This seems bad but who am I to say, I'm not a rocket surgeon either.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."
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@iheartmaps.bsky.social
I have a dog and she hearts maps too. Geographer. Expert traveler. Even more expert eater of good food. Obsessed with my Busy Bee. Left Texas for the tippy-top of the PNW and never looking back.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoI was a little late to the TikTok game, just started to sour on FB / IG / Twitter. TikTok quickly became a regular scrollfest. Got so bad that anytime I unlocked my phone, even going to check email or use my browser, I'd automatically open a social app before remembering why I was there. /1
Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · 22h agoBOMBSHELL 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...
Its a lib "bubble" because MAGA can't stick dick opinions in my face without a block. People like bluesky because unlike Twitter you can curate/filter out stupid bullshit. The only reason conservatives hate it is because they cant force you to pay attention to them. That better not fucking change.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Absolute 🔥🔥🔥 from @johnfugelsang.bsky.social Take away their camouflage -- the awful terrible no good very bad people who hide behind Jesus' robes are the very ones who don't (won't) understand the actual teachings of Christ because they can twist things for their benefit. Don't let them.
The Sacred Slope@thesacredslope.bsky.social · 2d agoLet's...make them find a new name for their sh&**y group. If they want to treat women as 2nd-class citizens, fine. They don't follow Christ, because Christ is the biggest feminist in the whole book - @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ▶️ full ep youtu.be/NvDa1CpdT8c?... #Deconstruction #christianity
But but but Jeanine Pirro said so strongly that they had all the evidence they needed against David Hearn! She was super duper convincing! I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell ya!
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 5d agoIncredible. In normal circumstances this whole thing would be a massive embarrassment to the DOJ and the US Attorney in charge of the case.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Jack Nicholson: 'Ask Me Nicely'
Alt: Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men in a particularly dickish scene where he replies to a question from Tom Cruise's character by saying, " You have to ask me nicely'
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Ben Schwartz@benschwartz.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Besides the fact that reporters were trying to ask the *chief law enforcement official* questions about his own record (inherently keeping it to "law enforcement topics"), if you didn't want to be asked about @jamestalarico.bsky.social, maybe don't have his picture on your podium 😄
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoWow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals
This one helluva story by @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com: On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
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Trending topics, please make more sense. This is why I hardly ever click on you. @joshuajfriedman.com
"I don't question the President's authority or decision making" should be disqualifying for somebody IN THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoDURBIN: Do you think a blanket pardon by the president of January 6 rioters was the right thing to do? BLANCHE: The Constitution gives the president full power to pardon anybody for any reason he wants. I don't question President Trump's authority or his decision to do so.
Never would have guessed in a million years that this is the HQ for a sunglasses company because hi, they're just sunglasses -- and the global emoji is this 😎
Keith Decent@keithdecent.bsky.social · 11mo agoIt was brought to my attention that Oakley headquarters is fucking BONKERS. Let’s get right to the photos (Further context in the ALT)
10/10 no notes, just perfection throughout this well tailored thread
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.This is especially true if a man is built like a threatened anteater. Miller has relatively narrow shoulders and wide hips, which means there's not much shape through the torso.
All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.
Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks! Here’s some great advice he gave me back he was a wee lad of 95. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wnq5zrvcdraakbiw77x6atog/bafkreig3mb76yej32emu5nce6zcd4iedlz4zryvque55exqhfx7vdv7hcu)
GUIDE: Welcome to the Great American State Fair! TOURIST: Incredible! And which state are we in right now? GUIDE: (violently shaking their head) Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Can't imagine being in the two major back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela 👀
Reuters@reuters.com · last mo.Eyewitness footage by former lawmaker Wilmer Azuaje showed the moment an earthquake rocked Maiquetia airport in Venezuela, with Azuaje then showing the damages in the aftermath.
An excellent analysis and understanding of why Republicans are freaking out and screaming about the dangers of socialism (that they often deliberately conflate and confuse with communism) and why establishment [do-nothing] Democrats are also freaking the fuck out.
Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · last mo.Some takes on last night’s primaries…
These candidates are winning with Democrats because the corporate centrist weakling approach has repeatedly failed to deliver the programs we hoped we were voting for. We wanted Mamdanis and got Schumers and Merrick Garlands and it sucks. The voters are not wrong. The party has failed us.
Jaime Harrison@jaimeharrison.bsky.social · last mo.I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.
Iran's Foreign Ministry says no U.N. Inspectors are scheduled to visit bombed nuclear sites. That contradicts JD Vance, who said yesterday that Iran had agreed in the Switzerland talks to let inspectors back into the country.
Iran's Foreign Ministry says no U.N. inspectors scheduled to visit bombed nuclear sites
Esmail Baghaei made the comment to journalists at a news conference in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
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Let's talk about why Trump is obsessing over California elections where he isn't on the ballot and his preferred candidates aren't competitive. And, no, it has nothing to do with Spencer Pratt. But it DOES have everything to do with the midterms and beyond.
Larry David: What Are You F--kin' Nuts?
Alt: Larry David is sitting on a ski lift in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, he turns to his seat companion and says, "What are you, fuckin' nuts?" My guess is this farmer dude in the article below is the one sitting next to him because WTAF.
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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo agoNEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
SML Joseph: Do You Even Hear Yourself Dude?
Alt: Three puppets (like, seriously, hand puppets a la Sesame Street but totally not) are talking, and one of them says "What?! Do you even hear yourself dude?" And the great thing is that the puppet that the comment might be directed to looks eerily similar to Mike Johnson. This is apparently a scene from a YouTube show called SML or SuperMarioLogan but I really could not care less to learn more about it than that. Google it yourself. The point transcends whatever the hell this gif is because seriously wtf is Mike Johnson talking about -- conspiracies so deep that they can't be proven. C'mon, man.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoRAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here.
Me: "Donald Trump wouldn't have allowed little Patrick Bet-David into this country..no Iranians were allowed in this year..How do you feel about that?" Patrick Bet-David: "You are so funny..I would have found a way to get in." Me: "You would have come in illegally? You're pro illegal immigration?"