Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers’ Residency locusmag.com/2026/08...
Connor Anderson
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Public sector IT manager & union thug in #PDX. SF Writer. Trying to imagine the best possible future with the lowest possible body count. Dog dad to @leo-bernadoodle.bsky.social He/him #YNWA
Like if there aren't any guard rails on a government issued space craft then you have to wonder what's going on in the meat packing industry in the Star Wars universe.
"Today is August 4, 2026". Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day!
Or, and hear me out, just use the one wierd trick of putting mass transit funding/subsidies back into fed trasnpo priorities and let local agencies lower the prices to sustainable levels. EVERY transit manager knows that cheaper = more ridership = fewer cars, they just need to make the $ pencil out.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2d agoJesus Christ, Dems, get your shit together. The slopulism is out of control.
Our politics and society are going through a phase-change and inflexible people are not going to be able to adapt. That said. per @dandrezner.bsky.social Trump will leave no permanent mark, other than what he's destroyed. It will be up to others to build new structures in the new political realm.
Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d agoWe find that the benefits of moderation found in earlier eras (~1980s-2000s) are gone. Why? Many likely explanations.
Get mad at people for trying a thing that those people say will require other things to actually work. Don’t provide other things. Then get mad at the people for failing, trusting that voters always blame the people who did the thing and don’t factor in broader context Rinse repeat, lazy journalists
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d agoIt was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration
Oof. Off the game today. Anthropeum.com · Jul 31 2026 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟦 62,755 · top 46% of players today!
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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UEFA and Concacaf unanimously stating for the record that keeping the corruption and money-skimming in house is a hill they will die on.
Pardeep Cattry@pcattry.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: Concacaf joins UEFA in rejecting FFE, instead imploring FIFA to find ways to increase funding for FIFA Forward through its current means and asking that "any matter follows the proper governance processes" in future full statement: www.concacaf.com/competitions...
Pounds the table, jumps up and down screaming "This, THIS!" I don't know why the distributors and venues are not on board with this, selling concessions is a big part of the revenue stream. This would sell more concessions.
Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 6d agoOK. Here are my thoughts after seeing The Odyssey: Movies should have intermissions, like they used to. Then you could change reels and maybe give a big epic movie some breathing room. And in conclusion, we need more Sinon and Les Wynan.
Oh Daily Mail, bless your hearts. "Woke Portland Mayor"
Woke Portland mayor accused of demeaning insult to Abraham Lincoln
Furious Portlanders have urged Mayor Keith Wilson to intervene in the city's plans for a new statue or Abraham Lincoln after it was toppled over in 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
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*crack open 157-page white paper by impressive group of smart academics on important topic* *ctrl-F for "transportation," the #1 source of GHGs in the US* *find no substantive discussion* *ctrl-F for "bus," "train," and variations* *find no substantive discussion* *close 157-page white paper*
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 7d agoClimate policy isn't going away because Washington stopped talking about it. Americans are already paying the price through fires, floods, heat, and rising costs. Our new collection asks a different question: what should the next agenda for climate look like post-DOGE and the rollback of the IRA? 🧵
the level of evil corporationing you have to do to make UEFA the good guy is pretty spectacular. top work, FIFA. Top work. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.
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The age of bros is collapsing. New bros struggle to be born; now is the time of monsters.
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 6d agoour age of bros is collapsing
*US fossil fuel shadow fleet hit by drones in the Mediterranean. #GrayZone
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last wk.A US-owned and operated, Marshall Islands-flagged LNG floating storage facility was struck by at least one UAV whilst at Damietta, Egypt - Ambrey
let's have a whip around. i can chip in a tenner.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA has announced plans to sell a large minority stake in the World Cup. Under the plan, FIFA’s total development funding would top $10 billion over the next four years. Unsurprisingly, the idea is the brainchild of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it!
Quick! Let's hook a dynamo up to Mike Wallace spinning in his grave. We can power a couple of data centers off that.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
I am surely not the only one who is bored with endless rehashes of the Western canon. I would consume the ever-loving hell out of new stories from African and Indigenous traditions. Novelty sells! If they've been handed down for 100s of generations, they're good stories!
Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · last wk.I was reluctant to weigh in on the racial discourse about Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy. But finally I did. Here's why I don't think we *NEED* to have a Black Helen of Troy when Black/African cultures have so many other strong, beautiful heroines. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jayzus. And here I thought Morrisey was the leading British 80's pop darling that had gone round the bend. H/T @metafilter.bsky.social
say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please
A lot of South Asian and Oceana artifacts today that I just had to guess and hope on. Renaissance Pope bust and a couple of lucky guesses bailed me out. Anthropeum.com · Jul 28 2026 🟨🟨🟦🟨🟦🟩🟦🟩🟩🟦 73,712 · top 36% of players today!
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
anthropeum.com
Ah, memories. Turns out monoculture has some benefits. Widely shared (if not followed) norms and formulas for doing things. I don’t think any literate under 40-50 found anything objectionable. Standard fare for say the NYRB or WaPost c. 1990.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · last wk.I’ve been thinking a lot about how we’re losing recipes re: criticism. Even reviews of Morrison’s novels in the 90s that were ultimately positive would include barbs that I think would shock people today. A lot going on there, but popular criticism used to be just as tough as Emily’s review.
This and veing able to articulate policy preferences that are broadly popular. Defined as "classical" liberal/New Deal policies that neolib establishment Dems have given up on. Fight + popular policy = win. It's that fuckin simple.
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.but this really is, I think, the driving force behind the DSA's success (that and having one of the most charismatic politicians of my entire lifetime in Mamdani) - it's not that voters are more lefty now, but that the DSA candidates are credibly signaling 'fight' in a way their opponents are not
Look at all that pretty blue and green! That a PR and going to be hard to beat! I guessed Afghanistan on the carpet and was off in distance but on in time, otherwise it would be even better. Anthropeum.com · Jul 27 2026 🟦🟨🟩🟦🟦🟩🟦🟩🟩🟦 83,195 · top 7% of players today!
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
anthropeum.com
Engrave this over the entrance to the Pentagon.
@rokrish98.bsky.social · 2w ago"You may fly over a nation forever, you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life. But if you desire to defend it, if you desire to protect it, if you desire to keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground the way the Roman legions did . . . in the mud."