Building on this, Bluesky is the largest social media source of reader donations and membership signups for @thexylom.com. We have received exactly zero dollars from Threads users. I suspect Zuck's algorithm deliberately suppresses institutions such as independent investigative news outlets
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 16h agoAnd for at least a bit of real world data, Bluesky continues to be the largest single source of traffic (after search) to @techdirt.com. I don't think Threads has ever shown up in any list of referrers. Ever.
ok but what about a little baby water buffalo he's just a baby!
Dan Sullivan voted to keep the Epstein files sealed. He then raked in campaign donations from Epstein associates, including one from Epstein's “black book.” It’s sickening. Alaska deserves better than a senator who profits off of protecting pedophiles.
Dan Sullivan Received Campaign Donations From Epstein Associates After Voting to Block Release of the Files
Sullivan cast a vote to stop the DOJ from bringing the Epstein files to light
meidasnews.com
kicking back some beers with the boys, trying to think of an obscure name to rattle off: hey do you guys remember god
Remember Some Guys@remembersomeguys.bsky.social · 17h agoBo Jackson LF-DH-CF-RF Debut: 1986 - Retired: 1994 CHW - ANA - KCR
yeah i'm not really worried that we're gonna lose this one any more. polling might take a couple weeks to catch up but
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22h agoI proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️
Graciousness in both victory and defeat is really really important in partisan primaries, especially when they get sharp.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoDavid Crowley: "I especially want to thank Rep. Francesca Hong. Her campaign reminded people across Wisconsin that there are no long shots when it comes to believing in a better future and fighting to expand opportunities to every family ... the real opponent has always been Tom Tiffany."
In hindsight, this might have been the dagger for Craig. I asked Craig this immediately after ICE officials shot and killed Renee Good and this was the best response she could concoct.
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7mo agoI asked Angie Craig if she regretted voting for the Laken Riley Act after the shooting of Renee Good. She said “This administration is not using any law to do what they're doing in this country.”
ALL HOLES FILLED: pothole repair at RECORD levels NO LOADS REFUSED: large-item trash collection finally working and the payoff?
laura olin@lauraolin.bsky.social · 15h agoThe youths!!!
cenk and glenn are on the "dumbass track"
Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 13h agoCenk Uygur and Glenn Greenwald claim that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on the "Kyrsten Sinema track." "Come in as a progressive, then realize, oh, money and media decides your power within D.C., shift over to money and media."
it’s really important that Eugene Vindman is primaried out in 2028. there should be no tolerance for this behavior. the district is competitive, but appears to be trending left. gotta go.
Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 17h agoSCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
The law is clear and so is the PM who oversaw its implementation!
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ‘not a state of all its citizens’
PM has been accused of demonising Israeli Arabs in lead-up to April election
theguardian.com
@sickosfc.bsky.social yes... ha ha ha... yes
Men in Blazers Media Network@meninblazers.bsky.social · 16h agoWHAT A MOMENT FOR OMAR ARTAN 👏 Two months after the U.S. denied the Somali ref entry to the country to officiate the World Cup, Omar Artan is the first non-European to officiate the UEFA Super Cup 💙🤍
Thinking about posting more about Russ's Orthopedic Adventures
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 12h agoawright starting now let's all post more about things that aren't politics or news. I'll kick off: they took up like half my living room floor because of the Water Mystery and we're walking around on subfloor. however they have indicated that maybe tomorrow we get to take the fans out
this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right
This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · yesterdaySaber Interactive has denied renewed claims that it replaced a former Lead Writer so it could “use ChatGPT” in the development of the recently announced title, Rideshare “Stimulator.” In a statement to PC Gamer, Saber also acknowledged previously undisclosed genAI use elsewhere in the title.
When you want the heat but not the smoke
NHATional Scissoring Day ✂️@nhathanielh.bsky.social · yesterday
ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · yesterday
Nation Once Again Fails To Make Most Of Summer https://theonion.com/nation-once-again-fails-to-make-most-of-summer/
This will be what was needed to put Democrats over the top in November.
VoteHub@votehub.com · yesterdayNEWS — Francesca Hong has talked with David Crowley to concede in the Wisconsin U.S. gubernatorial primary, per Crowley's campaign. Source: WISN 12
A rolling Royal Rumble on the White House lawn between the Secret Service, the would-be assassins, and the would-be suitors.
ceej@ceej.online · yesterdayI hope AOC finds love BUT “hot single president” would incite some of the most insane content ever produced by human beings
Gonna be Frazier vs Folks for Hennepin Attorney. Gonna be a brutal race for Cedrick, give him some fall love.
Minnesota will never forget. We will never forgive. Fuck ICE and all the rest. Go get ‘em Peggy. (Art by La Gata Fea Linocut)
First election I paid any attention to was Bush v. Gore, so... not really?
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2d agoHappening now in South Minneapolis: -creepy federal “observers” watching polling places -state observers watching the feds -community observers watching the whole thing -press watching the observers watching the observers watching the observers Remember when we could just have normal elections
25 Hoover Dam’s worth of grid scale batteries are connected in the US right now.
ARRM4@ar-rm4.bsky.social · yesterdayDamn right it worked! In 2018 the EIA expected the US to have 40GW of battery storage by 2050. We passed that last year! In fact right now the US has over 50GW.
i went and computed this for you because I was also interested.
