liminal spaces, beautiful places

blue check

[Harrison Mann @Harrison_J_Mann]

Tough balancing act for Jake Sullivan, who demands to be treated like a national security expert but has to pretend to be the biggest dupe in the world to explain why he helped kill so many Palestinians

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Donald Trump has earned more money in his first and second year, in his second term as president, than in the previous 60 years of his life, per Bloomberg.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Katie Goldin 🐜 @KatieGoldin]

“For this social media campaign we are launching the phrase ‘complaining class,’ please reflect this in your posts. Thanks in advance.”

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

AIPAC is now spending 8x as much as Abdul El-Sayed's entire campaign on the MI Senate primary.

This race is not between Abdul and Haley Stevens. It is Abdul vs. AIPAC.

A billionaire-funded Super PAC shouldn't determine American elections or foreign policy. Let's support Abdul.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.

ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

President Trump has taken the vaccine. 

I’ve taken the vaccine. 

If you are unvaccinated, I would encourage you to take the vaccine as well.

[Will 🦥 Menaker @willmenaker]

Calling a Jewish man a "parasite" thats a yikes from me

[danny @dabbs346]

NRSC is also actively scrubbing their website on Ken Paxton releases. So embarrassing.

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

Recommended

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

To be clear: they’re not protesting against the sexual torture of Palestinians by Israeli authorities. They’re protesting against the NYT for reporting it.

[Ben Marmarelli بن مرمريلي בן מרמרלי @mrmrly44557]

A very serious investigation has been published in @nytimes about rape and sexual violence carried out by the authorities in Israel. I am also quoted in this article as one of many, many people who provided accounts to this newspaper, which is considered extremely pro-Israeli.
In response, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote that these are antisemitic “blood libels.” It is clear that the reports already published by Al Jazeera in 2024, and by me in 2025 when the BBC censored and deleted the interview with me, are true.
People simply need to listen to Palestinians. But the world does not listen to Palestinians. It only listens when it is written in The New York Times — and now it is written there.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I appreciate the intense interest in my column. For skeptics, why not agree on Red Cross and lawyer visits for the 9,000 Palestinian "security" prisoners? If you think these abuse allegations are false, such monitoring visits would be protective. So why not?

[Славян @SlavAesthetics]

You will never be her

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Traders placed a series of bets worth $430 million on a drop in crude prices just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump ​said he would extend a ceasefire with Iran.

It is the third ‌time this month, and the fourth in total, that large, well-timed directional bets on the oil price have been made shortly before major announcements on the Iran war.

The traders gained millions.

Unusual.

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

A Jesus statue gets more empathy than Palestinians in Israel
https://t.co/n3cIRuHWTk

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Secret memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a controversial new way of doing business. https://t.co/xNu6GXxmdl

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists. https://t.co/p1zapRIpxj

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

End U.S. aid to Israel