Douglas McRae

Map of DC showing federal troops mainly in tourist-heavy areas, not crime centers.

A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.

This is my favorite Beach House album.

The best part about the AHA Guidelines for AI pile-on is that if you scroll through the quote skeets, a hapless AHA employee teases that a *second* report (addressing research and scholarship) is due to drop!

I like the part where you sing “who let the dogs out” …great tune!

YouTube video by jlhalz Ali G Ice Cream Glove

Yeah but what about ice cream gloves? youtu.be/48TR0vUPQCs?...

Doesn’t look good! Incidentally, I remember recently reading a piece by the MS state treasurer for @mississippifreepress.org saying that, in fact, everything is fine, in fact never been better.

It’s rich reading David prattle on about manufacturing and jobs since, like Trump, he’s never worked an honest day in his life. If you actually ever did any reporting on him or his scant “accomplishments” as Treasurer…well that would actually be a service to your readership.

Homemade ice cream maker with motor activated

Hand holding a cup of chocolate chip icecream, with hungry cat looking up in the background

Making #icecream #summer

Hey look on the bright side, he has a bright future as a death squad captain 😐

Sharing a talk I recently came across that might be of interest…it is hard to cut through the uncritical boosterism out there, I think the promises and peril discussed here are reasonable though: foundhistory.org/2025/07/gene...

Who’s going to unionize them

E.P. Thompson maybe similar…not major per se but influential as a nuclear disarmament activist

Theodore Roosevelt was president of the AHA at one point!

My first cousin, unfortunately. Can confirm: an extremely stupid person.

The only “rationalist” I can endorse is Tim Maia (era racional)

🚨Alert🚨 In the recent weeks, Park Police has been posting up at local parks, like Malcolm X, arresting people for minor things like smoking weed, and then transferring them to ICE. REMEMBER: Most parks in DC are actually federal land. 1/

It’s fun to try to guess though! Great work btw

A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is.

grist.org/food-and-agr...

#App #Food #Agriculture #Farms #FoodSystems #Climate

Children Beg for Father’s Release After ICE Detains Jackson Man Activists are calling on immigration officials to release Kerlin Moreno-Orellana from ICE custody after his arrest for illegal dumping.

Two Mississippians were arrested for illegal dumping in Jackson on June 16. One, Christy Parker, was quickly released. Kerlin Moreno-Orellana was not. His arrest triggered an alert in a vast federal network of immigration enforcement. Now, it's unclear when and if he will see his family again.

Related is Alberto Vieira’s chapter in Schwartz’s edited volume Tropical Babylons (also about Madeira and Atlantic sugar)

Jason Moore on Madeira: jasonwmoore.com/wp-content/u...

just like witches at black masses

“This new type of meat? It was us!”

Black and white panic two cats done hell I have a hard time trying to describe styles maybe I'll just say two striped cats

Two Cats — Walter Inglis Anderson, c. 1940

Alex Hochuli has written about this exact phenomenon “the Brazilianization of the world.” I’d say in terms of evangelical right there’s been some cross pollination between US and LatAm

A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods

Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Voting results for HR 2096 Republican 205 yea, 4 Nay, 11 NV Democratic 30 yea, 174 nay, 1 pres, 7 NV Independent Totals 235 yea, 178 nay, 1 pres, 18 NV

Voting results for HR 884 Republican 210 Yea, 0 Nay, 0 Pres, 10 NV Democratic 56 Yea, 148 Nay, 1 Pres, 7 NV Independent Totals 266 Yea, 148 Nay, 1 Pres, 17 NV

The @housedemocrats.bsky.social betrayed DC today:
- 30 of them voted to take away the local DC government's ability to discipline DC police officers
- 56 of them voted to strip non citizens in DC of their right to vote in local elections

Don't ever let them tell you they are a pro-democracy party.

This was confirmed as ICE activity in DC.

Park Police and DHS agents working together to arbitrarily stop and detain immigrants in our communities.

Mayor Bowser wants to repeal sanctuary protections for immigrants in DC. Tell the DC Council to stand with immigrants: freedcproject.org/sanctuary

What about a ship, but for the fellas?