This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

WHOA, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE WHOA, OH

Eat your heart out, Hemingway

Seeing reactions to the BBC ad really points to the value of algorithms.

Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again.

An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Nobody is ready for the number of video essays this news will generate.

John Linneman@dark1x.bsky.social · last mo.

If they ended up decimating id Software's tech team then I have no faith in anything they'll ever do again under the current leadership. Between last week and today's news...I just don't know what to say at this point.

In gremlins 2 when a panicked Pheobe Cates pulls the fire alarm, the fire alarm pontificates “Fire! The untamed element, oldest of man’s mysteries, giver of warmth [etc]” anyway that’s what it’s like when you google something now.

“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”

it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

reflecting pool girl summer [trying to change myself and making it worse]

“WE DIDN’T PERM HIM”

can't argue with this.

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool

Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.

"all children will be issued with a state-funded Sanyo personal cassette player, orange foam headphones and a selection of TDK90 mixtapes"

Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race.

Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.

“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it

people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests from drone fiber optics.

"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!"

When the waiter tells you "Are you sure, it is very spicy":

We all constantly underestimate how easy it is for people to decide to forgive themselves for heinous shit.

Micah@rincewind.run · 4mo ago

the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing you can just Not Do That there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard

When you’re anxious about your circumstances, moments like the Swalwell revelation feel like an attack. It’s not about the evidence, it’s about wanting to sleep soundly.

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 4mo ago

for what it’s worth I think the skepticism of the claims against Swalwell is coming exclusively from people who haven’t read the claims against Swalwell

These people are showing that they were always capable of taking other perspectives, they just chose not to.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

I asked the 5-year-old if she’d miss me when I’m out of town this week and she said no, and when I asked why she said “it’s complicated”

MISSION CONTROL: prepare to enter the vacuum of space DOG ASTRONAUT: wait the what now