my car was stopped on the way to work in the neighborhood this morning by a huge bunch of pedestrians randomly walking in the street but it turns out that it was a wagon train of gradeschoolers and their parents on their way to the first day of school. my neighborhood is undefeated in adoreableness.

Um. #crew96

I am in a strange place these days. The age thing alone would probably have done it (I am a giant sap and my emotional core has been screwed up for about ten years now) but w dads death this summer I am pretty sure I am a hot mess.

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Thought i would spend the morning with quieter records today but turns out all I really wanted to do was listen to Bob Mould

100% would not have solved today’s wordle had I not seen someone say it on here the other day. Would never have crossed my mind otherwise.

How I relax before psyching myself up for an afternoon Dad Band show:

also, Blueskis: come laugh at me tomorrow evening as I suffer through some poorly-chosen musical selections at my age! Dad Band @ 6pm at CrestFest - deets: columbusunderground.com/events/annou...

Announcing the 15th Annual CrestFest Block Party - Columbus Underground

ANNOUNCING THE 15th ANNUAL CRESTFEST BLOCK PARTY Summer has been a sweaty blast, but before vacations end and schools start there’s one last celebration: CrestFest, the best fest.  On Saturday, August...

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Huh, whatta tragedy for FCC

Well we squeaked outta that one. #crew96 (and dammit I have to be happy that Rudy grabbed the winning kick)

Gus Dahlberg@dahlbergcentral.com · 2w ago

I mean. I know, I know, forget it Jake, it’s #leaguescup but MAN

Also if we drop this game on PKs at home to a team who lost a man to a straight red… I just… #crew96

Really need this team to understand that they are up. A. Man. #crew96

First goal for Karumanchi on first team #crew96

Turns out the question was really about whether I wanted to go regardless of the weather situation. Also turns out the answer is no. Anyone actually need last minute tix? Free to good home. #crew96

Gus Dahlberg@dahlbergcentral.com · 2w ago

Over/under on whether this #crew96 game happens? I’m not entirely sure I even wanna leave the house. 😂

Over/under on whether this #crew96 game happens? I’m not entirely sure I even wanna leave the house. 😂

😂😂😂

David Pepper@davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just listen for yourself.

Scenes from the better side of a bad summer.

#crew96 with a little of the old magic this evening.

for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? A seventeen-year-old unsigned warranty card for a Kitchenaid blender you no longer own.

darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2w ago

for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? a mysterious key that does not unlock any thing

Sneaky Zawadzki header

Best Bond villain, wrong answers only...

61Flaneur@chaptal.bsky.social · 3w ago

Best Bond villain, wrong answers only...|

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

Tethys and Saturn - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/9psKVX

Y'know, the more I reflect on this particular embarrassing episode, the more I am aghast at how performatively stupid so many of our legislators are. I think I/we always knew that, of course, but it was like a quiet and embarrassing family secret that one didn't speak of. Now it's out in the open.

The Bi of Hormuz@joshstein.bsky.social · 3w ago

Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.

Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

dril

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 4w ago

Who is replacing Ross Douthat at the NYT? Wrong answers only.

Whhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Sophisticated Oyster@ciceronincheese.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hey! So, this has gotten worse! I previously shared here that Acton and her campaign were set to meet with the ODP Progressive Caucus leadership on the 28th. That's today, and it was a worst case scenario. (1/?)

This one's hard. My dad passed away last month. Some thoughts.

I wrote a piece last year after thinking about it for a long time and Steve published it today. It's about my birthday, growing up in the afrocentric era, the joy of elbow grease, Gil Scott-Heron, and the voice you use with your father after realizing you're taller than him. On All-Star Superman #6:

Shelfdust@shelfdust.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 Superman Lover ’83, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2026/07/22/s...