David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Trump cuts exacerbate budget fights in red states

Republican legislatures already grappling with budget shortfalls consider further cuts and new taxes to cover funding gaps worsened by the "big, beautiful bill."

Chris7ben

@chris7ben.bsky.social

“Cryptocurrency is opaque and hard to trace. Campaigners have long warned it could be used to funnel dark money into British politics. That loophole is now, at last, being closed.

Nigel Farage, who has openly courted crypto donations, will not be pleased.” 🤣

QueenCityJamz

@queencityjamz.bsky.social

This is one of my fave Hopper paintings. It has lived at the Des Moines Art Center since 1958. I always try to pop in to visit it when I'm back in Iowa. I've been looking at this beguiling woman for so many yrs it's like she's family.

Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv)

@socpaperbot.bsky.social

Enough is enough? Analyzing the relationship between economic inequality and support for democracy Although rising economic inequality is linked to declining support for democracy in multiple theoretical arguments and the public discourse alike, the empirical evidence for their l
#sociology link

@hildewithers.bsky.social

Watching Dances with Wolves for like the 50th time and just noticed an anachronism - a ring necked dove at Fort Sedgewick. Oops. Not that far north till the 1990s. Should've been a Mourning Dove. Nitpicky as heck, I know! 😣

FinTwitter

@fintwitter.bsky.social

Israel races to hit Iran hard while it still can, leery of possible talks, officials say - NYT

第一の手記.

@talesofmacabre.bsky.social

the snow seemed like a dirty bandage hiding the open wounds of the city, hiding those irregular gashes of haphazard streets and tortuous alleys, courtyards and occasional plots of bare ground, that form the only beauty to be found in the panorama of our

glass beach lyrics

@glassbeachlyrics.bsky.social

in dissonant fanfare
laughs at the gallows
a truce in the trenches
guards at the fences
saying "all that you're seeking won't be found here"

The Spurs Web

@thespursweb.bsky.social

Rangers boss Danny Rohl has made a candid admission regarding the club's efforts to keep Tottenham's Mikey Moore for next season.

Whirlwound

@whirlwound.bsky.social

Project Hail Mary

How does a sentient boulder with a synthesised voice have more innate personality than Jared Leto playing Ares?

(That was rhetorical.)

SO good. Elements of 2001 blended with The Odd Couple. Surprisingly funny, thrilling, poignant, and dusted with moments of joy. Go see it. Now.