Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...

florida gov. ron desantis has appointed urban meyer — yes, that urban meyer — to the board of trustees of new college, pending confirmation by the state senate

OPINION by Ja’han Jones, MS NOW opinion blogger: “The Trump administration is looking to tear down more historic buildings in Washington as the president, nearly a year into his final term, looks for ways to leave his mark on the District of Columbia.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Democrats yesterday won the final special election of 2025, in Iowa: Their nominee defended a state Senate district by 43%. Harris had won it by 17% last year. This win means Dems prevent the GOP from gaining a supermajority; the GOP lost the supermajority earlier this year.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

Had the pleasure of checking of the Museum of the City of New York for the first time with my mom today and while we didn’t get to see everyone in the 3+ hours we were there, I left with an overwhelming love and respect for the city and its people.

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr

*taps my book wild faith* as noted in literally the first chapter, the Satanic Panic never ended, it just took a nap for awhile this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...

And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before. In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵

Sometimes I think about how even when Trump and his crew are overthrown, the rest of the world will never trust American voters and politicians again and soft power was its most successful foreign policy, and while the ideologues in charge don’t understand that, Putin does

We have an idea for a sequel... via tryquinn on TikTok

I have my coffee

We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media. We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.

Barnes & Noble is back with their 25% off preorder sale! Use code PREORDER25 and snag yourself or your loved one or your neighborhood little library a copy of SUMMER OFFICIAL! Premium B&N members get an additional 10% off! Sale runs through 1/1/26 @penguinteen.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.c...

I’m not great at ranking my reads, but I can confidently tell you which ones were my favs, new to me, and/or horny! Here’s a short list of some of my superlative favorites I read during 2025. Want to join? Use my templates! #romancelandia #booksky

You believed this guy in everything he did which is the highest praise I can give. Big time actors often play themselves but in the trenches actors don't have that luxury and I bought Isiah Whitlock as everyone he played

Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis

Delighted to be quoted in this piece about the fabulous @bethmacy.bsky.social running for Congress in Virginia's ruby-red 6th District.

My man looks like he purchased the Cam Newton Starter Kit

“But in a modern, free, and truly democratic society, it should not be a mystery for days to its population and its voters whether or not their president has just bombed a new sovereign nation, without any declaration of war – all while the federal government that’s funded by our tax dollars…

Should also add that right before she quit, Marjorie Taylor Greene passed a bill through the House to ban gender-affirming care for minors. She is not a moderate. She is still super right wing. She just felt Trump no longer could accomplish her goals.

This is slavery.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record. Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late). Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.

EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.

Ok where are my dvds? You can upcharge me for a special-extra-deleted-scenes edition and use that money for the season 2 budget.

This story has had me cry multiple times. People can be very good and kind.

damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone

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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.

"The win had changed her life, but not in the ways she had hoped." A devastating, deeply moving story by my dear friend @caseyparks.bsky.social about how poverty, politics, and cruelty shaped a trans teenage runner's world.

My pace while reading this book has been glacial because of how affecting it is

Private equity getting involved in surrogate births, I'm sure that's gonna turn out great

Today's deals include: ~ Former hockey star + doctor + oops woke up married in Vegas ~ Scientist survives a plane crash with a medieval Highlander who was thrown forward in time ~ Grumpy/sunshine, rival bakers & more!

i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills IG savedbydesign.tn

Portland airport has a rule about charging the same as non-airport locales. I don't think that's fair - I think they should be allowed to charge slightly more because they incur security costs non-airport locales don't but....it's good for travelers.

I turned this into an article.

I've quietly watched Brynn go through this for the past year. It's absolutely heartbreaking. I'm glad she can share her story now but it's rough. She gave her life to helping people and doing medivac rescues with the California national guard and she's being tossed out line trash because she's trans

I’m not going to read the rest of the Game Changers series JUST yet! But this is hitting the spot!! Romance remains undefeated!

The death of Salisha Ali, a Trinidadian immigrant who was allegedly killed by her partner, highlights a pattern of violence that community leaders say is tied to immigration dependency and historical trauma.

My really basic litmus test for determining if someone will say anything in the hope of getting power is the (very small number of) people arguing that birthright citizenship is anything other than what it has been accepted to be for a century and a half.

HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about. Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.

‘We own it’: Community-owned grocery store opens in Flint, Mich., marking the end of a longtime food desert

I somehow missed this www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...

On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.

"Sodium is nearly 50 times cheaper than lithium and can even be harvested from seawater, making it a much more sustainable option for large-scale energy storage”

"During closing arguments, Mills urged the jurors to imagine Leonard as their own son. 'There isn’t a father among you who would not rather see his son in his casket than to see him wedded to a mulatto woman,’ he said." Markle may be basic, but the ugly vitriol she gets comes down to this.