cop: did he send any texts around the time of the crash? cop 2: he sent a post that reads "padding my three track album with 26 skits and interludes" cop: not bad but it ain't going viral cop 2: posting isn't just about going viral cop: (sighs) not this shit again

Trying to figure out if I need to go through and radically cut down on the number of people I'm following. I'm interested in hearing what lots of people have to say! Including unfamous ones! But I'm shaken by finding out I was following a shitty abusive transphobe. I don't want to be a useful idiot.

I apologize deeply for having followed this grotesque punchbowl turd back. It is definite that I didn't know anything about him, and—let's face it—pretty safe to assume I was feeling sorry for myself. At least the blocks pack a wallop around here. Bleargh.

Roger (6’5”)@iamtherog.com · 2w ago

Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

"Prediction markets" are organized gambling. They're nothing but organized gambling, everyone knows it, and what we're doing—again—is deciding how much misery they'll be allowed to inflict before outrage forces them to take their winnings and go. This seems to be an eternal function of government.

Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2d ago

The escalating feud between states and online prediction markets was on full display at a summit of state lawmakers this week as legislators publicly scolded Kalshi and Polymarket, the two most prominent platforms. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/03/r...

Fair warning: if you interact with my account in any way and I notice @swordsjew.bsky.social follows you I am gonna follow you too. Of course you can block me but you don't need to do that b/c I am very harmless and no bother to anyone

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

It's bleakly funny that Cornyn and Tillis played so hard at having integrity, had no careers left to save or votes to win, and still, in the end, could not resist pressure from Trump. Not threats—he's got nothing to threaten. Not bribes—he offered them nothing. They simply could not stand upright.

ignominy /ĭg′nə-mĭn″ē, -mə-nē/ noun 1]Great personal dishonor or humiliation. "a military adventure that ended in ignominy." 2] Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Similar: reproach infamy An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Bodhi420@bodhi420.bsky.social · 2d ago

Cornyn and Tillis are cowards.......and tratiors! www.politico.com/live-updates...

So Trump settled for ditching the slush fund and excluding his kids and their scams from the IRS immunity deal. In exchange, Cornyn and Tillis will let Trump keep his own immunity, and the president's personal lawyer will be the Attorney General of the United States. Yeah, Donnie rolled 'em again.

Cornyn, Tillis confirm they will vote for Blanche

The two holdout Republicans said their deal could assuage other GOP senators, too.

politico.com

Hoping and praying that when we reach the end of the 19th century we get to start in on the 20th and it's not just the Acts of Union all over again. :(

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 2d ago

My take that we’re speedrunning the 19th century remains undefeated

Was just thinking of ordering some drinkable water and a couple frozen burritos to the hotel room and typed "instagoth" instead of "instacart," and, well. None of us ever gonna know what happened there.

Another thing? Transphobes are 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 to be afraid of letting trans people perform in public. When oppressed people get a chance to excel, they do, and excellence changes the way they are seen and heard. The bigots remember how people saw great Black athletes shining and their hearts were changed.

Bearcat Catbear@bearcat-catbear.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's the principle of the thing. The principle is making sure that trans people are never allowed any opportunity to exist in society, because otherwise they might thrive; and making sure that nobody ever engages in collective action to help each other, because it might just work.

Max Moran@maxmoranhi.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Our time will come, and when it does: no amnesty." Great, important piece from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...

Making a little guy!

A lot of people just want to be part of the very nicest and most enlightened and benevolent and humble perpetual ruling class in history, and is that so wrong? Yes

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d ago

It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders

This is so true and it's not just nostalgia or an argument that It's Better When You've Got To Suck It Up. The old technical limitations created a completely different set of market forces and practical realities that allowed some really neat things to happen. (1/2)

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

Might sound like I'm joking, but I'm not: after all the purges and voluntary departures at the DoJ, and with presumably few people having access to the unredacted Epstein files, I wonder if Blanche—or anyone else left at Justice—has *any idea* what's contained in any untranslated documents.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 3d ago

Todd Blanche refuses to translate the foreign language documents in the Epstein Files, despite the fact there was an international sex trafficking ring.

Great point about GenAI being seductive to folks new to TTRPGs. At least AI slop will be polished, right? But you can't develop your own skills that way—the growth is in the process. GenAI produces beginner's work effortlessly, but without all the painful effort, a beginner is all you'll ever be.

Typebar Magazine (Issue 10 Out Now!!)@typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 3d ago

Do not let Big Tech into your RPG sessions www.typebarmagazine.com/chatgpt-llms...

As a wise man once said, you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to" either of two rats fighting in a shoe.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d ago

personally i think both of these men should (at minimum) be out of jobs.

I’m realizing that Miller’s video is the crisis comms equivalent of the wise guy in the horror movie who says he’s going to leave the locked room and negotiate with the velociraptor. In this case not only pretty obviously guilty but also dumb and arrogant as fuck.

Also once people see how good at speaking el-Sayed is, it's just not going to be the same story. It will become one of those things where everybody attacking Zohran for being normal comes off as a psychopath. IRL he comes across as a handsome doctor guy and Rogers emanates DUI.

It's common knowledge that one of the most dangerous times for a woman is after she leaves an abusive man. It's terrifying to then, with shared custody, let that man have access to your child. Knowing his anger and violence issues, you will do almost anything to try to keep him calm and happy.

Americans need badly to believe that slavery was abolished. Otherwise, the post-Reconstruction American mythos simply unravels. But slavery is still legal; you just have to imprison the slaves first. This is hardly even a moral concession so much as a practical necessity to preserve the institution.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

He ain’t wrong

i'm sick of the liars and the bull shit you see on social media. taco bell is NOT the same 4 ingredients wrapped in different shapes. they actually innovate the menu a lot. but you won't see them say that on the fake fucking news

There is a certain level of obtuseness in (some) "AI" apologists when they flounce up to point out what "AI" is good for in science, etc, while eliding the fact that almost none of that use is driving the current market capitalization, environmental degradation and resource hogging of the field

What an strange way to announce a dangerous toy recall.

Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d ago

BREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.

this is extremely good, not because I think Harris is likely to be the nominee again but because this is how expanding the Court becomes table stakes for everyone who wants to run for President

Taegan Goddard@politicalwire.com · 5d ago

Harris Says Supreme Court Should Expand to 13 Justices https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/31/harris-says-supreme-court-should-expand-to-13-justices/

Crazy timing. Makes it impossible for the lame ducks opposing Blanche to cave with any dignity intact. I'll say it again, first term Trump wouldn't be kicking his own ass like this. He's truly erratic now and the villain monologues are only getting weirder. Hope there's a quiet plan re: the nukes.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d ago

Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.