“I gotta give him a plug” JFC

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

The President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.

The first segment of this week's This American Life features Rick Cole (@urbanistcole.bsky.social) talking to Ira Glass about the surprise military "exercises" in Pasadena and elsewhere which were ostensibly training for the World Cup. This is fantastic radio; a must-listen

I Couldn't Help but Notice - This American Life

People dealing with new, glaring, massive changes happening right where they live.

thisamericanlife.org

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Councilmember Rick Cole was out all night in Pasadena and honestly is the only elected official who is properly expressing the outrage at the federal government felt by terrified constituents — in this case living across the street from where homes were burned in the Eaton Fire

Tom Levenson. Cosign. balloon-juice.com/2026/07/24/t...

Balloon Juice - Trump Grift Comes For US Science

This is a story that I hope will make you contact your representatives and tell them to strangle in the crib this latest Trump administration assault on US wealth and power. Last Tuesday White House S...

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If the political party in charge was reversed, you would never stop hearing about this for years— perhaps deservedly so… But the way things are, I assume this won’t be discussed again by… next week?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

Was hit by this. Worth checking.

alex benzer@alexbenzer.com · 2w ago

there was a recent bug in the Bluesky app that caused some people's chat permission settings to switch to "No one" we already fixed the bug, but folks may want to double-check their settings to make sure they are set the way they want. go here: bsky.app/messages/set... look for these settings:

This is an important point! Wealthy countries don't usually have a lot of doctors & researchers who are good at diagnosing, tracking, & treating parasite infections. Why? Treating parasites is kinda walled off into "tropical medicine" and "third-world medicine." You know, USAID stuff.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w ago

from @melodyschreiber.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

no single tool or art project will "fix" climate change. our job as imaginative people with technical skills is to form a distributed but aligned ecosystem of creative interventions that identify harms, care and repair, and replace toxic patterns

I once lightly groused that Substance Painter didn’t support my 3D space mouse, and the CEO himself appeared to assure me support was on its way. Old school Twitter had the juice.

Andrew G Davis@agdtinman.bsky.social · 2w ago

One thing I miss about old school twitter was publicly calling out companies’ poor service and having them actually do something about it.

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3w ago

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Once at [Large company, ~20 years ago], new managers came in and demanded every bit of a huge app be “more purple”, setting design back several months. To this day, I dunno if they *really* thought it needed purple or were just juicing money from the other business unit funding us. Project died.

Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏@mrhands31.bsky.social · 3w ago

Robin-Yann knows this story because I told him in person, but I worked on a AAA game that went through *four* major iterations in three years, and the project was ultimately canceled after seven years of turmoil, throwing away some of the best work in my career 😊

This decimation surely presages more transfer of public wealth to private hands—we’re the nation who *voted* to have our pockets picked and get nothing back for it

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3w ago

“One Proclamation reduces the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.87 million acres to approximately 181,500 acres. Another Proclamation reduces the size of the Bears Ears National Monument from approximately 1.36 million acres to approximately 121,100 acres”

Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening

RIP to a legend.

Krazy 🏝️🍹@superkrazybones.bsky.social · 4w ago

In honor of the death of a phenomenal man on this day, who shaped a good portion of my life with the amount of passion and love he gave. Satoru Iwata.

Bruh

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4w ago

Apple and OpenAI were partners. Now the iPhone maker is accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets for its hardware plans.

I agree, but remain frustrated as this perfectly preserved Nintendo Power Glove is either proof that we can make rubber that doesn’t break down—or that Power Gloves are magic

Mike Rugnetta@mikerugnetta.com · 4w ago

This is why I don't buy gear (or anything, really) with soft touch rubber anymore. Immediate deal breaker.

"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4w ago

The demand for tests for cyclosporiasis, a pathogen often caused by contaminated fresh produce, is so intense, with so many patients seeking help for diarrhea and crippling abdominal cramps, that many labs can’t keep up.

when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Supreme Court and Congress love their smol bean Mr. President. Of course he can have some market manipulation and self-dealing as a treat, anything baby wants

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.

“.. The next day, Trump posted that it was a ‘GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!’ before announcing a partial tariff retreat that helped send the S&P 500 up roughly 9.5% in one of its best days on record.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/t...

They are shooting off *over 120 times* more fireworks than last year. I figure will be garish and unpleasant, on top of the warnings not to be outside without an n95 because of excessive smoke. These desperate, fumbling losers literally cannot do *anything* right.

Celeste Headlee@celesteheadlee.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh, and by the way, Trump is using $1.6 million from national park pass fees to pay for the fireworks. Because we can't afford to use that money to hire rangers or fix up the parks. We need it to pollute the air and water.

I had burritos from this place while inebriated on a number of occasions

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · last mo.

Burrito King, an Echo Park landmark, closed last week. The scratches in the counter, the wobble in the stools, the patina of seasoning accumulated on the flat-top. You can't make all that up out of nothing. The full story: lataco.com/burrito-king... By Jake Hook

Government regulation is *good*, actually—and when it’s not around, companies act like crooks

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · last mo.

the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol

Love to wake up in the mornings to find out which of my long-standing rights I get to keep

this is a terrific opening paragraph for a dystopian pulp novel released in 1997

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

This weirdly reads just like the AI ads on YouTube

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last mo.

The president of the US, sharing his deranged fantasies.

This is what they call “consciousness of guilt”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

"During the raid, one of the Sotos’ children told Elizabeth’s attorney that police put a bag over their head and brought them in for an interrogation; another child was interrogated in the home." Children! Bagged and grilled by goons!!