Woof, this trade prices report is brutal, waiting to see the last big round of GDP Nowcasts after this one. "Higher prices for nonfuel imports more than offset lower prices for fuel imports in June." [And then we reupped the oil shock]

From Yglesias today and I have to ask - do any Ds do this stuff? I would have said no but I can't honestly claim to know.

The contempt for America’s institutions is crazy. The patriot party that hates everything about America.

I saw The Odyssey. It’s bananas man.

Really learned her lesson in prison. Good stuff Polis.

lol, Yglesias did a podcast about Oligarchy where Musk is mentioned once, about 2/3rds of the way in, and DOGE is just never mentioned.

sorry Dodgers fans but you’re the next victims of the Trump curse

ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:

I was rooting for Argentina but now I’m kinda rooting for England cause I just like watching all these guys run around.

The Messi passes man

lol what is the duckface celebration?

The intelligence service that convinced you to do an optional war in Iran?

Love to watch the world cup and yell "what are you doing!?" at guys despite my complete lack of knowledge of the sport, its rules, and what, in fact, anyone on the field is doing.

Representative Ilhan Omar, a longtime advocate for respecting international legal fora, has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives which would urge the US government to apply to join the International Criminal Court.

Are Americans prepared to be Russia?

controversial take: america should not invade cuba

Is there some way I can temporarily have a feed that's nothing but world cup commentary?

Phew, I'm sure once the boys are roided up we'll deffo win the Iran war.

Did I undermine our democracy? My bad guys, my bad.

ICE killed another person.

low info voters are constantly being convinced that Republicans have more moderate policies (and Democrats more left wing policies) than they actually do and the mainstream media is a huge accomplice in this effort.

✍️ Megan Rapinoe, writing for Marie Claire “No girl deserves to be discriminated against. That’s why all girls, including trans girls, should be able to play with their classmates in the sports they love… girls who don’t fit someone else’s expectation of femininity, will face further harassment.”

I cannot tell you how many people have complained to me that we don't have a national survey asking how people use AI. If that includes you, here's your chance to comment on BLS's plans to ask about AI use in the American Time Use Survey starting in Jan. '27 fedscoop.com/bureau-of-la...

I don't really listen to songs on repeat but I can never listen to Portions for Foxes just once. I wanna hear the opening again, or that "ah-ha-ha ah-ha-ha" part or whatever. What a cool song.

Excellent op-ed in the WSJ today arguing that we should ratify the ICC completely so Trump admin crimes can be adjudicated free of US partisanship

Weirdly the thing I remember Sam Neill best from is the limited 80s series Reilly, Ace of Spies. My dad loved that shit. It led both me and my brother to read the book it was based on, about James Bond model Sidney Reilly, a totally bananas real-life guy.

While most people knew him for his movies lets not forget the incredible human Sam Neil was too

Commodore John Rodgers leaders spent all year telling immigrant families that as ICE cracked down in Southeast Baltimore, they were still safe at school. It took federal agents mere minutes and 2 detainments to unravel that promise. Where does CJR go from here? www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

I spent 4 hours on my hands and knees polishing my serpentine fireplace yesterday and I guess it looks a little better? Lowest ROI of any home improvement project I've ever done.

This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID. One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions. Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

Taken by my eldest this evening on site. Corroborating video available if required.

Are the communists in the room with us now?

Bluesky is insular and I'll never leave X, unless I need to see what people are saying about me over on Bluesky.

Cuba, Iran, Palestine, USAID... current US foreign policy is immiserating people all over the world on a scale that I think is legitimately quite a bit worse than our usual. It's pretty distressing.

Actual leftists tend to have a zero-tolerance policy for nazis and a zero-tolerance policy for nazis means you're not on twitter.

Christians. I'm sure the base will <checks earpiece> ah I'm hearing they won't care.

Really disgusting.

I'm a little rooting for Argentina bc I like Messi but I had to flip mid-game and root for Egypt because they were just so magical and I think either outcome would have left me feeling a little down. That's sports I guess.

Josh posting at the British museum

We deserve another 30 minutes of this :/ Can we re-VAR it and find the goal valid?

Biden admin did a lot of popular, common sense consumer advocacy that costs business little and increases transparency and well, we can't have that I guess.

The US hasn’t been humiliated like this since last month’s treaty of Versailles

You mean I fell for the myth of objectivity AGAIN!?

Imagine if someone had handed Laura Bush or Hillary Clinton $17 million in a white envelope in the Lincoln Bedroom. How is this different?

And we’re all looking for the guys who did this. Guy-in-a-hotdog-suit.gif

It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.

Some journos like to point out that scandals don't stick to Trump so more coverage wouldn't help. By that same token, NYT reporters must now go to NYC diners and, if they find NYers standing behind Mamdani, immediately cease any negative coverage.