Aug. 5, 1926: Gloria Dewlow and Shirley Priborshy hold the trophies they won in a Charleston dancing contest at Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park.
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I would like for the rest of the AFC North to make this a very bad season for Rodgers.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoRand Paul: "Particularly during the pandemic, I was proud of any athlete that stepped forward. There were a few. Uhhhh. Jovic. The tennis player." (The name he's looking for is Djokovic.)
Aug. 5, 1926: The federal government concludes that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is legally entitled to collect royalties on behalf of songwriters when their tunes are played in public venues. Radio broadcasters had complained ASCAP was an illegal monopoly.
Aug. 5, 1926: “Don Juan,” the first feature movie with synchronized sound and music, although no spoken dialogue, premieres in New York. The romantic adventure from Warner Bros. introduces the sound-on-disc Vitaphone system, later to be employed in the better-remembered “The Jazz Singer.” 1/9
You know what would actually make Americans actually lose their minds? This E-Mart idea from South Korea of "eat a banana a day pack" so you don't buy a bunch that goes bad if you don't eat it all in time.
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 11h agoDying at this
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
Start of the '26 Banana Wars is going to radically change Bluesky. Bananas are one of the best fruits, with a short lifespan from edible to good for only baking. Once there's a slight mushiness it's over.
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js@js0.bsky.social · 12h ago... I mean, those bananas are both very green AND a little brown around the edges. From my experience they are going to go straight from green to brown with like 15 minutes of mostly yellow. Of course, slightly brown bananas are the best bananas.
Well this sucks - Brooklyn vegan & Revolver have been go-to for me for a long ass time.
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 12h ago“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
This Day in Labor History: August 5, 1993. The Family and Medical Leave Act went into effect. This was an important, if not world-changing, piece of legislation that demonstrates the historical difficulties of groundbreaking expansions of the welfare state in the U.S.
They really sent out Scott to be their front person on medicaid fraud! There has to be a better word than 'hypocrisy' for this sort of shit.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h agoRick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "
The McMorrow protest vote might could make a difference here
Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · yesterdayDDHQ Race Update (est. 25% in): Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary Abdul El-Sayed (D): 199,050 (51.0%) Haley Stevens (D): 177,109 (45.4%) Mallory McMorrow (D): 13,850 (3.6%) Follow more results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/283906
This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.
This fucker keeps talking but recording his ex & daughter like it's a normal fucingaehing to do, what a complete asshole, absolute abuser energy
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTAPPER: 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
It's not theater if there's no actor drama!
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 2d agoin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
BREAKING: The Eleventh Circuit, en banc, upholds Florida's anti-drag law, holding that it is neither unconstitutionally vague nor unconstitutionally overbroad. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
What Did Ancient Rome Look Like? A 3D Virtual Tour of the City During the Second Century AD www.openculture.com/2026/08/what...
What Did Ancient Rome Look Like? A 3D Virtual Tour of the City During the Second Century AD
The description 'open-air museum' has often been applied, in various senses both positive and negative, to the country of Italy in general and the city of Rome in particular.
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On the bright side, i haven't had trouble opening them as i had before.
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posted on fbook this morning by John Law who wrote "Looks like the Billboard Liberation Front is back in the news again." Come see him close the show at Deliaria 2
This Day in Labor History: August 4, 1997. The Teamsters went on strike against United Parcel Service in one of the few major labor victories of the 1990s. Let's talk about it!
Love to see the 1619 Project there, but please nominate/self nominate other America 250 books!
They were humiliated, thrown out of the party, and still they bow and fold. Sad.
The Union Herald@theunionherald.bsky.social · 2d agoSenators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC): "We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon."
My kid is 23 so I don’t “use” the schools. My house isn’t on fire so I don’t “use” the fire department. Hell I have a personal policy about never calling the cops so I don’t “use” them either. And most importantly I definitely don’t “use” the tax breaks I fund for the wealthy.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
This Day in Labor History: August 3, 1931. The Unemployed Council in Chicago led black residents in protecting the furniture of a 72 year old resident of South Side being evicted from her home The cops responded by firing into the crowd, killing 3 people. Let's talk organizing around black tenancy!
us zoning codes be like: getting pissed ❌ getting pistols ✅
slate@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d agomy neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop
Seventeen Seconds Faith Pornography although the Cure also did all right with Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Disintegration Wish
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
