My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”

brb going to Apetatitlán

Random Restaurant Bot@restaurant-bot.bsky.social · 17m ago

taqueria el hornito; calle Luis Donaldo Colosio 7, San Pablo Apetatitlán, 90600 Apetatitlán, Tlax., Mexico https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=19.3315826%2C-98.19217809999999&query_place_id=ChIJFcjmlOPez4URU5IdY9VorGc

OTD in American History - The Montgomery Riverfront Brawl. May you take a moment to remember what sparked the brawl, the cap that set it off, the swimmer that dispelled myths, and the chair that now lives in infamy. atlantablackstar.com/2023/08/08/s...

Site of Alabama Riverfront Brawl Has a Dark, Racist History. Some See the Melee As a 'Full-Circle Moment'

The brawl that broke out in Montgomery, Alabama, on Aug. 5, at the Riverfront Park happened near a historical site with a racist past. Downtown Montgomery

atlantablackstar.com

so many great tiny details in this

David K. Barnes@davidkbarnes.com · yesterday

Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

"As high as the 1970s" doesn't give that great of sense of the problem, so here's another bit from the piece: "One in three — 32.5% — tested positive in X-rays conducted by NIOSH during the last five years."

Kim Kelly@kimkelly.bsky.social · 4h ago

Research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health released this week has confirmed what many in the Appalachian coalfields knew to be true: black lung rates are higher than they have been in 50 years. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...

For the entirety of my childhood, if we went to dinner and sat near the smoking section, I would be guaranteed a sinus infection. This is still true today! Half an hour in a smoke-my room and I’m wrecked for a week.

William Adler@williamadler78.bsky.social · 15h ago

also, like, everything else. In 1986 people smoked in restaurants. In a "smoking section" right because air stands still indoors suuuuure.

my contribution is we had burrito night a few nights ago and bobbie liked her burrito

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11h ago

for reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.

So this happened to a work colleague today - the white vehicle. (Pardon the actual screengrab from my computer screen). No idea of the damage yet because they're trying to limit the damage.

Now here's a post

I heard “inshallah and the creek don’t rise” the other day.

i plan to get a job that pays $5,000,000 a year for posting good

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 13h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

me: want to post this really cute photo of bobbie with a bug, better cover up her face this guy: WELL YOU COULDN'T SEE MY KID'S VULVA

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

Draw ur oc weilding the 1967 experimental pump-action China Lake grenade rifle designed by Alfred F. Kermode

lol someone did it, they made the show of normal people going "this stupid specific athletic activity could be done by anyone, i'm gonna show those pros" and losing www.youtube.com/@WatchPlotTw...

Running Double@runningdouble.bsky.social · yesterday

There is a new YouTube show that’s just confronting hubristic overconfident chuds with limits of their ability. It is my personal cocaine. youtu.be/86KuFq9SAiU?...

it's cool dude we can have sex we just have to time it for when the bucs score a td so the cops think we're just watching the game

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 10h ago

i'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else

benoit blanc investigates his own past. it doesn't add up. he uncovers clues that his life is a lie. he digs deeper until he finds the truth: the nanobots saved him from the blast and planted false memories. mi5 let him live his "new" life in case he was needed again. and he is.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 16h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

If I had a terminal illness, my My Make A Wish request would be to sit in on an editorial meeting at this magazine www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social what do you have to hide

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon@davecolon.bsky.social · 10h ago

The actual scandal is he won't do an interview on a bike ride with me

every now and then i'm reminded the nasa administrator is a billionaire with a bunch of MiGs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

there is so much to unpack here

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · yesterday

Lean In To Fascism

"they're just license plate readers, why do you have a problem with license plate readers"

404 Media@404media.co · 11h ago

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

“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”

BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs

Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation

pitchfork.com

this is the literacy crisis, what the hell kinds of puns are they teaching our children

I LOVE MY WIFE BUT! (1947) — 3:45 pm ET — 9m (TCM Extras) Dorothy Short, Anne O'Neal, Dave O'Brien; directed by David Barclay A short film about the various types of wives that one can have and how to deal with them. #TCM #TCMParty

I Love My Wife BUT! (1947)

tcm.com

BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

bloomberg.com

okay now he's gone too far

just had the occasion to Remember Some Guys (in this instance Guys is the band Espers) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo2c...

Black Is The Color

YouTube video by Espers - Topic

youtube.com

life is better when it's shitty

Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · yesterday

Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...