When EMI pulled funding on LIFE OF BRIAN days before shooting, the Pythons turned to a fan. George Harrison put up around £3 million of his own money to make the film, simply because he wanted to see it. Eric Idle called it "the world's most expensive cinema ticket."

I’m proud to share that my story is part of Miss Representation: Rise Up, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival today, June 7th. This documentary is about the reality and dangers of being a woman online, including the tech systems that look the other way. #MissRepresentation #RiseUp #Tribeca2026

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Mara Hoplamazian has spent years reporting on 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS. Here's what they've learned about what may help limit everyday exposure to the contaminant.

Of course it pours rain on a 20% chance day... because I already watered my plants like a good plant mom 🤦‍♂️

Woman Adopts Second Cat For First One To Terrorize While She At Work https://theonion.com/woman-adopts-second-cat-for-first-one-to-terrorize-whil-1833065011/

CLOSE DELANEY HALL, CLOSE THEM ALL

I went to Delaney Hall to follow up on conversations I had this morning with family members of detainees. ICE and GEO Group did not let me speak with detainees. Why do they insist on hiding the truth even after getting almost $1 billion of tax dollars?

On this 82nd Anniversary of #DDay, I’d like to remember the late Medgar Evers, he and other Black soldiers who were there. He served to protect the freedom & democracy that we have today, only to get murdered by a KKK sniper in Mississippi for wanting & fighting for equal & voting rights.

Farmers growing crops alongside solar panels say the practice can boost income and preserve farmland. Trump-era rollbacks of solar incentives and lawmakers spreading conspiracy theories are impeding progress for farmers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Cleveland Clinic has caved to the extortion by DOJ and settled with them over their provision of gender affirming care for trans youth. They're paying a fine of $308k. Following Texas Children's, they also agreed to create a "detransition clinic."

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi. The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges. America must secure her release NOW.

Albania is erupting for the second consecutive day in angry mass protests against the Kushner land seizure deal worth $4 billion.

Last weekend I flew to Porto to attend the Remigration Summit, a conference dedicated to the racist plan to deport non-white citizens of western countries. While I spent most of my time in a tent in a car park, I still learned a lot 1/12 www.wired.com/story/greg-b...

Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x

Horrifying on multiple levels.

5 June 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Gina Goldstein, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 13 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Sarah Michelle Gellar honors her "Buffy" co-star Anthony Head following his death:

“I think for me it’s to demonstrate not only fighting back individually, but the importance of organization, solidarity, collective action and just that our voices matter,” Attiah said. “They matter, they’re worth fighting for.” - @karenattiah.bsky.social being a badass.

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Getting the work done.

We’ve spent the last seven months being wrongfully prosecuted by the federal government. And now we need to blow off some steam. Next Saturday, June 13, Bookclub and KAPOW are hosting a concert fundraiser to celebrate!

YES and that includes Musk’s plan to have Space x be drawn into index funds on 401k and pension funds. He just keeps sucking our money anywhere he can find it. www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-26...

Is he dead, sleeping, or in a coma?

Cartoon by @pxmolina.bsky.social

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Also, just a mensch. www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...

Slipknot Orders Trump To Stop Using Their Masks During Rallies https://theonion.com/slipknot-orders-trump-to-stop-using-their-masks-during-rallies/

Check out the cheerleaders in Trump's football fantasy! bsky.app/profile/anth...

An Iowa man shot & killed 6 relatives in a domestic dispute. I can’t stop thinking about the only surviving family member, a 22-year old who lost his mom, sister, and 4 brothers. When an abuser has access to a firearm, the risk of a deadly outcome increases dramatically. Our leaders must act.

The exploit: 1. Change your IP address to the target's geolocation and tell the support you've been hacked, asking them to send a reset to attacker email 2. No step 2. Meta's CISO immediately resigned. Gergely had inside contacts: the code was written by AI, reviewed by AI, while tokenmaxxing

Yes, please!

He actually posted this. Please NASA, fly him yo the Moon and get him to take his helmet off!

Benji Jones (@benjij.bsky.social) is determined to discover a new species in NYC. @vox.com's senior environmental correspondent gave our Science Friday producers a house tour of his Malaise trap in Prospect Park. This tent will hopefully catch an unknown insect hiding right in our own backyard.

“Died of sadness,” according to family. An immeasurable loss.

If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.

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I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK

Marjane Satrapi's people are saying she "died of sadness," which just makes it all the more devastating. A powerful and unerring voice for justice. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...

We are not angry enough--a whistleblower provided evidence a DOGE brat stole social sec data & sold it to a Palantir contractor. Our data is used to sell services back to the govt at taxpayer expense for big profits. That is OUR data. Instead of investigating the whisteblower is threatened 😠

Happy Tuesday! Who's ready to hear about 1. Flesh-eating maggots (mostly go after cattle) 2. They're native to the US 3. The USDA has kept them out of the US since the 1960s 4. But the flesh-eating maggots are making a 21st century comeback. And believe it or not it may be thanks to MAGA.

Nothing educated to say, Marjane Satrapi's work is titanic

😭😭😭 I love the Persepolis movie so much. She was far too young to lose.

Rep. McBride: “I assume you’re aware that Greenland is indeed part of Denmark.” Rubio: “For now.”

When he finally learns about rivers it's gonna blow his tiny MIND

This is so good and so important.