tmp507

I show up late. I cause scenes. I leave you. Guessing.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: An executive of the gay dating app Grindr says the Republican National Convention is “basically Grindr’s Super Bowl.”

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

The children behind Gaza's chilling new acronym 'WCNSF'

Women & children are believed to make up around 70% of the death toll, according to the UN, with an estimated 25,000 children losing one or both of their parents, according to the @EuroMedHR.
https://t.co/RNzZOeRDww

[Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 @MuhammadSmiry]

Told you boycott works | Gaza

[Khadija @khadljasays]

A thread.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The ten dumbest things we're being asked to believe about Gaza:

1. That Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to prior to October 7, but ever since October 7 has known about every hospital, mosque, school, refugee camp and water tower that Hamas is hiding in.

2. That the blame for all of the deaths caused by Israeli weapons launched by Israel rests solely on Hamas.

3. That Hamas is using “human shields” — meaning Hamas bases are hidden amidst civilian populations — yet Israel is managing to kill thousands of civilians without doing any meaningful damage to Hamas.

4. That it would be perfectly fine to murder children by the thousands even if they were being used as “human shields” — as though resolving a hostage situation by mowing down thousands of child hostages would be regarded as reasonable and acceptable by the public if it happened in our own country.

5. That is is only by pure coincidence that Israel bombing “Hamas targets” in civilian infrastructure and residential buildings just so happens to look exactly the same as what you’d expect to see if Israel was simply bombing civilian infrastructure and residential buildings and lying about its reasons for doing so.

6. That satellite images of entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble in Gaza have been caused by “precision strikes” directed solely at Hamas and have been carried out with the greatest of care for human life, despite Israeli officials openly saying that “the emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy” in this assault and that “Gaza will eventually turn into a city of tents; there will be no buildings.”

7. That this bombing campaign has anything to do with freeing Israeli hostages — as though the bombing campaign itself has not killed dozens of hostages, and as though anyone believes Israel would stop bombing Gaza after the hostages are returned.

8. That the only reason anyone could possibly oppose the detonation of thousands of bombs on an open air prison full of children would be if they had very strong and hateful opinions toward the members of the religion of Judaism.

9. That Hamas attacked Israel entirely out of the blue and completely unprovoked, solely because they are evil and hate Jews.

10. That Washington is powerless to stop this genocide that it is directly funding and supplying.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later

[Nora Dominick @noradominick]

it’s nice that taylor swift is visiting her stadiums while they turn into mojo dojo casa houses for the football season

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed the oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.

[GL @gldivittorio]

In honor of being a cancer sun and peak cancer season being upon us, I figured now was the right time to hard launch that I have cancer 🦀

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

BREAKING: A new report shows that the end may be in sight for AIDS, the world’s deadliest pandemic.

The Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS says that Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe have all reached “95-95-95” targets, meaning 95% of the people who are living with HIV know their status, 95% of those people are on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, and 95% of people in treatment are virally suppressed.

Across eastern and southern Africa, new HIV infections have been reduced by 57% since 2010. Also since 2010, the percentage of pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV who have access to antiretroviral treatment has nearly doubled, and new infections among children have more than halved.

There’s more work to be done, but the UN said the world could end AIDS by 2030 with sufficient investment from global leaders.

[tmp507 @TPelger]

@ATRightMovies @apelger

[NPR @NPR]

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.

"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/YI9b4yuuVE

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣

[Shakira @shakira]

Today at the final of the World Cup, I only hope the players on the field and the whole world remembers that there’s a man and fellow footballer called Amir Nasr, on death row, only for speaking in favor of Women’s rights.

[tmp507 @TPelger]

@betsyrsmith Don't forget to ask for a breakdown of the hospital bill. That can help lower costs when they have to prove it

[Naomi Tomky @gastrognome]

@clairelizzie My top gift-giving advice (and I'm good at gifts) is to not give anything related to a person's main interests. That's already a priority for them, they probably already know what they specifically want and/or prioritize spending their own money on it.

[Antonio Reza @theantonioreza]

I'm a Head of Finance at Google.

I've interviewed 100s of candidates in my career and I know my decision within the first 7 minutes.

Do these 5 things to prepare for the interview and I guarantee you'll impress recruiters and hiring managers at your dream company:

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

Someone has to say it: Elon Musk has lied for 27 years about his credentials. He does not have a BS in Physics, or any technical field. Did not get into a PhD program. Dropped out in 1995 & was illegal. Later, investors quietly arranged a diploma - but not in science. 🧵1/