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N7628 Took off from Austin, Texas, United States.

This Antifa ringleader is reportedly wanted by the FBI. youtube.com/shorts/bXoJz...

My brain just now (or, Why I’m So Inefficient): “Say, I wonder if Martin Landau ever did an episode of the Love Boat. Better check immediately!” (He did not)

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N7628 Took off from Austin, Texas, United States.

"We got the idea from academia," Thiel said. #Satire www.wired.com/story/how-pe...

i have the buffy one, framed, in my office. it ... did not occur to me it was worth that much

Remember when @kamalaharris.com was getting endorsed by the largest Black women’s political group in the nation, @higherheights.bsky.social, & Elizabeth Warren threw together a group of prison abolitionists who used Womxn in their title & the white media treated the groups as equivalent? 1/

"They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real; The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation." www.wsj.com/business/med...

Perhaps something for @jaketapper.bsky.social to investigate. Nah, he’s probably typing away on volume two of his Biden expose.

@repespaillat.bsky.social correctly noted today that the DSA members, demographically unrepresentative of the Black & Brown district they’re trying to take over, are the gentrifiers who are raising rents in the district.

“Kill the messengers, reward the loyalists” would be a pretty good motto for this administration.

I do not understand what London is supposed to do with 100 degrees. The whole premise of that city is that the only weather is damp.

What an amazing game!!!

this game is ridiculous.

Trump’s Reflecting Pool Is Plagued by Multiple Problems https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/trumps-reflecting-pool-is-plagued-by-multiple-problems/

Economic Pressure Fails to Sway Tehran https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/economic-pressure-fails-to-sway-tehran/

Eloy Room's saves are great - also true, Ecuador's shots have been lackluster.

Keir Starmer Expected to Resign on Monday https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/keir-starmer-expected-to-resign-on-monday/

Vance should be heading to the Gulf, where he can demonstrate that the Strait of Hormuz is actually open, by piloting a vessel thought it.

This curaçao goalie is having an insane night

Trump's GOP has relentlessly attacked the base of "working class" voters Trump attracted to the party - and on which it now relies. The inevitable consequences are being felt.

Ecuador has 24 shots and 0 goals. When that stat flashed on the scoreboard here, the fans screamed in exasperation.

lol, so some unnamed vandals poured chemicals into the reflecting pool? Chemicals that turn into algae?

I wanted Ecuador to be the Morocco of this World Cup. The soccer gods have different ideas.

Vance may defect to Iran if this goes any worse.

This again shows how difficult it is to be an incumbent party these days and how extraordinary it is that @kamalaharris.com nearly won in 2024 in this anti-incumbent era.

"Polymarket built near-perfect copies of its website, then instructed creators to make simulated trades...and hide that they were being paid by Polymarket." US market is targeted, even though Polymarket's platform is banned here; the company knows you can access via VPN www.wsj.com/business/med...

The Ecuador fans are not happy. I don't understand Spanish well, but I've heard more than a few curse words uttered by the Ecuador faithful around me.

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons gif

Phillies I love you so much for this but can you do this when we have Kruk on the air because it would introduce new thoughts and phrases to the lexicon that we can’t even imagine

Still processing that conservatives spent decades insisting that religious institutions and wealthy philanthropists should take care of poor and desperate people (rather than governments) and then the last few years insisting that both divest from empathy, charity, and philanthropy.

I take no joy in human suffering except for when it’s teams I like doling out hilarious beatings to teams I hate. I am currently cackling

Narrator: Trump's thugs arrested an Olympic cyclist for touching some peeling, algae covered paint.

@crampell.bsky.social on RFK, Jr. coming for our blue M&Ms.

Other than Achieving Our Country, the best Rorty book is not actually by Rorty, it’s William Curtis’s Defending Rorty www.liberalcurrents.com/one-liberal-...

It's quite a drop-off from Cyrus Vance dealing with Iran in the 1970s to JD Vance doing it now.

I'm just a Professor at CUNY Brooklyn College, a teaching college, where I teach many students.... and also published a major reinterpretation of US migration and *citizenship* history. Teaching and research are not zero sum. CUNY is however chronically underfunded. Ponderous read. Skip it. 🙄

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a kaiju movie

A classic. I mean, stop it. I never wanted to move to <Brooklyn>. My comments are always questions. And high-top Chucks absolutely hurt, both feet and back, even when I’m wearing Darn Tough socks. As for word counts and artisanal whiskey, get off my damn lawn 🧐😂

Again, I guess this wasn't news earlier because Haberman & Swan needed to make money publishing books instead of doing their jobs. Congrats again, too, to the elites who told us this man was a credible Treasury Secretary because it’s a Big Club & he had the right degrees & went to the right parties

For the record: Not government waste: Low-income people staying on Medicaid and SNAP. Actual government waste: ⬇️

Stein’s Law remains undefeated 🇬🇧

lol “embrace war mindset,” a phrase coined by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com to talk about taking resistance seriously, in a video about Virginia democrats and the state Supreme Court

Streets of Belfast

Conservative activist academics Robert P. George & Nicholas Christakis think free speech by university employees off the job is a problem if it favors Democrats. Neither has shown this biases faculty teaching or research They're just upset because these people are Democrats in their private lives.

Standing on principle, when the principle is valorizing Nazi collaborators may not be a great idea.

Vuvuzelas are slightly annoying on TV. They are evil ear-torture devices in person. Possession of one should be a felony.

Zohran Mamdani is actively campaigning for two antisemites, Darializa Avila Chevalier & Claire Valdez, for Congress. This will always be an important part of his record as NYC Mayor. Both must be defeated to send a clear message to leftists that antisemitism has no place in the Democratic Party.

Despite the difficulty in getting here, I'm excited to see my first World Cup game. The view from our seats is pretty awesome.

This loathsome scum is such a toxic misogynist.

Trump will easily be the most racist president in office for any of the major 50-year anniversaries in our nation's history. He's obviously much more racist than the anti-racists John Quincy Adams (1826) & Ulysses S. Grant (1876), as well as Coolidge (1926) & Ford (1976).

This is a total mess. After getting through the outer gate, we walked half way around the stadium to the inner gate we were told we had to use, only to have the path closed for VIPs. They said we had to walk around the entire stadium the other way. After complaining, they let us enter another gate.

Russia Faces Spreading Fuel Shortages https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/russia-faces-spreading-fuel-shortages/

Meloni Tells Trump to Stop ‘Constant’ Attacks https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/meloni-tells-trump-to-stop-constant-attacks/

Nmecha’s pass is perfect, too

Trump Privately Mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/trump-privately-mocked-zuckerberg-and-bezos/

Another odd FIFA decision: they are using gate names that don't exist on the Arrowhead map. I presume this is because some gates are sponsored (eg the Hy-Vee Gate), but it's really confusing.

Oil Market Faces Months of Uncertainty Despite Deal https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/oil-market-faces-months-of-uncertainty-despite-deal/

The very beautiful (and slightly over-the-top) Flower Memorial Library in Watertown, NY.

Historian here @gregsargent.bsky.social quotes Lincoln beautifully: That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world.

I FOR ONE APPLAUD THE USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PROTECT THE ALGAE. With the Strait closed again, we need the biofuel. #Satire

Trump Threatens Hormuz Toll if Iran Deal Fails https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/trump-threatens-hormuz-toll-if-iran-deal-fails/

Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Fighting https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/israel-and-hezbollah-are-still-fighting/

Meloni Fires Back at Trump over Popularity Jab https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/meloni-fires-back-at-trump-over-popularity-jab/

Trump’s Iran Deal Reveals U.S. Economic Vulnerability https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/trumps-iran-deal-reveals-u-s-economic-vulnerability/

Rahm Emanuel Says Trump ‘Got Schooled’ by Iran https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/rahm-emanuel-says-trump-got-schooled-by-iran/

Time to go get a döner kebab

Lara Trump Spreads Misinformation on Obama Center https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/lara-trump-falsely-claims-taxpayers-funded-obama-center/

Vance Heads to Switzerland for Iran Nuclear Talks https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/20/us-iran-negotiations-resume-with-vance-after-iran-shuts-hormuz-strait/

Deniz Undav gets a new contract after this.

Jake Tapper, the least self-aware journalist in American history.

This man is such an absolute joke.

Both teams just not even trying to win this with open shots

Ivory Coast can score again, I write hopefully.

NYC ….!

"Scaling up production across the sector also requires more cheese to be made. But Americans are gunning for more protein, not necessarily more cheese. So some producers are making more cheese for its byproduct whey, even if that means selling the leftover curds into a weaker market."

Undav!!!! 🇩🇪

2 hours and 45 minutes before the game, the line to get in is insane. My photos can't even capture it all. FIFA's decision to only use 2 of Arrowhead's gates is insane.

Interesting that Trump didn't have this same attitude toward the serious destruction his domestic terrorists did to our nation's Capitol on January 6th.

Who would do such a thing?

So many empty seats - thanks FIFA.

The Millennial Left has the same hero worship cult about Mamdani that MAGA has about Trump.

This will do.

Approaching my Father's Day gift.

Any anti-Trump candidate needs, at a minimum, to promise legislation to eliminate any form of little green men in the United States. And the only way to enact any major anti-Trump legislation that is enforced is Supreme Court reform. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_...

Yeah, wouldn't want to rush things. Its not like it may fall apart after a few hours.

Just like the Founders wanted

Well, friends, Maximum Dog was too persistent for the bodysuit, so we have upgraded to the donut. He's not as enthusiastic about it as we are.

Underestimate this Côte d’Ivoire team at your own peril.

The Cubs' bullpen is blowing this game.

Annual tuition at the University of South Carolina: 2019-20: $12,688 2026-27: $12,688 Annual tuition* at my home state's flagship, the scandal-ridden Ohio State University: 2019-20: $11,084 2026-27: $14,050 *incoming students This comparison really shows the effects of freezing tuition.

Meanwhile, the Mamdani "slate" is being funded by a rich supporter of Greg Abbott and Marge Greene

My husband’s cousin found my book Coverage Denied in the wild! If you’re interested in learning more about the politics driving the all-too-prevalent health insurance barriers in the U.S., and how this shapes patients’ and physicians’ experiences of burden, give it a read! a.co/d/01eRsyF1

Well, something good I do in spades.

C’est équipe…dangereuse

What the heck Germany?

Wow, Cote D'Ivoire! In the first 30 mins!