I'm sure all the flag-waving, Support the Troops republicans are up in arms over this, right?

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 9h ago

President Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.

Scammers took advantage of this for a while - and likely still do - by creating credential-harvesting lookalikes of popular sites (banks, social media, crypto exchanges, etc) then paying to advertise them on Google. Boom, their honeypot now looks like the top search result.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10h ago

To make this even worse, Google's spent years making it more difficult to distinguish ads from "organic" search results, changing the font and size of the "ad" warning to make it harder to spot, and making the font and color of the ad itself closer to the color of the search results below it. 28/

😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING! CAT SITTING FOSTER KITTENS LEADS TO KITTENS CAPTURING FOREVER HUMANS AND GOODNESS REMAINS IN THE WORLD!😻😻😻

Cerrabus@cerrabus.bsky.social · 3d ago

Update: the kittens have arrived home!

Not to take the bait or state the obvious, but... Most animals like dogs (for the most convenient example) have a gland in their butt that provides a sort of lube for their bowel movements. Humans do not have that gland, and therefore don't have that same lube that allows us to poo without wiping.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 24h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

A Tale of Two Kitties: Orion, the brother, lounging high and open on the cat tree. Aurora, the sister, tucked in the corner of our sons bed, nestled under dozens of stuffed animals, doing her level best to blend in. It's been ~2 days, but I love them both so much...

This should be the biggest news of the week. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns

The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...

npr.org

[looks at ICE detention centers] Yes. Camps. Camps would be horrific to have operating in this country, right?

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

The message "they want to inspect your daughter's genitals" would be astoundingly effective. Which is also why conservative Democrats who want to cave won't say it. In general, they would rather lose and be comfortable than win and have to push hard.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

🔎 Trump had long claimed his accounts were closed for political reasons following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — a narrative he used to justify the Trump family's crypto pivot, according to Al Jazeera. But now Capital One's real reasons have been revealed.

"Whatcha thinkin' about?" "Oh, just squirrel things.."

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2d ago

WOW A spectacular Squirrel of the Day for August 3, 2026 #sqrlpix

Really interesting thread about the true history of street cars/mass transit in the US:

Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d ago

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

.... ...... ......... ............nice.

ISS Piss Tracker@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · 3d ago

The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.

Dude looks like a melting wax sculpture of himself

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Many people say that I look like a young Elvis Presley.” *By “many people,” he means absolutely no one on Earth.

The US just put tariffs on most of the other countries in the world, the legal justification being a law permitting tariffs on countries insufficiently policing the use of slave labor.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed. 1/

PSA: if you catsit a pair of foster kittens for a week, there is a better than average chance you'll end up adopting the foster kittens... Anyway, this is Orion (left) and Aurora. Chances are they are coming home with us tomorrow.

Bad Hair Day from @alyankovic.bsky.social, without question.

Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d ago

You have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social

Wait until they dig into the origin and translation of "amen"

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago

Wow, you got us! Arabs say Inshallah!

Despite the unrelenting deluge of awful stuff in this world, there are still good, hope-inspiring things to be found:

Jonathan@renewableenergy.bsky.social · 5d ago

For the first time ever, solar produced over 50% of Califormia’s electricity for the entire month of May. This is not small feat: California is the world’s 4th largest economy, has 39 million people (more than many countries), 1.2 million EVs and 4+ million businesses.

Me very carefully trying to toe the line on MPR: “It has not been formally stated who is responsible for these attacks, but there are several indications that…” Several days later: we think it may be Iranians NO SHIT

Just FYI, both claims in this post are absolutely true. ~A cishet man

Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 6d ago

A thing I learned a while back that blew my mind is that men almost never receive compliments, especially cishet men. Giving a man a compliment will literally make their year

cc @gailsimone.bsky.social

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 6d ago

“Schneider fits into a hyperspecific trope that has emerged in recent years: that of the conservative-leaning comedian who romanticizes Texas, finds out it’s not quite the place he (it’s always a he) imagined, and then rants about how Texas has failed him.”

Make every Republican who takes Musk's dirty money own all of him - including his child exploitation. Tonight via Axios: "Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has learned." www.axios.com/2026/07/29/m...

Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms

Musk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024.

axios.com

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.

minnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"

One: the president shouldn't have the power to do this in the first place, and Two: I know the list of easy, instant, bipartisan-backed impeachable offenses is depressingly long, but this one has got to be in the top three.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.

NEW: Federal officials have admitted that President Trump personally intervened to block disaster aid to Democratic-led states, overriding his own government agencies. trib.al/8ld0HZJ

Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual misconduct when they were teenagers www.bbc.com/news/article...

Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers

The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.

bbc.com

Saw Jared Leto trending for yet more sexual assault allegations, this time with teens. Got curious, and dropped his name into the Epstein mail search, and.. I know it doesn't mean anything, but it does bring up a few questions: