It was 103 degrees here yesterday. Today we get Really Bad Air. While today the high will only get up to 100, in a few days another "heat dome" is forecast with possible high of 105.

A handy explainer to share

I hope @normeisen.bsky.social sues Pirro, the DOJ, and whoever else was involved in this pathetic prosecution. I feel badly for Mr. Hearn and just note that this shitshow could have happened to anyone. Mr. Hearn is fortunate he didn't end up in prison.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d ago

Total humiliation for the whole squad

If Cornyn and Tillis don’t believe Blanche’s clear but unwritten promise to kill my $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, then I’m just going to have to bring back my $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund

One of the three chicks at the Boulder Fairgrounds osprey nest. They are all full grown, now. They don't need as much fish as they did when they were growing. All have fledged. All are enjoying the last weeks together before they all migrate -- separately. Webcam screengrab. #birds

91 degrees in the shade perfect for a mostly nekked (shaved) cat on #takeanaptuesday

About time that Andy stepped up.

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · last wk.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday demanded more transparency from Sen. Mitch McConnell: “As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign" www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

@jonlemire.bsky.social hi! Are you still posting here? Just wondering…

Bash needs to say what we are all thinking: "WHY ARE YOU LYING?" What's wrong with her? Geez.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

HOMAN: I wouldn't say that mistakes were made. We'll see. BASH: Well, we've seen with our own eyes that mistakes were made. Deadly mistakes were made. At least 5 of them.

Yep. Me too.

"I'm a Librarian!" -- Evelyn in The Mummy (1999)

Sophie’s “lion cut” has helped her be more comfortable in this endless heat wave we are having. The vet reports her KD bloodwork values only went up a little. So good news. #caturday

When the president makes statements about the war, they are full of wishful thinking, hyperbole, and outright lies. The public needs to demand the truth from Trump and Hegseth. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War

The president and the Pentagon are not being upfront about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.

theatlantic.com

My big floofy kitty Sophie got her summer shave yesterday (a bit late). She will be much more comfortable in the heat, and now that all the mats are gone.

🎯

For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord

Via the IR cam at the Boulder Fairgrounds Osprey Nest. The fam (mom, dad, and their three chicks) have settled down to sleep. Webcam Screengrabs. #birds

Osprey Chick TWO fledged late Monday. Now all three chicks have fledged at the Boulder Fairgrounds nest. There were four eggs; one was a dud. The three chicks and mom and dad are all healthy. Webcam screengrab #birds

Rather this than drunk 32 yo hit and run who killed a toddler share.google/bb5qoDqyL5KZ...

ARREST - Fatal Hit-and-Run of Child

Following an extensive and thorough investigation into the fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of a young child on February 15, 2026, in the area of Village Vista Drive, Erie Investigators named t

share.google

Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀@lissaharris.bsky.social · 3w ago

this isn’t even the only facade in my village (pop. 500-ish) that a car helmed by a slightly out to lunch senior has done a Kool-Aid Man straight through in the past 15 years

Calling it. The regime is gonna make Taco Bell the scapegoat of all their cuts killing food safety, giving us explosive diarrhea. And Trump at rallies will brag about how many Taco Bells he closed.

NOTUS@notus.com · 3w ago

The Crunchwrap is not so supreme anymore. The ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak has been traced back to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states, the CDC announced late Thursday.

What a nutcase. Way beyond Jesse Ventura level. Great article by the peerless @davidcorn.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The most extreme GOP candidate in the nation

He's a Christian fundamentalist who hunts demons and says he killed a man when he was seven.

motherjones.com

Murderers

The two ICE agents who murdered a civilian in Biddeford, Maine today. Let's make them famous.

It took months and having to get approval from the HOA but I finally got a screen door at the new house so Sophie can look at the birds

@sm9eb.bsky.social you prob don’t remember I whined about losing an archeologist on social media and was so sad. I found him on X and he is Hugh Thomas. I think he focuses on his YouTube channel now. Sigh. Change sucks. I want to be immersed in ancient archeology and forget all this other crap.

US government rescinds $10 billion freeze for 5 states governed by Democrats reut.rs/4ype7DC

US government rescinds $10 billion freeze for 5 states governed by Democrats

The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded a $10 ​billion freeze on child care subsidies and ‌social services funding for five states governed by Democrats after legal obstacles got in the way of ​the freeze attempts, court records showed on Monday.

reut.rs

A plane helping fight the Gold Mountain fire crashed this afternoon into the Silver Jack Reservoir in Gunnison County. The status of the pilot is unknown. (h/t @stinasieg.bsky.social)

yeah. Democrats, stop being friends with fascists. it's not hard.

brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · 4w ago

I get they aren’t going to dance on his grave, but I’m so tired of these Democrats who see Republicans as their friends who they just have polite disagreements with. Lindsey Graham was a monster who tried to end American democracy while cheerleading wars abroad but so glad he was nice to you.