The Gray Matters Report

And if he wasn't that rich this would have been broadly acknowledged long ago

JD keeps trying to pin terrorism on Abdul & Democrats in general, but has negative charisma to sell his bullshit. Terrorism is when the federal government is abducting, torturing, and killing immigrants with or without legal status.

The key #Vote

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

Egypt jails Mada Masr editor and orders outlet closed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-mada-masr-editor-lina-attalah-jailed-court-orders-outlet-shut

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"Now I must die, even though I have committed no crime. So now it's my turn, but your turn will come." Helmuth Hübener to his judges after being condemned to death for spreading anti-Nazi pamphlets. He died by guillotine on this day in 1942, age 17.

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Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian author, won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

Two headlines in the last 24 hours: New York Times: "The New Worst-Case Scenario for Election Officials: Federal Interference" Me: "Republicans have cheated in elections for a long time"

No no judge you don’t understand there is no final plan at this time that I’m formally aware of in the precise legal meaning of those words you see its not lying and because I don’t know about it you can’t stop us right get it neat trick right judge right I’m not in contempt right judge right right

I don't think that those of us who abstain from commenting on every fucking thing get enough credit I know I sure don't

well this is normal

and now we can all collectively hold our breath that this will happen in the US in 2028* which would not really been a topic of discussion all that long ago so how times change (*this is in no way an endorsment of auto-asphxiation)

Elon's given more 💰 this year than George Soros has in his entire lifetime

there are many of us who want to know this very same thing

NYT wears this like a badge of honor

and that's just a start beleve me

Republicans are honest about protecting trillionaires from any sort of accountability for crimes against humanity. Open corruption is the Republican Party brand.

an unoriginal thought & of course humans & other species are proving it every day in many ways - but this is one hell of a planet, activity-of-this-sort-wise not saying we're unique (in fact I'm assuming the opposite just because of the sheer magnitude of the 🌌 numbers) but it does make you wonder

this is the kind of precedent I think we here in the US should adopt

“In Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first victory speech, he praised ‘our general’ Andre Janones, the brains behind the online campaign that ensured his stunning comeback.” (Michael Flynn must be fuming) 1/

Shorter 174 judges to 8th Circuit chief judge: Say, have you noticed that DOJ keeps making frivolous complaints about judges? www.democracydefendersfund.org/news/174-bip...

Is anyone within distance of Athens Annals of Archaeology 13 (1980) ? If so, would pics of Aik. Despinis' article on the early C4th tomb found at Katerini be withtin the realm of possibility ? Am interested in the cuirass found there. WIll buy a beer or several in thanks.

NEW collab w/ @theshoestring.bsky.social: Records I obtained from a lawsuit offer a rare window into the secretive world of sheriffs’ offices, where misconduct is often shielded from outside scrutiny by #Massachusetts’ weak public records law.

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"meritocracy"

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

⚛️💥✈🧵👇: fwiw Nixon had been in office for only 9 months at this point so the decision to do this came pretty early in his first term

"There’s not enough room in my chest for all this joy". What incredible news to wake up to. First Serbia, now this www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

this is really what little kid sports should be

the moment now is defined by heroes* and villains but accounting must be made and if it isn't we are well and truly doomed as @eschatonblog.com used to say in the olden days "document the atrocities!" *of a sort of course let's not get carried away

For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

the future is now (and it's frightening)

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Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

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Lula —“We are asking the Supreme Court to extend the electoral process so that those who were effectively barred from voting, due to the dirty tactics of mayors, can still cast their votes“ Lula asks for voting hours extension, says public transport unavailable in some areas bsky.app/profile/70sb...