Charlotte the Host Origami
@carolotta.me
she/her transitioning in mid life
The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...
Tech: KOSA heads to Senate floor
The Senate Commerce Committee sent the Kids Online Safety Act to the floor on Wednesday, alongside three other bills designed to protect kids and teens using technology.
punchbowl.news
Reading that tradwife-as-stale-trend piece and it has me thinking how my ACTUAL experience as a woman with small kids at home is. How most of the work isn't the cute home stuff. It's community support stuff because often moms without formal jobs are the only ones who can fill the gaps on the fly
imagining a grim, fictional dystopia where you can get a tattoo that makes you unfuckable
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 2h agoi'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else
in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this
Didn't she accuse him of being obsessed with blaming jews? But ok thanks Haley
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4h agoA gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
vaguely funny that john cena couldnt make it as a rapper but icp could make it as wrestlers
Babies can't go outside alone. They don't know the rules, and can't hang.
Another instance of trans people being right and transphobes being wrong.
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 19h agowow really
Protest in Portland, ME tomorrow for a MaineMed nurse who was abducted by ICE
Pittsburgh will *FINALLY* get a second daily round-trip train to Harrisburg, Philly, NYC and points in between by the end of 2026.
More daily trains for Pittsburgh riders
A second Pennsylvanian trip aims to improve travel and reliability.
axios.com
Data centers and immigration enforcement are two of America's biggest issues - and they've come together in little Springdale Borough, Pa. A team from @publicsource.org explored at the Allegheny River town's turmoil www.publicsource.org/how-ice-and-...
How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground
At the intersection of two major issues in the United States, Springdale stands divided. Now residents, organizers and local leaders are asking about policing, power and accountability.
publicsource.org
i also have zero memory of drawing this, but it's much cuter
“The Toll of the Sea” (1922) Sat. Aug. 15, 7:30 pm at LACMA Free, RSVP required Join LACMA for a screening of this two-color Technicolor silent film starring Anna May Wong, preserved & co-presented by the Archive. Intro by Archive Head of Preservation Jillian Borders: www.lacma.org/event/film-t...
Todd Blanche made more promises during a private call that a faith group inexplicably uploaded to YouTube. Expect to see this story cited in lawsuits against the FDA when it ends telemedicine of mifepristone for no reason other than pills by mail make anti-abortion groups very mad
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Check this out for me when you get a chance 👇
Up next on TCM@tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 19h agoTHE BIG HEAT (1953) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 30m (Summer Under the Stars: Glenn Ford) Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando; directed by Fritz Lang A hard-boiled and uncorruptable cop investigates a string of murders and single-handedly exposes an organized crime cartel. #TCM #TCMParty
All great families should follow this progression.
Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 20h ago
"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo
![The firm is fully owned by Jared Kushner and has a staff of approximately 20 people.[2][5] By 2024, the firm had returned no profits to its investors.[6] The firm has been controversial due to conflicts of interests arising from Kushner soliciting funds from Middle Eastern governments while also working as an envoy having direct and indirect dealings with those governments in his role in the second Trump administration.[7] According to reporting by Bloomberg News, investors in the firm do so with the expectation of influencing the Trump administration.[8]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jjromh55tf7pp7s4hsvurf4/bafkreihebdzjog2hp37o2q3enjyrsi46btqktev76ogpneczsrrzl55fo4)
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 22h agoEA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...
I've written Batman. We gotta let people tell jokes, man.
@rdmacq.bsky.social · 23h agoOh, we’re back to “People who don’t know anything about Batman talking as if they know Batman.”
this is the long-awaited follow up from house house, the studio who made untitled goose game, fyi. i'm so so excited about this
Aftermath@aftermath.site · yesterdayBig Walk is at its best when you totally screw things up aftermath.site/big-walk-impre...
SCOOP: The CDC has linked six additional states to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina — bringing the total tally to 15. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...
C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)
Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.
nytimes.com
Hell is reserved for the worst of the worst, so enjoy the lake of fire, folks who put “student driver” stickers on their car when they aren’t student drivers
ok how about friendscore instead of friendslop. friendslop sounds derogatory and so it’s therefore not a good term. be part of the solution people
"When you eat healthy, you don't need toilet paper," he claimed while dragging his bare asshole across the rug like a labrador retriever, making eye contact the whole time. "Whatever just fell out of (or off of) me? I could leave it there, and nobody would notice."
