Second mouse in two days (unfortunately the cats got the one yesre before I even realized it was there). Fall is officially upon us.

Former NFL/NBA/MLB national network sportscaster here: Gambling has absolutely fucking killed sports. RIP

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

VoteHub@votehub.com · 17h ago

NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”

We have to say it plainly: a lot of people—a lot of men—just don’t think that rape is very serious.

Why shouldn't he think this? So far, he has been.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 20h ago

What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

Takes like this are so antithetical to the most basic historical building blocks of activism and community building that I always have to wonder if the accounts are ops.

Rachel Hallie@dazedrachel.bsky.social · 3d ago

Literally what is with this rise of "actually the local Dem party should fulfill all my social needs" takes I am not doing movie night with Dems. I am not joining a Dem volunteer soccer league. I am not joining Democratic speed dating. Stop using politics as secular church!!!!

hearing there’s a possibility six if not all seven of the Cornell 7 filed counter claims against Jane Doe. they filed complaints against their victim. i don’t think essays are going to be enough.

By Katsuhiro Otomo

The level of psychosis people have shown over a mediocre pop country song and iced coffees in the past few days is a level of myopic, omg-please-touch-grass Bluesky brainrot I thought was heretofore impossible.

“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Jake Tapper has made be believe that we need a neutral board for journalism the same way we do for lawyers and doctors. The damage done can be just as bad. Unethical journalists should be stripped of a license, period. (I know this won't happen because Constitution, but a gal can dream.)

Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · yesterday

"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this

What's an animated GIF that makes you laugh every time?

M Iguel Strumming in The Road To El Dorado

Alt: Miguel furiously strumming his guitar in The Road To El Dorado

static.klipy.com

Because everyone in media, including entertainment media, is a slave to the algorithm and whatever happens to be buzzy at the time or whoever has the current 15 minutes of fame. It forces you to have to repackage the same thing over and over and over. This is why I got out of entertainment media.

Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins@wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 2d ago

This woman has written THREE ARTICLES about Ella Langley in the last FOUR GODDAMN DAYS!

I'm actually genuinely curious: Women, raise your hand if you have ever dated or at least knew a guy like this.

Alisha Grauso (She/Her)@alishagrauso.bsky.social · 2d ago

I feel as though this is probably not a problem men on Bluesky has, but my God. This should embarrass men that they can't do basic chores, don't know how to use basic appliances. It should EMBARRASS you. Deeply.

I feel as though this is probably not a problem men on Bluesky has, but my God. This should embarrass men that they can't do basic chores, don't know how to use basic appliances. It should EMBARRASS you. Deeply.

✨Directed by John Carpenter✨@ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 2d ago

The audacity of men never fails to surprise

"which has not been peer reviewed" i am going to become the joker

Science Magazine@science.org · 3d ago

Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study. The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA

The biggest AI execs and CEOs should all be in prison. Instead, they get Trump-led state dinners.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2d ago

OpenAI took 20 million ChatGPT responses and had one of its experts search for chunks of text—specifically chunks of 25 words in a row- that were identical between ChatGPT’s responses and a news article. They found more than 400,000 of these 25-word overlaps between ChatGPT and our articles.

Read the full story: https://www.quantamagazine.org/biology-might-not-be-quantum-but-its-math-is-quantumlike-20260923/

MYSTERY SOLVED: EASTERN GIANT SWALLOWTAIL! They are rare as hell here, first time ever seeing one. Thanks to @withlovefromrj.bsky.social for solving the mystery.

Alisha Grauso (She/Her)@alishagrauso.bsky.social · 2d ago

I need a lepidopterist. 👋🏻 I cut my mom off midsentence with, "Sorry, there's a butterfly behind you and I CAN not tell what it is." After some pics, it's clearly a tiger swallowtail, but my question is: Is it mutated, or have so many of the scales rubbed off that it simply looks like it is? Both?

OMG THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I'd literally never heard of one or seen one because they're uncommon to rare af here. Once again, my fellow neurodivergents come through. You're the best. 🤘🏻

Rebecca Jane@withlovefromrj.bsky.social · 2d ago

i want to preface by saying that i am not a lepidopterologist but lepidopterology is one of my autistic special interests, and i think this might actually be a giant swallowtail, (papilio cresphontes).

“It’s not pervert glasses, it’s a tiny fuzzy pervert you wear around your neck because you trapped him in a tiny pervert cage. It’s not weird. He likes the cage, if you know what I mean. Now come over here and let him have a good look at you.”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d ago

“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”

It's disgusting watching people buying into the "Tucker Carlson is making sense?!" bullshit and it's probably time to wrap our heads around the fact that the people susceptible to this are unconsciously fascist curious and just need the ugly delivered to them in an "acceptable" package

I need a lepidopterist. 👋🏻 I cut my mom off midsentence with, "Sorry, there's a butterfly behind you and I CAN not tell what it is." After some pics, it's clearly a tiger swallowtail, but my question is: Is it mutated, or have so many of the scales rubbed off that it simply looks like it is? Both?

I lean Team Can You Honestly Not Put Down Your Emotional Support Latte For Half An Hour FFS but mostly Team This Is Not A Hill I Care To Die On What Are We Even Doing Here People

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3d ago

Is asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette? We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out: https://wapo.st/4dwx0LS

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

When a new technology hurts mostly men, there are guaranteed to be at least 5 big articles, no matter the cost. Yet, women, who have long been subject to pernicious advertising encouraging them to spend more and more, are simply treated as "bitches like shopping."

This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.

The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

hollywoodreporter.com

The Supreme Court Bets That Trump and GOP States Will Follow the Law on Voter Purges. Uh-Oh. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Bets That Trump and GOP States Will Follow the Law on Voter Purges. Uh-Oh.

Their decision hinges on the Trump administration and GOP-led states actually following the law.

slate.com