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“My hairdresser’s nephew didn’t speak until he was seven. Then one day, in the parking lot of a Gelson’s, he said, ‘thermodynamics.’ Now he’s a concert pianist.” buff.ly/yvtg5zT

On this day in 1859, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry begins. Although ultimately defeated, the uprising is considered an important cause of the Civil War and thus did help lead to the abolition of the institution of slavery. anticolonialhistory.com/event/124/

Holy shit.

Im fairly sure the commands they’re inputting into Grok to make these are subject to FOIA disclosure. It would be a fascinating piece, someone should write it!

When I was a kid I thought Martha's vineyard belonged to Martha Stewart

“What an absolute crook” — Ossoff on Trump

I gasped. How very sad

In Today's Grave You Didn't Ask To See, Dred Scott is buried under this stately monument in Calvary Cemetery in St Louis.

The video from Rep Max Miller is a lesson that abuse is intertwined with our family structures and it's time to root it out. What he's describing is the reliance abusers have of the cognitive dissonance they make everyone live within and often how they grew up. Fuck this

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All of the branding finally got me to talk about menopause. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...

Abolish ICE. Really.

it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years

vance is basically nixon if nixon were a dipshit and not a genuinely impressive guy

Watching everything be better without you from Albania:

Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick

assaulting a woman is a minor vice, scolding a man is unforgivable

im sick of romanticizing the 90s. it was a fucking nightmare. kids were drinking capri suns and turning into liquid metal abominations left and right. thousands of children were alex macked

A thread for the ages

Abrego Garcia should apply for compensation from the weaponization fund

When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!

"When people try to sell you on the idea that the future is already settled, it is because it is deeply unsettled.” - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

So not only did TN Republicans strip Memphis of representation, Speaker Sexton is also stripping Dems of committees for protesting it. Watch fascism work. www.wsmv.com/2026/05/12/m...

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Primary thing Epstein suicide note proves is that billionaires are the worst writers in the world.

It’s hard not to see Vance’s criticism of the Pope’s theological bona fides as just silly hubris. But I also see it as a stress test of sorts — can they manipulate sentiment against a pontiff. Not for Trump’s interests. More likely for Thiel’s.

Here's the thing... posting a meme about his messianic complex is actually the LEAST offensive thing Trump has done to scandalize Christianity

easter bunny? bad’s brother?

Lindy West...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Liz Montague.

“Where‘s Wallace?!” Getting his fuckin flowers that’s where 😭♥️

This is one of the funniest corrections I’ve ever read