I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I wrote about why we left America   I am starting my new life as a full-time writer focused on U.S. history and politics right after we left the United States. Life and work in America felt increasingly untenable for us. We were in the privileged position to have the choice to leave.

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal. Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

Here’s Grok’s response when a user asked it to explain why it generated a photo of a Black man in response to the prompt.

Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show: “Cook’s declarations on loan, job-vetting forms appear to undercut fraud claims.” Via Reuters

BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says

CNN put together a clip of RKF Jr denying today he linked antidepressants and mass shootings, followed by a clip of RFK Jr last week linking antidepressants and mass shootings

Need some training on how to deal with obnoxious rude people who are under the impression the work they do is more important than yours

he’s happy he’s got his own scrappy now

How should Delhi deal with its stray dogs? The question has sparked recent protests and challenges to India's Supreme Court: bloom.bg/3I18Lc9

Israeli planes and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city www.rte.ie/news/2025/08...

Absolutely unhinged...

This is Remy. She has 50 other toys. But why play with those when you can steal your brother Benny's instead. 13/10 for both

Laura Loomer, who the president has consulted for decisions on who to fire, is arguing with a chatbot

If you have to write about awful people gathering and doing awful racist things, then this is absolutely the way to do it. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

The death toll in Kyiv has risen to 16 following last night’s Russian attack, with 159 people injured. Rescue efforts are ongoing. Meanwhile, air raid sirens are once again sounding across the capital.

Lufthansa is worse than the worst budget airline. Three days in Cairo, they lost my bags. Not able to reach a human in "customer care" and no updates on my missing bags. Flying back tomorrow and no way to change the address for delivery. Haven't seen this kind of inefficiency at any airline.

At least six civilians, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed in a brutal Russian drone strike on the capital overnight. The death toll may rise as rescue operations continue.

incredible piece that frames the story as "This plan is bad" when actually it would be good if there were any such plan, but there isn't

Latest three years of Thames Water bills: from £11/m in 2023/4 to £53/m in 2025/6. Remind me, what were the execs’ bonuses this year? And how is our water quality doing?

Putin’s forces launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine — Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Sumy came under fire. Dead and wounded have been reported. The number of victims expected to rise. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

Good lord ⤵️ Sept. 2022: "Upon Musk’s order, Ukrainian troops suddenly faced a communications blackout.. Soldiers panicked, drones surveilling Russian forces went dark, and long-range artillery units, reliant on Starlink to aim their fire, struggled to hit targets." www.reuters.com/investigatio...

British surgeon Nick Maynard, who has just returned from volunteering in Gaza, explains to #GMB viewers how Israel confiscates all baby formula that doctors like him try to take with them. Why does Israel do this? Because they want to starve Palestinian babies to death.

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

Absolutely horrific. Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador

“If it’s genocide, why are some Palestinians still alive?” is *literally* the line here. Beyond vile.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens

The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Today's hot take on Instagram by a "travel influencer" who's in Belarus Dictatorships seem to work because "clean roads, affordable public transportation" and "virtually zero crime" Also - "everything works, they have an economy and people are well dressed...there's no homelessness" 🫠

Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP

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Rümeysa Öztürk wrote about ICE detention and the women who helped her survive. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

EU foreign ministers failed to agree to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement at a meeting in Brussels today. They also failed to agree to any of the nine other options presented to them that would have taken action against Israel. jrnl.ie/6763140

Our newest arrival is called Sonny. We can always tell the street dogs that used to have owners. Humans let them down. His life will change forever now ❤️

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Important reminder in the light of Trump's decision to give Putin 50 days of freedom of action

Worth noting Moldova has been a target of Russian disinformation campaigns for months now.

I'm old enough to remember when the Kremlin indignantly denied allegations of North Korean troops in Ukraine. "Never believe anything until the Kremlin denies it" www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/10/10/k...

Morning- #sophiefromromania says keep on signing the #parkypetition100K

It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.

This is exactly what the internet is for.

How do they get AWAY with this? I mean, however American your accent might be, PRUSSIAN?!

We, the @nytimes.com, published a race-science hit piece about an accurately filled-in 2009 college application based on hacked data handed to us by a creepy race-science obsessed eugenicist. Everyone is telling us this is shit. This is all the evidence that you need that our reporting is superb.

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It’s amazing what people get away with observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Yet another horrific example of the increasing transphobia in the UK We're not talking about reasoned debate, free speech, or however you may justify it - it's an ongoing widespread hate campaign legitimising real people being violently attacked in the street for the 'crime' of existing

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...