Tragic news. Rest in peace. om.co/2026/06/24/1...

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It’s hard to understand why Mamdani is so popular 🙃

and in the year of our lord 2026 I actually agreed with tucker carlson

We wanted to understand why a Jewish candidate defeated another Jewish candidate in one of America's most Jewish congressional districts. So we talked to three Evangelical Christians at a gun show in northern Idaho.

Racist motherf**kers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

if you wrote a post about Alito using the exact same terminology Trump used with respect to Haitians, you would be visited by federal law enforcement within hours

This extremist Supreme Court just gave Trump the green light to block asylum seekers at the border and end TPS protections for Haitians & Syrians. People fleeing danger deserve compassion, not cruelty. We must reform and expand the Court immediately. www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/p...

“One alarming finding of the paper is that moderating against this sort of attack may not be feasible in the long run, because of how little text is actually needed to manipulate an LLM.” www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

Attending WordCamp US 2026 for the first time? This guide covers what to expect across all 4 days, how to network, and what to pack for Phoenix in August. wp.me/pgSBpQ-VW #WCUS

“One alarming finding of the paper is that moderating against this sort of attack may not be feasible in the long run, because of how little text is actually needed to manipulate an LLM.” www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

48 years years ago, on the 25th of June 1978, the rainbow flag designed by Gilbert Baker was first flown, during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration. The first design included 8 colours, with the pink at the top later dropped due to limited fabric availability. #otd #history 🗃️

“I’ll gladly damage the American people unless Congress helps me steal the midterms. How else can I keep grifting and stay out of jail? Plus, causing pain gets me off. Also I’m a bloated incompetent ignoramus. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

This piece was originally published for Democracy Docket members only. We’re sharing it more widely because it was too timely to keep behind the paywall. Become a member to get my exclusive notes first. bit.ly/4qmEiFz www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

“Just as monstrous and mutant algae invade the lagoon of Venice … in the field of social ecology, men like Donald Trump are permitted to proliferate freely, like another species of algae, taking over entire districts of New York.” —Félix Guattari, 1989

Habbo Hotel website in 2001

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

“Trumpism made laughable—farce rather than horror or tragedy. … This is the true gift of the reflecting pool meltdown. Mr. Trump looks foolish, with relatively minimal damage done to the nation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/o...

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I had no idea this existed but I love it. I wonder if it was the number one bar mitzvah song of the early 1960s

In this era of unprecedented corruption, it is essential that we keep our terminology precise.

According to our Constitution, we should have overthrown our government by now.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan just saved the midterms. She ruled that the regime’s 25-state voter-purge machine broke three federal privacy laws, stating the government "knowingly trampled" on the sacred right to vote. Read her monumental ruling: 👇 🔗 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-pla...

REPUBLICAN SEN. TILLIS: “What Freakin’ parallel universe did I wake up in? You’re telling me — if it’s true — damaging the reflecting pool lining is something Pirro wants to prosecute… yet they’re releasing people who pled guilty to assaulting officers?”

“I’ll gladly damage the American people unless Congress helps me steal the midterms. How else can I keep grifting and stay out of jail? Plus, causing pain gets me off. Also I’m a bloated incompetent ignoramus. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Take back the internet. Code for the People. July 9. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

“I won’t do anything to help the American people—not even passively!—until Congress responds to the made-up crisis in my brainless senile pumpkin head.”

New Yorkers with young school-age kids, the Transit Museum makes for a fun weekend outing.

I grew up with guys whose families had mined coal for four generations, and for my job I just searched "did George Kennedy ever do a guest spot on Golden Girls"

The crazy thing is that for most of my life I would go ten, fifteen, sometimes even thirty minutes at a time without thinking about the Reflecting Pool.

This is actually the specific shape of corporate workplace disaster I’ve been waiting for. The era of safely typing anything is probably over.

SFMOMA Sans: a new, gently undulating custom typeface for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, by Olivia King; h/t Alicia Blázquez. www.oliviaking.com/sfmoma-sans #typefaces #design #sfmoma

If you’ve considered applying to be a Happiness Engineer at Automattic but aren’t sure you’re ready, this guide will help you prepare to apply. happinessengineer.blog/2026/04/21/p...

“Across many demos, I saw the same evolution: command line, markdown files, HTML, rich browser experiences. Agents and humans are converging on a shared visual surface: pointing, annotating, dragging, and previewing, instead of describing things in pure prose.” data.blog/2026/06/19/t...

“Big thanks to everyone who volunteered for the release squad, and heartfelt appreciation to everyone helping move WordPress 7.1 forward through testing, triage, documentation, bug scrubs, and more. Your efforts make this release possible.”

WooCommerce 10.9.0 introduces performance enhancements, UI updates for admin screens, and built-in transactional email logging, enhancing store management and checkout efficiency.

Here’s an exciting one: You can now use Claude, ChatGPT, or your preferred AI agent to build and improve your WordPress.com site. We’ll show you how with our new self-guided video course.

I live in Texas and if you go to any Democratic Party event in Dallas, the biggest cheers come any time Mamdani's name is mentioned.

Financialisation of humanity Vital services handed by the state to private equity 84% of children’s homes, 80% of adult care homes in England controlled by financial investors. Private equity is a key player. £1.5bn profit extracted from care homes. Public purse looted for poor service.

The Candy Kingdom is a surveillance state.

The court has to be expanded & reformed. I have no idea if it’s even possible but it has to happen.

Brexit was bad, but electing Trump twice is like doing Brexit and then hiring the Hell's Angels to do security for it.

🚨BREAKING: Maryland Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to state voter data. A big victory for our clients Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans and democracy. DOJ is now 0-9 in these cases. We are undefeated.🗳️💪⚖️ www.democracydocket.com/cases/maryla...

It took Donald Trump 50 seconds to clasp a Medal of Honor on a soldier’s neck, reviving alarm about the 9 seconds it took an elderly Joe Biden to do the same.

on this day in 1633 "the Holy Office (Vatican) in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the solar system". let us not allow faith to blind us to truth and scientific advancement.

Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest Directors — BILLY WILDER, born 120yrs ago today — here with his 7 Academy Awards (from 21 nominations).

Remembering the late great BILLY WILDER — born 120yrs ago today. Here’s his wonderful gravestone at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery — CA.

“The small moments that used to make the web worth visiting are disappearing. “A less human web costs you readers. Your audience can sense when a machine is talking to them. Most are checking out before they’ve decided whether they care.”