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In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone.

In small towns and rural communities, young voters say they feel unseen by leaders Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders.

Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders.

I’ve seen four different No Kings protests today in towns and cities around me in Rhode Island that never really have protests. This is a massive, massive movement and message.

Michigan Avenue right now.

a beautiful tribute to the worst day of anakin skywalker's life. if I'm ever, say, maimed in a car crash, I would hope that pop tarts does something similar for me like "frosted sam hit by car berry blast"

The Super Harvest #Moon overnight on October 6-7 #HarvestMoon

Link for more: earthsky.org/astronomy-es...

22-minute exposure of full harvest moon moon rise over Newport Pell Bridge, Saunderstown, Rhode Island on 09/20/2021. Photo credit: Mike Cohea
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Straczynski expressed the highest regard for Trias and ABC, but he said that he believes "network paranoia" has led them to use Q5. "It is a truly insidious organization, I make no bones about it at all. A lot of their research and theories are strictly from voodoo, Straczynski continued. "I think they reinforce stereotypes--sexist and racist. I think they are not helping television, they are diminishing it."

In addition to Janine's new look, described in notes on one DIC character drawing as "generally less harsh & "slutty," she will have a warmer, more nurturing relationship with Slimer, a childlike comic character who sometimes dissolves into slime.

The show also will contain less satire and less subtle, sophisticated verbal humor. "I've written a few shows for this season, and they weren't as much fun as last season," lamented "Real Ghostbusters" writer Michael Reaves. As one of numerous examples of this change, the Q5 report notes that some jokes that writers had included about college days and "no intelligent life in New Jersey" would go over the heads of young children. A phrase such as "create the proper ambiance," the report suggests, could be phrased more simply: "Make this room look like a little boy's.

A remarkable 1987 article about “Q5”, a consultancy that, i’ve now learned, seems singularly responsible for the mass bland-izing of cartoons when i was a kid. I remember the sudden and mysterious Jeanine swap-out in The Real Ghostbusters! this explains so much.

www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Good things:
- Everyone is awesome
- Channel 6 filmed us!!!
- Venue staff delightful
- Shoutout to laptop number 2
- The projection setup was nice
- @jillpoisson.bsky.social and @razcunningham.bsky.social were wonderful help (+ others I can’t tag)

Frieren Panel Lets Fans Journey Through The Anime's Soundscape

Composer Evan Call reveals that he wants the music in Frieren to be "the voice of the world."

Remember : Epstein’s victims have already told us the names of the men who had done a lot of these crimes, we know there’s a list, we know this is a cover up.

National Year of Reading - The Society of Authors The Society of Authors supports the aims of the National Year of Reading and welcomes renewed national attention on literacy.

Good piece from the @societyofauthors.bsky.social on the Year of Reading: societyofauthors.org/2025/07/07/n... #KidLitUK

🙏🏻

Perhaps the play they’re making is “Bondi says there’s no list” then Trump can fire her, and then the next AG says “there is no list” implying she destroyed it, and Trump once again escapes guilt and people move on because Trump could neeeever be guilty. What a scheme.

A gentle reminder that the VA getting rid of 30,000 people instead of 80,000 people isn’t a win.

This organza dress from Iris Van Herpen’s couture show yesterday is amazing

Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)

the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Laughs!' Prank Show - SNL

"Was this an act of malice?"
"No, brother West. It was an act of whimsy." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4HE...

Mayor Brandon Scott has reduced crime in Baltimore by 62%, and now has the lowest homicide rate in Baltimore history.

How did he do it?

NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs.

Socialism works

just casually drops the facade about other countries paying tariffs and admits it’s American companies who pay them

Many of these cuts don’t happen until after the midterms. We need a giant online countdown to when every cut takes effect (medicaid, Medicare, state-specific terms that people don’t realize are part of it, etc). People think in the now, not the future. They need to know what their reps did.

My parents live in Georgetown, so I truly pray for everyone affected. But let’s be clear—this has nothing to do with Former President Biden. The lack of FEMA support you will see? That’s not on him either. This is entirely on Felon47. But don’t worry, he’s golfing this weekend.

The good things we have come from good people working hard to snatch them from the greedy and rich people that rule the world. Reminding myself no politician ever gave us what we deserved.

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

I want a time machine so that i can go back 20 years and start yelling on a street corner about how they're going to make some guy from Chicago the Pope and how the guy from The Apprentice will be elected President twice and build an alligator based concentration camp in Florida.

This should work well: “You’re unhappy about working 12 hours a day? Be a shame if I called ICE”

Independence Day @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three years The move is part of a strategy to expand legal immigration channels in response to labor shortages.

I had to read this twice to believe it...Meloni, who ran for office on an anti-immigration platform, has now announced plans to let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in order to deal with the Italian labor shortage
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...