michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 4hSome Friday night music: Jump in the River, by Sinéad O'Connor. youtu.be/1ORbUdApLhk?...youtu.beSinead O'Connor - Jump In The River (Official Music Video)YouTube video by SineadOConnorVEVO 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 13hIf you want to lose yourself in something fascinating today. 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some (more) Thursday night music: Free Money, by Patti Smith. youtu.be/U-ZJGfA0UxY?...youtu.beFree MoneyYouTube video by Patti Smith - Topic 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some Thursday night music: India Rubber, by Radiohead. youtu.be/zB92UBjr9UE?...youtu.beIndia RubberYouTube video by Radiohead - Topic 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism." www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comDecline in tourism hits US economyOverseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Politically, I'm very suspicious of nostalgia," says Diaz. "I think it’s inevitably reactionary." lithub.com/hernan-diazs...lithub.comHernan Diaz’s New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust HimPulitzer winner Hernan Diaz releases his first novel in four years this week, and he’s parrying a few questions about genre. “I take issue with the word dystopia,” he replies to an opening inquiry.… 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some Wednesday night music: (Nice Dream), by Radiohead. youtu.be/jIjTFt6XmFM?...youtu.be[Nice Dream]YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"How did anyone ever make it through kindergarten before A.I.?" www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a62275 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"We called up our lawyer and we were like, 'Can we do this?'" she recalled. "He was like, 'I mean, it’s kind of a risk.' And we were like, 'OK, I guess that’s how we’re going to start the editorial.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two YearsThe student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Onion knows how to frame conversations. theonion.com/congress-pas...theonion.comCongress Passes $430,000/Hour Minimum Wage For Billionaires 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"As social media influencers and President Donald Trump’s White House kept touting the unproven benefits of raw milk and downplaying its risks ... In the past two years alone, hundreds had fallen ill across nine states from ... raw milk." www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Some Tuesday night music: The Baby Screams, by The Cure. youtu.be/Vf44EwFCAco?...youtu.beThe Baby Screams (2006 Remaster)YouTube video by The Cure - Topic 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Rings like this will sometimes appear when the Moon is seen through thin clouds. The effect is created by the diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an ... A Super Lunar Corona (Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Houck) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111... 100
Reposted by @michaellasley.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 177124122657
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We need more Minnesota in the world. 001
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"When the murders happened, I was fifteen years old. At that time, I had only one person who I would call a friend ... The [Austin Police] detectives made my best friend implicate me in this heinous crime, and I lost the one friend that I had." www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/t...texasmonthly.comHe Was a Suspect in the Yogurt Shop Murders for Thirty Years. He Can't Forget.Forrest Welborn spent three decades as a suspect in Austin’s infamous yogurt shop murders. It all but destroyed his life. This year, he was finally exonerated. So why doesn’t he feel free? 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some (more) Monday night music: April Suzanne, by Beach House. youtu.be/svVNA2qWVIs?...youtu.beBeach House - April Suzanne (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by BeachHouseVideoZone 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some Monday night music: Look Inside, by Pink Breath of Heaven. youtu.be/hJKCQVoLo9U?...youtu.bePink Breath of Heaven - Look Inside (Live at The Chapel)YouTube video by Pink Breath of Heaven 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The handling of the grand-jury report 'was a reminder,' [Christine Wells-Wonsley] said, 'that our son’s life does not matter to those who hold positions that are supposed to serve and protect the public.'" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comNolan Wells’s Family Still Wants AnswersA Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died. 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My Monday reading: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel. 000
Reposted by @michaellasley.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Trump tax is real. We’re all paying for his pointless war. 21688292
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"It’s costing more and more to get stuff in the hands of American shoppers. Diesel prices are up 77% in the past year. Freight railroads are adding surcharges. And the nation’s busiest port is the busiest it’s ever been." www.wsj.com/business/inf...wsj.comThe Cost of Transporting Pretty Much Everything Just Won’t Stop Going UpTrucking and cargo-shipping rates are at their highest levels in years—and it isn’t just because of the price of fuel. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Some Sunday night music: Vivid Light, by Blood Orange. youtu.be/ggN4SRDDOr4?...youtu.beVivid LightYouTube video by Blood Orange - Topic 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Thérèse taught that 'Jesus does not demand great actions from us but simply surrender and gratitude.'" cac.org/daily-medita...cac.orgAn Influential TeacherOn the CAC’s Turning to the Mystics podcast, Father Richard Rohr reflects on his first encounter with the writings of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897) 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"No doubt some visitors to the Grolier felt the thrill ... as they looked at the remains of one of Jack’s last cigarettes, but, for me, they were reminders of his absence, and the lasting strangeness of his fame, and how his kisses always tasted of Lucky Strikes." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comWhat Jack Kerouac Left BehindA recent exhibition at the Grolier Club featured ashes that fell from a cigarette the novelist was probably smoking on the day he died. Joyce Johnson reflects on her time with Kerouac, and what she’s ... 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Some Saturday night music: Colors Make A Sound, by Pink Breath of Heaven. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4A1...youtube.comPink Breath of Heaven - Colors Make A Sound (Live on KEXP)YouTube video by KEXP 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm currently looking for an old farmhouse to convert into a family sanctuary. www.dezeen.com/2024/03/14/s...dezeen.comStudio Guma converts stone farmhouse into "family sanctuary" in NormandyArchitecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to "evoke the rural history" of the site. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"What is being built up in people’s hearts," Mr. Singh asked, "that they would want to do something so terrible to another human being?" 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the undisputed global leader in public health. Its scientists helped train health officials worldwide ... But after a year and a half ... of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Living grief lacks the tapestry of rituals, language ... around grieving that a person is offered with death. In death, that commemoration can help us feel closer to our loved ones. With living grief, it’s the opposite." The Mountains I Lost, The Memories I Found www.legalnomads.com/living-grief/ 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some Friday night music: The Wind is Calling, by Pink Breath of Heaven. youtu.be/qNKo9H1lxA4?...youtu.bePink Breath of Heaven - The Wind Is Calling (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Pink Breath of Heaven 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Does the road to our galaxy's center go through Monument Valley? It doesn't have to, but if your road does — take a picture." Road to the Galactic Center (Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25110... 110
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"August 1, 2026 – Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old Salvadoran immigrant, died in ICE custody. He was the third Delaney Hall detainee to die since the ICE detention facility reopened in New Jersey in May of 2025." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aug...mcsweeneys.netLest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: August 2026: Atrocities 1211-1280August 2026 saw another sixty-nine cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration. 100
Reposted by @michaellasley.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Male supremacy is about creating social and economic conditions in which certain men are authorized to cheat. There are men in this world who spend all their time rationalizing the creation of those conditions. Hanania is one of them. 15217
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Today we are surrounded by a million 'mad prophet' Howard Beales ... telling us that they don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All they know is that first, you’ve got to get mad." www.liberalcurrents.com/network-at-5...liberalcurrents.com“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as HellPaddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media. 1298
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some Thursday night music: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, by U2. youtu.be/cw2N3tjGIP0?...youtu.beWho's Gonna Ride Your Wild HorsesYouTube video by U2 - Topic 010
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Though I could find no evidence of an official collaborator black list, many locals were quick to tell me the names of businesses welcoming contractors, as well as those refusing to ask whether a customer is associated with border construction" www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...texasmonthly.comInside West Texans’ Relentless Fight Against Big Bend Border Wall ContractorsMan camps housing border-barrier construction workers have arrived in far West Texas. Local businesses are taking sides on whether to serve the newcomers. 101
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"I'm good on books and movies. Can you recommend anything new to worry about?" www.newyorker.com/cartoons/dai... 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some Wednesday night music: One of the Greats, by Florence + The Machine. youtu.be/t7XL4ehHoE0?...youtu.beFlorence + The Machine - One of the Greats (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO 000
Reposted by @michaellasley.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026AI has not made us better, more productive, more successful or grown the economy outside of GPU sales and data center construction. It has also made the price of every single device of every kind more expensive, depressed the housing market, and increased literally everybody’s cost of debt. 7581157
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"At Stephen Miller’s direction, the agency is effectively paying out huge sums of taxpayer money to some really nasty governments in exchange for their acceptance of third-country deportees who, for various reasons, cannot be returned to their countries of origin." newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 100
Reposted by @michaellasley.bsky.socialYaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win. 13554551163
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you need something good this evening. 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Although many people dismiss figs as a geriatric delicacy or the sticky stuff inside bad cookies, they are, in fact, something awesome: enclosed flowers that bloom modestly inward ... Bite a fig in half and you’ll discover a core of tiny blossoms." www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-...newyorker.comLove the FigAlthough many people dismiss it as a geriatric delicacy, it is a biological and evolutionary wonder. 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"The Food and Drug Administration ... has identified more than 12,800 illnesses tied to foodborne outbreaks in 2026 ... far surpassing the number it has identified in any year since 2020. For comparison, there were 895 cases related to foodborne outbreaks last year." www.wired.com/story/why-sa...wired.comFrom Salmonella Eggs to Diarrhea Lettuce, Why This Has Been a Sick Hot American SummerWhile Trump administration cuts have contributed to the epidemic of foodborne illnesses this summer, there are also deeper issues that make the American food supply chain susceptible to parasites and ... 100
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Some Tuesday night music: Slow Canyon, by Beck. youtu.be/UCoImd5LQO8?...youtu.beBeck - Slow Canyon (Audio)YouTube video by BeckVEVO 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"She knew that there would always be depth, inexhaustible depth, in the human mind." 000
michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The rate of heart attacks at his hospital was three times what it had been before [Katrina]...Perhaps even more surprising is that the rate has remained elevated ever since. 'I thought that in a year or two we’d come back to baseline,' Irimpen told me. 'It hasn't'" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comThe Hidden Devastation of HurricanesTheir health effects extend far beyond official death tolls. 100
