John Loeffler
@johnloeffler.bsky.social
He/Him | Science & technology journalist. Formerly US Computing Editor, TechRadar, bylines at GamesRadar+, Space, LiveScience, Interesting Engineering, and elsewhere
Cop murdered a baby over the shoplifting of diapers. Mississippi AG says there's no problem with that.
Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 3d agoJUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.
Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/
Wait'll the folks who are mad at Zuck for muzzling No Kings get wind of the Rohingya genocide.
Hot take, this is a great idea and I fully support it
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d agosentient
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
So LiveJournal sent me an email congratulating me on my old LiveJournal page turning 22 years old, along with a link to the still existing blog, and I cannot express how much psychic damage I just took rereading the thoughts of my younger self. I do not recommend.
wow what a touching and inspiring story that could literally only happen in america 🇺🇸🦅
Greta Gerwig was the right choice for these films. Give her all 7 of them.
Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · last wk.The first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW’ has been released. In theaters next February. #Narnia #GretaGerwig
I should have never smoked that shit now I'm in unreal tournament
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 2w agoArguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
This book had me sleeping with the lights on when i was six bsky.app/profile/slee...
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 3w agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
gizmodo.com
thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time
Two families who faced harassment and racially derogatory comments from the owner of a Smith Mountain Lake property where they were camping in 2020 have received $420,000 each in restitution. The property was sold to facilitate the payments. virginiamercury.com/2026/09/04/r...
Restitution delivered for Virginia families in 6-year housing discrimination case • Virginia Mercury
After a jury sided with the families in their case last year, Smith owed the families nearly $800,000. Smith’s 18-acre waterfront property has since been sold, facilitating the payments.
virginiamercury.com
With their parents' permission, I interviewed Riley about their self-dubbed "master plan" to prank Harrow, and whether we should, in fact, be more frightened of children. (Riley says yes.)
Be afraid, be very afraid - C-VILLE Weekly
When we featured local author Alix E. Harrow on our August 19 cover, we never thought it would follow her to her kids’ bus stop. On August 25, Harrow posted on Bluesky: “one thing i didn’t anticipate ...
c-ville.com
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
This is the funniest shit. Florida allows religious exemptions for vaccines. Catholic schools in Florida: we require vaccines. Florida's attorney general, who is Catholic, is threatening to pull vouchers if they don't allow for religious exemptions The Bishops: separation of church & state
Catholic bishops remind attorney general about separation of church and state
“The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious,” wrote the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
miamiherald.com
This is what datacenters are taking from you
The Emotion Engine@emotion-engine.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn this economy?
