NYT Editorial Board: “The model for this conduct seems to be former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, whom Mr. Trump has praised for shooting drug dealers in the streets without benefit of arrest or trial. Mr. Duterte is now facing trial before the ICC for crimes against humanity.”

Proud to represent @karenattiah.bsky.social in her fight against the Washington Post

you look away from the internet for two seconds and suddenly the rapture is happening and nobody sent you a Google calendar link

So many crazy details in Ben Terris's story about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together: nymag.com/intelligence...

glorious....review? sketch? of Carbone from @charlotteivers.bsky.social: www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

Reminder that Cleta Mitchell, who helped Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 election, predicted that this time Trump would “exercise some emergency powers to protect the federal elections going forward.” #Project2026

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

*watching innocent people rapidly acquire the cursed knowledge that has driven me to madness* oh no

If I don't see multiple ~media reporters~ columns about the extraordinarily irresponsible Wall Street Journal report from yesterday morning — and their extensive promotion of that inflammatory report — you all should just pack up and go home.

Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours

the only honorable thing would be for his organization to pivot to being an anti-gun movement

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

There’s been lots of discussion of the article, but I think the paper-copy visual is effective. Individual photos of each Dem Senator, each one captioned, “Senator [Name], what will you do?”

I keep seeing kids in their late teens and early 20s romanticize the year 2016. “It’s 2016 and you’re listening to this song…” Guys, nobody liked 2016. Until 2020, it was considered one of the worst years anyone had ever seen. Everyone cool died. It was fucking miserable. Stop it.

I love how this naked power play corruption barely even registers in the US anymore. Also, it’s wild that Trump thinks him firmly backing Cuomo in NYC somehow HELPS Cuomo.

rare good news! @teenvogue.com Arkansas is the 2nd-most climate vulnerable state: extreme heat, tornadoes, and low investment in climate adaptation from its Republican legislature—not to mention home to Walmart's Walton family and Tyson Foods. these young ppl launched a group to make the fight fun

Rudy Giuliani just set a world record in the field of Statement That Invites More Questions Than It Answers.

“Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period… Ms. Roy said that with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment”

steven cheung furiously typing "video of president trump holding up today's newspaper" into chatgpt

I think you are in NY? This too: bsky.app/profile/erin...

FYI in case you missed it bsky.app/profile/erin...

welp. i just went to try to schedule a covid vaccine at the local duane reade and got this pop-up

There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.

So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

"YOU'VE BEEN DRAFTED"

you: it makes no sense that a Long Rest in D&D can fully restore a character. you can’t just go from the brink of death to full health after sleeping 8 hours!! me, who literally can’t remember the last time he slept a full 8 hours: but are you sure?

My recurring complaint: The office of the Presidency confers no *rights* beyond those held by all citizens. It does entail authorities and responsibilities. Trump is talking about authorities, not rights. And he's wrong. "I have a right" is the wail of a five year old.

That's exactly what it is. Between this and Brazil, it seems that Trump is practicing a kind of authoritarian identity politics — going after any democracy brave enough to punish its would-be authoritarians the way the US tried (and failed) to punish him

Anyway, it’s always fun to see which three-word phrases politicians do and don’t have to answer questions about.

"In terms of its underlying causes, the current homelessness crisis is very nearly the opposite of the 20th century urban crime wave. It is a product of affluence, inequality, and political sclerosis." publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...

"Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of “Mein Kampf” from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

"i cant vibe my way through debugging." True for writing too. Professors say some students, when told their GenAI-created writing is full of errors, rather than reviewing mistakes and rewriting, decide the problem is the prompts. Saying different magic words to the genie will fix the output. Right?

Always thinking about that @hayesbrown.bsky.social tweet.

At least the Reichstag actually was on fire

Me trying to explain to my mother why I'm slowly going back to physical media and storage.

“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good” This implies that pandering to bigots is “good”

"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.

Holy crap. “That quest earned me a one-hour meeting in April 2024 with Will Lewis, the then-new publisher of The Post. During our discussion, he asked me: ‘What should The Post do to appeal more to Fox News viewers?’ glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...

I was shown “Dirty Dancing” for the first time tonight. I went in with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised throughout!! My two biggest takeaways: - wow, this movie’s politics are great??? - …I’m sorry you mean to tell me “The Time of My Life” diegetic in this ‘60s period piece?!

if you live in Detroit and like poetry you should go see my v talented friend read her work on the 22nd ty

brb testing how many tabs the Wikipedia app will let me open before they force delete it from my phone

All of you using LLMs to optimize your workflow

I’ve been going back and forth on saying anything but: This is the start of my third week of leave from writing for MSNBC. I’m going to be out for (at least) the rest of August to recover* from the burnout I’ve been struggling with for (at least) the last few months.

Crying at this

This--from an amicus brief filed by 157 Members of Congress in one of the lawsuits against OMB's freeze on various federal funds--hits the institutional nail on the head. You cannot legislative effectively if you have no reason to believe that the executive branch will implement your choices.

Part of the reason plastic surgery trends have gotten so strange is because for years now people have been trying to look like filters. Now people will be trying to look like AI “models,” and they won’t even necessarily know. And, of course, it will drive more eating disorders and self-harm

Take it away, @hayesbrown.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...