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on the one hand you could argue that there's a body of evidence that the British were once feared across the world but on the other hand they did eat watercress sandwiches in public so I'm inclined to disbelieve it

Yup! I think people overlook that one reason YouTube is dominant is because its system is simple and works very well.

I’m excited to tell you that Machine Gun Kelly and Jelly Roll’s “Lonely Road” may be the single worst song I’ve ever heard in my life

A reminder that none of the three Gazans who were verified in the Gizmodo article have been able to keep steady accounts on Bluesky- they are all continually deleted

So sorry to hear that. But so in awe of your father!

And so unselfconscious!

Again, my original post was about the arguments why people should *not* vote for Mamdani because of a box he checked-- -- were similiar to (mostly white people's) attempts to discredit Harris's Blackness because of her Caribbean and Indian heritage. Are our memories really that short?

Sorry, Granville-Barker, with the hyphen he added at some point or other. And here are two photos of him being alluring.

Read my post again. This is about the attempts to convince Black and White voters not to vote for politicians who claim African/ Caribbean heritage-- by claiming they are fraudulently cosplaying as Black -- as if being Black grants power and privilege. Yes, its absurd, and that is the point.

Shall we keep chasing this murderous fish till he swamps the last man?

I’m so sick about these little girl campers in Texas. I hope they find all of them.

The last decade has really been a whole daily lesson in learning that people will literally look at words with fixed objective meanings and then just sub in whatever bespoke meaning they want it to have in that sentence instead

I am begging people to read closely. I said *Black international*/ "African" heritage. Meaning Caribbean or African roots. Harris- Jamaican Obama-Kenyan Mamadani- Ugandan. Does this make sense?

Check this out!! I just backed Noir Is The New Black: S02E01 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/fai...

I 99.9% want this story told because people in Gaza deserve to be recognized as real people but .1% of me is very much like- fuck you

Georgie was so put out this morning when we walked by a shop that usually has a water bowl and didn’t have a water bowl. Proper Karen moment for her if I’m honest

The museum is back! We can have fun things!

Today’s Bible reading taught me that the unified kingdom of Israel fell apart because Soloman’s son told a group of people petitioning him for better treatment “my little finger is thicker than all your dad’s dicks”

Yeah. That was bad too.

By the end of this year, WF will be the one major con I've never done, if this is true maybe I should change that

for all the 'bluesky is an echo chamber' discourse, going on twitter makes me feel genuinely insane, i didn't realize how bad it had gotten over there

Eric Adams should be launched into the sun

A small bit of good news: This video received more than 100,000 views on Instagram.

Great people doing great work that could use your support if you’ve got a few books to share!

The guy literally produced an entire song highlighting his love for Kampala for the soundtrack of a Disney movie his mother directed and he was the music supervisor: youtu.be/DZ1OblYm5YY?...

When I was still trying to be a freelance media reporter in 2018, I tried to report on this, interviewed several people and pitched it to 6 or 7 places. After it was finally accepted by an outlet, an editor higher up killed the story.

they will not do this, because it's seen as a NYC politics story not a higher ed/science story

cholent, I have never liked it and never will

with die respect to my jewish peeps, since I have never had the chance to try it, does ANYONE like gefilte fish? feels like every Jewish friend I have only has horror stories of being forced to eat gefilte fish

It is genuinely really refreshing to read reporting that just treats Palestinians as people

Ahmed’s fundraiser is brand new (he made it to help his mom) so even small donations can really help ❤️

oh my god lmao this thread

Also celebrating, this Fifth of July, the sight of a young William Hurt smooching a young and three-quarters-naked Jeff Daniels.

In fact, the way certain people have lined up against him and relentlessly begun to attack has had the opposite effect on skeptical Black voters because we never forget who the enemy is and has been.

this is a fantasy... honey doesnt rot, either

hard to imagine the enormity of how tragic this texas summer camp story is. 25 girls missing, and at least nine children among the dead. my god.

17.9% of the Texas population is an immigrant (most not US citizens or eligible to vote) 479,000 Texans are disenfranchised because of felony convictions Almost 25% of Texans are literal children More people voted for Kamala in Texas than in all of New England combined

Correct. The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them. See Obama, Harris, Mamdani. Clockwork. Nasty work.

I think San Francisco should get some kind of award for having the world’s most disturbing public art.

cousin reminded about when we took a cab from a bar and the cab driver muttered something about "why are we bringing in all these people from the third world" and apparently I said "I was invited here to replace you" and he didn't speak again the whole trip and why do I have no recollection of this

In 20-goddamn-19 this man praised unreconstructed racist and segregationist Senator Jim Eastland for their friendly relationship when he entered the Senate. When the two Black candidates asked him to apologize, Biden responded by telling *them* to apologize for insinuating he was racist.

Voter suppression Social media manipulation Regular ole media manipulation But still people coming to the conclusion that everyone who voted a certain way did so because they are die-hard true believers Facts do not match conclusion 🫠

Yeah, I’m totally expecting to lose my health insurance over the next three years. Gonna have to make a new plan.

just one of many small actions you can take that make a huge difference in your community, especially now in the face of SNAP cuts — and seriously, no one can stretch a dollar like a food bank

Youtubers doing meet and greets will never not be weird to me but if someone ever put together a Bluesky bash where I could spend an evening with some of you sickos I would be so down and yes it is hypocritical what can I say I contain multitudes

Does anyone who actually follows me want to tell them

Next time anyone teams up with a Laurelai Bailey alt to claim I’m “definitely on the take” may they also be cursed by having a national news story make them look like a fool in print

Working on a thousand page romantasy about a flatworm and a ringworm titled Fluke. Might be wurmpunk, too.

The question is which culture to choose from…as a Pennsylvanian I’d say Lebanon bologna. Disgusting stuff

If anyone wants to apologize for calling Gazans fake via donation here’s the links for the three people featured (and verified) in this article: Saeed: www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-... Sahar: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-... Hany: chuffed.org/project/save...

Hi, lots to doomscroll today. Have you had something to eat, taken your meds or had a glass of water? Is there an offline activity you would like to do instead of doomscrolling? You still deserve joy, comfort and safety. Max loves you!

Happy Fifth of July to all the leftists and losers and shylocks and shysters who hate this great country of ours!

colonialism is so complicated my mom's ancestors invaded and drove my dad's ancestors from their lands and forced them into the south to resettle there and all this was like 3600 years before the British ever knew India existed

Let the National Weather Service do their work And when they do their work, for the love of children, listen to them

The only thing I really want to add factually to this article is that when Matt messaged me for Sahar’s contact information after the shoe accusation this was her response ❤️

today's mysterious random theater photo of the day: Guy Kibbee in a rehearsal shot for the NYC-bound Signor Chicago, Edward Chodorov's adaptation of a Harley Granville Barker adaptation of a Spanish play titled The Women Have Their Way; it closed in Philadelphia. But who are the others?

Hi I'm a 54 year old divorced father of 24 whose kids all hate him, my hobbies include shooting at poor people, pulling wings off flies and romantic walks through concentration camps and I am politically homeless

If you have the urge to dunk on Texas because of this flood, may I remind you that there are a significant number of people including little kids who were at camp who are dead. Their loved ones will have to identify their mangled bloated bodies. So have some sense and STFU.

Happy first day of the Tour de France!

I’d say these days about 90% of my verifications are done via referral- Gaza is a small town essentially

IWAMFW We ain't going back.

Hast thou ever helped carry a bier, and heard the coffin knock against the churchyard gate, going in?

I think this point about the fact that a lot of people in red states vote blue is something that people often forget And regardless, no one deserves a death sentence for anything ever

Mahmoud was injured trying to get flour yesterday 💔

I’m really reticent to ever talk to the press but I trusted Matt to tell the stories of Gazans when I did and I’m so glad that he did ❤️

Yes. And declaring that you subscribe to their crackpotism in the face of all evidence is a way of bragging about how your social support is so strong that you can turn your back on established facts.

TIL that DBC is Indian

Former federal and state prosecutor, and a Marine

Why? Why don't they know? Whose responsibility is it to ensure they know, how are those mechanisms failing, and what can we do to repair or replace them? Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.

Also vindication for Blanket Man

Children depend on their adults and the adults who have power over their communities to keep them safe. I hate when the adults don’t do that.

the number of people who will be like "you have to try it in Bombay" "you have to try it in Ratnagiri" "you have to try it from this one specific vendor in Pune at exactly 3 am on a Tuesday when Venus is in ascension across Saturn" like it just sucks what do you want me to do why don't you git gud

If I catch a case today y'all it's because we have some yokels in the quiet car this morning and I have not had enough coffee yet

POOLMAAAAAN! Chris Pine swimming in a poooool. Scraggly beard and looking cool.

Have to say, I pay for the commercial-free version.

All Things Considered replayed a bit from one of my best stories for NPR; a look at the history of spiritual-turned-civil rights anthem This Little Light of Mine. The story led to revision of its Wikipedia page, highlighting the inspirational power of music. LISTEN: loom.ly/qPzLCmE

whats really happening here is they've traded joy for access to greater wealth and they are too self obsessed to ever question the wisdom of their choice but still feel themselves rotting from the inside out because humans are designed to seek out joy way more than they are to seek possessions

i'm not hearing a take on pickle beer here matthew

at the eagle in osaka and listening to a gay kazakh dance track that samples the theme song from “beverly hills cop.” globalization!

what's a traditional food of your people/culture that everyone else seems to love that you absolutely cannot stand? for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste

when I was a kid I read about an AI called Deep Blue that defeated the world no. 1 in chess and currently the AI doesn't even know what a chessboard is, it feels like things have gone in the opposite direction to what we were promised

This article features a lot of familiar faces ❤️ gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-...

Happy Shirley Knight's birthday! ❤️

Question (which I’ll delete when I have the answer): Am I correctly reading that the NWS sent out a flood watch warning 16 hours (1 pm) before Kerr County amplified it (5am)? And the camp didn’t evacuate despite these warnings?

someone who does socioeconomic history needs to do a thing on whether Nintendo Derangement Syndrome is just downstream of the 80s Japanese Capitalism Bad Our Capitalism Good stuff, or is a whole separate phenomenon but either way, the number of clickbaity negative pieces about them is fascinating

David Suzuki telling it like it is, whew.

NYT: “the Black woman SCOTUS justice is uppity”

well, that's not good [h/t @angryalgonquin.bsky.social]

look if one of you actually makes it to public office and wants a shitposter on staff, hmu. That I can do for you.

you know there is one thing everyone could have that billionaires now have: "a meaningful say over their work, their lives, and the places they live". don't think Altman will like the story of how we get that for everyone tho

100%. This has been one of the most powerful lessons I've ever learned.

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but pls stop asking me to run for some public office, for one I am not eligible and two, the last thing the world needs is more shitposters in positions that should be occupied by serious people

Thing is I don't thing anyone is particularly worried about going to war against a bunch of men armed with weak chins

so they're not going to allow Kemi Badenoch on TV anymore?

amid the whirl of woe he feels, a deep stupor steals over him, as over the man who bleeds to death

Hello 911 I need a person removed from inside my house they have been looking in my fridge without permission

How many times have I seen crashes where Tesla said that Autopilot wasn’t engaged and so it couldn’t be a fault of FSD?

The funny thing about having a legal name that is kind of similar to the nickname that is the only name you ever use is that is eventually someone will see your legal name and then assume they’ve been calling you the wrong name this whole time and start calling you that and it’s weird for everyone

Reminder that this session is today at @socialismconference.org. Also, if you preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart through my favorite indie bookstore, you'll receive a special note from me, tucked into your book, when it's released on November 4.

This is a really good piece that's asking some extremely pertinent and poignant questions about the character, and honestly feels like anyone wanting to make a Superman story should be grappling with them. But I can fix him