I’m old enough to remember that there was a large and thriving porn industry before there ever was an internet. If porn is banned online, people will simply return to those mediums. Images and writings about people having sex have always been part of human culture and always will be. 
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 9h agooh god. Retailers say online age-verification laws are driving up sales in the DVD market. avn.com/news/novelty...
"Joel" shares, "We're staking young apple trees, tying them to support them against the wind, in Parker WA. We're wearing masks as protection from the polluted air but it's still bad. I leave with a headache and very irritated eyes. The AQI is 189. I earn minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
Despite unanimously passing a six-month ban on data centers, the mountain town of Cle Elum, Washington is about to get a new data center
Roma tomato harvesting crew in Los Banos CA. It takes longer to fill a roma bucket vs round tomatoes, so the crew spends more time bent over, working in the hot, trapped humidity of the plant rows. The heat wears them out as they carry full 50lb buckets to the trailer. #WeFeedYou
Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again.
Campesinos: hay una alerta por calor en gran parte de CA. Por favor, tengan mucho cuidado. Tu vida es primero. Si en su lugar de trabajo no están proporcionando AGUA, SOMBRA Y DESCANSO, llamen a la línea de seguridad por calor para campesinos al 1-877-881-8281.
Farm workers: there's a heat advisory across much of CA. Please be careful. Your life comes first. If your worksite is not offering WATER, SHADE, and REST - call the farm worker heat safety hotline at 1-877-881-8281. Reporting heat safety violations saves workers' lives.
⚠️OH FUCK DADDY😳😩⚠️SEATTLE IT’S TIME TO VOTE ⚠️BALLOTS ARE DUE AUGUST 4TH BY ATE 💅💅 PM😱GET YOUR BALLOT DEEP😘🍆INNNN A DR0P BOX🗳️ BUT ‼️⚠️🚨🚨STRANGER DANGER🚨😳DO NOT USE 🚩THE STRANGER’S GUIDE🤮🤢🤮 THEY WERE💸BOUGHT💸 BY A FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANY 🙄👀 AND THEIR ENDORSEMENTS ARE 💩DOG SHIT💩
It was 95° at 12:30 pm in Maricopa CA. "Juan" was hard at work harvesting grapes. The high for that day was set to be 103° F. "I have diabetes and have to constantly monitor my sugar levels on top of having to worry about the heat. But this work feeds my family." #WeFeedYou
Take steps to protect yourself from dangerous smoke. Learn more: www.soundlandgov.org/disaster-pre...
DHPS | Disaster Preparedness
The DHPS works to protect the health and safety of all Soundlandians
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Washington State Department of Health@doh.wa.gov · 2d agoBreathing wildfire smoke can cause serious health risks and worsen existing health issues, especially lung conditions. Smoke can be carried by the wind, impacting people hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away. In 2025, Washington had 68 large fires that burned about 255,000 acres. Learn more.
"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
I remember finding a yellow felt Star of David in my grandmother's things after she passed. It still had a safety pin in it. Pretty sure the Third Reich would have used ankle monitors, had they existed then.
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4d agoAm told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that
WA workers under UFW contract are clearing off leaves for better growth and production of the wine grapes. "Miguel" says: Chateau Ste Michelle cares about us. When temps reach 95° we're sent home. In hot weather they bring us in early so we can work when it's safer." #WeFeedYou
The Senate Commerce Committee is voting Wednesday morning on KOSA and the SCREEN Act. Washington's own Sen. Cantwell is the Ranking Member ... so now's a great time to tell her to vote NO! @eff.org's action at www.acteff.org/campaign/167... makes it easy. (1/2)
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Washington Privacy Organizers@wa-privacy.net · 3d ago@cantwell.senate.gov Wishing us "Happy #PrideMonth" isn't enough. Please stand with the community and drop your support for KOSA, legislation that targets LGBTQ+ Americans. Please also oppose the SCREEN Act and other bad internet bills, at the August 5 hearing and (if necessary) on the Senate floor
Anne Frank was arrested on this day in 1944. History rarely returns wearing the same uniform, it returns asking the same thing of ordinary people: Will you sit down and look away? Or will you stand up and fight? #Resist
20 years ago this month this epic premiered at the NW Film Forum’s Karaoke Video Challenge. Rich Jackman was behind the camera, and that’s me with the shaved head, channeling Joseph Beuys’ How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, and also singing. youtu.be/RCF7Jw-1_Mw?...
Love Hurts
YouTube video by Robert Lawson
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Ready to go. I'll drop it off tomorrow morning (always the last minute with me). And yes, there's an epic struggle in the background. Isn't there always?
Property + car insurance relief for people affected by wildfires:
Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner@oicwa.bsky.social · 3d agoCommissioner Kuderer's emergency order provides a grace period for premium payments and extends the nonrenewal notice period from 60 days to 120 days to consumers impacted by the recent wildfires. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4cfMS4E
"Alexander," a Lynden business owner, must be released from ICE detention within 24 hours, per a judge's order on Monday, Aug. 3. The order came after a tumultuous weekend where ICE transferred Alexander to a facility in Louisiana.
Federal court orders release of Whatcom County man from ICE detention | Cascadia Daily News
Alexander, a business owner in Lynden, has been in detention out of state since March
cascadiadaily.com
If you're on a budget, you can create a box fan air purifier in about 10 minutes with these instructions: www.epa.gov/sciencematte...
Do-It-Yourself Air Cleaners: Making Cleaner Air More Accessible | US EPA
EPA and other health, environmental, and nonprofit organizations have provided instructions for creating do-it-yourself (DIY) air cleaners.
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The Seattle Times@seattletimes.com · 2d agoWildfire smoke from a trifecta of catastrophic wildfires will roll in Tuesday and could cause the air quality to be unhealthy and reduce visibility.
Find your people. Get tied up in activism. Whip democracy into shape. Submit yourself to the cause of freedom. Dominate fascists out of society.
Race Bannon@racebannon.bsky.social · 3d agoLeather community members, check out Boots on the Ground. Great organization. They are helping to rally and educate kinksters about how we can maintain our democracy and freedoms in these tumultuous times. bannon.substack.com/p/leather-an...
this is why we are building passivhaus social housing in seattle the airtightness and 3pane/triple sealed windows, plus heat recovery ventilation work to protect residents from wildfire smoke. it's even possible w/ centralized or semi-centralized systems to prefilter smoke
The Seattle Times@seattletimes.com · 2d agoWildfire smoke from a trifecta of catastrophic wildfires will roll in Tuesday and could cause the air quality to be unhealthy and reduce visibility.
"You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts. "You're here to steal our water!" yells another.
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 3d agoThis past weekend, former Mayor Eric Adams was in Wisconsin Rapids—population 18,654—trying to convince residents that they should allow a real estate developer to build a data center in the heart of their town. The public hearing did not go well. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
Find your people. Get tied up in activism. Whip democracy into shape. Submit yourself to the cause of freedom. Dominate fascists out of society.
Race Bannon@racebannon.bsky.social · 3d agoLeather community members, check out Boots on the Ground. Great organization. They are helping to rally and educate kinksters about how we can maintain our democracy and freedoms in these tumultuous times. bannon.substack.com/p/leather-an...
