I’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs

Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶

why is Trent Crimm strutting down the hall with his hands in his pockets to the tune of “Well-Respected Man” the sexiest thing a man has ever done on television this man was engineered in a lab to be catnip for lesbians istg

Gonna be haunting the Lounge and Masquerade Bar with Imzadi and a stack of PADDs at #STLV Look for a gold DS9/VOY jumpsuit captain and if you want a PADD it’s yours while supplies last (couldn’t fit the replicator in my luggage sorry).

When the ground glows green, you know the aurora is getting BRIGHT!

Thank you, Oregonians. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling “Unsafe”.

Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents - and a guillotine - pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.

yahoo.com

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals. www.wired.com/story/the-ma...

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.

wired.com

Libs hate the “both parties” line but it was 100% both parties that went full speed ahead with jingoistic lunacy

The university might add (self-paid) API access, but that is usage-based billing only. In a class of 100 students, we'll have 30 students hitting their quota 2 hours before the deadline. Some can pay $$$ for grades while others experience food insecurity. "equity"

I was not surprised to learn that Matt Horn closed another restaurant. Then I read "Seneca Scott, spokesperson for Matt Horn" and realized that the problems Horn has probably run deeper than being a Michelin award-winning chef who can't run a business. oaklandside.org/2026/08/07/m... #Oakland

Matt Horn closes last Horn Barbecue location amid wage theft accusations

The coals lost their glow at Horn's Oakland restaurant as the renowned pitmaster deals with accusations of wage theft across his crumbled barbecue empire

oaklandside.org

The evangelical gooner filth running the country can get us all killed, but remember that none of them have the good sense to wash their hands or wipe their ass after taking a shit.

Kara Swisher doubling down on the "why is the DSA so upset about genocide," I see.

Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”

You: "You can't put the AI genie back in the bottle." Me, with Solomon's Seal: "Oh yeah?"

You: "You can't put the AI genie back in the bottle." Me, with Solomon's Seal: "Oh yeah?"

Meanwhile all the dipshit evangelicals in the House are holding hearings to try and blame everything on China.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d ago

I guess nobody remembers The Andromeda Strain.

Please, keep talking about how "Claude" "wrote" some boilerplate for you after you spent a fortune on tokens that finance fascism. pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/t...

The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers

I got a great pitch email for Pivot to AI last week: [Mastodon] I am Shriya, reaching out on behalf of Frame Fellowship, a 10-week residential program in San Francisco, US for creators who want to …

pivot-to-ai.com

The amount of Centrist whinging on the platform is annoying.

Starship Troopers (1997): Arachnid Warrior Bug, animatronics testing by Amalgamated Dynamics

What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Meanwhile Newsom's doing his level best to put as much bureaucracy and means testing between a solar panel and your house because his constituency is billionaires.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 6d ago

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

Libs think they gotta pander to those Platner and Fetterman Democrats. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira Donegan

The party’s silence shows how broadly male supremacist thinking has seeped into the conventional wisdom of political strategists

theguardian.com

Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”

Comic about the dangers of living in LA

"Gee Emma why are you voting for DSA candidates…?" cal.streetsblog.org/2026/08/03/s...

Streets for All Hits Newsom Where It Hurts: His Presidential Ambitions - Streetsblog California

If Newsom won't listen to advocates in California, maybe he will listen to advocates in early primary states.

cal.streetsblog.org

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?

I hate how Democrats think they have to pander to most wildly racist, ignorant suburbanite possessed of the 'just world' fallacy. The MediCal asset limits for low-income people with disabilities go from $130,000 to $21,000 next year.

I know I say this frequently but California urgently needs conservatorship reform.

Lawmaker told court her mom had dementia in family property battle. Not so, said doctors

Records show Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías also faced a temporary restraining order for elder abuse.

calmatters.org

Dang, I had to scroll down a loong way in that thread before someone mentioned my pick.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · last wk.

Name a villain who was actually right.