It’s interesting to me that I know multiple people who are refusing to watch the Argentina game simply because Argentina is playing and it’s not going to be worth it because the calls will all go against their opponent. Good job #fifa

Norway pay their female international players the same amount as their male players and have done since 2017.

"Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy." ~ George Bernard Shaw

Just got solidly schooled by a young adult son about why Christopher Nolan’s refusal to include adultery in his depiction of the Odyssey is deeply problematic. All you teachers out there introducing the feminist perspective in ancient literature? If you don’t hear it enough, thank you!

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The U.S. military shot and killed an American on U.S. soil this morning

Usually, the park next to my house is full of life and parties on the fourth. Lots of Latin music, celebration, and fun— among other groups. Today was empty, quiet. I knew it was coming, but it still broke my heart. We should be better than this.

This image needs to be denounced on the cover of every newspaper and magazine. THIS IS NOT AMERICA. I WANT LAWS PASSED AGAINST RACISM NOW. 🤬 PUT THAT WOMAN ON THE NEWS. GIVE HER A MEDAL. 🏅

It’s 10:30 AM Portland. Why are there already fireworks? I really don’t have the sedatives for my dogs to start this early. What is wrong with people?

Major Watson‘s prerecorded interview on YouTube explaining why he did what he did. He’s now under gag order, so this is the most we might get in his own words. youtu.be/2ooHJYc8r48

I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime." Jack Smith

Baby crows hit a toddler stage where their parents are trying to wean from regurgitated food and they look grown up but complain loudly. One particularly persistent toddler perches by my open windows and kvetches for extended periods. His parents are patient, but he is a persistent fella.

Warning ⚠️ ICE has reportedly detained more than 10,000 people in the past five days as part of a nationwide enforcement surge.

A career active duty military officer reciting his oath and calling for impeachment while standing on the steps of the US Capitol in uniform on the eve of the nation’s 250th is not just symbolic. He is doing this at great personal sacrifice for us, the people of this nation. Thank you, Major Watson.

Having a variable start time for a fireworks show that is supposed to be Guinness world record breaking during a massive heat event is incredibly irresponsible. www.axios.com/local/washin...

Quite the graphic

The Trump immigration policy is now coming home to roost. Carnival operators are gonna go bankrupt and close up shop because there’s a major labor shortage American workers won’t work for the wages they’re offering and they can’t get any foreign workers to fill the job. www.koin.com/local/oregon...

He’s going to punish us for the failure of his fair.

Every once in a while, I get stuck on a topic and can’t stop thinking about it as my brain worries through various options. The olfactory nerve bypassing the thalamus is my current perseveration. Brains are cool.

English-language list of people and orgs accepting donations/volunteers in Venezuela Most of these wesbites are in Spanish and volunteers need to be able to speak Spanish (🧵) 1 -Ayuda Venezuela: accepting donations, supplies and volunteers near Caracas: t.co/2n5nVETWWo

"An earthquake left a trail of destruction in Caracas, Venezuela, toppling buildings, destroying streets, damaging electrical infrastructure and triggering a tsunami warning in the Caribbean."

Venezuela earthquake: powerful back-to-back quakes collapse buildings in capital Caracas

Hunter speaks! Dems need to listen. 🙌🔥

Today's vocabulary word is "kleptocracy."

@netflix.com is now a Kremlin propaganda branch. No thank you very much.

🔥🛢️ The Moscow Oil Refinery came under large-scale aerial attack early this morning, much larger than the one carried out just two days ago. 📍 The facility processes around 11.6 million tonnes of oil annually and is one of the most important fuel suppliers for the Russian capital.

Long and well worth the time. Let’s just hope the people involved and the things they’re trying to do turn out to be as incompetent as their security. www.wired.com/story/leak-e...

Since Aramco is advertising itself pitchside on the world's biggest stage, here's a reminder that it has caused more planet-heating carbon emissions than any other corporation in history carbonmajors.org

If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video

A since-deleted tweet by UFC commentator Daniel Cormier, showing DM's he recieved from Eric Trump in which Eric asks about insider info on the UFC Freedom 250 fights and alludes to doing insider trading betting

Despite the band, 97% of oil tankers leaving Russian Shores found their way to an EU port – what this means is, Krasnov has yet another vested interest in perpetuating the Iran war, as it enriches both his owner and oil executives in America.

The number of people who are unhealthily attached to social media doctors and mental health providers is a little scary. It’s like the MAGA movement, but in a different group.

Today’s Thought….

He disrupted every f'g thing possible and ends up falling asleep. Restaurants had to close, employees made no money. Infuriating.

Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

We have to end his power in November. It is life or death.

Former employees of private prison companies like GEO Group continue to score top roles in agencies like ICE and DHS. Those companies own & operate torture centers that masquerade as detention facilities. @kim.senate.gov on exposing the corruption & horrible conditions. youtu.be/IJFvNfq09Lk?...

Wow. A convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioter has been hired to work in a Pentagon office that handles classified military information. Elias Irizarry was hired to work in the DOD’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, and internal alarms are going off. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

It’s the Second Time he has done this for South Carolina! Thank You Stephen Colbert….

Seems Trump’s doctor confused hypocritical with the hippocratic.

Again, straight from Delaney Hall in Newark NJ: ICE just tear gassed Senator Andy Kim.

How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.

I hope everyone stay safe, but we need to have a conversation about why a company this size doesn’t know what’s in the fourth tank abcnews.com/US/evacuatio...

When you are less popular than a commencement speaker lauding AI but still somehow managed to take second place there should probably be an investigation into rigging. www.thesun.ie/news/1696905...

There must be accountability at the end of the day….

Thirty-six prominent mental health professionals entered a stark warning published into the Congressional Record by senators Whitehouse and Reed, declaring Trump mentally unfit for office and presenting "a clear and present danger" to the nation and world. www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...

Here’s 30 years of Bibi Netanyahu claiming that Iran is days away from nuclear weapons.