Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/

Have some really good news: toxic plastics broken down into useful chemicals in less than 24 hours: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...

Chuck Schumer should follow in Nancy Pelosi’s footsteps

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

"How much can someone be blamed for their choices when those choices are predetermined by one's culture?" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b... via www.patreon.com/posts/142837...

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Zohran Mamdani's victory is also a win for the importance of the #humanities. Crucial when when the federal govt is trying to destroy them! His politics are profoundly shaped by his filmmaker mother & anthropologist/political scientist father. #nycmayor #historymatters #community

Such a good sign!

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Mmmmm . . . goat meat. True story: my fave family friend/aunt growing up was Jamaican and introduced me to curried goat as a kid. I crave it pretty much every day. Thank you, Myrna!

"Literal communist" in Republican speak means someone who cares about their community. Quelle horror!

Oh, happy day!

Hey, fellow New Yorkers, who care about libraries, Here's something quick & easy you can do to put pressure on the City Council to raise library funding: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Fellow NYC residents, if you haven't yet sent a letter to your City Council member demanding that they support @nycplan.org's call to increase and stabilize NYC public library funding, please do. It will take 30 seconds: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

From the chat from other callers, everyone is having their own experience, but fwiw the biggest thing I'm getting from people is they don't know where their early voting location is, and were planning on heading to their regular location. They're different! iwillvote.com/locate/?addr...

Loved this! All the #wnba fans I know want the players paid fairly. Folks I know who aren't sports fans agree. We're in a moment when oligarchs/billionaires/plutocrats/kleptocrats are doing whatever they can to pay no one but themselves. It ain't right. #workersunite #paythemwhatyouowethem

If you've been waiting for my move off the Nazi site to start financially supporting my work, good news! I'm now on Beehiiv! And if you're looking to support an independent trans journalist doing queer sports reporting, look no further! You can subscribe to Out of Your League now:

If you have any interest in the future of AI, please join us for another really insightful conversation with @alondra.bsky.social. She's brilliant but better yet, she's right!

I'm an LES/EV girlie, but getting to vote at the @nhm.org makes me think about moving to the UWS every November. #nycvotes nycvotes.org

I will not vote for this man for president. Or anything else. If he's willing to throw trans people under the bus, then he has no ethical, moral or political compass. If you won't stand up for the most disadvantaged, you can't be trusted. #TRANSRIGHTSAREHUMANRIGHTS

So absurd. Are there any communities that DON'T use the terms "aunt" and "uncle" loosely?

NYC progressives, the election for mayor, comptroller etc isn't over! Folks who hate democratic socialism & Islamophobes (often the same people) are voting in big numbers! DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! Early voting ends on the weekend. Election Day is 4 Nov! Find your polling place: nycvotes.org #nycvotes

Where to get free food in Atlanta:

All across the USA millions are about to lose food assistance. Donate to your local food banks or to @feedingamerica.org which provides food nationwide: www.feedingamerica.org

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

Exciting news! If you have a @netgalley.bsky.social account you can request my next novel, The Mortons. Co-written with @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social. It publishes in Canada/USA & UK, July 2026. (Still waiting on Australia/NZ, Bulgaria, France & German pub dates.) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Cuomo said “vote for me, the Mayor of Slop, the Mayor of Filth, the Mayor of Putrescence. Boo. Boo. Rubbish. Filth. Slime. Muck. Slop.”

Thanks for your reporting! I witnessed this on my afternoon walk. It was wild. Homeland Security Investigations officers throwing a guy violently to the ground on Lafayette. Dozens of civilians videoing it. So messed up.

No better way to follow up #NoKings than by knocking doors for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social! Marching is just the start, join us or your local group in doing the work!

You're high off the No Kings demonstration but don't know what to do next? Decolonize your mind. Practice active anti-racism. Talk to your friends about how you can commit concrete acts that dismantle white supremacy. Think about how you interact with Black people. Unpack your internal biases.

Yesterday's #nokings protest in NYC was a joyful celebration of community. We ran into so many folks from #publishing book/vintage/foodie & #WNBA circles. The signs were hilarious/poignant/pointed. Love the one below! I left feeling energised & hopeful. Proud to march with @authorsabb.bsky.social

Protesting in the USA today? #nokings Know your rights! @aclu.org has info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Make sure you know your rights!

One candidate came across as quick, thoughtful and intelligent with actual policies. Two had shaky talking points that they repeated crankily. And once again failed to pronounce Zohran's name correctly. #bless This will be the first time I have enthusiastically voted for mayor. Can't wait!

Also if you want to know why particle physics matters for the future of humanity, I wrote a book about it, and it's coming out on April 7 and you can preorder it now 👽 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

changing your behavior to be more in line with your values (ie: caring for, preserving your & your communities health), especially in such extraordinary circumstances as we are facing, is admirable. it is time to be courageous, time to use every tool in the box. mask up.

As a white woman US citizen in my 50s I'll be at the Saturday 18 Oct #nokings mass rebuke of Republican authoritarian rule. I will carry proof of my citizenship. I encourage others with as many protections to do likewise. If you don't have citizenship or are in a persecuted class STAY SAFE.

I loved this from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #transrightsarehumanrights youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!) bookriot.com/helen-ruffin... And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

Exciting news! If you have a @netgalley.bsky.social account you can request my next novel, The Mortons. Co-written with @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social. It publishes in Canada/USA & UK, July 2026. (Still waiting on Australia/NZ, Bulgaria, France & German pub dates.) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Most of these people are deeply trained, or at least highly educated, in humanities. Knowing isn’t being.

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Let's start normalising NOT calling this crap #AI. Because there's nothing intelligent about it. It's #LLM (large language model) slop. Or to be truly accurate: LLM #IP (intellectual property) theft slop.

Today is a beautiful day for Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva.

This is a brilliant discussion with @wagesofwins.bsky.social on how trash the management of the #WNBA is. With receipts! The only W malfeasance they don't discuss is how the W's creation destroyed the already formed women's pro league, the ABL. Intentionally? In conclusion, yay, Nephessa Collier!

Finally Barbara’s story is getting national attention. New update from her gofundme: she is now in a Louisiana ICE processing center after three days of travel in shackles. She’s sleeping on the floor and has been denied care for her medical condition.

I don't understand this: “Long hair requires . . . a certain amount of money to maintain its shiny lushness.” Some hair stylists call it: “rich girl’s hair.” My hair's long cause it's CHEAPER. I can cut it myself. This article isn't about regular humans. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/f...