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A film poster for Tea and Sympathy

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my cat is so not food motivated, that except with the most high value treats (which is only particular meaty treats for her), that by the third or fourth treat she is certain to wander off, sometimes even just licking the second treat before deciding she's done

I would simply not capitulate to the right by accepting their framing of the problem itself, as distinct from their answers, as good faith and neutral rather than as a product of reaction

Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by tweet just now, in case you're wondering about how reliable job numbers might be getting over the next 3.5 years

Robert Wilson. one of the greatest, not just of the theater but of American artists. he transcended and transformed the medium

Can't believe we're getting a movie about Broadway legends, set largely on a historic Broadway night and mostly taking place in one location, a legendary Broadway bar, and not a play.

rip to theater I guess! the medium had a good run!

Brown is acceding to government oversight of course evaluations, where they can investigate anyone they want for "antisemitism" based on student complaints.

The signifiers of gentrification have long become the signified

Pick up time at the little Catholic School in my neighborhood approaches gridlock daily

hell yeah brother

it's too bad, but LEDs just don't luminesce with that special quality that gas lamps have

This is the same amount as the entire National Science Foundation's R&D spending for the entire field of *engineering* for the whole country. All of it.

Ein TikTok von Ussr „roisin“. Man sieht das Grab von Karl Marx, auf dem unten mehrere Blumen und ein Labubu liegen. Darüber steht der Text: „who da hell left a Labubu at Karl Marx‘s grave.“

everyone is laughing at this but this is what happens to me when my hat falls off :((

A screenshot from the New Yorker: Now the “Slave Play” playwright Jeremy O. Harris has been named creative director, and the event has adopted some of his glamour and bustle. In a curtain speech before “Spirit of the People,” Harris’s own hallucinatory play about tourists and locals in Mexico, he spoke about having difficulty writing after the success of “Slave Play” and credited the Berkshires for helping him finally complete a new work. “For me personally, this is a place to experiment and clarify,” he said, before thanking the festival for the opportunity to show a play that was still raw. He explained, with a catch in his voice, that it was not open for review—actors had been getting new text just days before we arrived.

About the Performance In “one of the most hotly anticipated events in theatre” (GQ), visionary playwright Jeremy O. Harris returns with his first world premiere after his record-breaking Slave Play.

so Jeremy O Harris commissioned himself, billed it as a world premiere, and then failed to deliver himself a finished product and is saying it's not actually open

My take on the Savannah Bananas is that the American people yearn for vaudeville but lack the vocabulary to express it

The narrator doesn't seem super confident in it either

the first few purple blooms atop New England aster

it's aster time

hell yeah

This gambling thing is really going to bite us all in the ass.

B&W photo of Ozzy Osbourne seemingly screaming and pulling open his shirt, with Andy Warhol looking on apparently bemused at right

Ozzy Osbourne & Andy Warhol photographed together in 1986

saw an endangered butterfly the other day. pretty cool (not the endangered part)

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die - AFP, July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with one freelance writer, three photographers, and six freelance videographers in the Gaza Strip since the departure of its staff journalists in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to see them die. One of them, Bashar, has worked for AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main photographer. On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: "I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can no longer work."

Bashar, 30, works and lives in conditions equal to those of all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another as Israeli bombardments dictate. For over a year, he has lived in absolute destitution and works at enormous risk to his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with periods of severe intestinal illness. Bashar has been living in the ruins of his Gaza City home since February with his mother, his four siblings, and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any amenities or comforts, except for a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his older brother had "fallen from hunger." Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, there is nothing to buy, or only at exorbitant prices. The banking system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%.

AFP no longer has the means to have a vehicle, let alone the fuel to allow its journalists to travel for their reports. Traveling by car is tantamount to running the risk of being a target for the Israeli air force. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave. And she is determined to "bear witness" for as long as possible. "Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a story, I don't know if I'll come back alive." The biggest problem, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength is failing them. Most no longer have the physical ability to travel the enclave to do their job. Their heartbreaking pleas for help are now daily.

Over the past few days, we have understood from their brief messages that their lives no longer depend on much and that their courage, devoted for many months to informing the whole world, will not help them survive. We risk learning of their deaths at any moment, and it's unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: "For the first time, I feel defeated." Later that day, he told one of us that he thanked him "for explaining what we live daily between death and hunger." "I wish Mr. Macron could help me get out of this hell." Ahlam is still standing. "I try to continue practicing my profession, to carry the voice of the people, to document the truth in the face of all attempts to silence it. Here, resistance is not a choice: it's a necessity." Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing a colleagues die of starvation.

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing our colleagues die of starvation.”

The AFP news release has been released in French. Below is an English translation via Google translate.

An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read:

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.
AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1

My woo-woo version of this is that, besides all the health and environmental impacts of light pollution, not being able to see the stars at night deeply diminishes the richness and wonder of being alive, contributing to psychic ailments

And noise pollution is correlated with dementia rates!

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