"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Oleksii Yukov, the head of the Platsdarm search and recovery team, has been killed.

to add: The west is going to burn, fire has been here longer than the USA has, many Indigenous land management practices work alongside fire. Rather than focusing on who started a fire, we need to work out how to live with fire and how the city became a tinderbox and how to help people right now.

James Stout@jamesstout.bsky.social · 2d ago

Just wanna caution everyone posting about the Spokane fires that an arrest is not a conviction and if we look at LA they haven’t been able to convict that guy.

Digital Repression Incidents in Myanmar (July 27 to August 2) #FOE #InternetShutDown #Surveillance #Digital_Repression #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #KeepItOn Full Report >>> myanmarinternet.info/digital-coup

What did Bari Weiss say we should cut?

garf's favorite daughter@amygarf.bsky.social · 2d ago

every journalism student is familiar with the famous"13 Ws": who, what, where, when, why, which, whence, will they, won't they, whose, why not, and wherefore

Just wanna caution everyone posting about the Spokane fires that an arrest is not a conviction and if we look at LA they haven’t been able to convict that guy.

This wouldn’t be happening if the richest man in the world hadn’t ratfucked the FDA and giant corporations hadn’t taken over our food chain by treating workers like shit.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

Seems like an important detail

Bumping to share what prompted this: I worked my way through Against The State in a single week back in April @jamesstout.bsky.social‘s writing is sincere and straight to the point. I’ll probably be rereading this book as soon as I get my copy back from a friend

Red Dude@r3ddude.bsky.social · 3d ago

I regularly forget how much I enjoy reading solid nonfiction and it pisses me offfff If anyone’s got recs they really enjoyed and learned a lot from, I’d be happy to add to my reading list

Grim story from @gregjaffe.bsky.social and @davephilipps.bsky.social . www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Hell yeah blue anon is back with some ESA coded q drops

AltWatcher@altwatcher.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a few months of mostly sticking to banal news updates, the Alt National Park Service is going back to their conspiracy LARPer roots.

The person identified by Reddit / instagram “OSINT” (very broad use of the term, they just found his name in the comments) as the sea lion kicker denies it was him, & unless he died and grew several inches of his hair in a week he’s not lying. A reminder that nextdoor OSINT is mostly making shut up

A little outdoor industry inside baseball here but I went to OMA and it was great. Nice people, small venue, easy, fun. OR is currently demanding I upload several proofs of identity to attend a show that is dying, bloated, and not that useful for media, and they wonder why people don't want to go.

WLB premiered a documentary film titled “Field of Sorrows,” which examines the systemic weaponization of sexual violence since the coup. Read more in today's Daily Briefing: english.dvb.no/min-aung-hla...

This kind of reminds me of the way people get really mad about an animal expanding its territory by walking into a place that climate change made suitable for it to live. It was not normal, it is now.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm sorry but we're gonna have to stop saying shit like that, Dave.

Spokane Mutual Aid people, HMU DM's open

So, now is a good time to mobilize to help protect immigrant neighbors. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is hosting virtual ICE-spotting & KYR trainings this evening & Tuesday. Please consider signing up. (2/3)

Know Your Rights & ICE Spotting Training with Hands Off NYC [Virtual] · Hands Off NYC

Join us for a free virtual Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your ...

mobilize.us

Seeing your community burn is one of the gnarliest assignments, and it's becoming a more common one.

Mike Satz@mikesatz.bsky.social · 4d ago

This sreengrab from @alexdugganreports.bsky.social Instagram is wild. She’s firing off as much info as she can as quickly as she can. Our local reporters are amazing.

Jack posobiec is currently arguing on X that the only person who can defend Spain from a large number of people from Morocco is Franco, one of the most ahistorical positions it is possible to hold.

I spent the last two days flying over the central Mediterranean with the crew of Sea Watch’s search plane Seabird. Mass deaths continue, with IOM saying at least 872 people died or are missing there this year, while other estimates are much higher. Report soon @irishtimes.com

Stoked to read this:

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com · 5d ago

Autopsies of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests often conclude that movements produced tough-on-crime backlash. My new study in Work and Occupations finds a different kind of movement outcome: BLM changed how local reporters cover cops and jails. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

theatlantic.com

One thing that always impressed me about Glen Hansard was the way he talked about the young man, Michael Pickels, who killed himself on stage right in front of Hansard and his band. He always approached that with kindness even though it really traumatized him

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.

Glen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures

Glen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures

Glen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures

Musician and actor Hansard starred in The Commitments and with his band The Frames

irishtimes.com

Man that Grade Fire is ripping through some of the most beautiful places in the county. I love it out there.

I just subscribed to this, you should too.

jamie loftus@jamieloftus.bsky.social · last wk.

today is we the unhoused’s last episode at iheart, but the show’s vital work is moving to patreon and could really use your support— here’s theo’s statement ❤️

today is we the unhoused’s last episode at iheart, but the show’s vital work is moving to patreon and could really use your support— here’s theo’s statement ❤️

presales for my first novel start in less than two weeks. let's get it together shall we

Google has recognised there might be some ways to abuse this new capability bsky.app/profile/gbru...

Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d ago

BREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.

This is the first state level pushback on Big Bend construciton that I am aware of. www.glo.texas.gov/about-glo/pr...