it's 2027. the new law in britain is that you must now carry a "piss cup" tied around your neck everywhere you go. it is not strictly required to have the face of king charles printed on it, but if a bobby (police-person) asks you, you must produce one as proof of your allegiance.

PANTONE 448 C FTW

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 4h ago

This is low key one of the most important popular studies that supports the societal importance of art history. So much so that I am doing everyone here a solid by not allowing the article preview to show, the images of which will haunt you for life. english.elpais.com/health/2026-...

she's deployed this strategy again and again, only deviating where her vote was a deciding one, a la Kavanaugh

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · yesterday

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

And the rest of the country would be better for it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

Google Assistant’s days have been numbered for a while, but the company has now settled on a date to retire its pre-AI assistant robot.

Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4

Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.

arstechnica.com

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Wild what powerful people will just straight-up say on the record.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 24h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

YES

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Prosecutors say Maduro’s regime hired the street gang Tren de Aragua to kill a political dissident in Chile. The Venezuelan leader suspected of ordering the hit continues to be a key player in the country’s Trump-backed government.

He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.

Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile. The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerf...

propublica.org

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

Mfer could have had a fairly normal IPO with his one company that makes money (off lucrative & sketchy government contracts) but his entire fortune relies on a shell game: xAI (aka Grok) "acquired" X (aka the platform Grok is on) and was "acquired" in turn by SpaceX to hide their staggering losses.

NEW: After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.

James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.

propublica.org

the replies to this are an amazing illustration of how powerful a force partisanship is and how it can break your ability to comprehend reality (descriptive statement, not normative)

ProPublica@propublica.org · 13h ago

NEW: After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.

Discovered a cursed photo subgenre: "grift hands"

Blacksky users on a Bluesky PDS may be experiencing some problems, which means the Blacksky app or the Blacksky feeds may be slower or down for those users. Migrating to a Blacksky PDS may also be riskier. Users on the Blacksky PDS (like users with a blacksky.app handle) should be unaffected

Bluesky Server Status@status.bsky.app · 13h ago

We are investigating various alerts coming from our PDS fleet status.bsky.app

If you'd like something even more dangerous, our archive is so old that we don't use these fancy modern rolling stacks. Ours are attached to a motorised chain that runs the length of the room. This means sometimes they like to move by themselves just a little, enough to keep you on edge.

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · yesterday

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

“Boston is a threat to the country.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h ago

Trump: "The thing they should look at is blue states and blue cities. Cities run by Democrats. Because that's really the threat to the country. Because they're a disaster."

Moar Please www.curbed.com/article/ken-...

After All That, Ken Griffin Is Not Leaving New York

The hedge-fund CEO made a big to-do about Mamdani’s pied-à-terre message but in the end is sticking to his 350 Park headquarters.

curbed.com

Unbelievable backside flip. Dude in the car clearly a skater because he knows you only get one take that good

Jerad Walker@jeradwalker.bsky.social · yesterday

I hope this guy just drives around town cheering everyone on.

A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ). www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/t...

A Third Delaney Hall Detainee Has Died, New Jersey Congressman Says

Rep. Rob Menendez said ICE confirmed details of the death, which took place weeks ago, to him during an oversight visit to the facility on Monday.

thecityreporter.nyc

This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.

It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.

It's Greg! I love Greg. Ale is playing with the carousel feature. It works really well with Greg!

Ale@alepresser.com · yesterday

Meet Greg, on SideQuested.com ! #webcomics #comics

TAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed

MAX MILLER: She's 2.5 years old. She doesn't have the ability to articulate what you just said. TAPPER: But you just told me that she said she was scared to go to mommy's house. Now you're saying she's not capable of saying "Daddy kill you"? MILLER: What about due process?

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

TAPPER: The story says when you were picked up for drunk driving, you have ecstasy in your system. When is last time you used illegal drugs? MILLER: I mean, the last time -- I don't know, several years ago? TAPPER: Two? 20? MILLER: This is testosterone replacement theory. Secretary Hegseth ...