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@dwallacewells Just say banlieues in italics and let people look it up. The definition is a tap or click away.

We need to stop translating “banlieues” as “suburbs.”

@EnglishAl21 @_billyreid Yeah a bloke who was best friends with a bloke name Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

@_billyreid Why ? Because he went to play golf with another bloke ?

Opinion on him has just gone down a bit sadly

@chriswitmer95 @esquireanthony1

@esquireanthony1 Do any white guys look good in any basketball uniform?

The funniest part about LA being an all-white team is that their unis are easily the ugliest color to put on a caucasian. That yellow is just not flattering

@BrndnStrssng Not even allowed to write something wrong now in this perfect world

Turns out a few serious warriors are mad I got this wrong off the top of my head but I misremembered something from 20 years ago, he’s READING the newspaper and orders a coffee and tells the guy to keep it. Sorry, I’ll do better next time

Don’t really know why because it’s not a crazy stunt or anything but my favorite Jackass adjacent moment is in Viva La Bam when they have to spend $100 in the dumbest way possible at the mall and Ryan Dunn immediately buys a newspaper and goes “keep the change” lol

@elonhangurself @katelosten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Is_th…

@katelosten I require context

that’s really cool of him. it would be a shame if someone wrote a mean-spirited short story about his experience

Just stop moaning and pay your taxes via @FT My latest column as.ft.com/r/184a97ba-2fd…

Comparing Abigail Spanberger and Zohan Mamdani approximately half a year into their first term really demonstrates the stakes of the current battle for the future of the Democratic Party. After their respective elections, a lot of Third Way types argued that Zohran's win in NYC offered the Dem Party few if any lessons, and the real attention should be on folks like Spanberger. Fast forward, and Zohran is reinvigorating municipal institutions and doing a whole spectrum of things to make people believe that democratic government can, in fact, make a positive impact in their lives. Compare that to Spanberger, who is vetoing laws to support collective bargaining and protect immigrants and lower prescription drug prices. This really gets to the core divide between Dem factions right now: Between those who think Trump/MAGA appeared out of nowhere and so all we have to do is win one election against them, and those who understand that these forces arose out of a disillusionment with our democratic institutions -- a belief that the system isn't working and so we need a strongman to blow it up -- meaning that the only long-term solution (that can avoid a repeat of this Biden-wins-in-2020-but-Trump-is-back-in-2024 loop) is proving that democratic government can, in fact, work for regular people. In NYC, Zohran is doing that hard work of proving democratic (and Democratic) government can make a positive impact in people's lives. In Virginia, Spanberger -- after running and winning on an affordability message -- is doing favors for Big Pharma to stop legislation that could control prescription drug prices, i.e. resorting to the samed failed playbook that makes voters think, "Oh, GOP or Democrat, these politicians are all the same." At the state level, this is the kind of trajectory that will lock in a Republican gubernatorial victory in Virginia in three years. But bigger picture -- and as we think about the next presidential primary -- this demonstrates that the question must be not just who can win in 2028, but also what will they do after winning to ensure we're not right back in this fascism loop a few years later. We've talked a lot about how economic populism is our best frame for winning upcoming elections. But we should keep in mind that just as importantly, it's a necessary governance strategy to lock those wins in for the long term.

On billionaires, please read this by Cory Doctorow, summarizing Thomas Piketty's 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺.

se eu só pudesse ver mais um video antes de morrer, esse seria o video

"If you want to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood." Daniel Berrigan, SJ, died ten years ago today.

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

@shaunmmaguire It's because people like you are in charge and everybody hates you.

How did we get to the point Where so many Americans are rooting against America?

@DrewPavlou Just get a job, man. This is undignified.

I would die to defend Alyssa Liu Seriously if I was at an event and we were attacked by Islamic terrorists and they were about to kill Alyssa I would 100% sacrifice myself to defend her. I would try to wrestle the gun off them even if it meant certain death. If they had a suicide vest I would just crash tackle them and absorb the blast.

“Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed. ” Today is the 45th anniversary of the death of Servant of God Dorothy Day, the American-born co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Image: Fr. William Hart McNichols.

How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media. A new mainstream is here. Read @Reuters findings: reut.rs/47Gg0yZ @specialreports

@EmilSutovsky This is one of the most inappropriate, insensitive, self-exculpatory statements ever published. Shame on you, Emil.

Amount of love given to Danya post-mortem is unprecedented. I can't recall anything of the kind. But here is the problem - where all of you were when Danya was alive and unwell? I am not talking now about stepping in when he was accused. Although it is a separate important matter. I know many people find it hard to express their opinion, as the problem is indeed huge, and striking a balance is nearly impossible. One thing is clear : the way Kramnik approaches it, simply can't be accepted. And his reaction on Danya's passing is appalling and outright shameful. FIDE is not a court of justice, but we will act within our jurisdiction. However, let's not oversimplify it. It is too simple to focus on Kramnik and forget everything else. Danya was clearly not at his best in recent months. He stopped appearing as a commentator for one reason or another, he was not his usual self. Now, all those who claim how dear Danya was to their heart, how good a friend they were, where have you been? What did you do? All these Kramnik attacks on Danya happened not this week or month. It was not like a shocking accusation, that killed Danya overnight. It kept haunting him for more than a year, even if there was not much of polemics of recent. So, I ask you, alleged Danya's friends, what did you do to help him for half a year or so? Did many of you write him to ask, whether he is OK? Why he, arguably the best online commentator disappeared from the screens? Did you text him to ask why did he stop streaming? Throughout 15 years I spoke to Danya many times, though we never were friends. He fascinated me long before he became a famous streamer. I met him when he just started being coached by my former trainer, Lev Psakhis. And we spoke rarely but in length many times since. I look at our correspondence from 2014, when he was thinking of a life path. And then later in 2017, and in 2019, and in 2021. Most recent online conversation was in 2024 when I invited him to comment on the Match in Singapore. And the last time I spoke to him in person was during the Grand Swiss in Samarkand, where he seconded a top player, hiding this fact for one reason or another. All the recent years I had a feeling Danya was not a happy person, although he made many people happy. Our last lengthy conversation took place in 2021, when he was already a famous online player and streamer, but still was considering a career of a real professional player. He was very much in doubt whether he is doing the right thing with all the blitz and streaming - he even considered moving to Europe to have more opportunities as a player, "but it is very difficult with all the online success I have". It came at a price. The boy with shining eyes had less and less shining left. And now, he is gone. Way too early. If he looks from above, he might be surprised to read about this or that person allegedly being his friend. Danya was kind to many, but it feels like most of the time he was lonely. Virtue signalling and like-grabbing is the worst way to pay respect to Danya. He was special on so many levels. He will be missed - or rather he is very much missed already. The Danya.

@elkmantra @nkulw The third one is Race And Reunion by David Blight en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_…

Great answer from Ta-Nehisi Coates

@yashar Crazy to keep this one up

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As I work toward an anti-fascist economics, my perspective has been newly sharpened. We're thrilled to welcome our baby, who is reminding us daily of the value of our collective future.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.