Senator Fetterman was on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social , and whooo boi did he sound like a dumbfuck shitbag 🙃

If you research by standard methods you can adjust if you suspect you're working with some sort of bias If you use AI you place all that in a black box and you trust big tech to be neutral. Which it can't be by definition and may not be by design.

Alexandra Gallant-Lee@alexandragallant.com · 5d ago

"I just use it for research" like it's neutral, like nothing built by big tech ever had bias baked in? "It helps me find papers." Okay, but do you think there might also be a chance the plausibility generators surface papers by men more often than women, for instance?

It's no wonder that my care has been shit, when my doctor's notes fucking suck🤗You'd think that at some point in medical school they would've taught this incredibly valuable skill that you will use literally everyday, every time a doctor sees every patient, but I guess not??

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

In May, we spoke with No Kid Hungry Texas, the statewide anti-hunger organization run by the nonprofit Share Our Strength, for further insights into these SNAP cuts, and what it means for overall food insecurity in the lone star state.

The Impact Of SNAP Cuts In Texas

With HR 1, Congress has forced some of the biggest cuts to SNAP in the program’s history. And the impacts are just starting to be felt in Texas, which has the second highest rate of food insecurity in...

texassignal.com

New today: The Harris County DA's Office is investigating whether ICE agents committed any crimes, including murder, manslaughter, and tampering with evidence, when they fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Forcing ICE to answer questions is another matter.

Houston Is Testing Whether Trump’s ICE Is Above Texas Law

After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.

texasobserver.org

The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Defense Department’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category. More from NBC News' Courtney Kube: nbcnews.to/44U4W0q

Trevor Noah's book, Born A Crime, is on here from New Braunfels. Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is on here from Brazosport. Pilot Point pulled The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This spreadsheet is insane.

Frank Strong@frankstrong.bsky.social · 2w ago

While volunteers helped @txfreedomread.bsky.social track book removals from Tx schools after SB12 & SB13 were passed last year, I made a spreadsheet of the classic & acclaimed books that were banned from individual districts in 2025-2026. You won't believe it. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...

But seriously, call your reps! 5calls.org/issue/federa...

Oppose Nationwide Book Ban Bills ⭑ 5 Calls

Rather than prosecuting people involved in child sex trafficking, congressional Republicans are trying to pass a national book ban by turning the …

5calls.org

So glad that we won the war all those months ago!

Samantha Harris@labellaharris.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Gas prices from my last two fuel ups. Diesel is over $5 now, too🙃

All I See Is A Drained Swimming Pool Whoa. Sabrina brought it at the Fort Worth ISD board meeting on 7/21/26, pulling zero punches going right at the Abbott / Morath / TEA appointed Superintendent (Licata) and Board of Managers President (Geren). The connections she’s making are spot on.

This is a great read, and it's also a lesson. This is what everyone could be doing, at every level. This is the possibility open to every one of us, while every single cry of "we had no choice" was and is a cowardly lie.

Kyle Goon@kylegoon.bsky.social · 2w ago

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one.

Flooding along I-10. Pretty wild to see. Stay safe, y'all!

Yikes. There is a swastika spray painted on a dumpster behind the DQ in Ozona, TX😬

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Grifters generating metric f*cktons of slop and bogus biographies about people without consent is absurd, wrong, and, unfortunately, predictable. (See our article all the way back from 2024! ellipsus.com/blog/the-dis...) 🧵👇 (🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...)

Central Texas is flooding this week. Just wanted to update y'all that I'm okay and my part of the county is not currently flooding (parts nearby flooded last July and two people died).

Detainees at El Paso ICE detention say they’re frequently beaten, report says bit.ly/4gAtGSl

Report says Texas ICE detainees report beatings, other abuses

The 84-page report by two human rights groups says 90% of the detainees they interviewed say they were beaten or witnessed others being beaten.

bit.ly

Experimenting with a purple blend lipstick! I tried to do straight purple and Ryan said it looked like I had stained my mouth with grape drank🤦🏻‍♀️

#TXRD tonight!

the D&D manuals: "hey this is all optional, you don't have to get bogged down in logistical details of encumbrance and loading gear" me, a nerd forever scarred by the US Army Air Load Planning training program: "no I need to know the weight and physical measurements of every item in my inventory"

Absolute bullshit. They got $30 billion last year. They just killed a father, husband, and business owner and they’re smugly politicking. Shameless and unacceptable.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 4w ago

Wow: DHS says ICE officers were NOT wearing body cameras when an agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado in Houston, "due to back-to-back Democrat shutdowns." www.chron.com/news/houston...

"Y'all are making a big deal out of nothing; it just means used books have to have No tears or stains" "okay do highlighter marks and underlining in pen count as stains?" *official is unable to answer*

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org · 4w ago

Top story: Every year, Inside Books Project sends around 40,000 free books to incarcerated men and women in correctional facilities around the state. But that vital work is threatened by a new rule in the prison system ...

I want to be extremely extremely clear about this... The more you doubt yourself, the more corporations will take advantage of you. Never hate yourself more than the systems willing to abuse you.

Jandri🔞@jandri.bsky.social · last mo.

The amount of people expressing that it’s totally normal to feel like your own work is terrible is really sad to me. Sometimes social media feels like a contest to see who has the worst relationship with their art and I refuse to be a party to that shit lol

@austinchronicle.bsky.social has an article about how private school vouchers can be used to buy Bible studies, online classes taught by AI, as well as things like horseback riding and Christian summer camps. ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

WA Whistles@wawhistles.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?

I'm disappointed to hear about Platner. I'm not a Mainer, this isn't my fight, but he reminded me of some of the guys I served with: specifically, a guy I was close to, who I sent letters and care packages to through two tours and Ranger School. Who I no longer speak to over political (🧵1/3)