To quote Harry Reid on Collins, "always there when you don't need her."
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3d agoThe moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
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Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3d ago
media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment
Everything is risograph and cyanotype and fermentation. It's clear that AI slop and accelerationist destruction are prompting the seemingly ubiquitous resurgence of interest in these slow, organic, manual processes.
No one in public life talks about red states this way.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
A self-respecting Congress would impeach him over this immediately. Doing an end-run around the Senate's Constitutional "advise and consent" authority to illegally take money from taxpayers, and give it to himself and criminals he likes. Alone, one of the most impeachable offenses in US history.
Howard French@hofrench.bsky.social · last wk.
The biggest divide within the Democratic Party is not race, education level or gender. It’s age. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/n...
Younger Voters Are Propelling the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York (Gift Article)
Age seemed to be the predominant factor in the Democratic Socialists of America’s primary wins in House races in New York City.
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A complete & total failure of the constitutional order that this didn't immediately end his presidency. When folks say "He can't do ______," & he has gotten away with 1) a coup attempt; 2) this reverse nullification; & 3) openly monetizing the presidency, I wonder what & who is going to stop him.
Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump administration admits it canceled grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him
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“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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anybody sitting on a great name for a record label that they want to give to me to use free of charge and devoid of credit?
A rare perfect match of product and spokesperson
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 11mo agoFrom yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
oh, come on — “Grieving”! As if he felt a thing for the guy except as a tool.
"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy." dailynous.com/2026/07/23/u...
University of Wyoming to Drop Philosophy Major - Daily Nous
As for Fall 2027, incoming students at the University of Wyoming will no longer be allowed to major in philosophy. The news was shared by philosophy professor Bradley Rettler in posts on social media....
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It has been a year since Columbia settled with the Trump administration. This is a good summary of what has happened since. When it looked like Harvard might settle with the administration, I drafted a Chronicle essay on what that would mean for higher ed. Hopefully, that never runs.
The Long Shadow of Columbia’s Deal With Trump
A year later, enforcement is uneven and suspicions remain.
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coming up with a record label name that no one has used is impossible. I am just going to let the iCloud strong password generator do it. Looking forward to showing you all what x8fR!2Re33 Records has in store, though!
6th Cir. holds that it was clearly established law that police officer could not slam man to the ground and punch him twice and arrest him for disorderly conduct after the man yelled "Fuck you!" at the officer from his front porch. No QI for officer. www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination
Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination
Jackson’s preferred delegates have won a majority of the seats at next week’s nominating convention to replace Graham Platner.
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Nirav Shah just ended his Senate bid in Maine, hours after Shenna Bellows. It will be Troy Jackson versus Susan Collins this fall, to be confirmed at an upcoming convention.
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago
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...
This is a politician who understands that this is not an indulgence, it's an investment. Every public space where you can have fun and not spend any money is probably more of a crimebuster than 100 cops.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w agoThis summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
I know that I am not the *only* person whose movie bingo card is rapidly filled up by "melodrama about a classical cellist starring Pedro Pascal featuring Will Arnett directed by Tony Gilroy" www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrMG...
BEHEMOTH! | Official Teaser | Searchlight Pictures
YouTube video by SearchlightPictures
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In AI-generated America, everyone is glossy, white-coded, good-looking, and generic, which mirrors the Republican party’s project to dismantle pluralistic democracy, erase difference, and embrace homogeneity.
The Slop Doctrine
Why the right has overwhelmingly embraced terrible AI-generated imagery.
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I did not see this unhinged statement previously. These people really do not understand this country
Hooray! "Bangkok after Dark" (@dukepress.bsky.social) received an Honorable Mention for the Jazz Journalists Association 2025 Book of the Year award. news.jazzjournalists.org/announcing-j...
Announcing! JJA 2026 Book Award Nominees and Honorable Mentions – Jazz Journalists Association News
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This is crucial and often unmentioned. Almost every single diagnosis of declining faith in universities fails to mention that it is runs in parallel to declining faith in almost all American institutions. Any failure to recognize this means it is really flawed or not a serious effort.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3w ago👇🎯 The tell about this is that none of these people claiming academia had a trust problem benchmark universities to other societal institutions or spend any time banging on about the problems with those institutions: bsky.app/profile/mcop...