you tell someone that you feel like something you like is losing its identity to appeal to a broader audience and they start talking to you like a shareholder

An Israeli airstrike hit a civilian vehicle on a busy street in Gaza City around noon on July 9, 2026, killing at least one Palestinian and injuring others. This attack was one of many in a 24-hour period in which Israel killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip despite a "ceasefire."

Dozens of reports are emerging of police using automated license plate readers not to solve crimes, but to stalk their partners and exes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Uncle in Iran says the country’s south is being destroyed. Trump is following through on his “bridge and power plant day” threats but it’s simply not registering here the way that it should.

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Palestinian teenage footballer dies a week after Israeli settler attack https://aje.news/x1sbtp

yeah we’re gonna have to ban prediction markets

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

DIY solar + battery update: the huge NE storm and heatwave knocked out the power for like 20 hours yesterday but we had enough stored to keep the fridge and one window unit going the whole time. phew

IDF-enabled theft of Palestinian livelihood for all to see: Israeli Settlers Filmed Taking Palestinian Livestock Under IDF Protection www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

At least 20 schools have now been completely destroyed in southern Lebanon, with 100 more damaged.

New from 404 Media: ICE plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for data to investigate what it calls 'voters fraud'. News comes day after Trump laying the groundwork to undermine the midterms. ICE says Thomson Reuters can continuously track millions of people. www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-t...

Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer until you're the one calmly stating "we're encased in flame"

actual gestapo shit. "Video posted on social media showed two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appearing to handcuff a man at a Las Vegas airport while he screamed in terror."

Eight killed and 20 injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day.

microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same

They’re going to kill more people

Weird how none of the Odyssey discourse is about this

It’s so interesting how, time and time again, this US government keeps reaching the conclusion that Russiagate is completely true

Casually threatening mass rapes

This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...

The documents that Trump released and endorsed clearly validate and detail a massive Russian intelligence service operation to elect Donald Trump of which he and his entourage were aware and in which they knowingly participated. Russiagate is real, we learn.

Ninety percent of the 71 detainees contacted in the concentration camp on Fort Bliss say they were beaten by guards are witnessed beatings, in addition to inedible meals and lack of access to medication or lawyers.

I know a lot of the focus here has been on the Dems who voted not to cut aid to Israel but I think “the majority of the caucus voted to cut aid” is a monumental sea change in Dem politics and the movement here is only going in one direction this is the most Dem support Israel will ever see again

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

He died at Irwin, the detention center made notorious by allegations of unwanted gynecological procedures, and that Biden had shut down. Trump reopened it. Now it’s the site of yet another death in ICE detention following claims of medical neglect.

the vast majority of agricultural labor in the USA is done by undocumented latinos in an illegal kafala system-type employment arrangement with millionaire plantation owners and a small force of overseers who LARP as rugged cowboys. if you do not understand this you are not a serious leftist.

Suspect is charged with 'preparation of terrorist acts - linked to extreme right-wing terrorism', say British police.

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Israel’s military has attacked several areas across Gaza, with Palestinians filming flames and smoke rising over Gaza City. A nine-year-old girl was also killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza.

Every day that passes without support means more worry for Samaa's children. Donations are dwindling, while their basic needs for food, medicine, and milk are urgent. If you can help or share the campaign link, you are giving real hope. Thank you to every kind heart. chuffed.org/project/1575...

"Om Sham My children are exhausted and suffering from malnutrition and illnesses, and father Mahmoud sustained injuries from the war in Gaza. I’m their mother, doing all I can to protect my family and keep them alive. I need $250 for food & medicine. We are losing hope 😭" chuffed.org/project/omsham

“The data indicates that 74.2% of North Carolina’s 143,998 private school students received an Opportunity Scholarship during the 2025-26 school year.” We’re living through the resegregation of US education. Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...

NEW: A public link let anyone watch SFPD police drone operations. We reviewed hours of leaked footage showing drones tracking cars across the city, watching detentions, peering into apartment windows, recording thermal video, and sweeping up hundreds of bystanders w/ @agreenberg.bsky.social

Sony blindsided its own partners with their "kill discs" strategy. We heard from multiple insiders that 3rd party had no clue it was coming. Now a report suggests 1st party/AAA was steamrolled too. Sony screws the industry, and doesn't even give its own folks time to brace.

what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”

For whatever risks Khanna took in Palestine, I worry a lot more about the people he met with there. I'd be surprised if that mayor he talked with is going to be alive and free in 9 months

My mom just called to tell me that she went to a museum about the Underground Railroad, where one of the exhibits talked about the locals having horns that they would blow to warn people when the slave catchers were in town “It’s just like your whistles!”

On the exact same day that Israeli Jewish settlers in the illegally occupied West Bank held a US Congressman at gunpoint with US made rifles, they also attacked a CNN news crew

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Israeli Settlers Attack Foreign Reporters in West Bank Palestinian Village - among at least 20 incidents of settler violence reported across WB over weekend, including assaults, armed threats, property damage, and clashes. www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country

Don’t leave them alone in Gaza. Hammam is a volunteer who hasn’t stopped caring for the injured for three years without a salary. His family is homeless and hungry, and his brother is disabled and needs urgent treatment for epilepsy. Any donation even small one can help chuffed.org/project/1844...

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Memphis is under siege from the federal government. This is hideous.

Deep analysis of the 20+ videos we collected showing the events around ICE chasing and then killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. From a whole bunch of people on the byline & me. 🎁 Free Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/w...