Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Data Centers for A.I. = dirtier air and dirtier water. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...

Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution

nytimes.com

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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Not a single day has gone by in the past 31 years, that I have not remembered the tragedy that was Srebrenica. While the whole world stood by. I missed the anniversary, but not the grieving. www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...

Thousands mark 31st anniversary of Srebrenica genocide - Vatican News

Thousands of people gather near Srebrenica on Saturday to mark the 31st anniversary of Europe’s worst single atrocity since World War Two.

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The year is 2023. Gas is $3.50 a gallon, you're only in the office 2 days a week, and adley rutschmann is the face of your beloved Baltimore Orioles who are stomping on the AL East on their way to 101 wins. you don't know it will never be this good again

Jones should have been a Oriole for life Mullins should have been an Oriole for life Rutschman should be an Oriole for life

THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...

Why is the president willing to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination? The answer constitutes a blatant high crime and misdemeanor. trib.al/8X4iTwi

We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump’s Next Impeachment

Why is the president willing to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination? The answer constitutes a blatant high crime and misdemeanor.

trib.al

Taking care of a new baby is harder than I remembered. Thoughts and prayers to all the new parents out there.

“.. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.” @reuters.com $COF www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

What the Iranian attack confirms is that Trump is no longer capable of operating in the real world when it dissents from the Trump as God Emperor narrative. He can't process information that dissents from the narrative. Thus he cannot lead or protect us; and we are in danger bsky.app/profile/did:...

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d ago

Where is our government? Trump? DHS Secretary Mullin? Is the American homeland under attack? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

I lived through one in Guatemala. The thing about civil war is that it empowers the very WORST dregs of society. They come out of the woodwork once civil rules have broken down. And it means that good people wind up dead in the ditch with their hands zip tied and plastic bags over their heads.

In the course of their mobilization, the Yankee rebels & their allies…came to embrace a broader, more universal mission.How they did so is a tale of widening horizons that gave every Patriot a place in the fight, no matter how long-settled they were in New England, or how new they were to the cause

Ukraine, in a war for survival, sends firefighters to France. America, in a war to help Trump make more money, can't be bothered to send firefighters to Canada. Zelensky, not Trump, is now Leader of the Free World. Zelensky is respected. Trump is despised, when everyone is not laughing at him.

Rediscovering the power of a Schumann lullaby. Horowitz’s Traumerei on repeat is doing the trick. I’m finding my grandmother stride. 奶奶 for the win.

Can’t wait for the semiquincentennial celebration of the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Baltimore!! @fullstorybaltimore.tours

Was that hail? This is a wild storm!

Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.

“In 2026, we’re witnessing perhaps the greatest example of what is wrong with state government in Alabama and how big money works in our state. I’m talking about the... effort to make Alabama a dumping ground for big AI data centers for rich billionaires.”

I know there's no room for another scandal, but this should be a massive scandal.

‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war

No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures

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Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault

A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."

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Leadership, folks.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Mamdani: "When I make criticisms of PM Netanyahu, they are criticisms of PM Netanyahu. And what I shared were not even frankly personal assessments, they were objective facts ... it's a city where everyone needs to know that their belonging to it is not conditional on how they feel about the mayor."

Ashley Moody transferred millions of dollars away from children’s health care to fund a political campaign. Soon after, she was appointed to serve as Florida’s newest Senator. This is the kind of blatant corruption I’m running to crush. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...

Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandal

As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation

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Ossoff: "The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof you're willing to lie for him. Maybe you saw Jay Clayton refuse again and again under oath to affirm Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, or Pete Hegseth ... There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war"

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states. trib.al/mHi0QgG

RFK Jr. Now Faces Salmonella Outbreak (on Top of Explosive Diarrhea)

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states.

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Schrödinger's depletion.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail

foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/i...

Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam

A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington.

foreignpolicy.com

“It’s about Blanche lacking an ethical backbone and the willingness to exercise independent judgment. I understand why Trump, personally, is desperate to have Blanche as his attorney general. It’s the same reason why Republican senators should refuse to confirm him.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...

Todd Blanche is unfit to serve as attorney general

One of the attorney general’s most important jobs is telling the president “no.”

thehill.com

"’I actually heard Trump may have even wanted to come tonight, but he couldn’t make it — he got caught in sex traffic,' Ms. Cummings said from the stage."

Whitney Cummings’s Trump Joke at Kennedy Center Is Cut From Netflix Special

At the Mark Twain Prize ceremony, the comedian Whitney Cummings made a joke about the president that seemed to refer to Jeffrey Epstein.

nytimes.com

NEWS: WV GOP Assistant Majority Leader Elliott Pritt has been arrested and charged with enticing a minor after allegedly grooming a 15-year-old through Roblox and Snapchat, then having her meet him in his classroom. GOP leadership won't call for his resignation.