Bluesky seems to contain a disproportionate number of people who are surprised to learn that a musician well known for substance abuse and mental health struggles has some dumb views about politics and the world

I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work there, investors

This is totally awesome but I saw the Cramps a buncha times and no one ever had these looks on their faces at a Cramps show

Mark Yarm@markyarm.bsky.social · yesterday

Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...

Don’t say we didn’t warn you: Once religious schools accept taxpayer funding, politicians will use those public dollars to dictate their theology. The wall between church and state doesn’t threaten religion. It protects religion from government control, too.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · yesterday

Florida AG James Uthmeier is threatening Catholic school voucher funding unless they weaken their vaccine rules. Because nothing says "religious liberty" like holding money hostage until Catholic bishops accept the government’s theology. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-ag...

Not to dunk on this but it isn't really true that the Hormuz oil crisis is driving a solar boom. Here's this chart updated to June of China solar exports, showing that the March spike in exports has subsided and was therefore mostly just export tax rebate effects.

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

Vivek Ramaswamy earns an ‘F’ in LGBTQ+ rights; here’s a look at his track record. The Republican Ohio governor nominee has consistently supported anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and used transphobic rhetoric. thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/08/04/v...

Vivek Ramaswamy earns an ‘F’ in LGBTQ+ rights; here’s a look at his track record

The Republican Ohio governor nominee has consistently supported anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and used transphobic rhetoric

thebuckeyeflame.com

A good opportunity to share one of my old favorite bits from McSweeney’s

The Ten Worst Films of 1942; As Reviewed by Ezra Pound Over Italian Radio

Bambi Filth. Casablanca This movie is filth. Cat People A race may civilize itself BY LANGUAGE, not film. Cat People is filth. Gentleman Jim To the Animals w...

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Johanna Winant@johannawinant.bsky.social · yesterday

Mary de Rachewiltz has died www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Harvard-Westlake should sue PCA for defamation

Pete Crow-Armstrong suggests possibility 'Babe Ruth never existed'

If Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs, but no one alive actually saw all of them, was he a real Major League Baseball player?

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Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Imagine being the president of university when the Trump administration detains one of your researchers for a made-up immigration violation. What would you do? If you answered "collaborate with the administration," congratulations, you could be president of Johns Hopkins University!

Johns Hopkins public health researcher had valid work authorization when detained by ICE, attorney says

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher who federal immigration officers detained on July 28 has valid work authorization, her attorney said.

cbsnews.com

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Four university presidents, "Andrew Martin at Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Crow at Arizona State University, Douglas Girod at the University of Kansas, & Ronald Daniels at the Johns Hopkins University" collaborated in the latest attack on higher ed. www.chronicle.com/liveblog/her...

First came framing loan caps as protecting students by pressuring universities to keep costs down, with the likely outcome of pushing low-income students out of school. Here’s another policy framed as “helping,” but again premised on exclusion-- protecting students from "low-return” jobs

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

“Prof. Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social said creating an Ohio Civics Board to have sole authority over the state's civics curriculum cuts against the goal of intellectual diversity. The bill, she argued, would establish ‘a state-mandated monopoly on civics.’”

The Columbus Dispatch@dispatch.com · 2d ago

Enrollment ranges from packed classrooms to nearly empty seats as one Republican state senator pushes to give university civics centers more power.

good riddance

NBC4 Columbus@nbc4i.com · 2d ago

Two-time Ohio State President Gordon Gee will wrap up his one-year advisory role at the university this week. https://nbc4i.co/4fCngBq?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." -- Isaiah 2:4 , KJV

Matt Thiessen@mattthiessen.bsky.social · 3d ago

American Christianity in one social media post.

It’s recently become fashionable in some quarters to decry primaries because we need stronger parties and so party leadership should get to decide the party’s nominees. I get the thought process but the problem is, what if the party’s leadership are morons?

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d ago

Is Gillibrand on crack? Why was she telling donors, without a shred of evidence, that Mallory McMorrow is a DSA member???

I have sometimes wondered if Americans haven’t been scared enough about climate change because Celsius numbers are smaller

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d ago

Here is a version in Fahrenheit my American compatriots:

"In Wisconsin, a police officer allegedly used Flock to check whether his ex-girlfriend had gone to an abortion clinic, according to a police affidavit for a case set for trial this month."

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

I was today years old when I learned that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand attends a bible study group that teaches that Jewish people killed Jesus, which has been used to justify antisemitism and associated violence against us Jews.

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 4d ago

NEW: Corporate media zero in signs of antisemitism on the left. Meanwhile, one of Rep. Haley Stevens's most powerful backers in her Senate race attends a Bible study that teaches that the Jews killed Jesus...

There is a broad spectrum of things you can or should do when a man beats your daughter and granddaughter, and for republicans one of them is supporting his campaign www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot

The senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.

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You know things are going well when your Nordicism has no room for *Germans*.

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right

there are so many things in this country that are needlessly difficult and it's crazy that the one thing that gets easier by the week is "manipulating photos so your uncle can accuse a democratic state senator of being a terrorist"

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City Daily

WILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...

portcitydaily.com

ICE kidnapped a colleague at Johns Hopkins.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 5d ago

When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

ACLU says this is a content-based violation of the First Amendment. It will sue if OSU doesn't rescind.

OSU banned chalk messages; ACLU says it has proof it was aimed at pro-Palestinian students

Ohio State officials enforced the policy against pro-Palestinian speech but called a Lee Corso tribute "meaningful" despite acknowledging it violated the same ban, the ACLU says.

cleveland.com

Not looking too good for this old NPR attempt at climate optimism

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d ago

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Between this and the closure of Dudley House, it looks like @harvard.edu is systematically shutting down spaces that supported student activists. PBH is part of why our Living Wage Campaign was possible. Reporting from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Nearly Half of Phillips Brooks House Staff Positions Impacted by FAS Restructuring | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Phillips Brooks House was the hardest-hit Harvard College unit by share of staff positions in a recent round of layoffs tied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sweeping administrative overhaul, ...

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He's so bad at this lol, would lose worse than Kari Lake if he was in a semi functional state

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 6d ago

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

Congratulations to a major public university for hiring this guy for your new civics center. The civics center is working as it was intended to work, I guess.

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Congrats to WVU for hiring a literal fascist!