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"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

i started this train of thought as a joke but now i do think there's something to the idea that the way to sell the green revolution to the US public is that we're being denied Good Deals on cheap chinese cars and solar panels and there's nothing more unamerican than saying we can't have a good deal

pitchfork in 2006:

I fucking hate Elon Musk and it fucking galls me to say that X's argument is legally correct, but X's argument is legally correct and this law cannot pass even intermediate scrutiny, much less the strict scrutiny that is the correct standard of review

Taylor Lorenz@taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 5d ago

33k people are cancelling me on Threads and I’ve been trending for 2 days straight bc I said that Minnesota’s AI nudification law is bad and has serious first amendment concerns, meaning xAI is actually right to try to get it overturned: www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/minnesotas...

now that it's over: my #TheN0ughtie5 HMs! pretty consensish, i think?

This inspired me to check up on the Banana reviews. Good morning

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d ago

Some more Garfield Goodreads reviews

I don't think anyone has ever had *IT* like no na has *IT*. They are now 3-for-3 on perfect pop songs with genuinely radical production. Now is the time to get on the literal bus

no na - honk! (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by no na

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7 years after I first learned about CDR, back when Climeworks was saying they might sell me a soda or a rock... I finally have my deepest wish... a direct-to-consumer DAC carbonated beverage www.drinkmisan.com

DRINK MISAN

A new lychee-flavored sparkling water, carbonated with CO2 pulled directly from the air.

drinkmisan.com

#then0ughtie5, top 5! Starting with a paean to ladies night, having jeeps & coupes, being 18 and living a crazy life, taking suzuki wheels to the jacuzzi, things of that nature 5. Cam'Ron ft. Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey and Toya - Hey Ma (2002, Roc-a-fella) www.youtube.com/watch?v=m60X...

Cam'Ron - Hey Ma (Official Music Video) ft. Juelz Santana

YouTube video by CamRonVEVO

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jay@kuppermann.xyz · 2w ago

#TheN0ughtie5, days 26-45 (i was on a research boat! sorry for the delays!) VARIOUS ARTISTS - VARIOUS SONGS (VARIOUS YEARS, VARIOUS COUNTRIES) all bangers ofc

#TheN0ughtie5, days 26-45 (i was on a research boat! sorry for the delays!) VARIOUS ARTISTS - VARIOUS SONGS (VARIOUS YEARS, VARIOUS COUNTRIES) all bangers ofc

Yak Hopes They Never Stop Making Grass https://theonion.com/yak-hopes-they-never-stop-making-grass/

AOC advances an amendment that would effectively prevent the lame duck arms transfers, (including defensive weapons) that Biden did around congress in 2024.

Who the hell cares about the birds? Screw the birds!

Brazil turned the “play soccer” dial in the second half

#then0ughtie5, HM1 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina an all-timer, like an eternal flame www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCF1...

Daddy Yankee - Gasolina (Video Oficial)

YouTube video by Daddy Yankee

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If I were, say, the ambitious gov of CA, and I saw what a disproportionate amount of enthusiastic coverage this tiny pilot project has gotten, I would pour an absolute waterfall of capital into expanding it - and another into showing people that CA in fact does build things! But what do I know

Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social · last mo.

"The pilot program, called Project Nexus, is testing solar canopies that researchers say could generate gigawatts of power and save billions of gallons of water by providing shade that slows evaporation." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/c... by @quinnglabicki.bsky.social 🔌💡

There are only two places in the world free from brown rats: South Georgia Island, in the far S. Atlantic, and... Alberta, Canada. S. Georgia Island is rat-free because it's remote; Alberta, because it's been operating Earth's only successful anti-rat campaign. worksinprogress.co/issue/albert...

and now: my most and least modal picks for #then0ughtie5 30. Amerie - 1 Thing (2005, USA) 29. Kinky - Soun Tha Mi Primer Amor (2002, Mexico) youtu.be/o_wvxbu3vWg

Kinky - Sound Tha Mi Primer Amor

YouTube video by Bervatov20

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jay@kuppermann.xyz · last mo.

Arrears! for #then0ughtie5 (was travelling, my bad!) 34. Avril Lavigne - I'm with You (2002, Canada) 33. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (2001, USA) 32. The Knife - Silent Shout (2006, Sweden) 31. DJ Khaled ft Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman and Lil Wayne - We Takin' Over (2007, USA)

proud to have helped cause this to exist

Dave Moore@otherdavemoore.com · last mo.

Olivia Rodrigo's next move for cred with one very specific subset the rock critic demo (me)

after reading one too many reddit threads about any tv show, book, movie, musician, or comic of significant notability:

nige 'dear ratboy'@niall.codes · 2mo ago

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

me: the world cup is so good this year. did you see the Austria/Hungary match guy from before 1918: no, who were they playing?

Also do you ever think about how barnacles are bizarre dune esque crustaceans that have retained the shape of their free swimming ancestors inside a permanent shell

Liv Agar@livagar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Always deeply disturbing to me how much bigger tuna are than salmon

new thread for #then0ughtie5, bringing some bad news 35. Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes (2004, USA) (a consummate power pop banger; after reviewing their 2001 work for that tournament it's impressive how streamlined this is, relatively speaking) youtu.be/Gw0YeT0nJ3A

Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes (Official Video)

YouTube video by rilokiley

youtu.be

jay@kuppermann.xyz · 2mo ago

but then departing; do you really think i would miss out on including 🇧🇷 in the #then0ughtie5 /world cup overlap frame? 36. Tribalistas - Já Sei Namorar (2002, Brazil) youtu.be/lHpOgOX41gE

Turns out I didn’t have to write this because this post summarizes the whole thing www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump wants reporters to know he’s very mad at Netanyahu

The president embraces a time-honored American tradition: cursing out Bibi while funding his wars.

motherjones.com

One of my favorite Cabo Verde facts is that it has a genre of music that arose after an abandoned ship washed up in 1968, carrying hundreds of keyboards and synths

How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde

A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths

theguardian.com

Trump's dipshit war on wind power is over, for now at least.

Trump Concedes a Battle in His War Against Wind Energy

The administration filed to dismiss an appeal of a December ruling that overturned its wind permitting freeze.

heatmap.news

friends and mutuals in the bay! my husband is playing the entirety of his first album at the lost church in SF on june 20th! come thru! thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/inst...