Given today’s news, I was recently introduced to this piece by Patricia Routledge, and i always found it really moving.

Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it. 🧵 1/8

Happy October, y'all!

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure. Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

australian street style, 1973

Military clothes were historically designed for function, not fashion. High-waisted pants kept shirts tucked and allowed for better mobility. The Ike jacket was inspired by British battledress, which involved a cropped jacket that felt comfy when driving. Why change? IG army.navy.vintage

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford. Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

jane goodall made me believe i could just go up and hug any wild animal

Yom Kippur is a day of reflection, of forgiveness, of restoration. This year, may we all pray for a better, kinder, more peaceful future. Wishing all who observe across the five boroughs and the world a meaningful, easy fast. G’mar chatimah tovah.

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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

The writers of the most recent Mission: Impossible movie, which I watched on an airplane, seem more capable of understanding the world-rending implications of AI tools like this than the people making it and that makes me sad

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress. Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights. But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

Late Afternoon Light ~ Cyril Cox, 1958

Same as it ever was.

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

I’ve said it before, any judge who so comfortably and clearly shows their prejudice should immediately be barred from their jobs, but we don’t live in a world that makes sense. We live in a world where white people get to deem racism as a simple inconvenience and be the sole arbiter of its weight.

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Messaging with a cute guy from The Apps and I can tell we’re both being Super normal and Not overthinking Anything

it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation

i genuinely think donald trump didn’t realize this was ai and thinks he said this himself

Sure she's hot and everything but can she lie bro? Can she spin fantasy from a single thread of truth? Can she breathe life into falsehood? Can she speak honeyed lies with a rotten tongue?

(guy who's about three habaneros away from inventing salsa)

This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.

If you are on TikTok you should very quickly hereafter probably not be on TikTok

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New year ✨ New mayor ✨ We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor. 🧵

GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.

u can feel however u want about it but it is unambiguously true that anyone arguing against birthright citizenship is cut-and-dry an anti-american ideologue and you can call them such my pov is the us has done a bunch of awful shit but if it is to exist, it must exist as a true nation of immigrants

And so we cha cha on, sliding to the left, borne ceaselessly back now y’all

Curtis Sliwa and I don't agree on much. But we do agree on this: City Hall is not for sale. You can't say the same for Cuomo or Adams.

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy. "They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."

This article is absolutely BUCK WILD and you should read it today

This is the station I grew up with and the depths of sadness I feel are frankly immeasurable

Taking Tylenol while pregnant so in 10 years I'll have someone who can help me with computer. Take that, Geek Squad

Buying challah for the office to celebrate Rosh Hashanah by which I mean an excuse to eat 78% of a massive loaf of challah

CHOTINER: But you’ve had romantic entanglements in the past. For instance, Lucy Westenra? DRACULA: Tragic case. The poor girl. CHOTINER: Died of acute blood loss, I believe? DRACULA: Attacked by a wolf, I think. CHOTINER: You can turn into a wolf, right? DRACULA: That’s right. CHOTINER: Thank you.

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

Claudia Cardinale and Robert Redford dying in the same week puts the world in a hotness deficit not seen since at least the 19th century

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right? IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If— CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother? IKARI: Look, let me answer the question. CHOTINER: Sure.

CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,