My jaw is on the floor. It has been on the floor for the last 10 minutes. Now my head is spinning…this is crazy! and there is still 30 mins left. my word!! #UnknownNumberNetflix
delighting in the virtuous - disregarding the wicked. “Black women cannot afford to fuck around and find out" ~ Trevor Noah 🎶 I’m full of the Blues. Holy water too.🎶
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My jaw is on the floor. It has been on the floor for the last 10 minutes. Now my head is spinning…this is crazy! and there is still 30 mins left. my word!! #UnknownNumberNetflix
one of the greats. highly recommended Clearcut (apparently Greene's favourite of his own filmography), a gripping and angry political thriller about the conflict between an indigenous community and a logging company.
Found it-thank you!
I haven’t seen that one. Going on the to watch list 📝
!!! She is incredible. Just transforms herself in these vastly different roles!!! And I just picked 3 lol 😂
She steals EVERY scene she's in
They like Trump and are trying to help him
Hilarious shot of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on the @nywfp.bsky.social float at the West Indian Day Parade. Dude had a good time!
Your Labor Day reminder that if the minimum wage increased at the rate of inflation & productivity since 1960 it'd be $28 today—not $7.25. Meaning—billionaires & corps have stolen at least $21/hour from working Americans for 60 years. We don't suffer a lack of resources—but from an excess of greed.
what? then he picked the wrong time to start an new journalistic endeavor…he should take a breather if he’s that incoherent in the head…I think you should encourage him to step away rather than try to make up explanations for him.
Dogs are amazing! ❤️🐕🐾 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Rep Nadler was a great Rep! Salute! 💙🇺🇸
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
My takeaway: I made a good call rejecting Semafor, and I shall keep that up. This response screams untrustworthy to me.
Labor Day in ATL, here at the King Center marching for WORKERS over Billionaires! When we stand together we are strong 💪 Solidarity forever ✊ #workersoverbillionaires #laborday
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Platner: I believe that input from working people is far more important than input from someone who simply has money. I believe that we shouldn’t be settling for crumbs while billionaires eat the cookie we baked.
RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.
Oh wow. He was a legend. RIP 🙏🏾🕊️💙
Wish I could @ every journalist on this beat and force them to reckon with this. Makes you want to holler…
Think about it. "Dems were too zealous in trying to prevent the spread of the virus" is, in US politics, a greater disadvantage, a bigger problem, than "Republican lies got hundreds of thousands of Americans killed for no reason." Just a pathetic fucking country. Pathetic.
... it's their targets who must apologize. They're never held responsible for the lies. Never held responsible for getting so many people killed. Never held responsible for anything. It's just the people who care, who try, that we hold responsible, that we shit on & demonize. Never the gibbons.
I've written a million threads on this theme, it's pointless, I know. But it's insane. Dems have to try, to be responsible, to please everyone. Republicans just have to jump around like fucking gibbons, throwing shit at the wall, and if they occasionally, accidentally hit something ...
Somehow our diseased information environment has produced the net outcome that *the pandemic is considered a political problem for Dems*, not the party that lied about it & got people killed at every juncture. The party that tried, but not perfectly, to save lives, is being forced to apologize.
But it's always like this. Democrats try to do the right thing. They fall short, like humans do. Everyone teams up to shit on them. Republicans don't even bother pretending. They lie, they smear, they destroy lives, they get people killed, & they face NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
... even if you buy it all, surely the party that worked desperately to save lives & end the pandemic deserves more credit, a higher grade, than the party that worked desperately to spread lies & get people killed! Surely they're not the ones that should be apologizing!
And then afterward -- this is the part that makes me feel crazy -- all the retrospective analysis & discussion *shit on Democrats*. They've been on the defense ever since, criticized from all quarters for this or that decision. Much of that criticism is fact-free bullshit, but ...
When Covid popped up, the parties' reactions were extremely on brand. Dems, America's A students, scrambled to do the responsible thing. Strained, *sweated* to do the responsible thing, to be *seen* doing the responsible thing, to get the gold star from the (imaginary) teacher.
A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic. To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Tina Turner hits #1 today in 1984 with “What’s Love Got to Do With It” — a song she wasn’t sold on at first. “It was terrible. .. I was rock and roll. This was a pop song.” But her manager, Roger Davies, insisted. When it swept the Grammys, she dedicated the “Record of the Year” award to him.
Soul Summit Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn 🕺🏾💃🏽
Venus Williams & Leylah Fernandez d. Alexandrova & Zhang 6-3 6-4 Venus & Leylah are into the U.S. Open quarterfinals. They’re playing so well together… haven’t dropped a single set all tournament. The dream team is still alive. ❤️ 🇺🇸🇨🇦
West Point cadet and sophomore football player Larry Pickett Jr. and his father helped rescue a man from a crashed car just before it burst into flames over the weekend near the U.S. Military Academy, earning praise from the institution for his "heroic" and selfless" actions.
Germany, if you’re listening, I just want to see more Russian airbases burning.
Hours after trying to assassinate the EU Commission president, Russia tried to assassinate Germany’s military's inspector general, Carsten Breue, the highest-ranking general in the Bundeswehr. His plane was also jammed once over the Baltic Sea and once over Lithuania.
European leaders need to have a good think about why Putin feels free to engage in this kind of thuggery. Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference on.ft.com/41Tfvjh
He really does have the best smile! #JoyfulWarrior
@tombartlett.bsky.social equating what Michelle Obama tried to do with Let’s move (and a garden), with what RFK Jr is doing with his eugenics, survival of the fittest, reprobate mind, is a disgrace. RFK Jr is dangerous and will cause a lot of death and suffering. MO did nothing near that!
'RFK is destroying America's public health institutions, eliminating vaccines, stopping cancer studies,and aggressively trying to kill a lot of people. Here are our critiques of a Black woman.'
Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race Media: wow these are the same thing
Naomi Osaka brought her new Labubu to the press room after her win over Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open: “Today’s Labubu is Althea Glitterson” 😭😭😭😭😭
Whether it’s Michelle Obama suggesting kids exercise instead of watching tv or RFK Jr. telling kids to drink raw milk instead of taking vaccines, both figures took a controversial approach to children’s health.
NEW: Judge Sooknanan is back at it. She orders DOJ to file at fifth status report to address whether the two children discussed in its previous report have been returned to ORR custody. Status report due at 12 noon today.
People literally bled & died fighting against corporate interests, robber barons, corrupt local & state politicians, cops & hired killers, & the federal government & US military for better working conditions for the rest of us so reflect on that today for just a bit while you're doing whatever else.
Congratulations!!🎉
lol um.... this is a first but THANKS FOR MAKING #TheDoubleTax audiobook a #1 NEW RELEASE for Women in Business and top five release in all other categories. I promise you, the audiobook is so fun, sincere, and just a vibe. I am so excited for listeners!!!! Pre-order: annagifty.com!
People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
Labor Day | noun | a day set aside for special recognition of working people
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Long story short: Trump f***ed our relationship with India because he wanted to falsely claim credit for ending the India/Pakistan skirmish in order to get the Nobel Peace Prize, Modi scoffed, Trump got mad and levied 50% tariffs, and now India is cozying up to China and Russia in response.
On #LaborDay, I want to show love and appreciation for custodians, maids, janitors, and staff that do unseen and necessary work. My parents worked as part-time custodians for decades. The work is hard. The work is thankless. So I want to thank you. Thank you so much for keeping us ALL afloat.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Ukraine needs to name its military bases after Vladimir Putin and his generals. by Pete Hegseth
A useful lens for thinking about how growing inequality has affected American life. A dozen other essays could easily be written as variations on this theme (e.g., how baseball parks used to accommodate many more fans at cheaper prices with fewer frills, etc.).
Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference on.ft.com/4p2wEAO
I was wondering about the one (or 2) that somehow got separated from the bunch…hope the judge stays on watch until the remaining 1 or 2 kids are accounted for.
Angela Davis is here and the crowd went WILD
Fck Ghouliani, he defamed Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and could’ve gotten them killed. 😒
He can damn well keep reporting until EVERY LAST CHILD has been returned to ORR custody. I don't care if he's up all night, reporting in to the court.
It is tomorrow in 5 minutes in D.C. I expect an update. What horrors is the US Government inflicting on these children? This should be breaking news with lives coverage @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com
I really hope the judge finds this unacceptable and demands those kids are accounted for immediately
no i got that im wondering how/why the fuck 2 kids are still unaccounted for
Where are those kids????!!!!! bsky.app/profile/jade...
What have the ppl who had custody of these kids been doing that the kids were not in a group and returned as a group? This doesn’t make any sense and given the party we’re talking about I have concerns. Why were they not in a group and returned as a group???!!!
Today we monitored ICE flights in support of legal partners who worked tirelessly to stop the unlawful deportation of unaccompanied children to Guatemala. Thanks to their monumental efforts, the planes never took off
Not “so what”. MN legislatures were assassinated last month! She is about to go on a book tour and having that add’l security was probably factored in. It was a f’d up thing to cancel the extension…and I’m glad someone is talking about. There is no shortage of accts talking about Epstein.
Creative writing prompt: Make a simple press statement about a car accident sound suspicious on at least three different levels.
Excellent display of truthful knowledge.
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An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
California stepping up.
Great to stop by Hyde Park and see Chef Erick Williams. This Black Business Month and every month, we’re proud to show the world what Illinois is really all about.
🗣You're doing wrong.... Wesley being able to hold that expression... incredible... I would've been cackling... Martin Scorsese & MJ would've fired me 😂
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
By the time DOJ files this status report, Judge Sooknanan will have been awake for nearly 20 hours.
the judge is now basically checking every couple of hours to make sure her directions are being followed to the letter because she is dealing with lying liars who lie astounding how much credibility the government has burned with the courts
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So you cool like dat? Lol 😂 Enjoy!
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Outrageous. FEMA staff warned that disaster response has been gutted—and instead of fixing it, they were suspended. Retaliating against civil servants for telling the truth puts Americans at risk.
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Happy Birthday Bear! 🥰🥳🎉
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Hire a Black woman. We tend to be very good at what we do because we simply are not allowed to be bad at it.
Dammit @netflix.com I’m trying to cut financial corners and you guys are making harder to leave.
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
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More photos just in from today’s BWI “Avelo Takedown.” Someone counted at least 120 people at the BWI Overpass, including some of our regular protesters from the two HoCo overpass locations. Thanks for rising to the occasion!🍃
A must-read!
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Shame on Politics Nation they are interviewing John Kasich and they label him a Democrat what a stupid error.
Stop platforming John Kasich! #politicsnation @msnbc.com