Apparently it scared the bejeezus out of both Trump and the Democrat mediocrats, so let's take the W here.

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Over and over the cycle repeats: Bad tech do bad thing Politicians: make bad tech not to bad thing? Companies: no bad thing make money Politicians: ah okay keep doing bad thing just add more spy

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 5d ago

The new CHATBOT Act doesn’t just require parental permission for teens to use AI. It requires AI companies to build monitoring systems that store and analyze entire conversations, creating new privacy risks for entire families. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

We can arrest Death, but not Christians harassing women who go into an abortion clinic.

Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients

The 26-year-old man was fined £200 by Llandudno magistrates

independent.co.uk

All the more reason to approach it critically. When so many people invested, what betrer time to show a story is not "just a story?" Adaptations are great, but they also (and cannot do other than) reflect the times. Stories are alive and there is no objective definite story to be found.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 23h ago

When in your life is there ever going to be this much public fascination and investment in a story so ancient and fundamental? There is an audience out there which is primed to hear more about this and find a whole new interest in it who are seeing you mock a passionate adaptation as slop for rubes.

Or more direct: you are a coward. Jeez.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.

A) Het CPB categoriseert alles als fastfoodzaak, ook een keurige broodjeszaak. B) HOEZO laat de Rijksoverheid met 67739489 ambtenaren in dienst dat rapport door Berenschot schrijven? C) de meest sneue betutteling door de overheid is die die niet lukt. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

In twintig jaar tweemaal zoveel fastfoodzaken in Nederland. Waarom lukt aanpakken niet?

Voeding: Nederland moet gezonder eten, willen opeenvolgende kabinetten. Maar intussen is fastfood op elke straathoek verkrijgbaar. Optreden daartegen is voer voor juristen.

nrc.nl

Yet again, The Democratic party votes for fascism.

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 3h ago

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

an Avatar-style Bond, where the new Bond has to meditate to access knowledge possessed by his previous incarnations (represented with archived footage of Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig) in order to learn the relevant skills to defeat the criminal organisation

The Independent@the-independent.com · 10h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...

Analysis: More 'guardrails' needed to prevent police misuse of Flock cameras

Inappropriate use of Flock cameras by law enforcement officials have raised questions about how much surveillance is too much.

gpb.org

Draadje. #MH17 vandaag 12 jaar geleden. Blijven onthouden, wie hardnekkig het Kremlin en Poetin bléven verdedigen. Elke MH17 oplichter steunden Zo vreemd, haast alsof .. ze er zelf belang in hadden Geert Wilders Thierry Baudet Wierd Duk Bart Nijman Joost Niemöller Harry van Bommel Pieter Omtzigt

Ton Aarts@tonaarts.bsky.social · last yr.

#MH17 Vandaag alweer 11 jaar geleden 298 doden, waarvan veel Nederlanders Draadje, om te onthouden wie jaar na jaar (na jaar .. ) allemaal pro-Kremlin uitspraken deden. (En dat nu ineens euhh 'vergeten' zijn)

Keep calling about KOSA! It passed committee. That doesn’t mean it passed the Senate. It’s on its way to the floor. #KillKOSA #Callyoursenators #1stAmmendment #Censorship #FreedomofSpeech

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 3h ago

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Jack the Ripper: "I didn't get caught, therefore I am not a murderer."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Rep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"

Someone needs to do a SpaceX version of the Bitcoin rollercoaster gif.

Bitcoin Coaster Ride

Alt: Bitcoin Coaster Ride

static.klipy.com

Jason Wilson@jasonaw.bsky.social · 7h ago

looks like the earnings call went well

The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

Komen ze ongeveer vijf jaar te laat mee.

Privacywaakhond waarschuwt voor menstruatieapps

De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) waarschuwt dat menstruatieapps zeer gevoelige informatie verzamelen. De toezichthouder weet niet altijd wat daarmee gebeurt en overweegt een onderzoek naar de apps.

nu.nl

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Ook dit gebeurt.

Belaagd Syrisch gezin uit Geesteren kan auto kopen dankzij inzamelingsactie

Een inzamelingsactie voor een Syrisch gezin waarvan de auto eind juli 's nachts in vlammen opging, heeft binnen 24 uur het streefbedrag opgehaald, melden de organisatoren. Het doel was om 6.000 euro o...

nu.nl

This article by the Guardian is 9 years old and most of the media and reporters still have not caught on, treating statements of the regime as statements about reality instead of utterances of propaganda.

Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · yesterday

"For the new far-right movement, “irony has a strategic function. It allows people to disclaim a real commitment to far-right ideas while still espousing them.” " www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"For the new far-right movement, “irony has a strategic function. It allows people to disclaim a real commitment to far-right ideas while still espousing them.” " www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Hiding in plain sight: how the 'alt-right' is weaponizing irony to spread fascism

Experts say the ‘alt-right’ have stormed mainstream consciousness by using ‘humor’ and ambiguity as tactics to wrong-foot their opponents

theguardian.com

The day that Ray Bradbury died I was on book tour and that night I read "There Will Come Soft Rains" to my audience instead of the usual reading.

Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Good news!

Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@paulsandars.bsky.social · yesterday

BBC News - Star Wars dubbed in Welsh for the first time to celebrate landmark anniversary www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Would not be surprised the Christian Right lunatics are egging the Netanyahu regime on to take the Al-Aqsa. I am more and more convinced they truly think these are the End Times.

Gezichtsbedekking bij demonstraties mag niet, maar het afplakken van kentekens is blijkbaar prima.

Zo fijn. Als tractor met afgeplakte kentekenplaat kan ik ineens veel meer en krijg ik geen boetes, want de politie doet toch niets. Heerlijk, al die vrijheid.

Ik vind eigenlijk dat alle burgers uit protest met afgeplakte kentekenplaten zouden moeten gaan rijden.

Holletje@h0lletje.bsky.social · 2d ago

Zo fijn. Als tractor met afgeplakte kentekenplaat kan ik ineens veel meer en krijg ik geen boetes, want de politie doet toch niets. Heerlijk, al die vrijheid.

Jersey Evening Post, July 21st 1944. Still under German occupation. So strange to see a news story in English favourable to Hitler.

"het belangrijkste vraagstuk van deze tijd" wordt de dominantie van Big Tech genoemd, en als eerste en meest verdoemde groep ben ik het daar natuurlijk mee eens. www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal/sdm...

Stichting Democratie en Media verlegt koers naar strijd tegen Big Tech

De Stichting Democratie en Media (SDM) maakt de strijd tegen de dominantie van Big Tech en de invloed van kunstmatige intelligentie op de publieke informatievoorziening tot haar belangrijkste speerpun...

binnenlandsbestuur.nl

Gut, waarom heeft níemand hiervoor gewaarschuwd?!

NRC@nrc.nl · 2d ago

‘Droogte in Europa kostte al ruim 3 miljard euro’

Misschien moet NL eerst eens in eigen huis de zaken op orde hebben, alvorens populistische feitenvrije brieven te sturen aan de Spaanse Premier. Nederland voldoet al vele jaren niet aan de EU asielwetten, waarbij vooral de behandeling van asielkinderen diep beschamend is

Sophie in't Veld@sophieintveld.bsky.social · 2d ago

De NL regering overtreedt bewust en grof de EU wet. Het migratiepact schrijft voor dat asielkinderen in het reguliere zorgsysteem komen. De EU Commissie @magnusbrunner.bsky.social zou moeten ingrijpen (spoiler: doet niks). De rechter gaat hier gehakt van maken, maar intussen veel onnodig leed