The fact that an influencer gets the American flag flown at half-staff while an elected government official does not is a pretty accurate snapshot of America right now.

This is an absolute shit show of a day in America. I don't wish gun violence on anyone, not even that guy. Who do we want to be as a country? Not this.

This is just going to erode trust from the S. Korean govt after pledging $150B investments in the US. Why would any company want to build here. He wants to bring manufacturing to the US but then pulls this shit where workers are chained & shackled? They should pull out—foreign employees are at risk.

I did not know that survivors of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are speaking out today until I read Jenna's piece here. Spotlight needs to be solely on them until the Trump administration quits being cowardly and releases everything relevant to the investigation. jennapark.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

Today, I stand with the Epstein survivors. We need to listen to these women. We need to believe them. Not Ghislaine Maxwell, not Speaker Johnson or Nancy Mace, and not the president. They've been silenced for decades and need our support as they stand at the Capital steps and tell their stories.

In America, we don't protect our children. Not from pedophiles or rapists, and not from guns. Today, Minneapolis, and the school year has just begun.💔

Every once in a while I miss being an active designer in a community where we critique the shit out of a rebrand. Holy hell this is bad. Kerning that makes it look like a feminist mag, the flag shape, lines in the tagline that read like navigation. This is supposed to look like a source we trust?

It's absolutely mind boggling that only 1000 new jobs were added in NYC in the first half of the year. This is compared to 66,000 jobs the same time last year. You can feel the slowdown in tourism in the city too. This is only the beginning of the fallout of his nonsense policies. It's coming.

DC today, NYC tomorrow. He isn't going to stop with D.C. Anyway, release the Epstein files. It's all a distraction.

What?? Couldn't Jensen just give him a 24k gold base glass plaque? Where is all this money going?

“There is no science without fancy, and no art without facts.” We’ve been conditioned to think there's a rift between artistic intuition and scientific reasoning but they're interconnected and rooted in observation and inquiry. Art and science are just different expressions of how we see the world.

We don't need celebrities joining and recruiting for ICE WTF. We need more teachers! We're headed towards a teaching shortage in 5-10 yrs, maybe less. We should be raising wages and offering signing bonuses to teachers, not towards masked agents kidnapping innocent legal immigrants for god's sakes.

Lawyers trying to paint Ghislaine Maxwell a victim and a scapegoat who's been treated unfairly and living under terrible conditions is such a slap in the face to survivor victims.

Caught in the middle of this Epstein file drama are the survivor victims who are reliving their trauma in the news every single day. Children were raped. Powerful people covered it up. Multiple victims have already sued the FBI for failing to protect them. Why do we always protect the wrong people?

It's gonna be weird not seeing the Late Show marquee at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway after next May. This wasn't "purely financial," this is about media control. Hope Colbert goes scorched earth in the next 10 months. CBS doesn't deserve his show & I'm sorry for the 200 people out of a job.

Overheard in Seattle: a mom explaining to her elementary school-aged kid how Mamdani won the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor but that Cuomo might still run as an independent. 3,000 miles away and it really is the summer of Zohran.

Rich men get away with the worst shit. Full stop. And it's a signal to other men that they might be able to get away with it too. But they're still abusive assholes.

It's really unconscionable for Republican senators to vote yes on a bill that the majority of Americans oppose. Who are you serving? Your constituents or the president?

I know it's like a million degrees out in NYC, but if you are physically able in this heat, PLEASE VOTE in the mayoral primary!

Sometimes it feels trivial to write and send newsletters when the world is burning. But humans are not meant to live as digitally-herded entities and many of us are longing for more human experiences. If it has to be done through the glass of a machine, let’s figure out how to make it more human.

Americans don't want war. We don't want it! I can't believe we did this.

We've really turned a dark corner. Masked federal agents arresting elected officials for questioning and/or protecting basic human rights is chilling. It's showing us exactly who they are.

Brooklyn holding it down for a No Kings rally and Brooklyn Pride fest, despite the rainy weather. Vibes are good out there today!

This is truly disgusting.

There are hundreds of No Kings marches planned for tomorrow, six in NYC alone. And I have to admit, I haven't been super comfortable or feeling healthy enough to attend protests lately, but I'm going to try and show up somewhere. Stay safe out there tomorrow. www.nokings.org

Kamala warned us that the orange felon would use the military against American citizens who disagreed with him. She was right.

All eyes on L.A. tonight. Stay safe, everyone. And thank you for standing up for what's right and humane.

The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.

College used to open doors but it guarantees nothing now. Tech used to create jobs but it now replaces them. We pushed kids into STEM for better job outcomes for years, but it might be time for the pendulum to swing back. Critical thinking might be the only thing that matters in an automated world.

The war on higher education is now coming for the state of California. Buckle up people, it's not just the Ivys he's coming after in his retribution tour.

Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

I never want to hear that women are too emotional for politics or leadership ever again.

You knew it was coming, but this very public breakup is just beyond. 🍿

Remember during the travel ban in 2017, we rushed to the airports in protest? Will we see the same energy on Monday when this travel ban goes into effect? At this point, I don't think any global conferences or sporting events should even be held in the U.S.

A piece about summer, grief, and how our bodies carry the biological memory of our cultural foods.

Are we done with Elon, finally? But what about all that sensitive personal data that he stole and the backdoor malware he planted into government systems? This isn't the end. He got what he wanted.

Remembering my step father-in-law, a Vietnam vet, who passed away last yr on this Memorial Day (unlike that classless draft dodging grifter with his hate-filled rant 🙄). It's also my brother's birthday & the anniversary of his death. Went to the cemetery and paid my respects to him and my dad too.

For anyone suffering from a chronic illness: advocate for yourself. Our bodies are remarkable vessels, wired with the instinct to survive, but stress is far more damaging than we realize.

In honor of World Goth Day, please enjoy this video of Siouxsie and the Banshees when Robert Smith was a member of the band, playing Sin in My Heart at the Royal Albert Hall.

More lawsuits incoming. But what's going to happen to existing international students? Will they have to leave?

Thinking of Joe Biden and his family. Also, leave him the fuck alone already.

When a government starts making decisions to punitively revoke financial support based on ideological values that it deems "improper, divisive, or anti-American," it puts into question broader implications for cultural expression and legacy. This is where we are.

“There was concern that education might also warp a women’s body. That women would become infertile if she spent too much time with the books.” This PBS documentary about the history of public libraries was so illuminating. Libraries are a national treasure!

Niches are for algorithms; writing whatever you want is just being human. Can you be “successful” without pigeon-holing yourself in a niche? Algorithms reward predictability, consistency, and repetition because they’re calculated by machines, not humans. Resist the niche if that's not your thing!

Didn't see an American pope coming. Interesting timing. But he criticized JD Vance on X, so all good.

Elmo can "feel empathy" is Elmo firing shots at the administration.

Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

I mean, this is why the Met Gala with its record $31 million raised this year was so important. It sent a statement.