It is once again time to remember how Bari Weiss compared herself to Galileo from on stage at a conference for hedge fund billionaires
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It is once again time to remember how Bari Weiss compared herself to Galileo from on stage at a conference for hedge fund billionaires
"Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
So progressives aren’t “normal people” - good to know!
Immokalee farmworker dies a week after collapsing in the Florida heat www.wusf.org/local-state/...
Being a tomato dumper is hard work. This crew of 28 pickers harvests thousands of 24lb buckets a day. That makes for a lot of work for the two dumpers. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
Remember when people used the term "false equivalency"?
Central Coast Farm workers wish you a happy #LaborDay Campesinos de la Costa Central les desean un feliz Día del Trabajo. #WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial
I had a 5AM Pacific slot (seriously). There were more than 80 people in front of me as soon as I logged in and stuff was already gone by the time I did get in. I’m almost impressed at how bad the ticketing continues to be!
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Workers are harvesting lettuce on CA's Central Coast. "Lupe" tells us that they work more than 8 hours this day. She tells us that you can see how the workers rotate breaks in this video. One crew is taking a break while the other two are working. #WeFeedYou
maybe not!
nudity is a timeless look
Your dad was Mario Cuomo.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
"Ana's" been working in California agriculture for 20 years. "Right now I am weeding lettuce. I have to separate the young lettuce plants so they can grow. I have to walk a lot and by the end of the day my hands and feet are very tired." #WeFeedYou
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
I've read so many things that made me angry today but here's one that makes me happy: The 50th anniversary rerelease of Jaws is expected to gross about $10 million this weekend. Everybody go see Jaws! Bring the kids! (If they're, I dunno, 10 or older? I saw it when I was 11. It rocked my world.)
That’s a big but!
🧵
I mean, I am an early riser…but!
Yes, I’m looking forward to the Toronto film festival but, no, I’m not looking forward to picking my tickets at 5AM Sunday FFS.
The new head of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, has no degree in science or medicine, and has pushed unproven treatments for COVID like ivermectin. This is so incredibly dangerous.
Ha! I was at that Johnny Cash/June Carter concert, too.
Erazo also noted that tear gas was used at a time when parents were taking their kids to school and innocent bystanders were on their way to work. Details: lataco.com/westlake-hom... by @shoton35mm.bsky.social
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
important news
Why, yes, I did smoke a pack of cigarettes at that Gang of Four concert 130 years ago.
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
“The restrictions are not following the science of what these vaccines can and will do," says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "This is a disaster waiting to happen."
I can hear the asphalt sizzling in this story about the many failures of LAUSD's schoolyard greening initiatives — including what I've heard for years about certain district facilities managers slowing or stopping grant-funded or parent-initiated projects
DAILY MEMO: The Horrified Face of a Young Asian Abductee @eltragon.bsky.social
Paul Laverty was wearing this very T-shirt at the Edinburgh Film Festival talk I moderated with him, Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien on Wednesday. He spoke passionately about human rights, peace and raising your voice for the voiceless. Of course he had to be arrested.
Our emergency management system is in a state of emergency because of Trump cuts. And Americans will suffer because of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
argh, typed the author’s address wrong - it’s @tavlin.bsky.social
yup
So? People saw it in theaters.
As long as we’re on the subject of Netflix and movies (however reluctantly!) I recommend this piece by @tavlin.bsku.social about why so many Netflix movies suck: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
I know that he doesn’t give a shit what I (or any movie lover) thinks but I am enjoying myself!
Hi, Ted! @netflix.com
I think the best interpretation of statements like these (both Third Way's and Nichols') is as "Trojan horse propaganda": statements that function as propaganda not because of what they say directly, but the meaning they smuggle in (as most of the replies and QTs are picking up on!)
In DC earlier this evening, US Marshals—one carrying a long gun—were patrolling the green/yellow line at the Gallery Place metro station. Photo shared with me (gun strap is visible but weapon out of view when pic was snapped, per witness):
A dear friend was mugged 8 times (some scarier than others).
That is indeed the correct spelling for both after a long night. And then: Stromboli Pizza!
I don’t know, man. I guess that there are compromised folks, as in any profession. But the critics I know — and I know a lot — are good and great hardworking people who love the movies and simply want to share that love.
There *were* great things about Ye Olde East Village, but anyone who indulges in nostalgic BS about it can fuck off. Walking home late from work on Ave B was horrible. All the streetlights had been knocked out by the dealers. I wasn’t buying so they were interested in me but their clients…
ah, memories!
sorry!!!
I left the East Village years ago, but I still have big hair and many, many black clothes.
I never forget…or forgive!
Ah, the 1980s - I remember it well! The East Village was cool, the clubs were cheap, the beer was cheaper, heroin was freely available on bombed-out streets and a guy served folks in Tompkins Square Park soup he’d made with his murdered roommate’s body. Walking home at night was always an adventure!
LUKE
Sure, of course - and godspeed to every filmmaker who has to deal with bullshit, dumbass marketing. But if a potential moviegoer wants to know if a movie is worth seeing there are other ways to determine if it’s worthwhile…like, oh, I don’t know, reading a critic you trust.
yes
“sometimes”
So people really pre-judge movies on the poster…really?
In Kern County CA, the irrigator carries a lot of responsibility in the grape vineyards, making sure the fields get the water they need. Earlier today, with the temperature already at 90°, this worker is stepping away from the vineyards to begin his break. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
If you are alarmed by the rise of these attacks on the open internet and what it’s doing to destroy platforms you love, @eff.org is fighting to keep the internet open and stop horrible ideas like identification checks. You can support that vital work here: eff.org/anil
DAILY MEMO: ICE Besieges Los Angeles and Surrounding Counties With Over 20 Raids Profiling U.S. Citizens and More @eltragon.bsky.social
On Thursday, a black metal fence approximately 8' in height was installed along the perimeter of the driveway leading to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center on Alameda Street in DTLA. 🎥 by @shoton35mm.bsky.social
not my lane but thanks for thinking of me!
This isn’t a political comment (which is forbidden by my employer): I believe that Congressman Salwell is trolling the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, by suggesting that Duffy is dangerously not up to the job. I also believe that this may be a Newsom-esque social media effort. Just a thought!
for those who don’t know, Swalwell is a California Congressman swalwell.house.gov
I wrote about Israel’s assassination of Anas al-Sharif, a brave journalist in Gaza, and the work of local journalists everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
I know! (I live in Los Angeles and am a longtime vegetarian so it’s hard to avoid dumb, even dangerous “health-food store wisdom” shit, as I think of it.)
(because we’re already dead)
In fact, we will never die!
wonderful photo!
Well here's a piece of good news — includes some really important archives, like the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans and the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum in D.C. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Allegedly Break A Young Man’s Leg and Hospitalize Him During a Car Wash Raid and More @eltragon.bsky.social
Yes, and *that* seems important given what apparently happened today in DC per Marisa Kabas.
A passport card is a card-size version of your passport. Please share this post with anyone who needs to show proof of U.S. citizenship but doesn’t want to carry their passport book. Details here: travel.state.gov/content/trav...
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
AAP's immunization recommendations are based only in the science, the needs of children, and the care that pediatricians have for the children in every community. If you have any questions about our recommended schedule, reach out to your pediatrician. aao.org
Father Gustavo Santos, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami in good standing and with a valid R-1 religious worker visa through November 2025, was unexpectedly and wrongfully denied admission into the United States upon his return from an overseas trip…” www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDioc...
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
@alisonwillmore.bsky.social I’d like you to know that both you and Brad Pitt (“official account”) followed me today. Thanks you two!
OMG
LOL, Ted
"Raul" sent us this photo from the sweet potato harvest. He shares the machine digs up the potatoes from the ground onto a conveyor belt. Then workers clean and sort the sweet potatoes by hand and put them in boxes. #WeFeedYou
You are excellent, my friend, and too bad for them. Onward and upward, and a hearty fuck off to the bosses always and forever.
Looking for a female that recorded a fight on Saturday 8/16 around 10:30pm at the Hollywood park casino. She has a lot of information that can help my friend who was brutally attacked and is currently in coma fighting for his life. Thank you.
We got some of the most talented muralists and graffiti artists and this racist dipshit from Maryland comes and helps plant the largest mural in the Valley, that gets a Congressional congratulatory letter, while a his other body of work includes tagging “kill the homeless” and pro-Rittenhouse crap.
ICE raid today, Monday 8/18 10:30am at Westchester Hand Car Wash, 8802 Sepulveda Westway, Los Angeles, CA 90045. At least three people seen taken in this video. Follower submitted video to @lataco
This is a very bad development. www.latimes.com/california/s...
"Eloy" is pruning citrus trees in CAs SJ Valley. He works 6-7 hrs/day. He shares: When it's hot, it feels very humid in the rows. When we pull dry branches from the tree we get scratches on our arms & hands. It's tough work, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou
I understand that not all firefighters want to wear respiratory protection, but shouldn't we at least make it available and help them understand the risks? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Video shows the family fleeing after masked and unidentified men attempted to detain them and firing three gun shots at the passenger side door behind where the son was sitting. lataco.com/agents-shoot... By @afroxander.bsky.social Video via @ic4ij.bsky.social
Updated this story @taskandpurpose.com. Ohio and South Carolina are joining West Virginia in sending National Guard troops in DC. That brings the number of Guardsmen activated for this to ~1,500. taskandpurpose.com/news/west-vi...
This video is from a guest on my tour this week. I was busy taking stills. This is very much a wait for it video because the cutest part is at the end. It was absolutely magical to be able to watch these polar bear cubs and their mom just going about their day on the tundra in the rain. 🌿🦊🐻❄️
i’m really proud @milestonefilms.bsky.social’s “queen kelly,” starring gloria swanson, is playing at NYFF after debuting at venice. congrats to dennis doros and amy heller, milestone’s co-founders, on leading the reconstruction and restoration.
California moves to protect Joshua trees. ‘The effort is groundbreaking because it seeks to conserve a species that’s abundant now but is projected to lose much of its habitat to climate change.’ www.latimes.com/environment/...
Korea and Afghanistan guy, per his awards and Decs. taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
I didn’t!
and yet!