It seems clear to me that Israel has unleashed an unapologetic rampage in part because it expects the empathy of the world/fealty of the US on the October 7 anniversary. As a reminder, people (all people) deserve empathy but governments (all governments) never do.
The answer to this puzzle just landed on me like a ton of bricks (and I feel foolish). Elon Musk wants to boost Tesla sales with punitive taxes on foreign EVs
Some things really are astonishingly better than they were just 20 years ago.
Along these lines, I think of the fact that there are almost certainly new lawyers currently clerking for federal judges who started law school after watching John Eastman's January 6th speech and nodding along.
TIL what moondrop grapes look like 😳
I really hate the emerging consensus on this. It's cruelty for cruelty's sake. Same as Trump.
FTP has a new zine "Public Libraries 101." It's free to read and also to make copies to share in your communities. drive.google.com/file/d/1JfsS...
If you're upset by art not being damaged in protest against climate change, I can only imagine how furious you'll be at the actual damage to art caused by climate change.
The Rothko Chapel, which features murals by painter Mark Rothko, will close after sustaining damage during Hurricane Beryl.
This is obscene. The Biden administration effectively ended asylum as we know it in June and is now planning updates to that executive order that would make it impossible for the restrictions to be lifted. Ever. An utter betrayal of the U.S. commitment to human rights.
The Biden administration is planning to issue a regulation to cement the sweeping asylum restrictions it enacted at the southern border over the summer.