MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

LOL

u know what 2 do.

If we have real elections next year, we can get out of this. We need to do everything we can to make sure this happens.

Curated by Brian Eno, this ‘Together For Palestine’ charity concert is streaming now from OVO Wembley Arena togetherforpalestine.org www.youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv... @dark-shark.bsky.social

One of the defining experiences of my life, and I think yours, is gradually witnessing the internet degrade from the most sophisticated tool for information distribution in history into a cesspit of misinformation and falsehoods. It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.

I have a friend who dreamed she got lost in the basements below a Del Taco. She encountered a man in the darkness and she expressed surprise that the Del Taco had so many levels. The man said "There are more levels to this Del Taco than you'll ever know" Then she realized it was Shaq and woke up.

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

Trump administration revoked more than 6,000 student visas, State Dept says reut.rs/45F7hvQ

Well the thing is they are not going to do that because they do not care about the well being of this city but rather yearn to use it as a punching back while encouraging the aesthetics of militarizing liberal/Black urban enclaves and any analysis of this project should start there. Hope this helps.

the scenario we all feared

People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned. But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle. www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

The way the Iron Sheik talked about and to Hulk Hogan is a template for how every Democrat should talk about and to every republican. My consulting fee is $1 million.

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

This musician turns vintage televisions into unique percussion instruments boingboing.net/2025/07/10/t...

*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

I'm often asked what Democratic politicians can do to learn from pro wrestling and combat Republican neokayfabe The simplest answer to that question is just, "Practice doing Dusty Rhodes's 1985 'Hard Times' promo in front of the mirror every morning until you really MEAN it" 🗣️ #wrestlesky #polisky

The craziest part of this is that the the Rodney King tape also has behind the scenes footage from Terminator 2 on it. bsky.app/profile/.bsk...

UPDATE — Here are the 13* members of Congress who have so far signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance admin's moves towards war on Iran *Missed Welch initially Outreach for these resolutions still going on inside Congress, watch for numbers to possibly change tomorrow

Goddamnit, things are not going well.

Brian Wilson singing his then-new song "Surf's Up" (intended for the forthcoming 'SMiLE' album) at his Laurel Canyon home in November of 1966, taped for a CBS special called "Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution" which aired months later on April 25, 1967. The documentary was hosted by Leonard Bernstein.

Summer Lee from the top rope! youtu.be/47gdMvZ-xi4?...

👎

It's so funny how Trump likes authoritarianism and wants to be a dictator but is also totally cool with being a sundowning emperor with the scheming eunuchs handling everything

Check out CBS News' Scott Pelley's speech at Wake Forest. "Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power." www.readtpa.com/p/watch-cbs-...

i was pretty annoyed with the internet today but this made it worth logging on. truly, this thing is The Homer if it sucked and was for nazis, by nazis.

We are moving Jesus out of the closet and he’s going to be fabulous!

And here we are.

Ridiculous. Call ‘em up!

Great! Cool.

happy mother’s day to all the sensual mothers out there

Why are animals like this allowed

Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.

This, from a woman in Oklahoma talking to her local news station, is better than the vast majority of political speeches you'll hear today.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in NYC and beyond are receiving emails from the Trump administration stating their authorization to remain in the U.S. has been revoked and they must leave the country immediately: bit.ly/4jFLsSB

SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...

The Angelpaste ad alongside the naked tyrannical behavior is certainly an American spin on the genre.

It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk. (They are not complimentary)

Dissected Lego Man by Jason Freeny.

If they're going to have their shot of creating the unitary executive, we'll have our shot at ending presidentialism to avoid any future president ever trying this again. If all bets are off, we might as well aim big. www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...

Quite enjoyed this interview.

Really great example of the principle that the thing that really makes cons work is marks desperately wanting to be conned

Love it when the president of the United States of America sounds like a dealer who just sold you a bad hit of acid.