Hard to put into words (I might) my anger at this Washington Post Editorial Board piece, which I share in its brief totality here.

Carly Goodman@carlygoodman.bsky.social · 2h ago

Who is the audience for this lie, from CIS, from the WP ed board shamefully parroting it? Is somebody out there meant to believe it? Or is it doing something else

Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2h ago

"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇

Even more discouraging is having a PSC chair who was an oil & gas and FirstEnergy lobbyist and another commissioner who is retired prez of WV Coal Association. They not only know the rules, they make them.

isaac@sevier.io · 2h ago

In West Virginia, the Public Service Commission's own staff and the consumer advocate opposed a two-part rate hike, and then the commissioners approved it anyway. The commissioners know that the rules of the job are to give the utilities what they want, not listen to staff. wvdn.com/201649/

Profiles in Courage

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3h ago

Pentagon holds crisis meeting on weapons shortfall after angry Trump call, sources say The president asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a shortfall in munitions at a recent Camp David meeting, and sources say Hegseth pointed to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg.

Is it good when the secretary of defense is so fixated on making sure everyone is white and has tv ready abs that he forgets about munitions bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h ago

Oof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

If you are seeing this message, shut down your computer IMMEDIATELY.

Democracy lives

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 5h ago

“Officers subsequently checked the various locations where the Flock cameras were placed and found that the poles were cut down near the base. Officers located the poles nearby in the weeds, but the cameras had been removed.”

Wait… who is making this political? David Ellison, you need a new crisis management team. You are doing untold irreparable harm to the Paramount Brand.

Well, well, well

memeorandum@memeorandum.com · 5h ago

ICE Threatens Sheriffs With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates (New York Times) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

Iran agrees

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Trump: "We're taking a lot of oil from Venezuela -- billions and billions of barrels of oil. To the victor belong the spoils."

After Capital One shut down hundred's of Trump Org accounts, Trump sued, alleging the decision was politically motivated. But Capital One says the accounts were actually closed following a money laundering investigation. #CapitalOne #Trump #money #lawsuit #moneylaundering

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 18. Leafcutter #bees: solitary bees that do exactly what they say on the tin. The female cuts pieces from leaves to make individual nest pods for young. ‘And softly through the altered air Hurries a timid leaf’ - Emily Dickinson

Steven Quay, in line to be NIAID director, is not just any lab leaker. He is of the type of leakers who still talk about "HIV inserts". He has deleted his tweets from 2021-2025, so here are some screenshots to give you an idea of who Quay is: ▫️1/🧵 #covidorigin #quayniaid

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · yesterday

This is just bat-shit crazy. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Now is the summer of our dysentery, made winter by this son of a bitch in the White House

memeorandum@memeorandum.com · 4h ago

Qdoba removes jalapeños from restaurants as CDC warns of salmonella outbreak in 27 states (Kiki Intarasuwan/CBS News) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

The conventional wisdom is the Democrats' big climate law failed to deliver votes and then died. That's wrong. My new study finds its factories moved 2.5 million votes—more than Trump's margin. And the law's still alive. My latest in @theatlantic.com. Gift link! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think

Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.

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Unofficial primary results for legislative seats in Southwest Washington are giving hope to Democrats who want to unseat Republican incumbents this fall. Results for four positions in the state’s 17th and 18th districts were led by Democratic challengers as more ballot counts rolled in Wednesday.

Democrats hoping to flip Southwest Washington state House seats buoyed by primary results

PACs have already spent big to keep Washingtons 17th and 18th districts in Republican hands.

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“Ring+ will be the premier destination for original streaming content, with powerful new programs like Blue Honda Civic Turns Around In Driveway and Some Lady Walking Her Dog,” said Ring founder and top executive Jamie Siminoff

Ring Launches Streaming  Service

HAWTHORNE, CA—Providing customers with an expansive and growing library of premium content, smart doorbell manufacturer Ring launched a new streaming service Wednesday.  Company officials said Ring+, ...

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More info from earlier incidents: Drone carrying explosives found at German airport, police say www.bbc.com/news/article...

Drone carrying explosives found at Leipzig airport in Germany

The drone was found near Ukrainian cargo planes before another object collided with a cargo aircraft in mid-air.

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Failures and opportunities. Gas capacity expansion as THE solution is failure of political and regulatory will and corporate responsibility. Getting more from the existing grid and maximizing flexibility are smart investments that reduce gas use and the lock in of new gas plants. We can do better!

Lyndsey Layton@lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 10h ago

Amid the concern about noise, water usage & electric bills, there's another feature of data centers that's almost hidden: added air pollution.

Over the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Meta is a singularly garbage company 🤬

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 10h ago

NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week. "These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."

The fest part of Farmfest seems aspirational

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

watching the candidate forum for the US Senate seat currently held by Tina Smith and it's incredible how Royce White's response to every question is to spout insane conspiracy theories about transgender people and the uniparty. This guy was the GOP's nominee for a Senate seat two years ago!

The Trump administration’s oil operation in Venezuela is valued at $13 billion, yet Marco Rubio has refused to say where the money is.

Microsoft disclosures suggests OpenAI accounts for about 70% of AI sales. $MSFT

Worth watching the clip as this coward hides behind the BS line he was given to say, smirking at the end when questioning ends. Complete lack of morality, empathy, and even self-respect.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Gov Abbott coming after municipal utility monopolies in Texas. I'm not defending CPS Energy's bad decisions on gas versus clean and energy efficiency. This is more about Abbott and GOP defunding blue cities by breaking the general fund link with city-owned utilities.

Abbott takes aim at city-owned utilities like CPS Energy

The San Antonio-owned utility has kept rates low compared to other Texas metros, but Abbott doesn't like how its profits fuel the city budget.

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New @bloomberglaw.com article by Olivia Carville - TikTok experimented on users, putting 10% (about 15M people) in a "filter bubble" exposing them to repetitive content that the algorithm thought they wanted, but was toxic. If you want to know why these cases are going to be massive...

Weird way to support our "warfighters," Whiskey Pete

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳