Toni Morrison said, “Art does not cleanse you and make you morally superior... even when it has a very strong political content. The artist himself is not made any better. I still have to try to be the best person I can be.” Art, scholarship, or activism––there’s the work and then there’s the work.

Debating on whether Lupita should be Helen of Troy is to argue about Lupita being Helen of Troy, which is basically to go to war, which means you agree people would go to war over Lupita thus making her a good fit for Helen of Troy

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BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.

After decades of screeching that universities are indoctrinating the youth, Republicans are proud to roll out the new course, Mandatory Youth Indoctrination 1001

I was just reminded that I have every right to still be mad about this and also that it was clear he was going to be Like This for ages

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/b... [gift link]

🏺 | A short course running at Liverpool’s World Museum this August will offer people the chance to explore the history of Ancient Egypt, utilising some of the finest antiquities collections in the UK.

Do you all know about this Sips and Scholars series? It is a free public lecture series set in bars, parks, cafes, and restaurants all over Brooklyn. Organized by BPL and Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. discover.bklynlibrary.org?event=true&s...

All right, I’ve kept quiet for a bit because of real life crap, but come on guys. Our KS is moving at a snail's pace, and we can do better. And I’m not just saying this because I’m the marketing director of @khoreo.bsky.social, or because khōréō is my ride or die fam (which they are, ALWAYS)

With @realinfowars.bsky.social becoming Adult Swim 2.0 I have a show to pitch that is 1 Part Iron Chef 3/4ths Part American Gladiators 1/8th Reality show 7/5th's Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast Buffet Royale in Andy's Kitchen hosted by @amerrill2.bsky.social #InfoWars #BRAK #FoodSky #TheOnion

I cannot explain to you how deeply terrifying and anger-inducing it is to have cops and national guard marching down your street after dark and despite constantly posting about occupied Memphis no one gives a shit. yes, I mean my actual street where I live. I live posted it.

Graham Platner's candidacy has been a test and so, so many people failed it miserably

So much discourse. A bigger question than the ones I’ve been reading: Maine Dems couldn’t find *anyone* else worthy of nomination? That’s a bigger problem than the problem wearing a Nazi tattoo. Parties should be held accountable as much as their candidates. Blue no matter who won’t always end well.

Apple TV releases first TV of new show depicting world where RAM is incredibly expensive

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For the life of me, I've never understood why so many of my fellow Americans don't seem to grasp that government officials ARE QUITE LITERALLY OUR EMPLOYEES.

Egyptian football coach Hossam Hassan weighs in on Palestine again, explaining that it's only human to empathize with Palestine when "every day there are thousands of people who are being killed. We are sitting in AC and in apartments and mansions with food, while children are in tents."

i mean, a teacher could do that, but they would be immediately fired and not allowed to continue collecting pay and benefits like our geriatric legislators

Happy NAIDOC 🖤 we're out here making games. I had a really lovely chat about making a rhythm game that honours Country, and working with Wali Studios on Wyrmspace Tactics.

chuffed.org/project/1888... Please read. Australia admits it will continue to harm our songlines.

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

The Australian Space Agency states that the space balls came from a rocket stage falling from orbit. However the spheres are not charred and retain no traces of carbon overwrapping. If it was a high atmosphere rocket stage we should expect to find parts of the rocket body in the ocean.

I was wondering why it got quiet outside. Sorry, Mexico. Sorry, neighbors. I know from how loud it was getting that it must have been intense.

What absolute brilliance this is. All that land, otherwise wasted. So - what other existing land use could this work with? (I guess it'd have to be non-load-bearing, otherwise roads would be an obvious choice.)

The US now: Thirty years for moving a box of zines The guy who shot Renée Good dead in front of her wife is still free

Wow, these ancient Egyptian linen tunics are 3,400 years-old! They belonged to Kha, who was the ‘director of works’ responsible for the design and construction of royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi... #Archaeology

Absolute banger of an obituary in the Seattle Times today, rest in peace Judy

Good morning! I have two pair of earrings for sale. Potawatomi made, thunder clan series. www.melancholynow.com You get dope earrings, I get to pay for my childcare. Every sale helps.

Pope Leo: see these society of st pius x jabronis wanna play hardball? Pope Leo: i just ask myself, what would Gandalf do

I have worked as a journalist in Gaza for nearly a decade, and I believe the Committee to Protect Journalists' decision to remove the names of Palestinians killed while reporting from its records is yet another attempt to silence Gaza. It will fail. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/comm...

Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.

It's tragically appropriate that we spent a whole generation telling students that the humanities were moribund, and they should all study STEM, only for the greatest innovations in STEM to prove why the humanities were so essential all along.

EXCELLENT thread

The people who are most discriminated against are generally the ones pushing us to live up to our stated values.

Meanwhile, universities are closing humanities programs

#DHmakes Can't stop the art 🐀

A great essay on the cautionary tale of the auto industry 4 "genAI." "The paper they have produced is a creation, but in creating it, they are also creating themselves—as historians in their own right, and as people who can grasp what people in the past went through and express why it matters." 1/

Things your unhoused neighbors can use this summer, aside from the obvious: - candy (I get asks for this more than almost anything) - sunscreen (high SPF pls!) - lip balm (bonus for SPF) - electrolyte packets for water - cash - gift cards for fast food and/or accessible grocery stores 1/

Incredible. They just asked everyone at the Boston Pops show to stand for a patriotic singalong and then started singing Neil Diamonds AMERICA, the most pro-immigrant anthem ever written. A+ no notes.

When they came to my neighborhood, we made a conscious choice not to share the video widely. They came, got bullied by a bunch of soccer moms, their propaganda was removed in under an hour, and they got zero online clout. They like to march around like soldiers, but they are soft when confronted.

“Under that scenario, Wales could hope to associate with Ireland and Scotland in a new Celtic union modelled on the Nordic Council, he said. Even those who favoured the union should consider the possibility of breakup, he said. ‘We have to think ahead and prepare.’l

There has been a long time separation of church and state within the PC(USA) - mainly to keep the government out. This is a full throated rejection of Christian racism and the erosion of a separation of church and state and a notice to the arch conservatives who remain within the Church.

There are approximately 7000 languages in the 🌎. Less than 200 are active online, only a few have unicode to properly display their characters. 80% of online content is available in only 10 languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, German, French, Russian, Korean.

Alright, y'all: I am beginning my annual Douglass posting. If you want 14 pages of straight FIRE, you can follow along here.

“Merciless Indian Savages.” These three words set into motion centuries of brutal anti-Native policy from the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the Dawes Act to the reservation and boarding school systems — every policy carrying the weight of those three words into every new era.

Here’s an image of all 47 men who were present when the declaration of independence was signed. The 34 men who owned other human beings as slaves are marked with a red dot.