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gatdammit i think i'm gonna have to rejoin instagram for organizing purposes

I need a skilled science communicator to write this up.

Morning Brew office party.

Charlotte Charke started dressing like a classic dandy at the age of four. She dressed and worked as a man for most of her life, and became (in)famous for playing men on stage. She even had a wife, for many years. And then... she went too far and pissed off her dad. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

welcome to the racist, bigoted, fascist surveillance state, fueled by Trump, "A.i.," and your favorite tech billionaires sorry no jetpacks also your home printer still sucks

Mamdani is so fucking smart. Wow. THIS is the discourse we need on guns, the most pernicious horror we constantly shrug at in this rapidly degrading republic.

[AI reading an AI's writing] goddamnit, did Jerry write this? he's the worst.

"This patio has changed my life."

me when you point out my typos

a few years ago, I was dating a man and I played him this new artist I had stumbled across named Jensen McRae and he was like “gross” and told me my taste in music was just “shitty girls with guitars” anyway that man’s career has stalled but Jensen McRae is doing well and I am still her fan

I spoke to the trans woman who was assaulted at Barton Springs in Austin this weekend. Despite everything, she said that the bystander who stepped in and the support she's gotten makes her believe Austin is "a safe space for people like me." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

As the highest-profile Black woman in politics, Kamala Harris is not unlike many Black women now weighing if or how they will wield power in our democracy going forward.

Asked whether slain Officer Didarul Islam’s family brought up his “defund the police” tweets from 2020, Zohran Mamdani replied, “none of that came up.” hellgatenyc.com/zohran-mamda...

I spoke to the trans woman who was assaulted at Barton Springs in Austin this week. Police are aware of the identities of the three men who assaulted her and a bystander. Despite everything, she said that the bystander who stepped in has given her faith in Austin. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

This is the Smotrich-Putin Axis, right?

"oh snap"

Gritty killed Epstein

🚨 WE'RE HAVING AN EAR SITUATION🚨

Another Ivy buries itself by capitulating to fascism.

This seems big. And, appropriate.

Cool news: The outdated Bloomingdale Library on W. 100th St. is proposed to be knocked down, replaced by a new building with 850 units, including affordable apartments, and a brand new library at its base. A win-win. We need creative plans like this all over NYC.

When Adult Lap Swim gloriously returned after a six year hiatus, swimmers rejoiced. Even in its most feeble form, swimmers could finally do laps in (relative) peace. But one thing that the Parks Department didn't plan for? THE IMMENSE POWER OF THE SUN. hellgatenyc.com/so-hot-no-po...

when wokeness comes back we're renaming the Austin American Statesman to the Austin American Statesthem

stop doing the “are you surprised?!?” thing or you too will get blocked

Who in marketing thought this was a good idea?

Correct amount of respect for the American voter would be asserting that Trump was president in 2024

Remember when Jim Schlossnagle said he wasn't going to leave A&M for UT, yelled at the reporter who asked, then barely 24 hours later left A&M for UT baseball

just found out some dope information

everyone in your eugenics group chat is The Democratic Party

the City Council said, nope, no casino in The Bronx and Mayor Eric Adams said: now wait just a minute

pro-Epstein coverage in the NY Post when Dershowitz was representing him? huh

By undoing the “endangerment finding,” it would weaken the government’s ability to limit climate warming emissions. Children, in particular, are more susceptible to air pollution caused by these emissions due to their still developing lungs. www.instagram.com/p/DMvzF16P55...

We should have a federal anti gerrymandering law that allows no more than a 10% differential between anticipated house seat balance and the last Senate election. Ted Cruz got 53% of the vote, so Republicans should not be able to lock down more than 63% of the house seats via gerrymandering.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision not to run has cleared the field for the many prominent Democrats looking to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Widjet let me pick him up, so obviously tomorrow is a good time to take him (in the plastic clam shell he thinks is a happy little cat-cubby house) back to the vet for another round of blood tests Sometimes older cats appear to be close to the end for no reason and bounce back But we have to check

"Brown also agreed to adopt Trump’s definitions of a male and female." 🙄

was george w bush a good sports team owner?

Michelle Cretella is a conservative activist with an expired medical license who calls herself a doctor to spread anti-trans misinformation. Learn more by watching our video on YouTube or TikTok, and subscribe for more videos twice a week! youtube.com/shorts/2IDds... www.tiktok.com/@assignedmed...

will kim davis ever go away or

Wondering if there are model codes for what constitutes something like "reckless cycling." Locally, the influx of heavier, more powerful ebikes is an issue but IMO it's a sub-class of riders and rider behavior that people see as a problem, not something intrinsic to ebikes.

Learning all of the wrong lessons from the situation with Columbia. As @profmarkovic.bsky.social and I discussed yesterday, these settlements yield substantial ground in return for highly uncertain benefits. This follows my stated expectation that another major university would settle before Harvard

I called @durbin.senate.gov & spoke with a staffer; I called @duckworth.senate.gov & left a msg. I made a point of noting that I'm Jewish & a dual Am-Israeli citizen. That the world could have stopped this—that AMERICA could have stopped this—months, nigh on years, ago will haunt me to my grave.

Sir the primary happened over a month ago

About 85% of federal detainees held in U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody at the Plymouth County detention center this year have been classified as “no ICE threat” by the agency, according to federal data analyzed by WBUR.

It's true, I test this regularly. For science.

Yarvin is both intellectually lazy and a coward

“A CBS News analysis of the video the FBI made public earlier this month reveals that the recording doesn't provide a clear view of the entrance to Epstein's cell block — one of several contradictions between officials' descriptions of the video and the video itself.”

The longtime East Village filmmaker behind "The Gods of Times Square" reflects on the time he spent shooting pool, collecting coins, and capturing the end of an era in New York City. hellgatenyc.com/richard-sand...

Deleted my share of that bullshit post from Unusual Whales - apologies for amplifying falsehood. If UW doesn't delete their post as well, I'll block them. No time for that in 2025. Thanks to everyone who chimed in with the correction!

This is how you get Kaiju

🚨 trans cinema in houston alert 🚨 MFAH is showing Vera Drew's The People's Joker next Friday: www.mfah.org/calendar/the...

The Houston Museum of Fine Arts is showing People's Joker next Friday, if you're feeling like seeing some sick trans cinema in town www.mfah.org/calendar/the...

I've run out of words

Bezos running off Sally Jenkins, another masterstroke

Ted Cruz out there campaigning for Mamdani instead of worrying about Texas. 🤷🏻‍♀️

"Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk." Hala was 14 when she was killed. Reem was 3 when she was killed; her brother Tariq was 5. gift link: wapo.st/3IRLZn6

This is a good thread on Texas redistricting, how Republicans locked down a previously purple state, how they're about to try and do it again, and the ways that doing so could make them vulnerable

Opinion: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH by me (related this WaPo piece by Zaid Jilani)

i love that the two people with cameras are like eeeh yeah don’t really need a picture of this guy

Gave the dog a treat hours ago and came back inside to find him savoring it. Incredibly mature behavior. (He’s two and a half, we’ve had him since he was a puppy.)

Today in boat: there was a little water in the bilge so I tasted it and it was fresh. So that’s good.

Breaking News: Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she would not be running for governor of California. “For now, my leadership — and public service — will not be in elected office,” Harris said in a statement. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

I come away feeling like Saatchi would understand his own product’s appeal a lot more if he understood how fandom and specifically how fanfiction works.

Officials and residents from the town of Louisburg gathered Tuesday outside of the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a surprise change to the town’s mayoral election process. via @ncnewsline.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

Ahhrgarrrrasaahhhgggrrra!

We've put together a table showing how the new TX GOP congressional redistricting plan moves population between districts, compared to the current map --> docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Every child here was killed before they'd turned one.

Car culture as patriarchy = true

gift link: wapo.st/3IRLZn6 🧵 Attached to this, WaPo is posting a long thread of names with some details of these children's (many of them babies) deaths; I'll RT those posts individually.

Creeps and cheaters.

why the hell is ryan gusto pitching like he's roger clemens

Kamala Harris announces that she will not run for Governor of California.

please let me be rich instead of whoever built this house, I would be so much better at having money

Massachusetts lawmakers Wednesday announced they'd reached an agreement among themselves to expand the public defender agency and raise hourly rates for private attorneys who take on indigent defendants — though for less than what the attorneys are asking for.

Masked agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Zia S. on July 16 outside an immigration office in East Hartford, Connecticut, following a routine appointment for his green card application. He’s in detention at the Plymouth County jail and fears deportation to Afghanistan.

“He says it’s a core childhood memory he wants to be part of. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Our food truck wagon has an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a microwave, and an ice maker." A Kerrville couple builds custom wagons that their clients use as mobile shops, outdoor bars, ticket booths, backyard kitchens, and more.

You can read the story here: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is passing on a run for California governor, she announced on Wednesday. “For now, my leadership—and public service—will not be in elected office."

A local news website run by a disgraced former state lawmaker who has faced child sex charges and espoused racist views is taking fire for posting racist AI-generated cartoons aimed at a Republican state lawmaker. via @azmirror.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/raci...

In a truly dystopian move, payment processors decide what media people are and are not allowed to purchase. Brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social

Literally playing in my head at some point every damn day these days. This world, Christ.

Matthew Abtahi was the director of Northwestern’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center until he was fired in April. Northwestern’s legal counsel advised him to remove information on all-gender bathrooms as well as references to national nonprofits like the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline.

pleased to report it’s over for yall

Strong work here defector.com/have-you-hea...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 30,1948

A+ quote told to @jmartineznyc.bsky.social: “With the stratification of pizza also comes the stratification of fares.”

“We’ve gotten rid of the woke. Woke is gone.” —President Donald J. Trump, July 31, 2025

Arab states call on Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in unprecedented move www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/m...

Damn! This farewell letter. Some people can write 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚! Writing teachers, take note.

this mfer thought there was a guy named Burn Bag

If the starvation of civilians in Gaza horrifies you, please call your US senators and demand they vote in favor of Sanders' resolutions to block weapons transfers to the Israeli government. Find your reps here: reps.fyi

"at CBS, we fire people who are too popular"

Incredibly important thread. Please read and then call your reps and demand they cut off funding for Israel until it institutes an immediate ceasefire and allows medical aid and food to flow freely. Find your reps here: reps.fyi

I have been traded to the Austin American Statesman for cash considerations

Some of the most dissonant consecutive paragraphs you'll ever read, from "no ideology! just objective jounalism at the level of Murrow and Cronkite!" directly into "we need Bari Weiss as a key voice!" Prediction: failson flails, will fail.

We've put together a table showing how the new TX GOP congressional redistricting plan moves population between districts, compared to the current map -->

Nebraska and Iowa tied for the states with the largest losses of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2025, of 6.1%, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. via @nebraskaexaminer.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/feds...

I *highly* recommend this podcast to anyone who wants to understand more about women in sports

I'm muting or possibly blocking anyone who maliciously tries to start or deepen in-fighting between "liberals" and "the left." I'm also blocking anyone who says we should throw trans people (or immigrants, or the unhoused, or or or) under the bus to win elections.