When there's a ladder behind the bookshelves, but you don't have the crank and Mr. X is hot on your tail.

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 17h ago

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 19h ago

Susan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics

This should be much bigger news

Gail Waldby ❌👑@gailwaldby.bsky.social · 2d ago

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...

Not only do they ignore him, everyone keeps claiming there is no shark, or that the shark isn't actually dangerous.

95Sports@95sports.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Full reboot, using modern sensibilities. Mayor actually closes the beach; people ignore him and still go swimming.

lmao you hired bari weiss to run CBS News dude who are you trying to fool here

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh yeah, David Ellison is legit scared he's gonna lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Finally someone lets the failson of an insane hundred billionaire speak

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday

"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...

Ahead of the forthcoming fourth season, I wrote about how TED LASSO was the show we needed in 2020... and how maybe we've outgrown its relentlessly nice outlook. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

Ted Lasso Is Back, but Is His Moment Over?

For the show to resonate today, it needs to get in touch with its anger.

prospect.org

Mike Johnson advocating for kidnapping children. Any Dem worth a shit will make it clear that anyone can buy a gaiter and a fake ICE vest. And he's saying go willingly with them. There is no reason a federal employee shouldn't have to show their face. And this should be an easy one to win.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE & respect our agents Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants? J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?

Doing passive voice about our seige of an entire country

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2d ago

Cuba’s electricity grid collapses, the state-owned grid operator says, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

He is openly describing a serious pathology by a man who can destroy the Earth

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

It is very weird that they just lie about normal people and then it’s not a scandal when they admit it

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Stuff like this makes me want to walk into the ocean.

PC Gamer@pcgamer.com · 7d ago

Despite its success, Electronic Arts rewarded some of those who made Battlefield 6 by laying them off. It's a different story for EA CEO Andrew Wilson.

Trump proved once again the necessity of assuming he can never be trusted. About the despicable $1.8 billion slush fund for J6 insurrectionist & others: He will now “push hard” for his “Anti-Weaponization Bill.” It will “immediately be back on the table” because Todd Blanche wasn’t advanced for AG.

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

axios.com

I'm sure this happens in every big city, but I encountered stuff like this a LOT when I used to go to TIFF. Like half the Airbnb listings in Toronto are a scam!

Noel Murray@noelmu.bsky.social · 5d ago

A cautionary tale, from the world of hotel-booking. For about a decade now I've used Hotels dot com and generally I've had no complaints. But I have run into trouble in the past when booking rooms for the Toronto film festival. 1/

Crazy to be this rich and also live such a consistently humiliating life.

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 6d ago

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Dr. Drew, who has been on TV nonstop since the 90s and starred in several celebrity-based reality shows, blasts Fauci for his "narcissism" and claims that "we have to use the media as an instrument to deliver information and not let it be about us" while not doing "untoward things" with celebs.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

news.com.au

The deep truth on JD Vance is spoken by Noah Smith here: “I will never forget the "Haitians eating cats" lie. I will never let it go. It was so deliberate and monstrous and unprovoked and cruel, and no one has ever apologized for it…. JD Vance even admitted that they lied. What a barbarous act… 1/

CROSSPOST: Lyz Lenz: Who Will You Blame When They [the Haitian Immigrants] Are Gone?

Lyz Lenz "did not intend to come to Springfield, Ohio, the week that temporary protected status (TPS) ended for Haitian immigrants"; Trump is truly an evil, racist monster. And so is JD Vance...

braddelong.substack.com

I cannot believe Ari Emanuel would write this and @wsj.com would publish it without disclosing that they are business partners, and Ari’s company TKO got $7 billion from David Ellison’s Paramount for UFC rights. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Paramount-Warner Merger Could Save Hollywood

California’s attorney general ignores the reality of competition in the entertainment business.

wsj.com

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.

Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy

Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.

wsj.com

Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it!

1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

Chicago rn