This may be the most clever Rube Goldberg machine I've ever seen.
Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · yesterdayHow to go straight from dinner to cake. [📹 josephsmachines] Original post
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"...our national greatness flows not though our blood or our genes, but through our ideas." - Jon Ossoff #Afghanistan foodforthought.care Wrongful Conviction advocate #FreeJamieSnow www.facebook.com/freejamiesnow
Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · yesterday
@verbalprimate.com has put together a great resister Starter pack. Thanks for including me, my friend! go.bsky.app/B6rDXse
An obviously terrible idea on basic national security grounds. And — as the article does not say — morally grotesque. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
nytimes.com
THIS! Said by an unreligious person.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoCHARLAMAGNE THE GOD: If Jesus came back today, which political party do you think would be most uncomfortable for him? TALARICO: I think both political parties would be deeply uncomfortable. Jesus is far more radical than any political party. And when I say 'radical,' I don't mean extreme.
As an advocate for the wrongfully convicted, this makes me ill.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d agoNEW: Elvis Brooks was exonerated after 42 years in prison. Civil rights attorneys called his case an egregious example of a wrongful conviction. But the Louisiana Attorney General maintains he is guilty — and thus doesn’t qualify for any compensation from the state. with @veritenews.org
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social I want you to know that when you say, "That's really interesting," esp after you're bringing up something particularly horrible, it reassures me. I'm able to put that bad thing at arm's length & examine it objectively. & I like hearing what you find interesting about it.
In this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team, Digital historian & podcast host, Tyler McGraw recounts how General U.S. Grant's refusal to retreat at the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness marked the turning point that would wear the Confederacy down to surrender. youtu.be/25clPe2d4wo?...
Orange Plank Road, Narrated by Tyler McGraw
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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@barackobama.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Mr. President!! Thank you for all you do!
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 6d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Good. Everyone should rally around the winner.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoNo matter who wins tonight's primaries in Michigan, the state Democratic party is launching a rally for all of the top nominees on Friday in Detroit. Pete Buttigieg will join the event - seeking to unify, after a blistering fight between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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I'll watch it.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d agoA former producer of CBS News’s 60 Minutes is interested in launching a rival current affairs show featuring journalists and production crew members who left the network now spearheaded by Bari Weiss, according to a report. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Directly related to RFK Jr's cuts to CDC which used to track this parasite. Now it has spread to 40+ states and causes "explosive diarrhea" apnews.com/article/mich...
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.
apnews.com
I really, really want nice things again.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 6d agoIf you want members of this regime to be held legally accountable, you have to add four seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. Otherwise, they'll protect their fellow oligarchs like they did in 2023. 1. Win the senate 2. Block nominees 3. Elect a dem POTUS 4. Congress adds 4 seats 5. Have nice things
The GOP goes on about protecting women in sports and then goes on to protect Max Miller.
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
Bluesky Friends, I am going post Troy Jackson often to offset the Super PAC dollars against him. Please share 💙
Randomly, for no reason, my 10 year old daughter to me just now: "Baba, you need to lift weights. You really need it. Also, you're balding now. Ewww! Do something about it! I cant see you bald." Awesome. Lovely.
The You-Can't-Make-This-Up file gets thicker by the day.
The two-eyed much shorter brother. I see the resemblance.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last wk.Seth Meyers just referred to Steven Miller as the Cyclops’ two-eyed brother. Biclops. 💀
