George Orwell was only 42 years off with his book. “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...

"[Myriad] narratives & practices naturalize the idea of the dollar as finite, pre‑existing, and self‑contained, when in fact its continuity depends on countless points of issuance and coordination."

Last year, we made the decision to step away from X. The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. In our view, X no longer aligns with these values

Investigating elected officials for speech is not law enforcement but intimidation. If governors and mayors can be investigated for criticizing federal actions, neither elected officials nor anyone else is truly free to speak. #holdfast

600-year-old #Viking #shipwreck is the largest of its kind. The medieval ‘cog’ was nearly 92 feet long and featured castles on its bow and stern. Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...

"whether Muhammad Ali “floated” like a butterfly or “stung” like a bee, he was without doubt, one of the most photographed men of the 20th Century. Like Frederick Douglass a century earlier, Ali understood the power of the photographic image." medium.com/p/0532e9c48b74

If anyone has old sport’s trophies 🏆 or medals 🥇 may I suggest sending them to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in DC.

It's time to get serious about money on the left.

Snack size and party size. Thorny skates have a large distribution, but there's been a mystery about why individuals of this species along the coast of North America come in two distinct sizes, irrespective of sex. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/thor... Illustration by Jorge Machuky

Good morning Bluesky ✨🦭

A fave early episodes of Left of Black, joined by Art Historian and MacArthur Fellow Dr. Kellie Jones and a walk-through of the Nasher Museum exhibit, 'Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection' with curator and Toronto-based Dentist Dr. Kenneth Montague. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMzb...

You’ll notice that the American state media have completely ignored the fact that bribe for hire Pam Bondi hasn’t released a single Epstein file in 2026. They have deliberately and continuously failed humanity.

I want to give a huge shoutout to @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social: one of our foremost medical experts, a gem of human (truly), and a champion within and for the Black community. If you're not following her on here, please do and read her powerful op-ed while you're at it. ✨

did something happen

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age

#Coralrestoration Corals grown in mid-water nurseries face fewer predators and less smothering sediment... Some species...can double in size several times annually when suspended on “coral trees” or attached to floating lines." share.google/UubtlL4Vwwuo...

Powell said the investigation is a result of the Federal Reserve refusing to adhere to the President’s preferences on sharply slashing interest rates.

The way America relies on Black activists to protect them from their own decisions should be studied. Not by me though.

Kristi Noem stated over the weekend that Americans deserve what they get if they get in the way of law enforcement operations, including the murder of Renee Good. If people get injured or killed, it's on them. Then she is sending more agents to Minneapolis. This Regime wants us killed.

Will Beaman joins Billy Saas & Scott Ferguson to discuss the enduring influence of David Graeber’s debt-centered work in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to Mayor of New York City.

Bird Mask (Niger Delta, Ikwerri Igbo, 20th century) Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

I am so very sorry to hear about the passing about my friend and colleague Professor Kimuli Kasara. She was a brilliant scholar and a bright, funny, warm person. I remember first meeting her as the only other Black woman/faculty at the Columbia political econ seminar and feeling relief/happiness

"‘Har haath ko kaam do, kaam ka poora daam do’, the slogan, was not a demand for benevolence. It was a declaration that work, wages and dignity are not favours to be dispensed, but rights to be claimed."

lol okay wow so i love this photo #blacksky

So wonderman is about an actor with secret powers trying to join a film by a director who’s fighting superhero fatigue and is not supposed to be casting any super heroes. I fear…. That’s a good one.

My garden with shed, stepladder, red roses, purple clematis and lilac tree, watercolour drawing with pen work. #art #watercolour #garden #indianink

Never forget: the same party that told you there's not enough money for universal healthcare, college, & housing immediately began funneling billions of dollars into a state police force to terrorize citizens into complacency with this kleptocracy. The money was always there. The priorities weren't.

another reminder given events wp.me/p15p2Q-enm

Seems like a huge oversight that successfully impeaching a tyrant installs the their second-in-command whose exposure incentivizes them to prevent any sort of comprehensive reckoning with what led to the impeachment.

Was heading to bed but figured I probably should go snap a shot first. #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography Settings: Canon T5i Sigma 150mm x 600mm Focal length: 600mm F-stop: f/10 Exposure time: 1/800 ISO: 800 #Moon phase: Waning 63%

No person or group is a drain on public resources without planned austerity as the background condition. If you want public resources to serve more people, you hire people to produce more robust public resources. Public resources are a factor of public employment.

Another day, another ECG. Life with heart damage from covid. Having long covid feels like living in an alternate reality where I've been left behind. My friend @emendenhall.bsky.social makes the invisible visible in her powerful new book

Everything Happens at Once in Faith Ringgold’s Mini-Retrospective A show highlights the artist’s extraordinary range with oil paintings, gouaches, figurines, textile works and ‘story quilts. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/a...

Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)

Trump's Corrupt Pardon Scheme.. He's playing Monopoly with real money, he's the banker, pay up and get your 'GET OUT OF JAIL CARD' Lobbyists "close to Trump" are charging $1m and up to secure presidential pardons for their clients, with some paying as much as $6m. www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

“It is hardly surprising that @zackpolanski.bsky.social faces resistance both within and beyond his own party; it has been clear from the start of his leadership that he rejects the narrow terms of the economic debate that have dominated British politics for over four decades.”

We must now vow that when the Trump Cabal is finished that we will remember to restore the rank & pay (including back pay) of Captain Kelly & every other veteran who speaks truth to power to the levels they were at before Trump & Kegsbreath criminalized the 1st Amendment.

I stand with Senator Mark Kelly.

"What’s at stake is access to opportunity, especially for high school students at Title I, lower-income high schools, rural high schools...It’s really been an on-ramp for so many student." —John Fink in a piece published by @wisconsinwatch.org

Vaccinate your damn kids

"The political task is not to eliminate design or abstraction, but to insist that the forms coordinating collective life can accommodate difference without erasing it, and remain open to contestation."

"Why can commercial banks legally create money but not local councils or NHS trusts?" moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/20/z...

Oh my gosh, I’m honored to hear that. Thank you!! Will read this asap.

“I wish McGhee's analysis was correct. If it were, there’d be no essential reason 4 anti-black racism 2 persist….we could just enlighten non-elite whites...Lamentably, her analysis is incorrect. Whites gain $ both in relative & absolute terms from the American system...” @sandydarity.bsky.social

We should bring back gladiator fights but exclusively to pit economists and polprofs against each other.

Perfect