A black Shiba Inu looks at the camera

Spent twice as much money on dog treats vs food for myself today and it was so worth it because look at this face

Attacks leave dead vs killed

Screenshot of a New York Times puff piece about Katie Britt, "The G.O.P. Senator Who Can't Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained"

paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."

Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

@attackerman.bsky.social's destruction of Bari Weiss here is so vicious because it is so spectacularly well-informed; this one is an earner, folks

www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...

This past June, @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social adjuncts won their union with SEIU 509! Yesterday, as part of their fight for their first union contract, they delivered 100 holiday cards from students and supporters to the President, calling for fair wages, job security, & expanded benefits.

Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have.

We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

i've been thinking about this for a few weeks, and i really think that (1) after Trump, the Times freaked out believing they had lost touch with middle America, and (2) attempting to correct course, they lost touch with liberal America, too.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest

“Now I can see the world again.”

Steven Leonard has been housebound since 2010, since a bad back surgery left him unable to walk. Then his wife, Muriel, found out about the City of Boston's E-Bike Incentive Program.

Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.

Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.

It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.

That ought to do it

*Biden tries to forgive student loans*
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.

*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

OPINION GUEST ESSAY How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way Listen to this article • 25:03 min Learn more By Andrew Sullivan Mr. Sullivan, an early advocate for gay marriage, writes The Weekly Dish on Substack. June 26, 2025

This is what the Paper of Record™ chose to publish for the 10th anniversary of Obergefell

archive.ph/AqDLU

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

No One Sure Why Kristi Noem Wearing Firefighter Helmet, Night-Vision Goggles, High Heels, Wet Suit

No One Sure Why Kristi Noem Wearing Firefighter Helmet, Night-Vision Goggles, High Heels, Wet Suit theonion.com/no-one-...

“The platforms were no longer social, in any meaningful sense of the word, but rather centralized and exercising constant (algorithmic) editorial discretion.”

Thought this piece was quite astute 👇

Reporting the following comment to Instagram: kbrad3094: THERE WILL ONE DAY GOD WILLING BE AN ANGEL THSY HAS THE BALLS TO HANG THIS BAG OF SHIT IN FRONT OF HER OWN TOWN HALL 🙏 THEN WE WILL CELEBRATE

Instagram response: We reviewed kbrad3094's comment and found that it doesn't go against our Community Standards

The state of Instagram moderation in 2025

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Bike to Work Day is headed downtown! Come join us on City Hall Plaza! boston.gov/bike-to-work-day

Public Works and Transportation teams help prepare for the #BostonMarathon by enforcing street closures and parking restrictions, patching potholes, sweeping the streets, and removing streetlights near the finish line. Thank you to all our partners and neighbors all along the route!

An edited screenshot of the NYT's article about Game Changer. The headline reads "Game Changer Is a Fun and Unpredictble Game Show." There's also an image of Jacob, Vic, and Lou in costume at their podiums from "One Year Later."

game changer in the new york times!

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)

Just a reminder that Elon Musk is overseeing broad implementation of AI across government systems and that you’re reading this right now on one of the few social networks left not run by a US defense contractor or a company voluntarily providing data to an intelligence service.

Hyde Square Bluebikes station has never failed me 🤠

“Excuse me… what does the reserve currency country need with a Bitcoin reserve?”