How would anyone at Fox News ever know what libraries are like? (And could they be a bit more specific as to which ones?)

Rape is an ugly word for an ugly thing. It’s uncomfortable to say because it represents a truth that creates moral obligations that a lot of us would rather avoid. But we must not avoid them.

A Police Executive Research Forum report from 2014 showed that CBP officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them. This isn’t something that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/sections/the...

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Shouldn't be a surprise that Platner promised to pull out, but doesn't

Saw a meme of GenZ baffled by how pre-internet travel worked, and realized we’ve crossed an enshittification threshold where IRL services that once seemed outdated, like travel agents, now seem luxurious: “You meet with a human expert who plans out your whole trip with you” sounds incredible now tbh

“Treat every platform as temporary, because it is. Archive out of love—for the things we’ve made, the conversations we’ve had, the small, stubborn act of leaving a mark.” zeldman.com/2026/07/06/m... #OpenWeb #StateOfTheWeb #IndieWeb

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

Hey guys! I know we all like to joke about July being pride 2.0 / Wrath month, but let's also remember it's disability pride month too! Many of us are both LGBTQ+ and live with disabilities and it's more important than ever that both groups stick together and support each other!

I just want to thank all the men defending Platner for pointing out who we shouldn’t leave our drinks alone with. We see you. You’re not special. Every woman has encountered you. We appreciate the heads up.

I don't know, man, I think if Joe Biden had kept confusing Zelenskyy with Putin and Iran with Japan, the media might have made a pretty big deal about it?

there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.

Evergreen post: He could be impeached tonight and convicted at trial in a few weeks and removed from office immediately thereafter if about 20 people in DC decided to put country over party for the first time in their miserable, self-dealing lives

I think the Platner thing hit me so hard bc it was one of the most protracted, widespread acts of misogynist gaslighting from my own side that I've seen. We were presented with an obvious violent scumbag who was constantly lying (badly, might I add) and told we were crazy for not loving him

The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.

I hate how much I wonder how many women are keeping quiet about *something* because it would ruin their lives/tank their careers to speak up.

Democrats are held to a different standard because those of us who support them expect decency and humanity from our representatives, and Republicans not holding their candidates to similar standards is how we ended up with Trump as president.

let this be a lesson to deal with your feelings of gender anxiety and masculine inadequacy with a hobby or therapy or something and not a high stakes senate election

sometimes its like. i would love to not have to think about gender and misogyny all the time but on account of us living on the Gender and Misogyny Planet i cant do that. so

Re: Graham Platner, I felt like I was being punked when people acted like he wasn’t obviously dishonest and untrustworthy this entire time. Starting with the unbelievable defense of his tattoo, which I was shocked to see people fall for

Okay but hear me out: A library crawl.

Utterly essential the party espec Bernie who championed this guy get their act together

There is no need for fireworks now with drone shows. No need for pets and vets to cower and for wild life to suffer as well as the pollution and noise. I said what I said.

I don't even think you can say the misogyny is subtextual at this point. It's just the text

i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.

Probably a good idea for a lot of liberals to take a look at Michael Cohen getting back into bed with Trump for a radio show after years of grifting their money as a “resistance” influencer and start asking themselves exactly what they’ve been and still are supporting.

Just received my DNA results and apparently my lineage can be traced back to a pumpkin patch nestled in fog on a cool October day with the sound of crows in the distance.

1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative

This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"

400 masked cowardly Patriot Front bros walking through D.C. once, then fleeing ain’t shit, peeps. They are a tiny fetid drop in the American bucket. Remember Minneapolis at -20F. We are bigger, braver, and stronger. By a mile.

The preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Seems like a good day to post this.

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front on the DC Metro on July 4.

If you don't care about doing alt text for folks who are disabled and folks who need accomodations, at least do it for when this website is broken. If you're going around right now not seeing pictures, read the alt text and you should be able to understand what's going on, if they did a good job.

The premise here, repeated throughout American history, is that only some kind of mental manipulation could make white people enjoy art by black people. You start acknowledging black cultural contributions as valuable it’s a slippery slope to seeing black people as people bsky.app/profile/left...

It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.

USAID was manipulating the charts to promote rap, says the guy everyone must go to for approval for some reason.

In all honesty, I wish more parents would pay attention to how exhausted non-parents can be, many of whom are caring for elderly parents, sick friends, people in the community etc. There are plenty of ways to be exhausted, being a parent is just one.

It‘s just insane to me that a sitting president has made MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS peddling fucking fairy dust with no intrinsic value beyond his stature and power AS president, and it’s not treated as the biggest corruption scandal in American history.

You cannot both withhold open support for queer people and neutral at the same time You cannot be a space for your entire community by imposing a "families are more important than unhoused people" approach You don't build unity by insisting on a 'one size fits all' approach to knowledge 📚

Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

remember when a bunch of software companies made a big deal about "returning to the office," citing worsening quality of work? and then none of their products got any better? and then some of them started to vibe code everything? and their products got even worse??

The Adjective Word Order We All Follow Without Realizing It. "So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac." [kottke.org]

This is a BFD. It basically says that your use of Google does not constitute consent to give your location data to the cops. It could make a good deal of the shit Trump is doing problematic.

I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.