Books to read on World Pasta Day (today)… •The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter •Love in the Time of Carbonara •Farfalle from the Madding Crowd •The Merchant of Vermicelli •Silas Marinara •Remembrance of Things Pasta •Pi-gnocci-o •A Tale of Two Zitis •Fear and Loathing in Lasagne •Al Dente's Inferno

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

Preview of the 2026 midterm insanity

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.” Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

The First & Only Civil War; How Gaza Ends open.substack.com/pub/journalo...

Hi Friends, launched a new project this morning. I’m not very online, so really appreciate any shares or boost! open.substack.com/pub/journalo...

Friends, just launched a new project. There will be 3-4 post per week. Please share if you find it interesting! open.substack.com/pub/journalo...

I’m launching a new project tomorrow. Rather than use my time and energy to make others rich, as I have been doing for the passed 15 years of my life… The goal here is to see if I can support a full life by reading, writing, and thinking… also absurd project. open.substack.com/pub/journalo...

So, WFM guy here, I crunch call center numbers all day and advise management on performance and staffing requirements. Here are some concrete goals to keep in mind with any sort of calling campaign: 🧵

Veterans of the Second Abraham Lincoln Brigades 30th Anniversary Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 2057 “Next year in a free America”

🧊🖕✈️ ICE will never admit it, but local activists drove them away from Hanscom field in Bedford, Mass. Regional ICE Air operations shifted a few days ago to Portsmouth NH 👀 concordbridge.org/index.php/20... Breaking: ICE no longer using Hanscom Field — spokesperson

"So it turns out Trump was involved with a pedophile human trafficking ring masquerading as a modeling agency where the perpetrator died under mysterious circumstances in prison" "Oh yeah, Jeffrey Epstein right?" "No, I mean the OTHER time that happened" bsky.app/profile/meid...

Meta is building something the size of Manhattan to try to create superintelligence but we already have a superintelligent thing the size of Manhattan and it’s Manhattan and all of the people in it

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Bahahahahahaha!!!

The imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared in a video released on Wednesday that his group’s armed insurgency against the Turkish state was over and would be replaced by a peaceful political struggle.

As someone who grew up in the Claremont cinematic universe, every time I see a story about what’s happening over there I just think of this quote from Harry Jaffa’s son

This is the best forensic analysis of ICE raid tactics in LA that I've ever read. Incredible work by @koltai.bsky.social, @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social, Youri van der Weide, @msramalho.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.

You can find Evident’s short documentary also covering the investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bux...

ICE Agents Are Terrorizing Los Angeles With Brutal Tactics Since June 6, agents have embarked on a militarized rampage and terror campaign across the greater LA area, pursuing the Trump administration’s daily quota of 3,000 arrests. ABOLISH ICE!

“If they run, we go” -ICE ICE has shown no signs of slowing down its raids, which, according to our analysis, appear targeted. From car washes to Home Depots, to a display of force and intimidation, these masked agents have stretched across LA, rounding up people with brown skin.

Hey team, I put my estro gel in the fridge bc it's so hot. But it was at the back of the fridge and it froze. Anyone know if it loses efficacy after being frozen?

Now more than ever the world needs a (non AI) KNDF dance party video. Don’t worry, I’ve got u

Amazing to me that American journalism invented a third person imperfect passive indicative periphrastic for English just to absolve government agents of violence.

Vance is here to grab content he can post on X, using your replies. Starve the beast.

As of today, Elon Musk is thought to be responsible for the death of 300,000 adults and kids due to the illegal closure of USAID (source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...) That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse. His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.