How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

Ramaswamy's financial disclosure confirms personal stake in the crypto policies he's pushing tiffinohio.net/posts/ramasw...

1/8 Yesterday I was asked a question live on @lbc.co.uk by @mrjamesob.bsky.social : What happens if the United States intercepts a Chinese cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz? At the time, I said I didn’t want to think about it. Since then, I have. #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity

In total, Lancet researchers found USAID prevented more than 91 million deaths over those two decades—including 30 million children under five.

I don't think anything more usefully summarises the UK than seeing the "left wing" government kick the fuck out of one of the few genuinely successful export sectors of the last ten years because racist pensioners who will never vote for them don't like foreigners.

"This is the story that needs to get out there" FIVE MINUTES OF GOOGLING COULD HAVE BEAMED THIS STORY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYEBALLS AT ANY POINT SINCE 2005

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

I can’t tell you how insane this stuff looks from abroad. It’s obviously far, far from the most serious infraction, but just the thing of watching the most plain corruption seep into US politics through every pore, and it not really register with people, is so strange.

Trump did an ad for a private company from the Oval Office this week and, instead of it being a career-threatening crisis, it’s an and-finally-item for the news. At worst a little bit cringe. www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

Re impeachment: "When Democrats make it the central focus, it looks like we’re obsessed with the politics of Trump instead of the lives of people" This is literally made up.

it does not matter how much contempt you have for these incompetent fucking jackasses, they bray louder and are far dumber than you think and deserve far more of it

man, how many people have fucked up international diplomacy this badly, this quickly? vance managed to completely shit the bed on two top administration priorities in, like, less than 48 hours, across two different continents

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the youths are super into IRL human interactions, no AI, and “physical media” (vinyl! DVDs! tapes!) right now and it’s glorious. Like there are 20yo influencers that just read old paper books and talk about feelings.

People hate this shit so much. Nobody's having fun. Even the AI people are getting tired of this. They're losing and they know it. Even with the ever-growing revenues of OpenAI and Anthropic, things feel weird and bad. Anthropic's services are also randomly broken or rate limited to hell. Cool!

Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.

She [ Ally] said, last week when she made this decision to go public she knew she was was putting everything on the line, that she might not have any work, after this, but if it helped one more woman come forward, or helped one more person not be victimized she wanted to do it.“

Should be part of his next test.

The U.S. killed two more people in the Pacific yesterday. And they suspended the search for the shipwrecked civilian from April 11. They don't want the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate these murders. Full story, @theintercept.com

Maryland lawmakers made history tonight …

Trump wanted to kill off PBS & NPR by defunding them. It hasn't worked as intended—viewers came to their aid & now a fed'l judge has held Trump's executive order unconstitutional. We also look at why Trump might dislike public media & a Muppet named Donald Grump. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

New York City police arrested about 100 demonstrators after more than 300 anti-war protesters staged a sit-in outside the Manhattan offices of U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, calling on them to support an expected Senate vote blocking additional U.S. weapons sales to Israel.

The USDA is going to use Elon Musk’s Grok for a myriad of functions, including “scientific research”. I can’t see any potential drawbacks to using a bigot-coded AI that is fed and watered by scientific misinformation at the joint that oversees food safety. /s

... What makes this case different for Trump and the Republicans is that the war in Iran is independently unpopular. So what a feud with the Pope does is ensure the media give regular air time to someone who can articulate in recognisable moral terms a dissatisfaction people are inclined to share...

It's almost as if having an obvious crook as president - one who is proud of scamming the system in multiple ways - might have some long-term negative effects even outside of the realm of public policy.

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

Since Viktor Orbán’s approach to governance in Hungary was cited by the Heritage Foundation as their blueprint for #Project2025 (kettering.org/the-global-d...) it seems like a good time to re-up this piece in Aug '24 piece in @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2024/08/proj...

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1

Two things here: 1) The idea that “morality” does not intersect with the decision to go to war and kill people is hilarious. 2) JD Vance announcing a book on his conversion to Catholicism just as Donald Trump starts shit-talking the Pope is the most JD Vance thing EVER.

Since Trump took office, 365 clean energy projects have been canceled, delayed, or are laying off staff.

A lot of people some of y’all be engaging with don’t even know this.

exhausted historian of christianity screaming into the void, once again: christianity has never been apolitical. to wit: jesus was executed by the roman state.

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

The delta is one of the most vital sites for #biodiversity in Albania and across Europe. A rare oasis for nature, the Vjosë delta and its lagoon are under siege. #ResistanceEarth It will be a #wildlife wipeout. Capitalism continues to kill the planet. e360.yale.edu/features/jar...

Okay bluesky I need your help I live in Massachusetts. You might think we're a bastion of lefty intellectualism but our state government a clusterfuck of post-puritan real estate bros Reskeet this. Text it to your "friends from home" Help this find every masshole poster who will know what to do

Imagine a study that found kids with ADHD have more visits to doctors than kids without ADHD — and used that finding to suggest ADHD treatment doesn't work. That's the standard of evidence the anti-trans braintrust is willing to accept.

Left substack four years ago this week. Just another one of my many right too soon achievements. All the medals on my poster's dress uniform starting to weigh me down.

Imagine sucking up to Trump for years and then getting thrown under the bus like this.

From @metzger.bsky.social, I am HOWLING.

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

This week is Black Maternal Health Week — and Black women are still being ignored, dismissed, and disrespected, especially during pregnancy and childbirth. Over 80% of these deaths didn’t have to happen. This is your reminder to listen to Black women.

Breaking:Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign from Congress amid backlash over sexual misconduct allegations.

@apnews.com: Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping In January, ICE officers bashed open the door of ChongLy Thao's home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him outside in just his underwear and a blanket in freezing conditions.

New: Why Was the Prairieland Jury Persuaded to Convict Given the Government’s Weak Case? Questions linger about a “loud uproar” in the jury room on the day of the verdict as juror misconduct is alleged in a post-verdict motion seeking a new trial. unicornriot.ninja/2026/why-was...

JStreet moving like this greatly increases the chances the median Dem congressperson, who is wildly out of step with the base on Israel, actually moves towards a Block the Bombs-type position and beyond. This is a permission structure for change.

Texas is losing $3.2 BILLION in tax revenue over the next two years to the tax incentives it's handing out to data centers, and this is probably an underestimate. Meanwhile, the state is struggling to fund things like education and disaster response.

my last article for a few months is about parental leave — and why U.S advocates should consider pushing for it as a standalone program (like every other country has) rcobooth.substack.com/p/parental-l...