It's kind of funny that we have unparalleled technology to take good photos -- even using a cell phone -- and yet people are still turning to AI for doctored headshots.
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Does the Catholic Church or a Catholic Republican attorney general get to decide what a Catholic school's religious exemptions policy on vaccines is? www.osvnews.com/florida-ags-...
It’s almost like they want people to defect to Amazon.
Abu Aardvark@abuaardvark.bsky.social · 5h agoTried to pick something up in a DC CVS and good lord they really have made it impossible to shop there. Everything locked up, police strolling around the aisles, very few staff. It’s hard to fathom such an aggressively anti-customer retail outlet. Amazing.
Colorado climate case is first up at the Supreme Court when the new term starts in October:
Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it
President Donald Trump repeatedly campaigned for his second term as a champion of free expression, vowing in his January 2025 inaugural address to stop what he described as years of "government censor...
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I was one of a handful of reporters at the Old Bailey for his 2016 trial. In one video seen by the jury he said: “The beauty of the white European woman is at stake ... Do not let this Jewish foreign enemy rape her out of these lands." www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith...
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
To be fair, blue cities don't like him either
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
NEW: The curious tale of the right-wing attack on the climate change chapter in an obscure scientific reference manual for judges, featuring Donald Trump, Elena Kagan and an upcoming Supreme Court case: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
How a wonky reference manual for judges prompted a firestorm over climate change
The president has called for an investigation into the once-obscure scientific manual, and Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who wrote its foreword, has faced calls to recuse herself from an upcoming...
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Who ever said the markets are rational?
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3d agoHere’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market.
If it makes sense financially, Villa should absolutely bring Grealish back. www.thesun.co.uk/sport/399431...
NEW: The curious tale of the right-wing attack on the climate change chapter in an obscure scientific reference manual for judges, featuring Donald Trump, Elena Kagan and an upcoming Supreme Court case: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
How a wonky reference manual for judges prompted a firestorm over climate change
The president has called for an investigation into the once-obscure scientific manual, and Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who wrote its foreword, has faced calls to recuse herself from an upcoming...
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Trump “came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. “My god." — Brad Karp, then the chairman of the law firm 2/2
Just plain weird www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation
President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.
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An aside but I find the term “cultural elites” interesting.
Joe Dudek@joedudekjd.bsky.social · 5d agoJudge Ho might have dislocated his shoulder patting himself on the back in concurrence, despite failing to say anything of substance in response to Judge Willett's withering critique.
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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Philip Bump@pbump.com · 5d agopleased to announce the Winner of Bluesky
This is something a lot of us have noticed over the past year. Good on the NY Times to lay out all the data and show that it isn't just Ben Shapiro who is losing his audience -- it's the entire right-wing media ecosystem. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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They were probably just bopping along to the soundtrack like everyone else
Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · 5d agoA real question: were classicists acting this insane about O Brother, Where Art Thou when it came out
Like a weaponized version of the Dunning-Kruger effect
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d agoIt is not just that Fauci is held to a different standard. His critics are held to no standards at all. They routinely say insane or untrue things. We saw one of the most extraordinary public health officials in the world being lectured to by public health cranks.
“The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price,” said ABC its new filing with the FCC, which was made public Thursday. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
ABC is done playing defense against the FCC - Poynter
The network's unusually forceful filing accuses the FCC of retaliation and warns of a chilling effect on the media
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Interesting times. First UEFA and now Concacaf push back on King Gianni, first of his name. www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Concacaf says it rejects FIFA's proposal to sell World Cup stakes
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A Maryland county's restrictions on guns outside places of worship has been challenged not just on Second Amendment grounds, but also as a violation of religious rights under the First Amendment: nclalegal.org/press_releas...
NCLA to Court: Stop Maryland County’s New Ban on Religious Community Self-Defense with Firearms
The new Montgomery County law creates serious constitutional problems, especially in light of recent attacks on Jewish people and institutions across the country.
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