The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
theatlantic.com
I am once again begging my senator to fix the crosswalks in my town
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h agoWolf Blitzer: Why is Israel, another country, your red line right now, this is what your critics are saying, rather than a domestic issue that impacts Americans' everyday lives? John Fetterman, visibly confused throughout the entire interview: Yeah, absolutely.
Grokipedia hasn’t been updated in 3 months. Edit requests land in a queue and stall “In Review”. The autonomous edit bot is not editing itself, either. We did an analysis of edits, page view counts, and more. Auditability matters as agentic systems become reference infrastructure.
Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 2h agoGrokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
huffpost.com
Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
Come for the Shunt, but stick around for the Dandrich. Hear the sketch in our newest episode, available wherever you get podcasts. ez tinyurl.com/Superego-Pod...
In WSJ's ticktock of the Pirro flipflop, they reveal Pirro was PAYING AUSAs $25K bonuses. To stick around. 👀 Given pretty clear GJ misconduct laid out in Davey Hearn's response to the MTD, that looks really really suspect.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h agoWhat Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
Job one is cleaning up the billions of tons of razor-sharp, highly abrasive and electrostatically charged moon dust particles. 🌖
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h agoManaging THAT crew will be the ultimate expat job.
Managing THAT crew will be the ultimate expat job.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
"diminishes the gravity...denigrates the work...excuses criminal acts..." The judge who handled the Oath Keepers Jan. 6 prosecution expressed dismay at how it had all unraveled under Trump, even as he acknowledged he lacked authority to override DOJ's choice to wipe the slate clean buff.ly/WgAx5pq
Huge thanks to Bernice Yeung for joining me on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to discuss her recent @thebulletin.org feature, "The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex," which traces the long, on-again off-again on-again relationship between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon.
When he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Rogers (the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan) publicly took the position that "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Colbert had some fun with that: crooksandliars.com/cltv/2013/10...
Colbert Savages NSA And Rep. Mike Rogers In 'See No Evil' Segment
Colbert Savages NSA and Rep. Mike Rogers in 'See No Evil' Segment
crooksandliars.com
Did DNC leadership spike a report saying they are a rich, out-of-touch political class, insulated from ordinary people’s life experiences? We’ll never know bc they misplaced the single print copy of the report, delivered in a binder during an in-person meeting.
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
nytimes.com
Even the people I know who use AI would say yes to this. How addicted do you have to be to think people who got on their whole adult lives without AI would, curl up and die without it?!
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 10h agoI have one answer.
8/ And in the context of the post-Watergate reforms, Congress repeatedly opted to give itself a hard check on the presidency. The Supreme Court came in and wrecked all that, leaving reliance on presidential good faith as a fallback, not as the original design choice. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The <i>Chadha </i>Presidency
<p><span>Where is Congress? Why hasn’t it reined in some of the worst abuses of the Trump Administration? This Article argues that a significant part of the ans
papers.ssrn.com
I would say fuck em they voted for this, except for diffusion, so fuck us all I guess
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 6h ago“If built as planned, the gas burning plants — scattered across states including Texas, Ohio and Wyoming — could release as much planet-warming pollution in a year as roughly half of all the passenger vehicles in the United States.”
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org *Waves* Just as an 2FA introduction, I am MarkZ from the Greek Chorus. Found Lawfare via interest in computers, security, and the law. I am one of your people after planting sunflowers and tweaking embassy noses. And dog shirts. And Klio.
There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.
AILA@aila.org · 4h ago"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m
“The government's account in its Motion to Dismiss of when USAO-DC first learned of the liner's pervasive failures during a defense expert's inspection on July 17, 2026—is false, and flatly contradicted by its own records.”
Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 4h agoHearn’s attys allege a National Parks Service Damage Assessment dated before indictment showed preexisting peeling and damage at numerous locations throughout the pool. 2/2
Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, responding to Jeanine Pirro’s motion to dismiss, seeks dismissal *with prejudice.* Trump’s & Burghum’s conduct after dismissal show case’s political motivation & danger of harassment & re-prosecution. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
At least 17 people were killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv last night. We weren't able to intercept a single one. I haven't felt this angry since Russia was launching daily ballistic strikes on Kharkiv from right across the border, while our allies forbade us from using
A new survey from @knightfoundation.org and @ssrsresearch.bsky.social reveals a disquieting decline in how free Americans feel to use the freedoms protected by the #FirstAmendment without government interference or punishment. 🧵
Knight Foundation-SSRS Poll: Americans Feel Free Expression is Eroding - Knight Foundation
For more than two decades, Knight Foundation has commissioned research to better understand Americans’ lived experience with the First Amendment and free expression. As the country marks its 250th ann...
knightfoundation.org
Watched The Halloween Apocalypse and it's clear what an absolute departure for #DoctorWho Flux was: this isn't like any of Who's other half-hearted efforts to do themed seasons where really they're just normal seasons with loose ties. This is an actual single story told over six episodes.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/david-elli... CNN reporters were not amused by David Ellison's op-ed in the NYT.
![The piece was "insulting," one CNNer told Status, adding, “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS. You can’t just write an op-ed and erase that.” Another CNNer said it was obvious to them Ellison "says whatever is best for him to get the merger through."
"The thing David Ellison seems to be missing is the wild mismanagement and disrespect that Bari [Weiss] has displayed at '60' and CBS," a third CNNer told Status. "These people just simply do not know what they are doing. We see it. And we don’t want it here."
Indeed, several CNNers said that Ellison's stewardship of CBS News had caused them to lose confidence in his ability to run a news organization and sour on his repeated assurances about respecting the independence of newsrooms. In The Times essay, Ellison wrote, "I understand that promises from an executive in the middle of a merger invite skepticism. So judge us by the year we just had."
But the last year at CBS News has been an unmitigated disaster. Most notably, Ellison allowed his handpicked news chief to take a sledgehammer to "60 Minutes," firing multiple correspondents and senior executives from television news' most prestigious broadcast—in most of the cases, without ever stating a cause for the dismissals. Beyond that, Weiss' tenure has been defined by her expunging those she is not ideologically aligned with, presiding over the worst ratings of the century for flagship programs like the "CBS Evening News" and "CBS Mornings," establishing a cozier relationship with an overtly corrupt White House, and sending employee morale cratering to astonishing lows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicybrw5xm7wnrleduxjtlfwlrcvjzs7qwwjijswwlluzh5x67iadi)
🇺🇸 The United States depleted approximately 80% of its THAAD missile interceptor stockpile during the war with Iran. militarnyi.com/en/news/cnn-...
CNN: U.S. Fired 80% of Its THAAD Interceptor Stockpile During War with Iran
The United States depleted approximately 80% of its THAAD missile interceptor stockpile during the war with Iran.
militarnyi.com
Apparently we're paying $25K bribes to AUSAs to convince the to risk their law license working for a shitshow DOJ. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Unusual drone sighting situation at Leipzig airport in Germany: a drone, possibly armed with some kind of explosive, has been found on the ground at Leipzig airport. Later, an aircraft reported a collision with an unknown object. More info certainly to follow. www.bild.de/regional/lei...
Neue Details zur Sperrung am Flughafen Leipzig: Drohne trug ein Päckchen mit Zünder
Drohne mit möglichem Sprengsatz stoppt Flugbetrieb am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle.
bild.de
