in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

mynbc5.com

I’m just happy for Eric Adams he’s found a new hobby. Good for him.

Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 3d ago

A video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.

Lmao the really funny part is Cornyn and Tillis weren’t against the slush fund due to any principles but because “jfc this is unbelievably toxic and we will be the sin eaters that put a stop to this rancid idea.” And Trump is no going “fuck you I want to get below 30% approval.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Lord

In fairness Trump looooves “Acting” underlings because it creates an explicit temporary nature to their positions that he can use to enforce loyalty and submission. The last thing he wants is minions who feel empowered to create independent power bases or that can do their jobs un-micromanaged.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 7d ago

Blanche nom pulled until Cornyn and Tillis leave the Senate. Gee I wonder who will replace them...

Come on there’s no way this isn’t some self-aware bit. He’s doing a bit. “Cut and run”? “Stay the course?” There’s history rhyming and then there is history airing a fucking re-run.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Kennedy: "I don't think we ought to just cut and run. If we can stand the pain of the rising cost of energy, we need to stay the course at least for a few more months."

Yet another poll where Trump's job rating is higher than on most single issues, literally implying there's people who think he's doing a bad job at everything but they still like how he's doing overall. "Yeah the economy, inflation, and pointless war all suck, but I just like the guy".

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w ago

New Fox News national poll • Trump’s job rating: 39% approve, 61% disapprove • Trump’s issue approval is 33% on the economy, 27% on inflation, 34% on Iran, 42% on immigration • Approval ratings for Dems & GOP in Congress are identical at 30/69 each • Generic ballot: Dem+7

oh it can get so much worse. And yes, the ham bananas have a cheese sauce and of course it's American Cheese because this is a post-WWII recipe powered by science. americantable.org/recipes/ham-...

Discontinued Foods!@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Great" is truly a load-bearing adjective

just to consider how clueless and absurd the situation is, this is technically a *DE-*escalation from Trump's previous position of "we're going to blow up the power plants and bridges because we can." It's just an angry grandpa who has no idea what he's doing trying to assert control.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "From this point forward, any time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the US will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran."

Here's another crappy lazy American station where stupid Anglosphere planners disregarded every single international practice under the sun in order to appease their own laziness. This time with a before/after.

look at this stupid stub terminal can you believe how bad and lazy Anglosphere planners are?? Potted Plants!

I figured it out. You can kinda stop reading halfway through; the Kazmi Brothers' scam here is they know the walls are closing in on all their other scams so they're making a flattery play hoping that they can get some sort of financial/legal bailout on the back of personally appealing to Trump.

SpyTalker@spytalker.bsky.social · 2w ago

WHAT. A. STORY. The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...

ok true story when I was growing up my siblings and I all just converged on "no really mint chip is our favorite ice cream flavor" pretty much specifically because our parents hate mint chip so we could evade the parent ice cream tax. It's fine, but it's barely cracking the top 5 for me tbh.

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

In other news my toddler stole my phone and tried to order groceries

Love the number of people that are just now learning for the second time in six months that the Meadowlands Sports Complex is a cursed shithole. The last time, it was “should people try to walk to this stadium”.

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w ago

this shot is so bleak lmao

@thelirrtoday.com hey I was just combing through this "Service Optimization Study" that FRA just released and was wondering how does LIRR permanently being limited to 24 peak tph to make more room for NJT trains and commuter run-thru's (probably to the Hell Gate Line) make you feel?

Ok so, new ceasefire in like idk, five or six days? Every time he talks about the power plants he’s hoping the that empty threat will somehow scare Iran into giving him everything he wants.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3w ago

More from interview with Trump: Says US will hit Iran again tomorrow night, says next week they’ll target power plants and bridges, and will ultimately hit energy targets

B-b-but I was told by reliable sources that Project 2025 wasn’t a threat to public transit!! (pedestrianobservations.com/2024/07/17/p...) I’ve been lied to, bamboozled, and swindled, it’s terrible!

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 3w ago

The US House is considering a transportation bill that would cut transit funding massively. We estimate that it would cut transit funds by 23% compared to the current infrastructure law. Every state would lose millions of dollars in transit formula funding. Details: www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

"We're...the biggest department store in history. Everybody wants to come in and take from us. They’re going to come in and they’re going to pay a price for taking our treasure, for taking our jobs, for doing all of these things. I own the store, and I set prices." - Donald Trump, 4/22/25.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Trump says he will send the communists into exile

"'Defendants do not dispute that the suspension of federal grants flagrantly violates federal law,” the judge wrote." An absolutely insane thing for a judge to have to say, but here we are -- newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/trump...

Trump move to halt funding for Gateway project was ‘flagrantly’ illegal, judge says • New Jersey Monitor

The Trump administration acted unlawfully by suddenly freezing hundreds of millions in grant funding to the Gateway project, the court said.

newjerseymonitor.com

TBM hungers for dirt and bedrock!

Congressional GOP: please mr. Trump we want to try and help get your approval back above 40%. This is the easiest win ever we did this without you all you have to do is sign the bill in front of cameras you love that sort of thing. Trump: Fuck you.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

wow -- Trump is crashing out: "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT"

wow turns out that pissing off MTA wasn't a great strategy when they have a bunch of very binding written agreements that allow them to kinda just say "no" to any sort of Penn construction they don't really like. Oops.

Rail Passengers Association@railpassengers.org · last mo.

Amtrak wants the MTA back at the table for the estimated $7B project.

nah, they heard JD Vance was coming and they went to another club before JD walked in sucked all the vibes out.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Iranian delegation has reportedly left the negotiation venue in Switzerland in protest over Trump’s threats against Iran.-Tasnim

Notably the video is of Charlie Kirk being driven to work. So relatable! I mean yeah sure technically he could have been a carpooling guy but come on we all know he wasn’t. He had a driver. Because he was so normal and down to earth.

onion person@junlper.beer · 2mo ago

really funny for an official TPUSA account making a post to be like “hey remember our boss who was a psychotic bigoted piece of shit who everyone hated”

Besides the depressing hilarity of the Italian PM having to tell Trump to fuck off, it also points to the global right wing project is coming around to the idea that Trump isn't just dead-weight he's a pair of concrete shoes.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Italian PM responds to Trump:

The conceit here is that we are supposed to have any concern whatsoever for anything involving the “Abundance Agenda”. After a year and change of hype in weird policy dork circles, 9 in 10 Americans don’t even know what the Abundance Movement is.

Nilo@nilo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ifp.org/transit-abun... The good bus procurement, utility stuff, the transit cost gang

Bracket signals are neat and if anyone says one bad word about them I will fight them. Also I love just how many lights we just don't need (and are plated over accordingly) at Boyd. @prrsignal.bsky.social

jfc I can't believe anyone agreed to any of this shit. "New York City and Los Angeles are being paid in exposure" idk guys I am pretty sure New York fucking City is something people are dimly aware of.

zorak mamdani@toriimacdaddy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

lmao

Iran is going on a 'charm offensive' to make their case to American voters

Who in their right mind thought this shit was a good idea. "Let's have the World Cup Final rely on this ancient-ass chronically underfunded railroad and the linchpin station to the whole thing is like 50 feet from a giant construction site that's taken away part of said ancient-ass railroad."

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2mo ago

“The World Cup is coming. Learn how NJ Transit is preparing to keep you moving.” L o l (Yes, yes this is on Amtrak but also not)