"excuse me sir, have you heard about our lord and savior jesus christ?"

Apparently DEI was the only thing standing between us and death lettuce

Reuters@reuters.com · 3d ago

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

This is brilliant reporting and much gratitude to Paz for speaking out!

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3d ago

New: here's why a Flock employee quit. Says he was 'lied to' Jonathan Paz's job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. But then something changed and he realized he needed to get out of the company. Watch the full conversation here and subscribe for more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYY...

“As a career federal prosecutor, including decades that I served in … the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, you don’t indict first and investigate later. Nor do you take the word of another agency of government.” trib.al/wEil8BP

DOJ Blasted for “Horrific” Handling of Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case

The Department of Justice abruptly dropped the charges against former Olympian David Hearn.

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This is one of those insanely encouraging things that most people just refuse to believe. It's either open green space untouched by man for eternity or solar/data center/tar pit (all the same)

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

We found the Flock cameras cops used to spy on women

One pleasant outcome of the videofication of the internet is that there a more regular non-influencer type folks on the internet and I appreciate the range of personalities.

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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The streets (tiktok) are saying ICE is using the Bulova parking lot in Queens to store their vehicles.

Just mind blowing!!

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 4d ago

One of the most amazing light phenomena I've ever seen. Just now on Vancouver Island.

Watched The Odyssey; really enjoyed it! Fun grandiose cinema. It felt a bit too fast; this movie could have easily been an hour longer. And with that hour, I need to have seen more Athena. Zendaya was great but the character was more like and old wise best friend than the goddess of wisdom and war

Some thoughts on crime by someone

"I write to urge you to impose a AI-moratorium in NYC's schools. At stake are not only the cognitive + emotional health of NYC's children but also— • Labor + economic conditions for educators • Climate + struggles for energy justice • Widening of the political + economic power-gap b/t rich + poor."

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 5d ago

Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

I have not had any luck in tracking down the artist I bought this paper house from at the Other Islands Book Fair on April 25. If anyone knows an artist who makes these kinds of paper houses, please reach out to niapoetry@gmail.com. I believe I paid $8 for this one.

Somethings can be both horrifying and entirely unsurprising. Not surprised by the party of assault. Flabbergasted that a father would move through the world like this

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 5d ago

Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno doesn’t have a lot of thoughts on Representative Max Miller, who allegedly abused Moreno’s daughter—and granddaughter. trib.al/8zWoptc

You support forced fem for manspreaders as a radical agenda. I support forced fem for manspreaders as a seating capacity improvement on public transport. We are not the same.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me

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Owning a $5 Million Home Is Hard Enough. Now They May Have to Fill Out Some Forms

The Mamdani administration mailed notices to 17,000 property owners who might be subject to a new second-home tax. The outrage has been deafening.

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Dylan Flesch@dylanflesch.bsky.social · last wk.

“They have to fill out paperwork and call lawyers and pay them to get help with old documents,” Brewer said. Lol. I’m not feeling all that bad for the $5 million home owners here. If they need help navigating a city website they could go to a library. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/28/m...

I went to a dear one’s mom’s funeral today and something about how I spend my time has been particularly irksome since.

I think my life needs a little more slow. Been off instagram for a couple days and it’s been nice.

wishing I were a dentist so I could put this fellow on the wall of my waiting room,perhaps with a cheeky message... "Flossed yet?" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchi...

Morning walk. There aren’t many flowers left in South Mpls after the flash drought and hot days of the last three weeks. Almost every plant is drooping and heat stressed. Our little bee balm field shed its bloom, the lilies all died. It was so sudden too after months of daily rain.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads | Defector

On Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player…

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99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa

I’m embarrassed to admit this given since if the circles I run in but one big change of opinion I’ve had over the last few years is from “zines are silly childish self centered endeavors” to “zines are tender artifacts of art, history, and theory of people going against the grain of trash”

These photos were taken in the same location ~45 minutes apart.

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Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · last wk.

Just a little guy. Photo from my collection, no date/info.