Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn't think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub.

The Buffalo water intake building rises behind the Bird Island Pier which separates the Black Rock Canal from the Niagara River in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Joed Viera. https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/collection_1c4bf885-0fa0-446c-97ee-769a9040f2a6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Can the mind be described mathematically, or is this a mistake? | https://iai.tv/video/cracking-the-code-for-thought This debate brings together leading physicists Roger Penrose, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski and Max Tegmark to answer this unresolved question.

Education was once imagined as a space for objective facts and neutral knowledge, but that idea is now under serious pressure. https://bit.ly/4w7fULP James Cleverly, Minna Salami, and John Ralston Saul debate whether education can ever truly be objective, and whether that was ever the right goal.

Does moral universalism pose dangers to us, or is it essential to our value system? | https://iai.tv/video/neighbours-before-strangers Click here to watch renowned philosophers Alain de Botton, Tommy Curry, and Seyla Benhabib debate.

India has been criticised by Donald Trump and Western leaders for refusing to fall into line. | https://bit.ly/49UqfCm But Narain D. Batra argues that India’s commitment to strategic autonomy is not an anomaly but a blueprint for a world moving beyond rigid blocs.

Clarice Lispector argued that the self and linear time are inseparable, and that imagining your own death is the only way to escape both. | https://bit.ly/4vSuVRL Michael Marder argues this calls us toward an existentialism that reaches beyond the human entirely.

Taylor Fresh Foods has donated $1M to Trump since late 2024. They supply Taco Bell and others with contaminated lettuce. Will they be held fully accountable? Source: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Editor Commentary: Ohio voter power has been assaulted for half a decade because politicians won’t admit Trump lost ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/16/o...

Commentary: Faith leaders are right to call on Ohio elected officials to protect voter rights and fair elections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/15/f...

🏅 The Ohio Capital Journal has won eight awards in “Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest” from the Society of Professional Journalists, including First Place for Best General News Site, three other first place finishes, and four in second place. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/15/o...

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Apple is testing a new Genius Bar tool called Live Notes that transcribes and summarizes conversations with a customer, but employees are worried about how the tool might be used against them.

19 July 1934 | German Jewish girl, Alice Kozower, was born in Berlin. In January 1943 she was deported to #Theresienstadt ghetto from where on 12 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Vermeer’s Milkmaid glows with blues, yellows and soft browns. His secret? Hundreds of tiny dots of colour, and his favourite pigment of all: ultramarine, made from lapis lazuli, once more precious than gold. 💙 👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/themes/vermeer/story/milkmaid-high-resolution

A Kuwaiti tourist has reported to police that he was robbed of 20,000 baht in cash and a mobile phone after agreeing to spend the night with a person he believed to be a Thai woman but may have been a transgender woman.

www.c-span.org/clip/public-... More Americans are barely getting by and some have found themselves one check away from homelessness and are now homeless. Americans want affordability more than to hear Trump regurgitating claims of a stolen 2020 election. Americans need help. Repost #Blues

Israel’s reliance on longstanding partnerships with the United States and a handful of European countries is no longer sufficient. But can it build durable relationships in Asia?

This week’s video lesson is all about Speed! I will be teaching a pattern specifically for English speakers that instantly hands you dozens of Hebrew words you already know www.youtube.com/hebrewbyinbal It goes live today 12pm, eastern standard. See you there! #LearnHebrew #LanguageLearning

Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled a new counter-unmanned aerial system called HYPNOSIS, a new high‑power navigation warfare air‑defense system. www.jpost.com/defense-and-...

19 July 1901 | Jewish woman, Pola Ekchaus (nee Niemenczyńska) was born in Wilno (Vilnius) - then in Imperial Russia. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 29 July 1942. She did not survive.

Good morning and Happy Sunday 👋 There were many parties last night if you want to review for friends! More upcoming parties beginning at 5 est today. If you are #NeverTrump, following me and want to be listed at my parties leave a comment or meme. Have a great day ❤️☮️ Repost 🙏🏼 #Blues

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Trump is the Absolute Worst 'Standard Bearer' for Israel, as a #Crook&ConMan. I can Not support him, Or MAGA. The Anti-Semitic #KluKluxKlan&#ProudBoys do. Trump is Also the Worst Worldwide Public Relations for Israel, which I sincerely hope&pray #FutureIsraeliLeaders, will rightly live down.

All Americans want their own votes to count – and to be counted accurately. There are SO MANY THINGS we can do to make elections safe and secure that go beyond security theater. The question is whether or not there is the resolve and courage to make it happen. Here's what you can do:

The State Department has issued a warning to travelers worldwide. Nobody is safe. All because of one STUPID CUCK “An empty man is full of himself” -Edward Abbey

The State Department has issued a warning to travelers worldwide. Nobody is safe. All because of one STUPID CUCK “An empty man is full of himself” -Edward Abbey

🇮🇱 This Day in the History of Israel | 19 July 2018 On this day, the Knesset passed the Basic Law: Israel – The Nation-State of the Jewish People, affirming Israel as the national home of the Jewish people, recognizing Hebrew as the official language, and reaffirming Jerusalem as Israel's capital

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The cyclosporiasis outbreak appears to be the largest ever recorded in the United States, and members of Congress are now demanding answers from the CDC about whether staffing cuts, hiring freezes, and agency reorganization affected the federal response.

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On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from #$GEO #$CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...

Taco Bell does not grow lettuce. This is on Taylor Farms.

NEW: If there were any Republican hopes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) might change her mind to vote for the SAVE America Act, she made it clear in no uncertain terms that she will never. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Ukraine has now netted more than 1,000 kilometers of road against Russian drones It's the infrastructure that lets anything move near the front, where Russian FPVs hunt every truck and ambulance within 30 km of the line euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/19/u...

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Good morning my lovely friends, Happy Tuesday!! Never live your life to make people happy, because at the end of the day you are the only one who has to walk in those shoes. Have a spectacular day and remember to be kind. We never know what someone else is going thru.💙💙💙

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I’ll tell you what: if Barack Obama had launched an illegal war, 16 U.S. service members were dead, and another was missing in action, the MAGA media machine would be frothing at the mouth. Right now? Quiet as a church mouse. Fucking cowards.