Katiesaurus
@katiesaurusseven.bsky.social
Never read the writers who signed the Harper's letter. Substack supports Nazis. Please use alt text. Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy. BTS ARMY đâˇ
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that New York City is issuing cease and desist letters to more than 40 retailers selling illegal e-bikes (generally, vehicles that can go faster than local speed limits allow). The targeted retailers include Amazon and Best Buy.
Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
ms.now
Me, an astronaut as the launch pad explodes: I think Iâll walk
To alleviate conflict with NASA resources for other crewed launch missions, SpaceX will use Cybertrucks as standby emergency evacuation vehicles instead of the standard military Mine-Resistent Ambush Protected vehicles or MRAPs. But really just seems like they have a glut of trucks lying around.
SpaceX Is Betting on Cybertrucks to Save NASA Astronauts in an Emergency
Tesla's controversial vehicle is replacing a tactical military transport designed to deflect landmine blasts.
gizmodo.com
Decision makers in federal, state, and local governments, along with the people charged with shepherding your retirement funds, cannot stop giving this guy as much money as they possibly can.
George Pearkes@peark.es ¡ 19h agoElon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call.
Alex Blacio is the third teen to die in an e-scooter accident in Chicago this year. And an ER doctor at Lurie told me they're seeing a big uptick in serious injuries from e-scooters & e-bikes - things like traumatic brain injuries, skull fractures, concussions. (1/2)
16-year-old e-scooter rider fatally struck by driver in North Center
Alex Blacio was struck on Western Avenue as he rode home from work. He is the 3rd teen to be killed on an e-scooter this year.
chicago.suntimes.com
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented ârobust root-cause changesâ and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
chicago.suntimes.com
"In another video (screenshot below), at least two migrants are seen wearing a black-and-yellow backstrap resembling a piece of the WRAP device, a full body straitjacket used to restrain migrant passengers deemed 'unruly.'"
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com ¡ 2h agoNEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We donât know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...
This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever enduredâperhaps biggest?âand all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social ¡ 1h agoIran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.
"The missing piece is inequality... Inequality doesn't simply make pandemics worse; it creates a cycle. Inequality allows outbreaks to spread and become more deadly, and pandemics then deepen inequality, making the next outbreak even harder to control"
Africa: Why Inequality, Not The Next Virus, Could Be the World's Greatest Pandemic Threat
Inequality doesn't just make pandemics worse; it helps create the conditions for them to spread, persist and return
allafrica.com
The military will "deploy polling stations deep in enemy territory - within Lebanon, Syria and Gaza - to enable the right to vote for combat troops stationed beyond the borders", Army Radio said.
Israel's army to set up polling stations in occupied Gaza, Lebanon and Syria
middleeasteye.net
If I were a student today Iâd be thinking well If youâre not trying anymore then neither am I. Hereâs $100K, gimme my degree in microbionuclearastrophysics.
âThe proposed award comes after legal service providers across the country have said that the administration has withheld $65 million in overdue fees from the previous contract, alleging it is an attempt to force them to turn over confidential information about the migrant children they represent.â
Gabe OrtĂz@tusk81.bsky.social ¡ 3h agoâThe Trump administration is set to award a multimillion-dollar contract to a small Texas law firm without immigration expertise to provide legal representation for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in government custody during immigration proceedings.â abcnews.com/US/small-tex...
The state has surpassed it's acreage record just two months into wildfire season.
More than 2 million acres burned as Oregon sets new wildfire record
The state has surpassed it's acreage record just two months into wildfire season.
oregonlive.com
"If you came across these headlines as a non-sports fan, it would probably be fair for you to assume that there's a trans woman playing in the WNBA, or at least one at a high level in college." Well said, @laurentheisen.bsky.social. Numerically a nonissue, but manufactured for politics and bigotry.
The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector
A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunninghamâs negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...
defector.com
Universities have utterly given up the pretense of academic rigor.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app ¡ 57m agoâIf it's this embedded in the world, then it needs to be embedded in the learning and in the courseworkâŚâ
Virginia health officials have confirmed the stateâs first known case of locally acquired dengue fever
Virginia resident has stateâs 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News
Virginia health officials have confirmed the stateâs first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.
wtop.com
ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social ¡ 15h agoFed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.
I requested that our apartment building have a covid and flu shot clinic this fall. They have arranged one for October. If you live in a community setting, maybe your management would also arrange one if you asked?
Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.
El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a âknown source state for marijuana as it is legal there,â and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
404media.co
I'm weirdly upset by Stevens's gracious concession, because it makes her lie from just a few days ago that AES harbors personal animus against Jewish ppl all the more transparent. We should discourage lying to inflame tensions against two targeted religious minorities for personal political gain imo
This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com ¡ yesterdayThis likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.
