Smoke in my corner of the PNW: it’s inevitable now. Fall, winter, spring, summer, apocalypse is the new seasonal rotation it seems.

This is maybe the perfect example of @gregpak.net bit that replacing every instance of “AI” with “cocaine” gets to the deeper truth of the attitude.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 20h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

um

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 15h ago

A large fire at a chemical plant in the Quilicura commune of Santiago, Chile 📸 Javier Torres

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

i am not sure there has been a person in history who enjoys campy theater as much as trump and who will end up more hated by every single person who has ever participated in it

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Miller is like a walking K-Tel record titled "Golden Classics of Domestic Violence." Track 1: "She's Crazy!" Track 2: "Those Lying Bitches" Track 3: "Parental Alienation Blues" Track 4: "Where's My Due Process?" Track 5: "Actually, She Abused Me" Track 6: "It Takes Two to Tango"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h ago

MAX MILLER: She's 2.5 years old. She doesn't have the ability to articulate what you just said. TAPPER: But you just told me that she said she was scared to go to mommy's house. Now you're saying she's not capable of saying "Daddy kill you"? MILLER: What about due process?

All great families should follow this progression.

Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 22h ago

This should be much bigger news

Gail Waldby ❌👑@gailwaldby.bsky.social · 2d ago

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I’m Ashamed of My Country”: Biddeford, Maine Locals Grieve Neighbor Killed by ICE

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero is the second person killed by federal agents in less than a week.

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Multitasking: pretending to pay attention during a meeting while also screwing down an SSD to an adapter.

When Whitehouse is on, he's on. This is a flamethrower.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

I'm not saying that one should go make up stupid shit at city council meetings in order to poison LLMs with disinformation about the rewards of dismantling fascist surveillance technology, but if one were going to do it this is the sort of result one might anticipate.

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 2d ago

There you go. At least a kilo of copper and $100 worth of gold, minimum. The Answer Machine verifies this.

Crow: I have the high ground.

Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”

The country's foreign minister called Rubio's claims a "desperate attempt to justify the current genocide of the Cuban people through collective punishment."

Marco Rubio's Latest Claims About Cuba as Espionage 'Superpower' Decried as 'Completely Batshit Insane'

The Trump administration is escalating tensions with Cuba, accusing them of espionage and terrorism. But are these claims just a pretext for military aggression? Is Cuba really a threat to the US, or is this all just a dangerous game of political manipulation? #Cuba #USRelations

commondreams.org

public libraries ftw

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

This is the author's evidence of "the left" hiding "positive" things that Trump has done -- the networks refusing to air a speech in which he spread malicious lies about our democratic institutions. Doesn't name a *single* actual good thing Trump has supposedly done that's been hidden from people.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d ago

Opinion: The most powerful sword the left wields against Trump and is omission. Selective silence. Hide the positives, and the American people never hear them.

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

I have watched this at least 10 times, because it is perfect. It makes me smile every time. youtu.be/pwvS3G5AV9w?...

Zac and Lily melt everyone (Game Changer edit)

YouTube video by Joe Lollo

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Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 5d ago

There is a segment of the latest episode of Dropout's Game Changer I keep rewatching because it is such an incredible combination of teamwork, nervousness, and pure joy. An AI video generator could never dream that up.

Sunday night marked the sixth islandwide blackout since the Trump administration effectively cut Cuba off from oil — its main energy source — in January. The move plunged the endemically crisis-stricken country into free-fall. https://to.pbs.org/4xjAUiI

Cubans sleep on Havana's seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat

Cuba suffered its sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.

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Parents should decide the right level of tech oversight for their family. Congress shouldn’t mandate one model for everyone. But that’s the model of the CHATBOT Act. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing education, and the way people search for information. Parents, teenagers, teachers, and schools are struggling with tough questions about when AI should,

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Perfection!

Jjinandtonic@jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 2d ago

🎶At .8c, upon Haven we steal In silence dread, the cold soprano way we deal No cuts at all, we never trim a word More jargon for the sci-fi nerds!🎶 -the Webers of Penzance

Watching Star Trek TNG over again, with my 13yr old. I think this show fucked up my generation because it convinced us that villains tend to concede when Picard points out the moral consequences of their plans, and their unforeseen impact on other people’s rights and dignity.

Crow: I have the high ground.

Love how the furry looks like the one in this photo who's a little worried this friendship going public is going to hurt his poll numbers.

Chaparral Coyote@acute.dog · 2d ago

mamdani feeling the furry joy is the energy I need this Monday

A) The state should not be in charge of dictating which texts are/are not worthy of study B) Discussing reading lists absent pedagogy is a form of textual fetishism that misunderstands teaching C) Cultural literacy cannot be disentangled from Hirsch’s belief in the primacy of authorial intent

Annie Abrams@annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d ago

I have a lot of thoughts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

I love this so much

Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 2d ago

Very short notice, but I just saw this. The MyPillow guy is getting dragged into Minnesota's campaign finance court for giving away pillows as campaign promotions at a 4th of July parade, allegedly in violation of a law prohibiting the provision of monetary value to win votes. Hearing in 10 mins!