City of Heroes. I’ll likely come out of it somewhat traumatized by the near-constant muggings, but otherwise ok as a non-powered person.

Nina Marotta ☢️💙@mrschief7.bsky.social · 5d ago

You're offered $250,000,000 but to claim it you must enter the last video game you've played and stay there for a full year. How are y'all faring in this deal?

substack.com/@deanblundel...

Mitch is Back??? The McConnell Photo Is Real. That’s Not the Good News.

Everyone spent Sunday arguing about pixels. The actual scandal was hiding in plain sight the whole time.

substack.com

I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch

A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.

techcrunch.com

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Ooh, I like this take!

Not a meal, but the panne con Gorgonzola from our beloved Italian restaurant that almost, but not quite, made it through the COVID lockdowns

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What’s a meal that haunts you because you can never have it again? Mine is mango rundown tofu, from Jamerica in Madison. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to recreate it form other recipes and nothing has ever come close. And if you search for it, you find tons of posts from other people who also miss it.

Thread. Couldn’t possibly have said it better myself.

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3mo ago

let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >

Pick a bond with photos you already have on your phone

Leah@leah.myatproto.social · 3mo ago

pick a bond with photos you already have on your phone

Here’s hoping our new black goo overlords are kinder than some of our current ones…

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚@daviddemchuk.com · 4mo ago

@premeemohamed.com Premee

Of all the things Trump guys say, this is one of the most sympathetic. Who hasn’t looked up from their plate at Waffle House and asked: how did I get here?

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I dunno man, I think you may be missing it here. This is one of the greatest headlines ever written.

Via @altnps.bsky.social

I drank a toast to Stanislav Petrov.

Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77

Petrov was on overnight duty in 1983 when computers indicated the U.S. had launched a nuclear strike against his country. He had only a few nerve-jangling minutes to act.

npr.org

Wow.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

n.pr

so, full disclosure, I feel like you will get something slightly different than you expect when you click on this!

What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!

Why stop with BLS data and jobs reports?

theatlantic.com

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

If you still have a Ring camera, you may want to think about replacing it with something a little less Continental Panopticon. www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

404media.co

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall National Monument

Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall National Monument

The enduring symbol of LGBTQ+ liberation has been taken down from the historic site.

them.us

Today I wrote about the racist accommodation to the racist response to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show; the moral hazard of extending good faith to those who act in bad faith; and how alienating white bigots is actually part of the solution, not a part of the problem. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...

Hating the Game

The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.

the-reframe.com

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries. One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home. Abolish the billionaire class:

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee

Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

gofundme.com

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “No, he’s not here.”

Olivia Newton-John Wyndham@kellylink.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”

Available for order now on Kindle, softcover, and hardcover. Can’t wait for mine to arrive!

Alan Fisher@amfisher.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I've got a story in this one as well, about the impact cryptids might have on the modern warfare environment. 'Thence North to the Glaciers' and a bunch of other modern cryptids tales!

Thinking about how bsky has the most horrible setting turned on by default that says "i don't want to see any other languages except English" and if no one tells you to put it on "no selection" you straight up won't see posts from people set to different languages on your TL.

Want to know what ICE activity is occurring in your area? In your loved ones’ areas? Here’s a website! iceout.org/en/

People Over Papers - Report ICE Activity

Report and track ICE activity in your community. A community-driven platform to document immigration enforcement.

iceout.org

More of the same from the fascists ruining our country. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...

abcnews.go.com

These dancers are a common sight at Minneapolis protests and cultural events. Protesters are gathered around as they wait for the protest against ICE to start in south Minneapolis.

If any one person saved our republic during the 21st century it was Eugene Goodman and I am sure that he hasn’t been thanked enough.

"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."

The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly

Good lord, has this man done a lot.

charlotteclymer.substack.com