Here's my pitch: In exchange for a return to the status quo ante, we give them Hegseth. I am 50/50 on whether Iran will agree, but 100% sure Trump will agree.

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas. https://cnn.it/4xcYdul

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨Peter Ortiz serves in the French Foreign Legion before joining the Marine Corps, then a spy during WWII, and fighting the Nazis alongside the French Resistance, all while dual-wielding pistols, in full dress uniform, and wearing a cape. soundcloud.com/llbdpodcast/...

Episode 425 - Peter Ortiz, The Marine Murder Cryptid

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A 50-year old book reveals the tendencies that undermine military competence—a century ago and today. Read our analysis for free:

The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures

‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’ examines the narrow minds of petty men.

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Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

My prediction is that by this time next year neither James Carville nor Hasan Piker will be in, let alone "a force in," the Democratic Party.

Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 3d ago

"I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker ... if he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I am out of here," James Carville says on Fox this morning. Reminder: The Left Insurgency airs tonight on CNN at 8p ET.

This is the kind of idea that seems magnificently rational in the greenhouse environment of like a dinner party but comes off like a PETA ad in wider society.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4d ago

"As Trump’s fascism moulders into ever more toxic forms, murdering ordinary Americans…assaulting minorities and the rule of law that is meant to protect us, there is no shortage of terror to go around. "And when you’re afraid, it can be all too tempting to reach for a weapon." (from January)

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post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 5d ago

so does any body know what the objective is of this new bombing campaign

Will the Sunday shows do anything about the people who lied to their faces about this? Doug Burgum got indignant when Dana Bash doubted the 350-foot-long knifing story. Will CNN hold him accountable or just invite him back like nothing happened?

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” www.404media.co/google-earth...

Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images

"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."

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New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

As long as Josiah Lippincott's come up, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I hate some and love others, but I have never encountered a Marine Corps artillery officer and walked away feeling neutral about them. Their philosophy of making big adjustments seems to find its way into everything.

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Congrats to WVU for hiring a literal fascist!

Grand Admiral Thrawn knows he's in a universe designed by George Lucas, and that's what actually drives all his plans.

Gwen F. Jaworski 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️|🇺🇦🇵🇸🇱🇧🇳🇨🇹🇼@meatbag-hunter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gimme your wildest Star Wars theory

Heckuva job you’re doing Marco Rubio. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...

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Guess they don’t remember how this went the last time they tried it

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6d ago

Saudi Arabia prepares sea and possible land offensive against Houthis Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

a worrying number of PETA's ads appear to be basically 'the writer's barely disguised fetish'

Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid@feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 6d ago

Terrible plan because my first, second, and third thoughts were all "either way it's getting ate."

*whispers* seize it under the Defense Production Act and pack the Supreme Court until the court acquiesces to nationalization and overturns/hollows out Youngstown

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 7d ago

And it arrived

This is the most 1980s-G.I.-Joe-looking aircraft weapons configuration I’ve ever seen

Tamara Keel@tamslick.bsky.social · last wk.

Famous weapons from the Battle of Palmdale! booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2022/06/hit-...

I can't compete with this. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...

Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?

Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.

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enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man

Never forget.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · last wk.

It’s striking that Douthat has been at the NYT all these years. The right has built a closed media ecosystem on the (false) belief that legacy media is a closed ecosystem. Meanwhile, a rightwing intellectual mediocrity like Douthat kept chugging along at the Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

While we're talking about The Odyssey, can we take a second to appreciate one of the greatest exchanges of dialogue in the history of superhero fiction?

I am going to join the Women's Christian Temperance Union bsky.app/profile/catg...

Catherina Gioino@catgioino.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...

AI hallucinations are one of the ways it behaves *most* like human beings.

Everything old is new again. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerc...

Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle - Wikipedia

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Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · last wk.

Ford and General Motors are in a race to build the Army’s next tactical vehicle, as the service looks to commercial partners to help it roll out a heavier hybrid-powered version of its lightweight, open-air tactical truck.

To be fair, "Gilded Age" was too subtle for a lot of Americans.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · last wk.

The New York Times wouldn't let me write about the Age of Diarrhea so I had to do it myself.

just a real all timer moment

Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.

"well I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic" from the Oceangate interviews remains the funniest identity redaction I've ever seen the man knows the ocean

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault

A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."

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Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.

Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop

Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.

404media.co

Sunday afternoon already?

Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.

Iran will halt attacks as long as US maintains pause, Iranian source says after Trump calls off strikes reut.rs/4yIUEOd

This was entirely foreseeable, and many of us warned that if the Department abandoned all of its principles, the decent public servants in its ranks would abandon the Department.

DOJ Admits ‘Unprecedented’ National Security Staffing Challenges

The Justice Department acknowledged facing “unprecedented” national security workforce constraints due to high turnover compounded by rising overseas threats and new responsibilities, according to a d...

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