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Boy Says Jesus Christ Meme

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · 3h ago

"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social from her zero star review of ONE NIGHT ONLY:

Tip for fellow journalists, this has made my life so much better: Over the past week or so I have invested something like 10 hours in unsubscribing from everything possible, blocking all press flacks that send me stuff unrelated to my beat, and setting up an auto-filter for newsletters. 1/2

This is an outstanding line and he should keep using it.

Patricia Zengerle@reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 2h ago

El-Sayed attacked Rogers as a Trump stooge and accused Republicans of trying to use his faith and full name - Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed - to scare voters. "My name is ​not the reason you can't afford your groceries," he ​said. "You know what is? Their BS policies." www.reuters.com/world/us/pro...

Always was

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2h ago

Oh no, he's hot! https://kotaku.com/the-hobbit-magic-the-gathering-bilbo-baggins-2000721931

You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...

Analysis: More 'guardrails' needed to prevent police misuse of Flock cameras

Inappropriate use of Flock cameras by law enforcement officials have raised questions about how much surveillance is too much.

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Privilege is sitting in my air conditioned house while the air quality is unhealthy at the same time minimum wage farm workers pick the produce I eat in the exact same conditions.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 20h ago

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Wrote about riding the new Fast and Furious roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood.

The New 'Fast & Furious' Roller Coaster Is Exactly That and So Much More

'Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift' is fast, it's furious, and it's opening soon at Universal Studios Hollywood. We've ridden it.

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This is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.

The Influencer Recession

Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.

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I think winning a race where you get outspent by like a factor of 10 is a pretty solid outcome all things considered, if you wanted a landslide, I dunno which race you were watching

Politico@politico.com · 12h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Noise. Pollution. The Ozone Layer. Acid Rain. AIDS treatment. Cancer cures. Crime rates. Child abductions. As much as we consume doom and gloom in our media, humans are very, very good at solving problems when we want to. We just have to want to.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Dude sounds like every frat bro who becomes a bit too threatening after a few beers

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h ago

🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:

Ran into quite the Easter Egg in Jedi Survivor (which involved squeezing through a sidewall for like 2 minutes!)

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

This is Spokane, Washington. Right now. First weekend of August. Climate change is why sparks can find so much more to burn...and can burn things faster #SpokaneFire #WashingtonWildfire #PNWWildfire

This kind of cowardly buck passing is exactly how abuse gets enabled, at scale.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

RAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too

Babylon 5 is being released, episode by episode, for free, on YouTube. You should watch it

You have no reason not to watch Babylon 5 now that it's free on YouTube - Engadget

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You guys, nominating the person who earned the most votes is now an “ideological purity test.”

"I'm just a poor billionaire who got this deal because I sold out to Trump, why can't I have a little Warner treat?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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I reviewed this obnoxiously named Lenovo laptop, which showed me that Lenovo is actually doing a better job of making premium laptops these days www.engadget.com/2227912/leno... (But it's way too expensive at $2,000)

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition review: A capable ultralight laptop that's way too expensive - Engadget

There’s a lot to like about the Yoga Slim 7i, but the current price is a bit too steep.

engadget.com

Hell, you can also just listen to it, if you'd like, and hopefully it'll make you laugh, too. shows.acast.com/tally-ho-the...

Tally Ho! The Improvised War Movie

You give us the title, we'll give you the movie.

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I’ve been hearing Dan talk about this improv show for YEARS, so happy to see it live! I’m told it’s “very silly and British,” I’m sure there’s an audience for that!

Dan Cooper@danielwcooper.bsky.social · yesterday

It was probably 2018 when I got the itch to build an improv show from scratch. As the busy, ADHD person I am, that meant I endlessly kicked around the idea but never actually did anything about it. It wouldn't be until last year that I decided to actually get on with it.

America’s concentration camps must be shut down now They are sites of horror: torture, rampant spread of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, hygiene, & medical care, & a mounting death toll Just as “better training of guards” wasn’t the answer to Auschwitz, you can’t “reform” these camps

Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 2d ago

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The federal New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

The university was made by solidarity between faculty and students against outside political pressure. We can remake it and must www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/o...

Opinion: Student protests are what created the university as we know it | CNN

Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians Davi...

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Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?

Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.

thebulwark.com

so democratic socialism is good

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.

Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure

@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d ago

ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"

Not an AOC fangirl by any means but I see people criticizing her for this and I gotta say if you don't see the (legitimate) concerns behind the (illegitimate) MAHA "movement" as, at the very least, a political opportunity, you are being willfully obtuse or blinded by privilege or maybe both

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

How amazing that Ben McKenzie took time off from an exemplary career to critique crypto. (PS -- he's still acting! He's excellent as the spiritually exhausted but still idealistic detective in the current Motor City.)

Ben McKenzie@benmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yes, I’m still going to see “The Odyssey”. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

“I just saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day! I really like this Punisher character. He seems grizzled but fun! Oh, there’s a short movie about him on Disney+! Let’s check that out!”