The systemic element is important because it allows for things like segregation, violence & overpolicing to be handled by the state while exclusifying & privatizing safety, education & security so that settlers can still feel liberal & Not Racist & even disapproving as they aren’t actively doing it.

In general people need to expand their understanding of gentrification as not just a free market phenomenon that happens in a vacuum but rather an intentional result of policy that rewards systemic denial of resources to places where people can afford to live & brings violence to those who remain.

Congrats DR Congo! They had to quarantine in Belgium before the World Cup due to the devastating Ebola outbreak, yet still made it to the knockout stage for the first time in history!

dog shit country, truly

MAGA streamer arrested at Trump's state fair...for masturbating in front of female acrobats while dressed as Uncle Sam.

Your regular reminder women get more time for killing their abusers than men do for killing their victims. Remember that before you flippantly tell women to just get a gun, just learn self-defense, to dismiss & silence their critique of domestic abuse.

Governor declares state of emergency due to widespread flooding across Kentucky kentuckylantern.com?p=41127

US launches second night of strikes against Iran after ship struck by drone https://aje.news/g8rqs8

Yikes

Jesus. 68,900 reported missing in Venezuela.

absolutely amazing. just straight up lying and then immediately doubling down on the lying bc it Really Makes You Think

"To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot." A shame A24 don't agree with him, sell outs. deadline.com/2026/06/back...

Shrapnel. Concussion. Lung damage. Hearing loss. Vision loss. Military officials say that they were “Not seriously injured.” Wounded troops are now accusing Pentagon officials of covering up the extent of their injuries due to the Iran war. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A0TpvbfKdTVu...

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after detailing the Trump family's corruption, Ossoff says "if you're involved in any of this, next year you'll be raising your right hand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth, and so help you God before Congress."

Ossoff: "Citizens United was the most destructive court decision in modern history. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, corporate money, billionaire money. Trump's rise is a symptom of this deeper disease. Our task is not just to contain his wickedness, but to cure the rot that gave rise to it."

Ossoff: "The president was so humiliated in Hormuz he threw his toys out the stroller & refused to sign the affordable housing bill. That's after he gave some felon donor a no bid contract for the reflecting pool & it filled up with algae, which for some reason required the deployment of the Guard."

If you live in a major American city, scenes like this are probably happening near you. Intensive "boot camps," teaching men how to talk to and pick up women, are taking place across the country as people grapple to recover a lost art: face-to-face conversation. https://cnn.it/3QETCli

Dr. Joseph Mercola, a vaccine skeptic with millions of followers, told parents for years that vitamin K shots were unnecessary for newborns. Now he's changed his mind. The reversal came after we contacted him while reporting on babies who died after parents declined the shot: propub.li/4aowazm

You really can't divorce celebrity culture from internet culture, which is rife with superficial and temperamental "fans." The blow up is the new, shiny trend. Once you reach the status quo (famous), you become less remarkable. Especially if your new material isn't keeping up with your star power. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Some people confuse "fuck it, I'll do it" types for bootstrapping control freaks or perfectionists. It's mainly that I'll be damned if I let someone more unskilled, ignorant, and sluggish than me fuck up something that I care about. What good is "help" if it's not reliable and/or makes things worse?

Twitter (X)’s head of product tried to defend Flock cameras — and was hit with a Community Note

LEAVE HER ALONE

Having kids in grad school comes with more costs for women than men. "Citation scores for women who started to have children before the age of 30 were 14% lower than comparable men and 21% less than women who waited until their late 30s to start having children." www.science.org/content/arti...

I still had to abide by "minutes"

you could get fired from The Dollar Store for saying things the Secretary of Defense or a Supreme Court Justice have said

its crazy how one of the only jobs where you can openly espouse the most disgusting gutter racism on-the-clock is “person who makes laws and is in charge of everything”

NEW: A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states.

Kentucky, we’ve seen a significant amount of rain across the state, which has caused flooding in some areas. Repeated storms are continuing today, with more heavy rain and thunderstorms. Please be alert and avoid driving through high water.

Steve Jobs predicted cities would be designed around this device, which was "as big a deal as the PC." Jeff Bezos called it "one of the most famous and anticipated product introductions of all time." don't let our tech lords fool you into believing they can predict the future.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

Fresh off of endorsing Chris Rufo —by name—and his vision to destroy higher education, Yale is rushing to help the Trump admin resegregate education. An absolute disgrace.

One year ago.

BREAKING: The Trump DOJ is rushing to appeal after MeidasTouch host Katie Phang won a major court victory in her lawsuit seeking greater transparency over the Epstein files. 1/

Getting rid of well-respected high ranking members of the military in order to install loyalists is what you do when you are planning to do the wrong thing and want to make sure the military complies with your orders.

“I was being told outright that I wasn’t worth protecting," Flint Del Sol told me. The investigator wrote, “We are not permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Just in: The number of people who signed up for a health plan and then didn't pay their premium fell much more sharply than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.

Staffing “was always bad. And now it’s at a breaking point,” a VA psychologist said. They described being stretched so thin that one-on-one appointments were cut down to 16 minutes or replaced with group sessions with as many as 35 veterans. (Published March)

obviously not the first person to make this observation but the "move along, citizen" shit for regular DC residents is especially galling in context of the pardons for the rioters who broke into the fucking capitol

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D) released Tina Peters, saying she was remorseful despite obvious evidence to the contrary. “I do show remorse,” Peters said today. “The remorse is that people that should be in prison are not. That's my remorse.”

Not old school but this one has upbeat gospel playlist vibes and actives my productivity chip. youtu.be/7OCYYq0iSiA

People get so easily attached because they use people to regulate their nervous system, but it’s unsafe to do that when you don’t have all the information, now you’re experiencing red flags but it’s hard to leave cos youre mentally dependent on this person to shape your reality

I wouldn’t be watching that dog either 😭😭😭🥴

Alright lemme do a lil productivity this last 30 minutes of my workday.

Love how the rare times Mike Johnson speaks honesty and with urgency, it's to warn that Republicans are doomed to be held accountable for treason if they don't stay in office. Feigned ignorance about what exactly will be investigated, but assuredly, it's serious enough to beg that it doesn't happen!

BREAKING: Nicholas Rossi, the man who fled from the United States to Scotland after he appeared to fake his own death to avoid rape charges, has died 🚨

Atlanta having fun at World Cup … Look at that little baby 😊🥹

When Deebo come around, I be quiet. When he leave, I be talking.