What is genuinely fascinating to me is he captured a political party full of economically literate people and got them to agree to pretend this isn't idiocy.

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.

Crossing the bridge on an Election Day where the main issue is it's so slow I can cross the bridge and post to Bluesky at the same time cc: @iandonnis.bsky.social @tednesi.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social

only in America could there be a bullshit health craze centered around eating burgers, fries, and a milkshake

We’re not changing it.

Dolly Parton's passing is effortlessly proving that if you spend your life being nice and kind and generous instead of mean and cruel and selfish, then apologists for mean cruel selfish bullies won't have to go around scolding people for cheering when you die, because there will be no cheering.

Just dawned on me that we lost two officers of the Red October in a month

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

Attagirl, @karenattiah.bsky.social!

Someone told me "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".

Has there ever been a weekend where the same person was starring in the top two grossing movies? This weekend two people did it - Tom Holland and Zendaya.

Somebody get that guy a FIFA Peace Prize!

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

Could the tide be turning in Russian public opinion?

Russians are growing anxious and angry

The war has come home and is everyone’s problem

economist.com

Lindsey Graham stood up for people - whether it was Brett Kavanagh being confronted by the woman he sexually assaulted, or Donald Trump saying something reprehensible or nonsensical. Now he can answer to his old friend John McCain for what he became.

Personally, Janet Mills is just happy she got through this without anyone finding out about the six years she spent as a mercenary fighting in the Rhodesian Bush War from 1969-1975.

Since the Republican "concern" is based on completely false information about reality from lies told by Republican leaders, it would be a lot to expect a "vision" for solving the nonexistent "problem." Especially since those same leaders have an incentive to make sure the "problem" is never solved.

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

WA Whistles@wawhistles.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?

I've worked with a lot of campaigns, and with a lot of assholes, but I don't think even any of *them* would have thought campaign staff were entitled to political power

Eoin Higgins@eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Platner camp defiant, this was sent to volunteers

Astonishing. I heard about this and expected something that would muddy the waters (at least for people predisposed to defend Platner). This is nothing, or rather, less than nothing (given "she responded by telling him not to do so"), which *strengthens* the evidence against Platner.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"she asked for it"

Seriously. If you've ever spent any time in the left, you've met a Graham Platner

Wagatwe Wanjuki@wagatwe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I don't think Platner is a plant. he's just your run-of-the-mill misogynistic, racist leftish dudebro.

I am once again reminding you that if ICE is speaking, they are lying

Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed during an ICE encounter. Advocates and his family are calling for accountability and an independent investigation looking into his death. The case is adding to growing scrutiny of deaths connected to immigration enforcement operations. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

Just talked to my old friend Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes.

FIFA announces that team USA can use their hands “just if they need to”

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”

politico.com

One thing about a bartender: they can spot a Type

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

AOC not getting behind Graham Platner looks like a chess move now.

let this be a lesson to deal with your feelings of gender anxiety and masculine inadequacy with a hobby or therapy or something and not a high stakes senate election

For what it's worth, I found the tattoo plausibly deniable. Expecting people to have encyclopedic knowledge of iconography is a lot. I still believe him about it. This stuff is, uh, simpler. He must go.

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”

politico.com

if we forced out Joe Biden we can force out Graham fucking Platner

Worst net favorable rating (of 132 countries) worldwide: 123. South Sudan 124. Pakistan 125. Syria 126. Russia 127. Iraq 128. United States 129. Iran 130. Afghanistan 131. North Korea 132. Israel Sister country Canada is #2. The UK we left are #45. Happy 250, America. We have work to do.

Feel like maybe there's a metaphor here?

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Great American State Fair has closed until 5 pm due to extreme heat.