Senator is actually one of the jobs where your views on foreign policy matter most and it's a genuinely incredible thing that the Democratic candidate for Michigan is someone who wants to end aid to Israel, Egypt and the UAE and not a mindless drone who wanted to give Netanyahu another $20B.

it's heeeeeere, you may now read my essay about how i achieved the millennial dream of home ownership and immediately lost my mind on nextdoor. thanks to the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org crew for their ongoing support of me being Like This

How I became the villain of El Cerrito’s Nextdoor

“I had a panic attack. Then I wrote an apology letter.”

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A friend told me her first relationship ended because the guy wanted her to shave her armpits. She had no interest in doing it, but he was really insistent. She said, "Ok, we'll compromise, I'll shave one armpit, so we'll each have one we like." He got really agitated then and said "That's WORSE!"

When I was a boy, blowing up the moon was just a beautiful dream. Now it's science fact!

Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon

YouTube video by Laser Time

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

"this endeavor feels, to me, like the thousandth paper cut; it’s a facile fuck-you to thinking people, to working people, to people who actually give a shit about health and grocery prices and science and truth, and cooking, and eating, and talking..."

Maria Bustillos@mariabustillos.com · 21h ago

Have now been snorting with laughter at random for days remembering different lines from @lauriewoolever.bsky.social's review of the RFK Jr. "cooking show" flaminghydra.com/issue-621/

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

BOURDAIN (voiceover): I found myself surrounded by discarded objects. An empty soda can, a dead battery. Life becomes death. But death can become life. The simmering pot with its spicy aroma in front of me is proof. BOURDAIN: What's in this dish? ME: Pikmin BOURDAIN: Pikmin. Oh man that's good.

Just a note that @jbendery.bsky.social is 100% worth following. Always finds stories like these that matter, and yet are a bit under the radar.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 3h ago

Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

My friend told me her 10 yo daughter is growing out her hair after a teacher at school barred her from entering the girl’s bathroom last year because of her short hair. Can you believe this shit? And the school never apologized for this act of bullying.

Jane Schoenbrun’s first two hybrid horror-dramas amazed Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and Emma Stone. Their third film, a highly anticipated meta-slasher starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, already won over Cannes. What’s next?

The Dawn of Jane Schoenbrun

Jane Schoenbrun’s first two hybrid horror-dramas amazed Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and Emma Stone. Their third film, a highly anticipated meta-slasher starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, already won over Cannes. What’s next?

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hey @joshuajfriedman.com if there's one thing I might beg you to communicate internally - the (a?) core of bluesky users want opt-in instead of opt-out, because we don't trust social media corporations to ever do good thngs. It's a learned distrust, and it might not be fair, but it's there.

It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.

With a quote from the CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board: '"Although it may be great for the government to get the spots that they want, it would be bad for the consumer, because that would be taking another 250 spots away from people looking to park in the city of Boston," Vasil said.'

Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 20h ago

ICE looking to lease 249 parking spaces in downtown Boston for immigrant-grabbing purposes www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...

Take notes, Andrew Cuomo and Chuck Schumer

VoteHub@votehub.com · 4h ago

NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

You're paying $2,358 in federal taxes for Trump's mass deportations. @epi.org 's new calculator shows what your community could have instead www.epi.org/deportation-...

This label is so useful for knowing who to block on sight

CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air

this is so fucking disgusting.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

sharp column on how boston is losing creative indie restaurants (pricey rents, staff can't afford to live here, etc) and how something needs to change to fix it

‘People are leaving’: Independent restaurants in Boston are at a tipping point - The Boston Globe

In Boston, local, independent dining is at a tipping point.

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remember when Sheryl invited a bunch of feminist bloggers to dinner and they all wrote nice things about her airport book being the future of feminism

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 20h ago

Lean In To Fascism

obsessed with these sandwich studies by @mnnfrr.bsky.social

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

kona gold restaurant, randolph, massachusetts, 1984

Hemingway's baby shoes has nothing on the economy or affective power of these two words. I'm in pieces.

he won by the same margin as Trump, which represented "a huge mandate" back then.

Politico@politico.com · 10h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

“read the article darth” they said “it will be fun” they said

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

I am seeing this exact exchange playing out across social media. Moulton going so low is turning away voters.

This should be much bigger news

Gail Waldby ❌👑@gailwaldby.bsky.social · 2d ago

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

I love that AI companies are all like "we just have a marketing problem" when regular people are having AI experiences like this all over the place every single day

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · yesterday

Gotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.