#Funfact: Jim Traficant was no longer allowed to caucus with the Democrats because he voted for Hastert for Speaker in 2000. (His 30 pieces of silver was a $26 million federal grant used to build the Covelli Centre, an entertainment venue in downtown Youngstown.)

CBS Philadelphia@cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social · 8h ago

Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.

@talcotts.bsky.social u like what u see?

Join us for our October meeting where we will demystify the two ballot initiatives seeking to reform Columbus City Council

Recession indicator

Look, society de-glorifying smoking has been a major achievement. But Pat lighting one up while accepting the Nirvana video vanguard award fit the moment.

Ben Leland@benlelandoh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy Birthday, Kurt Cobain. You would absolutely *hate* how hard it is to smoke in public now.

We've actually read the footnotes -- and @andrewjtobias.bsky.social and I will be breaking down the claims in Ohio Governor and U.S. Senate campaign ads. Listen in at noon today on WVXU www.wvxu.org/show/cincinn...

Fact checking political attack ads

We break down the claims in Ohio’s gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.

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More like Choosin' to go to the Polls in Texas

it actually doesn't rain very often in the pacific northwest. i visited seattle for a couple days one time and it didn't rain the entire time i was there

It was a dark of the moon on the sixth of june and a kenworth pullin logs

Maciek Hamela@maciekhamela.bsky.social · last wk.

With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.

nancy: do you want to meet me at the southwestern ohio instructional technology association? sluggo:

you used to have to leave the house and go to a physical library and sort through physical archives and maybe sit at a desk with a weird whirring optical machine on it to read something without paying for it

Miss our event last night? Here are some resources to help you get involved in turning Ohio BLUE in 2026: -OhioWins - find volunteer opps all over Central Ohio: www.mobilize.us/ohiowins/ -join ROAR and talk to your immediate neighbors about voting blue in 2026: www.mobilize.us/franklincoun...

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

"you get to work from home? Like from your *house*?"

Beaux 🕋@obsidian.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?

funniest post of 2026:

As ever, if you’re mad that someone online says they’re not going to vote the way you think they should, go out and knock doors or make calls or do something for your preferred candidates that will be infinitely more productive than yelling at randos online.

this somehow manages to be wilder and funnier actually hearing it. it's not some vague "boo-urns" kind of thing. it's full on "ted you suck"

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”

@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball

Someone could write an awesome book on the evolution of American politics over the past two decades centered around the divergence of Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla

Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · 4w ago

A new if not surprising name on the RNC midterm speaking schedule: "Adam Carolla, Host of the Adam Carolla Show"

Proud to introduce my new daughter, Daphne June Leland. She worked hard to get here in time to celebrate workers everywhere and enjoy her Labor Day weekend. Mama and baby are doing fine.

understandable

in addition to being both the tallest person on bluesky (5'11) and the youngest (43), i also hold the highest sat score (1000)

Setting *everything else* aside, it's hard to describe what it was like consistently watching god-mode Barry Bonds. No foul balls, very few swinging strikes. It felt like he was in complete control of every at-bat, and that not hitting a home run or drawing a walk was a genuine surprise outcome.

Bill DiFilippo@billdifilippo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

hey stop what you’re doing and watch this

it’s not that we can’t afford it, it’s that it’s a huge lift to convince people that the invisible deduction that has been taken out of people’s pay for most of their careers was no less a tax than paying into government healthcare will be

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Andrew WK surprise-dropped a jazz record out of nowhere and I am into it so far.

This is just horrifying. Our tax dollars being used to torment a kid to the point that he ends his life. There’s no hell hot enough for the leaders of this country.

Lynn Tramonte@lynntramonte.bsky.social · last mo.

On death of Pierre Damas Bel: "He was proud of what he accomplished + excited for college.... [he] who was making Ohio + his family proud. Then I thought about the ppl in govt who relished destroying his dreams + ultimately destroyed his life... ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/9/...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis of first-degree murder in orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur.

I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form