The fact that these people have the nerve to open their mouths to talk about “protecting women and girls” while doing shit like this… whew!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

First episode was good! I was kinda scared it wouldn't be.

Darby Lyons@darbylyons.bsky.social · 5h ago

It's return of Ted Lasso day, y'all!!

I wish he were my mayor! I live in a "blue city," but one that definitely bows to the will of the wealthiest few.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Why are people so ridiculous??

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h ago

Be cool if companies stopped trying to reinvent physiognomy every few years.

I wasn't really paying attention to this race till I saw a video of Stevens, and I wouldn't be surprised if El-Sayed's victory is based largely on being less grating than her. That's my highly uninformed opinion 😎

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 4h ago

Update: Abdul El-Sayed had defeated Haley Stevens in the most-expensive Democratic Senate primary contest in US history. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Can we call this a Pirroette www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

It's return of Ted Lasso day, y'all!!

So...there are people who choose to watch? People baffle me.

Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 14h ago

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

Who could have guessed it?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

WIRED@wired.com · 19h ago

Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior. www.wired.com/story/ok-wel...

Weird wasn't a weird enough word to describe these people.🤢

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h 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.

Max is...not bright. Oh, and he's also an abusive pig.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 21h ago

Tapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."

Hey, @themountaingoats.bsky.social have you seen this little video? Interesting reference 😎

Cincinnati CityBeat@citybeatcincy.bsky.social · 22h ago

One bridge in Madisonville has garnered a bit of a reputation as a "can opener" -- what does that mean? Find out here with CityBeat's Ethan Bloomfield.

I'm reading an "after Eavan Boland" poem tonight at an open mic, so I was making sure I'm pronouncing her name properly and came across this wonderful little video about Trinity College Dublin naming their library after her. I love Colm Tóibín's phrase "the undrama of love." youtu.be/QAUjfZntpvY?...

Eavan Boland: How Trinity's Library got its name

YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin

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If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

Premieres August 25 on PBS! www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | American Masters | PBS

Celebrate the work of writer Mary Oliver, who published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.

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Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH

Vote Safely in 2026

Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.

brennancenter.org

Put Max Miller UNDER the jail.

Good lord, the height of the piles of bullshit here.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday

"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...

🎯

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · yesterday

I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power

I love Rust & Moth, and I'm thrilled to have a poem in their autumn '26 issue! It's another from my forthcoming book, Beginning to Sense (@matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, early 2027).

Rust & Moth@rustandmoth.bsky.social · 2d ago

New #poetry from Mitchell Nobis: "That Which Glows in the Gray".

Wordle 1,872 2/6* 😮 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was reading posts about what that new Bluesky CEO with the unidentifiable accent was saying, and just as I was about to post about it, "Your session has timed out" popped up, and I had to log in again. Now, I'm not usually paranoid, but...🤨

Oh, so y'all are claiming him now? JFC, you're run by a bunch of self-serving pricks.

Democrats@democrats.org · 2d ago

HUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.

Sometimes poetry has no interest in being enjoyable. Sometimes it sets out to capture rage or despair. This gut-wrenching poem by Gwen Harwood is one such example...

Unconscionable. Basically: "GOP freaks want to make Larry Nasser's horrific crimes a requirement for every girl who wants to play sports at any age."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Wordle 1,871 2/6* 😮 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

going TERF is like the fentanyl of prejudices. you can’t just dabble in it and return to normal life, you gotta double, triple, quadruple down until you’re trying to get a hit on a podcast with isabel brown

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis

Huh? 🦃

The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

The smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will Bunch

In just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world.

inquirer.com

Textbook abuser.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"