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Helpful reminder: Gaza is not starving, the people of Gaza are *being starved*. Always use the active voice. And always say who is *doing* the starving. In this case, Israel is starving Gaza! Using US taxpayer dollars and weapons. To do the genocide. Thanks!

You're my soda pop little soda pop stop funding genocide

A new generation of magazines is getting kids to put down their phones In a world of smartphones and screen time, parents are willing to pay for high quality magazines for kids. It's reviving a once dead industry.

"A New Generation of Magazines is Getting Kids to Put Down their Phones" in Fast Company featuring Kazoo magazine's Editor in Chief @erinbried.bsky.social.
www.fastcompany.com/91364687/a-n...

Companies load up on niche crypto tokens to boost share prices Listed firms load up on ether, litecoin and $TRUMP as they bid to emulate Michael Saylor’s Strategy

I'm sure this is fine

www.ft.com/content/50f9...

Incredible

I, too, have general soreness

Until recently, tools for tracking fish were too big for small swimmers, limiting our ability to understand the lives of diminutive species.

New technology is changing that - a potential boost for conservation. My story for @biographic.bsky.social (with edits from @colinschultz.bsky.social!)

This is so cool

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

I don't care which administration does it. It's fucked.

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children www.wired.com/story/dhs-an...

Most home runs in a season, made multiple pitching starts, MLB history:

2021 Shohei Ohtani: 46
2023 Shohei Ohtani: 44
2025 Shohei Ohtani: 34
2022 Shohei Ohtani: 34

Elderly Woman Keeps Mind Active Justifying Trump’s Actions LEXINGTON, KY—Stressing the importance of regularly performing mental gymnastics to prevent cognitive decline, local 80-year-old Edna Connolly confirmed Thursday that she keeps her mind active by justifying President Donald Trump’s actions. “I try to break out of my routine and engage my mind by rationalizing what the president is doing, even when it’s completely against […]

Elderly Woman Keeps Mind Active Justifying Trump’s Actions
theonion.com/elderly...

404, nailing it as usual

This has been the second most humid summer in DC on record (since 1945) based on the number of hours with dew points over 70 degrees or the level considered GROSS.

Jacob deGrom has thrown more major league innings so far in 2025 than he did in 2022, 2023 and 2024, combined.

The US-funded genocide continues.

WCID: Want to be a nurse? Get your own Recommendations!

Want to be an election worker? Or a nurse? Or maybe just save public media? Or all 3?

Get our Recommendations (or your own), for nursing, yelling at senators, and volunteering all over the world.

Check it out:

www.importantnotimportant.com/p/wcid-want-...

World's oldest marathoner hit by car, dies at 114 Fauja Singh, who became the oldest man to run a full marathon in 2011 at age 100, has died at age 114 after being hit by a car at his native village in Punjab.

Fuck cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social

World's oldest marathoner hit by car, dies at 114 www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

Get fucked, Randy Fine.

Love to see it. We're going all in on the state level with @whatcanido-earth.bsky.social. Would love to connect.

Loss of the methane hunter MethaneSAT goes dark, imperilling global methane emission accountability

Well this sucks

Loss of the methane hunter carbonrisk.substack.com/p/loss-of-th...

Musk breaks silence on Grok's Nazi bender Musk has recently expressed frustration with Grok's way of answering questions.

Man who gave two Hitler salutes and almost $300m to re-elect a white nationalist felon says his chatbot was "too compliant to user prompts."

Musk breaks silence on Grok's Nazi bender www.axios.com/2025/07/08/e...

Nerd alert: re-organizing the folder hierarchy for all of our design files.

Going with:

- Media type (email/web header, YouTube banner, social media, sticker, etc)
-- Property (specific newsletter, podcast, app, or a merch design)
--- File type (EPS, PNG, JPG)

Or reverse media type and property?

Me, 5 minutes into a 2 hour quarterly planning call: "I bet Etsy has some great Chappell Roan merch home decor items, hold on"

Comically inept

“Watershed moment:” Big battery storage prices hit record low in huge China auction Huge China auction delivers another stunning fall in battery storage prices. It is being hailed as a potential tipping point for “round the clock” renewables.

Battery storage just hit a watershed moment: $51/kWh in China, down 30% in 12 months. While fossil fuels get slower & pricier, batteries are getting cheaper and better. This isn’t a trend—it’s now a rupture. Solar + storage is now the default for new energy. Everywhere. ⚡📉 #BESS #EnergyTransition

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On Prime Day, please remember that Bezos doesn't give a shit about you or his workers -- but @bookshop.org and @libro.fm sure do.

Every Body Is A Sex Spectrum Introducing: Life Finds A Way - The original diversity initiative

Last week we launched a new column a long time coming:

Life Finds A Way: The Original Diversity Initiative.

We kicked it off with a beautiful essay from one of my all-time favorite writers: @restingdinoface.bsky.social.

Enjoy.

www.importantnotimportant.com/p/every-body...

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

Under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, America's poorest families lose about $1600 per year.

The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.

It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)