Tickets here (I wish I was in the area to go see it myself) www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Happy Halloween

interior design where you're just randomly pressing buttons for yellow gold, white marble, and crystal chandelier to remind everyone you're very rich

As of today, the following U.S. Navy warships are in the Caribbean: USS Iwo Jima USS San Antonio USS Stockdale USS Jason Dunham USS Gravely USS Lake Erie USS Wichita USS Gettysburg There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.

Hard pass on a BSky-designed algorithm from the folks who banned Link

Some day I hope we'll learn the full story of how AI got into schools in England via consultancies, government contracts, think tanks and big tech cash, but for now here's a brief thread highlighting a few key actors and activities

TONIGHT AT 7:00 PM PST Watch the classic horror movie THE MUMMY (1932) At the historic Egyptian Theatre | Hosted by @codacurates.com @collectsideshow.bsky.social , featuring my new THE MUMMY screen prints , officially licensed Universal Monsters , available for sale at the Egyptian Theatre.

Thank you @cleoinstitute.bsky.social for the Circle of Change Award: “At a time when climate coverage faces unprecedented political pressure and censorship, John and the…team of @nbcmiami.com & Telemundo 51 continue to lead with science-driven facts and courage.” www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...

on halloween, if a strange cat comes to your door and then passes out on your stuff while looking like a drunk old man, you have to keep the cat. also this applies to all other nights

the inflatable dinosaur costumes just hit different this year

All we want is Link and private accounts

Keep fighting. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

We hear a lot about AI in education in the US on here, so can I just tell you about how it's working out in the schools sector in England? It's interesting! It's about data consultants, private education outfits and think tanks. Slow thread...

The racism is just spewing out.

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters: ~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Deadly multistate Listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta meals expands Seven new illness and 2 additional deaths have been confirmed in the outbreak, which has grown to 27 cases and 6 deaths. www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...

“I don’t think I can underscore enough that this has been a significantly underestimated public health and safety problem." - Beau Kiklis, Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation, NPCA https://nyti.ms/4hD6rWg

Due to other obligations, I'm late with the Link memorial Fund Me Friday post this time around. Post your mutual aid under this thread and check the quoted post for unmet needs. I will try to reskeet as often as I can while navigating life chaos. Also, make sure to check out other threads!

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., permanently blocked part of President Trump's March executive order on federal elections, ruling that the president can not require voters to show passports or similar documents as proof of citizenship before voting reut.rs/49vlwXM

BREAKING: US judge permanently blocks Trump order requiring voters to prove citizenship reut.rs/49vlwXM

Folks, please note this. The top military official overseeing Trump's boat bombings recently resigned with no explanation, and now Republicans in Congress are refusing to press for his testimony even in a classified setting. Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:

I fully expect that if, on Monday, USDA does anything other than tell the court how much money it will be funding SNAP with, the judge will issue an emergency temporary order mandating that USDA fund SNAP. www.patreon.com/posts/142532...

2/2 with the current situation and made me hope for a better future. Anyway it took 1.5h but we voted 😁 GO VOTE!

We went to early voting today and I was amazed at how long the line was at the voting place. These are local elections, as important if not more important than the national , and are notoriously scarcely attended so seeing so many people made me realize everyone is fed up (1/2)

Now's a good time to give to/help out at your local food bank. Feeding America: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

i don’t want to put too fine a point on this, but where are the second amendment guys on this? you okay w the feds collecting your face card for their database??

Two federal courts agree that emergency SNAP fund benefits must be paid NOW. The Trump administration must act with the same speed and seriousness to get food benefits to our people that it has acted with to deport immigrants, destroy public health and bulldoze the White House. NOW.

With one month to go in the hurricane season, here's a track map showing the activity so far: 13 named storms, including an extraordinary *3* Category 5 hurricanes.

Wednesday: “Because of overcrowding, the jail system is already the largest warehouse of people with mental illness in the state of Texas. We cannot keep punishing our way out of this mental health crisis.”

It will be a frightening chilly night across the Southeast tonight. Lows in the middle 30s will be possible across most of the East Coast as far south as northern Florida. Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories are in effect across the South. Check weather.gov to see how cold it will be in your area.

Shouldn’t take a court order to tell you to feed the hungry.

I'm glad CNN did a story about the hurricane hunters not getting paid.

NEW: DHS plans to collect driver’s license data from states. It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement. With @texastribune.org

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

All a straight white man has to do is grow a beard and put on jeans and flannel, and voila: he has automatic Blue Collar Credibility, even if he actually grew up with a trust fund. ONY white males get the Assumed Blue Collar nod simply by putting on an outfit, too. Doesn’t work for anyone else.

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sides against U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who had asked Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her Chicago courtroom on a daily basis. The appeals court finds that her order "infringes on the separation of powers."

On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC

Blue Collar/Working Class has long since become an aesthetic to most. A guy who owns a construction company and makes six figures is working class because he wears work boots and jeans. A barista at a coffee shop is a member of the elite because Pronouns and Big City

Virginia's Senate has now passed the constitutional amendment that'd allow Dems to redistrict VA, joining House. So Dems completed step 1: passing measure this week. Step 2: keep the House Tuesday. Step 3: pass this again in January. Step 4: win a referendum in the spring.

My family could use some help!

Boosting this to see if we can get them to $1000 so there’s a chance they meet rent. And electric.

My last Halloween as a Controller. Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.

In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.   No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.   We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.

That a federal judge had to block the Trump administration from pushing millions of Americans into hunger says everything about this President and the party he leads. Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.

when your 6-year-old has a vision and your coworkers help make it come true.

First trick or treater of the night in the books. “Y’all have the best candy every year! Full size!” That’s right kid. That’s right.

People should use their SNAP benefits for whatever they think they need. Both because any effort you make to micromanage purchases is inefficient and cumbersome and because people who need help aren’t obligated to perform for or satisfy others in order to eat.

Just so we're clear: This administration's blatant, unapologetic choice to deny food to 42 million people—to have the money sitting there and say, "No, we'll let them go hungry"—is simply a more overt display of why homelessness and poverty keep worsening in this country. Because it's *decided.*