There are a lot of good ideas we are going to get from former Feds and other high-level experts with decades of experience, but they should ALL be HARSHLY graded against whether they can produce a track record of success, and the biodefense angle on public health has failed *literally since 9/11.*

An afternoon of Lindy Hop workshops at Glen Echo

The Virginia DMV just notified me that I can add my driver's license to Apple Wallet. Is this a good idea or a bad idea?

So am I to understand that Elizabeth Holmes does not blink?

We should probably clean out this desk more often

Gonna be honest, this is not fun

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

Today is the last day of our Lindy Hop class, so we decided to invite the people in the class — about a dozen people — to our house for brunch. Problem is, the WhatsApp group we sent the invite to includes everyone who has ever taken the class. So far, 25 people have RSVP’d. Help.

oh my GOD

jpicone@me.jamespicone.name · 2w ago

Stolen from discord memes channel

Regardless of whether I do anything else today, at least I can say I lifted 5,000 pounds.

Adolescent Cooper’s hawk swooped into my backyard.

We’re not changing it.

RIP to a real one. Not an obscure clip to remember him by, but come on www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWoY...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Sweet Transvestite" (1975) - (4K)

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so Trump 2.0’s war on every single non-evil job did destroy my career and traumatize me a lil bit, but the thing is that, like many people in my position, I’m quite capable of synthesizing that trauma into a single-minded thirst for revenge

Alex Newhouse@alexbnewhouse.bsky.social · 3w ago

they explicitly say they want to traumatize public servants

One of my earliest memories was watching Dolly Parton’s variety show on TV at my grandparents house. I still remember the theme song. This is the full version. youtu.be/R_lJtG304Ug?...

Dolly Parton - Love Is Like A Butterfly (Dolly TV Series 1976)

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The article points out that two doses of the combined MMR vaccine are 97% effective against measles. If you were born before 1989, you only got a single dose of the vaccine, so you may no longer be immune. (I discovered that wasn't.) Tell your Gen-X friends to get their measles booster now!

Meg Tirrell@megtirrell.bsky.social · 3w ago

Two people have died from measles in Pennsylvania. Both were unvaccinated. They're the first measles deaths in PA in 35 years, and the first reported in the US from the disease in 2026. www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/h...

Um ... OK, college bursar's office.

Some of the owlets are like, I prefer the bucket, actually.

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 4w ago

And for a quick hit here’s one from my personal library of obscurely comforting TikToks.

Bureaucratic violence is also endemic in the bureaucracies that administer welfare, food stamps, child protective services, veterans' services especially health care, public hospitals and public housing.

Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 3w ago

Heba Gowayed is totally right, and there is a robust literature for it. Bureaucratic violence is harm administered without overt force, through decision-making, paperwork, inaction, and exclusion. It reads as separate stories because responsibility is distributed in ways that avoid accountability.

You have sandwich? I like sandwich.

Maybe DOGE shouldn’t have cut those 3,500 FDA employees, huh?

Dee@dlawson382.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 Ice Cream Recalled in 3 States for Possible Rubber | The Healthy share.google/CCZ7zjEjOoRD...

LOL, "Natalie Imbroglio"

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3w ago

How has Harp handled her touchscreen access to Trump’s private communications with world leaders? I can’t say. More worryingly, government agencies can’t say either. trib.al/p1XxiRK

This is deeply weird, but what’s even weirder is that every single member of the White House press pool witnessed this dynamic and chose not to ask about it.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4w ago

“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”

My answer: The Passenger I will accept either the Iggy Pop or Siouxsie and the Banshees version

inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 4w ago

time for a new crowdsourced playlist. give me a perfect pop song. you can name only ONE (1). my answer: mmmbop

The weather forecast at noon: 100% CHANCE OF RAIN AT 4 PM The weather forecast at 4 pm: LOL JK

I’d like my daughters to be friends with Suzy H.

Tessa Duvall@tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 Kentucky has announced the finalists in its "I Voted" sticker contest. 🚨 Per the Secretary of State: Kentuckians can vote for their favorite sticker at the SOS's booth at the State Fair from August 20-30.

You laugh, but JCVD is an actual movie that exists and is very good.

metal dot txt@metaltxt.bsky.social · 4w ago

hahahaha what

BREAKING: It made the final cut. Congratulations, Michigan, you might have the best voting sticker of 2026.

Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

The family had a divided verdict on The End of Oak Street. For my part, 15 minutes in I was already thinking, what is the point of this movie? Reader, I never got a satisfactory answer.