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Liberals Gain Seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court, Adding to Firewall in Voting Cases - Bolts Voters in Wisconsin ensured on Tuesday that the supreme court in one of the nation’s premier swing states will be controlled by liberals through at least 2030.  Chris Taylor, a... Read More

Wisconsin liberals have just won another state Supreme Court election, in what is shaping up to be a blowout.

Importantly: Liberals are now sure to hold a majority on this court during the 2028 cycle and through at least 2030.

New in @boltsmag.org:

boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...

On the left: an image of a credit card that features a headshot photo of US president Donald Trump. On the right: text that reads “Why your credit card is a national security concern. Every Visa and Mastercard purchase runs through a US network that can be weaponized against Canada.”

There’s a simple way to test a country’s sovereignty: Can it govern its own markets? Writer Vass Bednar argues Canada can’t—not while a foreign power can shut off our payment networks at will. The UK is building alternatives. Are we? https://ow.ly/3PLJ50YEH3S

Thanks Jaya!! If you read this and want to tangibly support the Nitehawk Workers Union and our fight for a fair contract, please sign this petition: www.ipetitions.com/petition/sup...

oh, girl. yeah. no. NOOOOO.

A screenshot of a Google card for a YouTube video from CTV News. The title is "cat keeps crossing the U.S.-Canada border" . The image has a fluffy gray and white cat in a green field with the CTV News logo in the corner

NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS

California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

My latest for @theappeal.org looks at the crisis of aging in CA's women's prisons: theappeal.org/incarcerated...

What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022 “Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

A very cool and necessary project from @sandyernestallen.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social:

An Existential Threat to Organized Labor's Ability to Help People We are not afraid enough of AI's pernicious dynamic.

I am beginning to think that we are not afraid enough of the potential that AI will not just automate jobs, but may destroy the entire way that organized labor builds power for working people.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-existen...

I love the tininess of Canadian media lmao

Noooo

Not just sidewalks/outdoors. Almost got elbowed in the eye by a 6’4 Kermit on a crowded dance floor yesterday. I don’t get it.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN Help us respond to urgent community needs

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.

They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

I should delete this but I'm not gonna.

"Mr. Jones" has no business going as hard as it does.

The United States Is Southern Now From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.

From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has become a demographic powerhouse — and a battleground for American identity

I didn’t know this…I’m surprised and sad :(

Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.

“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes scarce, then it becomes valuable. He wondered whether “being confronted with the difficulty of telling real from fake would make people more willing to pay for news that they trust.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...

It’s not awful. I don’t totally understand what it actually IS…

Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond

and check out the article here: www.laborpolitics.com/p/sewer-soci...

Reporters Without Borders has released its annual report on violence against journalists, this year ominously titled, "2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead." rsf.org/en/2025-dead...

Love it. I’m singing Messiah there on the 22nd — never gets old.
Have so much fun!

Are you performing tonight?

Super well deserved

I question the metrics behind this ranking but it’s a fun story and that’s the point, right? Genius. Terrible.

Spotify is a terrible company but this really is a genius product

How climbing gyms took over the world Climbing has gone from a niche activity to a suburban routine. But will expensive real estate prices slow it down?

The steady rise of dedicated climbing gyms has effectively transformed the sport, bringing a once-niche activity to the mainstream and setting the sport up for even more growth — if the real estate market allows [ @kelkord.bsky.social @thehustle.bsky.social ]
thehustle.co/originals/ho...

(Also, hi Amanda!)