relinquish this turbulence

My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Shaming and stigmatization is goated when enforcing basic social norms is the vibe. These glasses are by and for perverts

Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...

We are going to reach a point where every student is paid 50,000 dollars to take a rightwing class to turn them against the idea of government spending

I'm a big believer in the "any fool can be taught how to write pretty well if they work at it" because I am one of those fools and I do OK and I can tell you from experience that it is not "natural talent" so much as, well, experience, that does the trick.

Emily Wilson doesn’t have time for online nonsense/culture war about the upcoming ODYSSEY. 👌

It's only a matter of time before someone clever and ambitious figures out that the tools of dictatorship have been ready-made by well-meaning governments all over the world.

I would kill or die for Larry

NO WARRIOR CAN FIGHT ALONE. ASK FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT.

If they don't make court reform a non negotiable platform plank, find someone else who will. That is all

this wouldn’t work legally because a President has no authority to remove a Supreme Court justice. however the President could instead simply drone strike them. it sounds like i’m being snarky but as a result of the immunity decision this is the actual law.

Seems the real problem centrist democrats are facing right now is the people are being very clear that they want leaders who will solve their biggest problems, and centrist democrats really don't want to solve their biggest problems and hate the people for wanting that. It's a real pickle for them.

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Every single person who was paying attention at all knew on October 7th what Israel was going to do, but you were supposed to pretend like you didn't

When people say "bikes" they don't typically mean "just get on a bike and ride everywhere, loser." What they mean is that in a country where the more than half of all local trips are 3 miles or less, our government could do a lot more to make it safe for people to choose to bike if they want.

I don’t know how much it landed outside the city, but one of Zohran’s first big breakout campaign moments was when he jumped into the water in a suit at Coney Island for the Polar Bear Plunge back when he was polling at <2%

Hosted by the illustrious @radicalhistory.bsky.social it’ll be a blast come thru

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A lot is discussed about the city's decision to buy Moda for $1 in 2024, but that was set in motion in 1995. The agreements signed by the team & city in '24 addresses relocation. The team cannot pursue relocation w/ NBA through Oct. 2030 w/o city approval efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...

Horney's (on Main) Clinton, IN

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

NEW — The sentencing of the Prairieland demonstrators shows the brutality of Trump's war on dissent, but it's not without precedent, @kimkelly.bsky.social writes. History shows us the government has always punished anti-fascism. But this time we can change the narrative in real time. Read here:

You're goddamn right

Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

One of my personal favorite Sparling stories. i can only imagine the schadenfreude Zane felt getting to write this expose on how our posh suburb hometown was the epicenter of a 20 million dollar catalytic converter crime ring blamed on homeless people. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/0...

Here's an alternative suggestion: give DSA your money and we will do your jobs for you

it is frustrating to see calls for a general strike when people having no understanding that there isn’t a lot of power in that if people don’t belong to some sort of organizing home. you need a way for people to have collective power for more than a day.

“And the building shakes in Seattle!” PNSN’s seismic stations captured the crowd response to both Alex Freeman’s goal and the VAR decision overturning the offside call. It’s #USMNT 2 to Australia 0 at half-time. #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup #SportsSeismology

Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfil my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to go unbuild walls.

Here's my actual true opinion. The only way to fix all of this nonsense is rent affordability and health care . If people can afford the rent and get healthcare, then they can start and go to work for normal businesses, and write and make art and music. And there can be third places, etc etc.

I never had the honor of meeting him, but RIP to Carlo Ginzburg, "The Cheese and the Worms" and "The Night Battles" really laid open what history was capable of for me

The Oregon Secretary of State’s office has opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct against a campaign to divert PCEF funds to police. The state has so far received 28 of these complaints, which allege petitioners are misleading voters about the proposal or its funding source.

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

I loved ROME! Just brilliant. Fabulous cast. THIRTEEEEEN!

I think every media person who has spent the last 3-4 years warning everyone that AI is a scam should, when the bubble bursts, get one billion dollars each to run our normal businesses for the next 1000 years. seems fair.

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

A hero whose heroism consists of killing people is uninteresting to me, and I detest the hormonal war orgies of our visual media, the mechanical slaughter of endless battalions of black-clad, yellow-toothed, red-eyed demons.

Here's your reminder that despite dominating the sport globally, the UFC isn't mixed martial arts as a whole, and that there are incredible people who have devoted their lives to the noble pursuit of face-punching. If you don't like the UFC, great, I agree, but not everyone is a fascist ape.

ah, I was wondering why the NYT was having a panic attack yesterday lol

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

I know that it is a possibly inconvenient and unpleasant fact but I don't think it's incorrect to point out that America's entry into the European theater of WWII was not entirely motivated by principled liberatory anti fascist sentiment

Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea

A karaoke bar but for acting. You and your friends get up on stage to perform movie scenes for strangers. Actually this might be the worst idea I've ever had. I'm putting myself under arrest.

Iain M. Banks' Culture novels getting a Game of Thrones-style, big-budget, multi-season, R-rated-as-the-good-lord-intended treatment. Each novel, a season. First one should be "Player of Games." Then, "Hydrogen Sonata."

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