Omg actual science about the cyclosporiasis outbreak! Epicenter is Michigan/Ohio Currently drawing up a list of oligarchs whose fortune I want to expropriate and send to the CDC 😫

They’re literally holding signs advertising a meeting on Essex St, in The Strand

This is good 👍

There's no such thing as an ethical billionaire. Except for me. I could do it.

spoke to my good friend, mitch mcconnell, for about 20 minutes today

Surprised by this Ruskin watercolor: where’s the usual fussily perfect gorgeous line detail?

The word of the year in 2025 was “gutter,” as in “gutter racism”—something that is DEEPLY morally revolting This year the word is “chud,” the corollary to 2016’s “failson.” Chuds are everywhere Bonus points for its origin as “cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers” 😁😁

Real idea: As part of the effort to get DC and PR statehood, next Dem president should invent about State Weeks. Each of the 52 states gets its own celebration week every year. A random July week is Montana week. Tourism bonanzas. Televised lottery every year for week placement. We ain't above this.

Maine-ish!

🚨 BREAKING: Labour says it won't stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election As it stands, only Count Binface will run against Farage

"Public media must not lie. We apologize."

Excellent news! Florida's anti-education "Stop W.O.K.E." Act overturned. "It is no coincidence that this state law aimed to censor the perspectives of Black people and LGBTQ+ people, the very same people who are currently under attack." www.aclu.org/press-releas...

happy pub day to @erickabeckman.bsky.social !! Agrarian Questions: The Latin American Novel on the Road to Capitalism new from @versobooks.bsky.social ! www.versobooks.com/products/317...

Sen. Stephen King (D-ME)

Back to the prairie

"I haven't seen a Belgian this mad since the release of Roger Casement's report into the Congo in 1904'

*referees determining stoppage time

Magic Mountain, Vermont, will give you a free classic rock live concert followed by a berserk fireworks show set off a couple hundred yards up the slope from what looks like a panel van

Apropos of nothing: We got the 6 (now 7) year-old a subscription to the Crunch Labs monthly science kits and they are exceptionally well done. Actual science lessons; fun gadgets; easy builds. If you’re looking for an (admittedly not exactly cheap) gift idea, check it out. www.crunchlabs.com

This queen 😍

Amid the ongoing emergencies etc. it’s important to remember what happened in Minnesota last winter. It was really unique, and it kind of broke the admin A general strike, a mass uprising, a guerrilla movement of everyday citizens with whistles, all to protect illegal immigrants, “our neighbors” 🤯

Someone at @theatlantic.com tell Matt Viser to join BlueSky and post his thread about finding World Cup nations’ cuisines in and around Washington DC

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Rainier Cherries the 2 weeks each year they have them at my Costco $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

Surely it’s happening somewhere on some hell site: The confluence of “air conditioning could save your life” discourse with “menopausal hot flashes degrade long-term cognitive performance” Both of which I kind of believe 😂

Lyve Laugh Labyrinth

I haven't seen anyone share this post here, but it's (1) a very nice guide to interviewing for ML/NLP positions these days and (2) what everyone in my NLP circle wants to talk about in person for the last week, partly out of surprise that coding interviews remain so central.

This would be a great summer reading list for anyone! Also, I am all for adults making summer reading lists. Make a list! Or choose an author's body of work to dive into! Or decide that this is going to be the summer you finally tackle that hard book you've never read! Or pick a subject to explore!

Oddly enough they don’t have these in Germany Energy beverages are still coded “for male teens” there or even foreign — I saw some construction workers buying a bunch in a fancyish Karstadt market hall In the US we are now watching this market proliferate wildly into all possible demographics 😅

Surely the shrimp discourse was started by an account that is not actually American and doesn’t know what a Culver’s is

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

just finished my design for a shrimp powered air conditioner. now to take a sip of coffee and check out bluesky

Supergirl is fun if you want to see a woman punch a lot of bad guys ☺️

Yes I DO believe Phoebe Bridgers can solve the problem of masculine loneliness 🙏

Jezus: UK's Reform Party has gotten two-thirds of its funding from fossil fuel interests.

Sometimes children's books carry real weight, like *Our World Is A Family*, which has never been more relevant. Glad I snuck Heated Rivalry into the headline of my piece... Check it out. But most importantly, buy the book for a kid in your city www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

checking some tweets

Never a bad day to quietly participate in a subtle work of achieving socialist utopia via careful attention to the craft of producing useful beauty in the world

Headed to the ALA in Chicago! It will be my first time at the conference. Say hi if you're around! PS this is not a current photo, so I may look a little different.

I’m not surprised at the happy tourists at the World Cup in the US I once told a British pal how much I loved walking between hostels on England’s south coast & he said he felt the same sense of freedom on road trips in the American West People should just travel more! It’s fun!

Chotiner: so, he stopped under the trap but was not crushed Wile E. Coyote: just so Chotiner: but then you stepped under it a moment later and were smashed into a pancake Wile E. Coyote: a pancake. That’s correct. Chotiner: and had similar events occurred previously? Wile E. Coyote: ok, look

A ha ! @itspkav.bsky.social

Whining is when it’s someone you disagree with, whinging is when it’s perfectly justified

This looks rather promising, fellow Austenians (🤞), but why must the young women be depicted wearing their hair down in all sorts of improper circumstances? (You need to watch it to see what I'm complaining about.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLR...

Guys, breaking news! “Main Character Decor is Everywhere Right Now” 😂 www.realsimple.com/main-charact...

TS Eliot day at the London Tube where they say 'please mind the gap between the idea and the reality between the motion and the act'

Having total noob problems trying to post on a subreddit So you can’t post without a certain amount of karma? But if you don’t post you can’t get karma? And subreddits don’t all post their rules? 😂😂😂 It’s like trying to rent an apartment in a foreign country. Well, first you need a bank account …

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

CRISIS as major American city votes for candidates who aren't human packing peanuts that mostly absorb money