The *real* Sultan of Swing

RESULT: Adam Hamawy wins the Democratic primary in #NJ12 and he is likely headed to Congress to replace Bonnie Watson Coleman. Hamawy was endorsed by many left-wing figures and groups, and faced a very large number of local politicians.

Euphoria was a terrible show that had three amazing episodes: the two specials, and season 2 episode 5. Other than that, good riddance! But thanks for introducing me to Zendaya, she’s outstanding

The Carolina Hurricanes decided not to sign Carter Hart last fall. They’re now playing Hart and the Golden Knights for the Stanley Cup. I’m not a fan of either team, but given the details, it’s #TakeWarning time 🌀

A shell company linked to Elon Musk has been buying properties in a rural area outside of Houston in recent weeks

This is a really cool project from @sethrosenthal.bsky.social and the @secretbase.bsky.social team. In a later episode, I learned about Ri Myung-hun, the North Korean player who almost (sorta, kinda… look, it was never actually gonna happen) joined the NBA

Data center developers are more frequently choosing rural, unincorporated areas like Hood County because it’s an easier path to build, experts say. In Texas, counties typically don’t have the power to block development — unlike city officials who wield zoning authority.

Worth noting: Lisa Demuth’s office directed information about potential welfare fraud to a man who contacted slopagandist Nick Shirley, who made a racialized disinfo video the Trump admin used as pretense for occupying Minneapolis, which led to the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Back in October 2023, I tried making this very same point internally at a certain organization where I used to work… Suffice it to say, they weren’t having it 🤬

“It’s the concentration of political and financial power and AI’s enrollment in a technoauthoritarian vision of mass surveillance (with ambitions for a post-state future?), stupid”

"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk came to town to celebrate the data center. They were joined by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other top brass from firms involved in the $16 billion data center off W. Michigan Avenue." In case you were wondering where Big Gretch stands on this.

Finally got around to watching “Widow’s Bay.” Only on the pilot, but as someone from MDI, a couple of initial thoughts: 1) I really like the art direction. The town hall gives me Northeast Harbor vibes 2) Sorry, Tom, but Bar Harbor is “Bar Harbor” because of Acadia. No park, no dice

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is great

Man, it’s really unfair how much better one feels (mentally, especially) after exercising 🙃

Omg the first ~6 minutes of this episode 😲 (Also the 5-minute tangent about Brett’s adventures at the Mirage 👍)

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BIG NEWS in the Open Visualization Academy: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/data-femin... We're launching 'Data Feminism for Data Visualization' by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social #dataViz #infographics #dataVisualization #dataJournalism

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone (This guy gave me a scare this morning when he escaped to the outdoors and was missing for several hours! Thankfully he has been located)

the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal!

Happy Pride!

US data center construction rose to a new record high in official data released today, hitting a pace of nearly $51B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending is up 28% over the last year and 268% since the launch of ChatGPT

Florida is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman, making it the first state to target the company over AI safety: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's civil suit accuses OpenAI of putting profit over user safety, making Florida the first state to target the company

It’s not lost on me that this website harassed the shit out of a Black woman who happens to be one of the only local activists providing useful OTG analysis of a certain Senate race. Bluesky has a well-known misogynoir problem, anyone with eyes can see

Focusing on how the protestors are "so peaceful" is like the "immigrants who have never committed a crime." Prosecuting protestors is always political, and prosecutors can always argue a law was broken, like vandalism or "violence."

Well, the news about the FBI/DHS/fusion centers targeting “anti-tech extremists” really stirred up a hornet’s nest in these circles! Even though it’s pretty clear that whole story is aligned with NSPM-7 and the new McCarthyism, far-right folks hear “extremist” and assume it’s about them

ICE says it needs Delaney Hall to lock up "murderers, rapists, and pedophiles." I looked at the data. That's not who's inside.

For those talking about the lack of food in ICE facilities, you should know that jails and prisons regularly starve people to death. This is not a rare occurrance. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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How about a thriller about a culinary assassin titled “Taste of Danger”?

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

When this needle dropped in "I Love Boosters," I had a wonderful memory of seeing @bootsriley.bsky.social perform with @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social, Wayne Kramer, and MANY more at a benefit for unhoused people in LA back in '08? '09?

Literally what reason has the U.S. given Iran or anyone else to trust it as a good faith negotiator?

Man, this really articulated some things that have been rattling around my skull for months. The haters and puritans especially should read this

Maddening @samtabachnik.bsky.social story about how Colorado officials have been ignoring federal law and refusing to allow people to appeal adverse unemployment overpayment decisions: www.denverpost.com/2026/05/31/c...

danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.

.. followed by Dinosaur Jr. Incredible. 🎸

A rare treat: Meat Puppets at Knockdown Center in Queens tonight. #NYC 🔥

Run it back

The prophecy fulfilled!! LFG, this is gonna be a fun Finals

Basketball is very good

Gutter racist Gottheimer is now seizing upon the smears against Hamawy, a Muslim American candidate for Congress in NJ-12, and is literally implying that he is pro 9/11. Will anyone in Congress condemn this?

Goslings!

Primer was the first one that came to mind

What became of ShantyTok? Does anyone still carry the flame?

Bootlicking is the weaponization of standpoint theory

Omg there’s another one

NEW: Trump's gross Aliens.gov site claims to map where immigrants have been taken into custody, but it includes more 83 spots where Americans alone were arrested. Over 700 locations include citizen arrests. The counter is fake. The music was ripped. And Puerto Rico is listed as a foreign country.

Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵

Today in luxury surveillance.