I didn’t do careful historical scholarship “first because that would’ve taken time.”

Some notes: 1. This guy is incredibly off-putting as a person. A weird little creep. 2. He is so loving his moment in the spotlight and does not care that it might come at the expense of millions. 3. He admits that his personal preferences determine his opposition to birthright citizenship.

“Versions of the Code were adopted across the Caribbean, in the Indian Ocean colonies of Mauritius and Réunion and, in 1724, in the enormous Louisiana Territory.“

TRUMP: *Delirious stream of consciousnesses wall of text* NYT:

This would have been on a bestselling broadside in early modern Europe. #skystorians

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Aw, but Sulzberger really *wants* it for his special birthday boy tho!

”my divorce is 95% finalized. we just have to figure out the kids and house”

It seems bad that the president appears to be out of touch with reality at a fundamental level, and I think this is a bigger deal than Biden accidentally saying “Macron” instead of “Mitterrand” when telling an otherwise perfectly cogent anecdote about a French president

A reminder because I can't stop and its compulsive at this point that the disastrous run of US diplomacy in the lead up to and the duration of the Iran conflict is the fault of Marco Rubio, who was confirmed by a unanimous voice vote by the United States Senate

I always come back to Lincoln on Memorial Day

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

It's remarkable how many times we've gotten a "we have agreed to a deal except for the contents of said deal" news cycle

Trump hasn't gotten the strait open yet! This headline is malpractice.

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Again, the total failure of both strategy & tactics in this wildly illegal war simply isn’t getting anything remotely like the nonstop coverage that JOE BIDEN FAILED EPICALLY IN 🇦🇫 AND IS WALKING 🇺🇸 AWAY FROM THE WORLD got in 2021: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

EVERYONE STOP. Briefly marvel at the fantastic craftsmanship of this handsome terracotta pig!

I really can't get over how totally fucking insane it is that these have been the top two stories on the New York Times website all afternoon/night. Neither headline/summary seems to bear any resemblance to the truth.

No Helen of Troy was probably not Kenyan, but I am more certain that Odysseus would not have been from Boston so I guess we'll all need a little suspension of disbelief when watching this modern film adaptation of a 2800 year old work of fiction.

The far right is being racist. Here's why it's the left's fault. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

They tried to manifest an agreement with Iran without actually doing anything

Probably 80% of posters madness is downstream of thinking that posting on a niche microblogging platform is, in some way, important, rather than being a way to waste time on your phone

"By arguing with CuckHitler88 and Grunglar i am engaging in the grand philosophical debates that drive humanity forward, like in the Forum of Athens" - statements made by the Utterly Deranged

>we agreed >no we didn’t >we agreed >no we didn’t >we agreed >no we didn’t

The failures on the part of the US in several clauses of the memorandum of understanding, including the issue of releasing Iran's frozen assets, are still ongoing, and to date, these issues have not been resolved.

Out on the town signing the Iran deal with a bunch of Iranian diplomats. They're all just out of frame, agreeing to the terms of the deal too.

Oh they have a deal except for the important parts. Amazing stuff out of DC.

Concepts of a deal

With gas prices near record highs due to his war against Iran, Trump promotes driving

this is one of the dumbest things about that dumb piece, the idea that working class people don’t drink “fancy” beers is fucking absurd if you actually know any working class people, that’s an idea that’s at least two decades out of date and was wrong from the beginning

You know, I get how he bankrupted casinos now.

Imagine missing your own son’s wedding so you could go surrender to Iran

the tl;dr: iran won the war

Sounds like we have a surrender agreement! First formal surrender since Appomattox.

“largely” lol

me when the first guy in the audience starts with "its more of a comment than a question."

Looking at what’s being put forward for the prospective MOU—assuming it’s real and not just another case of Witkoff lying to anyone willing to answer his calls—it’d be a clear loss of the war for the United States. What a stupid and pointless waste of everyone’s time and resources.

So pallets of cash?

According to Iran’s Fars News, Iran has rejected Trump’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz would return to its pre-war status. Saying Tehran would still control transit routes, permits, and passage timing under any future agreement.

personally i don't think "just drink your beer like a normal person" is "freaking out" but then i'm not the guy who wrote this frankly insane sentence — "Miller Lite is the anecdote to the decadence of a professional class that constantly chases novel gustatory experiences"

My best friend gave his life for this country. He's buried less than a mile from that podium, and two of his children, whom he loved fiercely, are trans. This is just a giant middle finger to a man who was 1,000x the soldier the secretary could ever hope to be.

This headline is hilarious when you learn that the rocket toppled over in a fiery explosion on landing

the thing about this is that polis said he didn’t believe her contrition was sincere when he granted her clemency (which is why doing so was an abuse of power), but the parole board who determines her suitability for release should take a look at these statements.

I’m going to describe a man to you with very specific qualities. He has a PhD from NYU in comparative literature. He was an assistant professor of environmental studies in Maine. He quit that job to write the dumbest stuff you’ve ever read. And he drinks beer

Behold, an ideas man:

Uh, I am here to tell you, the elite readership of The Atlantic, about the wonders of an oft-derided little beverage called Coca Cola

lmao, imagine quitting your job as an environmental humanities professor at a fancy liberal arts college to write faux contrarian takes about Miller Lite