rare credit where it’s due. This is the correct headline.

Brazil again showing how to deal with fascist thugs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa in escalation of diplomatic feud

Move is retaliation for Lula’s government refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília

theguardian.com

The US is governed by a racist regime. But you know that. "The State Department is making permanent a program under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a U.S. visa, & raising the cost as well, to as much as $20,000." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

U.S. will make visa bond program permanent, affecting mostly African countries

A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review “provided sufficient data” to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and ...

pbs.org

And that’s the most conservative estimate.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 13h ago

Gaza death toll reaches 73,381 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-reaches-73381

TL cleanse

oh ffs

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 2d ago

In a letter to Chicago's deputy mayor of labor relations, a union attorney asked the city to “voluntarily recognize” a collective bargaining unit of commanders and deputy chiefs, pointing to an executive order Mayor Johnson signed.

Agreed. Can’t recommend highly enough.

Luke Herrine@lookheron.bsky.social · 2d ago

This book is an unbelievable feat of social research and theory. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

This is legit insane. It requires girls from K-12 to go through genetic testing, testosterone screening, or a physical exam to participate in sports. For feminists worked up about trans athletes, this is the through line. This is where we were going to end up. It’s about control and dominance.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good framing.

Until we overthrow the shackles of capitalism, mankind is doomed to continue to remake Spiderman movies until the sun at last envelops the earth and ends our suffering.

Because if there's one thing people in this administration are known for, it's obeying the law. What a fucking joke. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Republican holdouts say they will back Todd Blanche for attorney general

Move comes after Blanche gives senators written assurance he will drop Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund

theguardian.com

A sensible govt would be putting ALL of their resources into this.

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

no amnesty

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 3d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

This scumbag just assaulted me in a store in the Washington DC area, to film it for “content”. If you see him call the police and let them know there are warrants for his arrest.

Chicago Mayoral candidates’ position on shotspotter is a good litmus test for who is going to let AI “move fast and break things” at the expense of communities and taxpayers.

"If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy without deploying equally forgiving language?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

"The destruction of Gaza's healthcare system cannot be measured in demolished hospitals alone. Its quietest form is the stagnation of the next generation of doctors - the very people meant to rebuild it." www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

Who will heal Gaza when the bombing stops?

With crossings closed and hospitals destroyed, medical training is at a standstill - and the specialists Gaza needs to rebuild may never exist

middleeasteye.net

Trib Ed board deciding how to react to young people downtown

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4d ago

From the Editorial Board: Sparkly, semiattired Lolla kids are this weekend swarming around such oft-deserted environs as Van Buren Street, Jackson Boulevard and State Street. Welcome. Your presence and youthful energy could not be more timely.

RFK is dismantling the US’ longstanding child vaccination schedule so rapidly that measles cases are through the roof and polio (Polio!) is making a comeback. And the same people responsible for that public health disaster have been pushing the exact same poison in British popular discourse. So dw!

no ammesty

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d ago

File under war crimes

We may hit 3.5C sea surface temperature anomaly in September. The planet you were born in no longer exists

Another NCES (needlessly cruel, economically stupid) policy in the works... www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program

The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children.

thenation.com

Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.

This is so gross

Noah Lanard@nlanard.bsky.social · 5d ago

Michigan's Democratic Senate primary now has more super PAC spending than any Dem congressional primary on record. It's hard to overstate just how lopsided the spending has been in favor of Haley Stevens. Article here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Chicagoans Over 25 Urged To Shelter In Place Until Lollapalooza Over

Not being funny, but there’s now been three non-cheating premier league champions in my lifetime I think. Glad ones my fellas. Wild one isn’t Leicester. Begrudgingly Arsenal and Manchester United also here.

The easiest possible layup for a President at war with another country would be to explain that they are attacking us. Trump won't do that because he views Minnesota as a bigger enemy than Iran.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."