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A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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From polluters pay to paying for pollution: Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M for a big green-steel push. Under Trump, the firm is ​“rescoping” to work that perpetuates coal use and will boost local pollution. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre... @canarymedia.com

Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project

Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M for a big green-steel push. Under Trump, the firm is “rescoping” to work that perpetuates coal use and will boost local…

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A must read: www.popville.com/2026/08/guns...

“I was struck by gunfire while (bike) riding home from work…You were there for me until the EMTs took me away. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for helping me.” - PoPville

photo by D. Garrett "Dear PoPville and the MBT Community, On July 28th, around 5:30 p.m., I was struck by gunfire while riding home from work on the 8th Street NE section of the bike trail (the sectio...

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Sure, but they'd also rather have food stamps than go hungry and fall into a downward cycle of distress, which weighs on the whole economy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Trump brags about making people go hungry: "We've lifted nearly 100,000 Nevadans off food stamps. And they don't want to be on food stamps."

Even Kevin Hassett can’t cubic smooth the sharpest ever decline in U.S. factory investment. That peak is Nov ’24, the month of Trump’s election. Everything has been downhill since. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1X0nI

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

BARTIROMO: Last time we spoke, you told me you were expecting 4% growth in the second half of the year. The number was way lower. How would you assess that? HASSETT: The reason why the number was 1.5% was because we imported so many capital goods because we're building factories so fast

Remember when people questioned George H.W. Bush’s electability because he didn’t know how much a gallon of milk cost?

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.

Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale." The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

In Trump World, Iran has higher status than the 32nd of these United States.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

This is going to properly beautify DC...once it’s been littered with discarded jumbo slice crusts.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · last wk.

While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.

This needs to be drilled into power-averse machine Democrats.

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · last wk.

I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...

Tracks for this administration…Spartans are well known for their love of pederasty.

Jacob Hausdorf@jhausdorf.bsky.social · last wk.

Presented without words

Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the China Shock Kahn, Lisa B., Lindsay Oldenski, and Geunyong Park. 2026. "Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the China Shock." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 18 (3): 476–508. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

Always leading on the most pressing technological challenges of our time.

Man Toasting with Champagne

ALT: Man Toasting with Champagne

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Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.

The owner of the website for perverts and CSAM enthusiasts is suing over a law banning its chatbot from undressing people

Buckets of deplorables...

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.

Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale." The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Remind me: did Kevin Warsh want interest rates to move up or down?

This is an interesting graph from NYT 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/business/fed-meeting-rates-kevin-warsh#investors-are-bracing-for-uncertain-fed-announcement

There is a common view among AI people that SURELY it can’t be a problem to let a team of computer agents write your admin emails for you, because they don’t matter and it’s all busywork. It’s a repugnant and lazy view, but it’s out there.

Theo@theopriestley.net · 2w ago

Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.

From the most important trade deal ever to DGAF in 6 years. #USMCA

Reasonsimbroke Larry David

ALT: Reasonsimbroke Larry David

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

KILMEADE: So the USMCA, are you looking to update that? TRUMP: I don't care. I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent. Here's the thing -- Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them.

Raise your hand if you think the Department of Defense should be selling SWAG?

Mike@forbesmm.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Ah, an email from the Secretary in the inbox, I wonder what important strategic guidan— oh. Okay.” (made by nine line, because of course it is)

KILMEADE: So the USMCA, are you looking to update that? TRUMP: I don't care. I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent. Here's the thing -- Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them.

Here’s how the Trump administration is now screening applicants for federal civil service positions:

The US Administration just restricted the duration of student visas. What's the problem? Now political appointees have full discretion to block most international students from staying after graduation. They've promised to use their new power to do just that. My new @piie.com post explains—>

A new US rule to restrict student visas will hurt the US economy

The Trump administration issued a final rule in July that gives it discretion to cut short the course of study of most international students at US universities. It will likely use this new power to b...

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Case to Be Dropped Against Labor Leader Caught in L.A. Immigration Raid www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Case to Be Dropped Against Labor Leader David Huerta in L.A. Immigration Raid

The arrest of David Huerta last summer helped spark a wave of protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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True that, White House. We sure haven’t seen this pace of auto job losses since Trump bungled the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Republican MI Senate candidate Perry Johnson showing some real Sad Boy energy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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What an extraordinary photograph (Maximilien Lamy/ AFP)

So, the administration is going to impose a 10% surcharge on corporations using prison labor in the US, right? Right? U.S. to Impose Tariffs on Over 80 Nations, Setting New Grounds for Trade Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...

Padme: RIGHT?

ALT: Padme: RIGHT?

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