We pause to remember hero of the Soviet Union Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov. Petrov bravely oversaw the rescue operation that saved the lives of nearly 100 Soviet sailors after a reactor accident befell his submaire near the Grand Banks of Nova Scotia in November of 1984.

If I thought about it I could probably come up with a dozen. My immediate thought: the final days of Sun Microsystems, it should be a miniseries however.

Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · 2h ago

What obscure historical event would you make a movie about if given infinite cash? Mine is McDonalds in Serbia during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Local management was handing out free sandwiches at anti-NATO rallies, made a patriotic sandwich, etc. to counter consumers' anti-US backlash.

Yall probably already know this about me but incase it needs to be said… AI has no place in creativity. Art is inherently accessible. I want AI to make strides in cancer research, not forcefully replace the very thing that makes us human. Do not try to change my mind, this is the hill I will die on.

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

A clip I hadn't seen: Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones talking about how Warner Bros. destroyed the original drawings and cels from the classic cartoons. A truly insane crime against art.

Yeah it’s really unhealthy, it has always been the case what happens in these spaces are not somehow totally disconnected from the “real” world and actually affected people, it’s even worse when this “lol nothing matters” attitude is ported into … everything.

Ok - Now what@ok-now-what.bsky.social · yesterday

It's cool how we now expect the norms of forum culture - particularly 4chan - to apply to society at large.

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.

I had no idea this was online--it was scheduled for tomorrow--oh well! Odie Coyote, Super Genius loved COYOTE VS. ACME. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/24/a...

‘Coyote vs. Acme’ is a fast and furry-ous delight - The Boston Globe

Rescued from tax shelter hell, the film follows lawyer Will Forte as he represents plaintiff Wile E. Coyote in his looney lawsuit against the Acme Corporation.

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As an almost-music major, I very much endorse this, and hope he got to play in a good percussion ensemble at some point!

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗@madisonkittay.bsky.social · 3d ago

Congressman Maxwell Frost just vibin' on a Sunday afternoon. I like having a band kid on our side of the aisle. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social

Make a band bigger: Ben Folds 12

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 3d ago

Make a band bigger: Katrina and the Blue Waves

Just saw Coyote Vs Acme in theaters and yes, everybody needs to go see this movie in theaters at least once

One thing Ossoff is showing that you can hold pretty normie Dem positions but still campaign like you can read the room and understand the high stakes of this election. People are incredulous and angry at what’s happening, maybe common ground is a necessity later but nobody wants to hear that now.

I keep saying it, but the next Dem president whoever they are, needs to understand that once they’re sworn in, our allies are not gonna immediately just go back to how things were. They’re not gonna trust us until we go through 2-3 cycles of being normal

I don't care if 100s posted it already... ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in-between or outside it all: my favorite song is Canadian! (Live from 2007-2008's Snakes & Arrows tour, and yes a guy in a chicken suit manning the roasters.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuL_...

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio (From "Snakes and Arrows")

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Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 4d ago

Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture. Music, art, film, TV. Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.

2.34% of all Americans are trans, according to US government census data. This number absolutely POLEAXES me, and from what I can see in the source data, the number is completely and totally legitimate and based on a colossal datapool of almost 2.5 MILLION respondents. Let's dig in.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 4d ago

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Worth nothing that all these polls using slightly different measures and questions to determine who is trans or gay, but it seems earlier estimates were clearly way too conservative. Also startling that there are about as many trans as gay adults in US.

It's amazing how much of the decline of America in the maga era boils down to "well, we're disappointed that you've destroyed our entire industry but we really REALLY like the racism so I guess we'll deal." Just a repeat of filling in public pools and closing schools after integration.

NEW: The USPS just issued its final rule on mail voting changes, to comply with Trump's anti-voting executive order. Among the changes is the creation of a federal voter database, which the postal agency now argues federal law officials need to more easily investigate voter fraud.

USPS pushes final rule on restricting mail voting forward

The federal postal service acknowledges the new rule will impose burdens on states, but says its necessary to help law enforcement hunt for voter fraud.

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Her industry is journalism/reporting, but I believe her advice's scope expands beyond any one industry.

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 6d ago

I'm probably shouting into the void with this one, but if people stopped dividing people from the person they see on Twitter/their screens/on the airways - and stopped allowing them to dodge accountability because 'they're nice in real life!' - our industry would be in a much healthier state

The latest from YouGov (n ~ 7.8k) -- Good morning to everyone whose job involves communicating about probability: Just under half of Americans can correctly interpret a weather forecast! yougov.com/en-us/daily-...

He is NOT WRONG.

The fact that AI is being read outside of history is a symptom of the fact that people do not read.

There is no reason to accept the right's framing on "DEI" "Woke" or really anything else. Realistic analysis reframes to avoid reinforcing their narrative.

The Official Babylon 5 YouTube Channel (yes, there is one!) has started posting full episodes of B5, starting with the Pilot, called "The Gathering." If you haven't seen B5, go check it out. Premiering in 1994, B5 was a prototype for today's Prestige TV formula. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW...

The Gathering (Pilot) | Babylon 5 FULL EPISODE

YouTube video by Babylon 5

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Departing for home. Where I stayed has a certain donut place, and I'm reminded of Mike D, MCA, and Adrock.

Trump is the lamest of lame ducks. The damage that he will do, and will try to do, over the next few years will be catastrophic. One of our best hopes is to persuade he allies that although he may escape justice, they will not.

The term "Artificial Intelligence" has been (ab)used for a long time. Until the recent work with Large Language Models, there were periods of "AI Winter" where AI did not dominate the discourse. Also, "Cybernetics" was coined at the same time. seanmanion.substack.com/p/machine-in...

Machine Intelligence is not Artificial - Part 6

Dartmouth 1956, The Birth of AI and the Balkanization of Machine Intelligence

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Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 2w ago

What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?

Phenomenal show! I highly recommend anyone who’s a fan of good worldbuilding give it a watch

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘Scavengers Reign’ will premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami starting September 5th.

Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.

For those who want a step by step guide to yeeting the Discover tab into oblivion, never to be seen again:

Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am about to change your life. Go to Feeds. Unpin the Discovery tab. It vanishes, never to bother you again.

I've been tracking every Senate vote this session, and only three senators have single digit numbers for their # of votes with Trump: Markey, Sanders, and Warren. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Tracking Senate Votes 2025-2026

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