five minutes into my first experience as a soccer fan and i’ve already got pulled pork tater tots and a free tshirt. i’m in. they got me.

This is actually a place where those of us who have some seniority and no fucks to give can leverage their privilege. If someone posts a job to a list without salary info, I will IMMEDIATELY reply on-list to say “Before I forward this to great candidates who might be interested, what is the salary?

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 13h ago

My MLS students would like you to know that if you don't post a salary with your job posting, they aren't likely to apply.

Can confirm that the most significant impact of AI on the cultural heritage institution I work for—BY FAR—has been the staff time and technical cost required to defend against the constant, uncoordinated, and wildly inefficient harvesting of our open data.

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 9h ago

#AI #LLM Something I've not seen commented on is the explosion of bot-impeding pages (e.g., via Cloudflare) that now appear before web pages load. The cumulative time waste for human users has got to be in the billions of person-hours. An immense burden imposed on everyone by the AI-bro assholes.

"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."

we must recover the old wisdom

The HWA has apologized for the AI article and specifically apologized for the inclusion of Indigenous water rights struggles in the AI column, and removed the newsletter writer from their board position. I’m deeply appreciative of the apology and of all who expressed solidarity in my post about it.

What a fun way to say "we asked her to resign and she tripled down like the delusional fool she is." What a fun way to say "our trustees are not chosen for their moral fiber or sense of responsibility."

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈@haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 10h ago

Update:

The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees

“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...

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since oscilloscope graphics are doing the rounds again, here's some photos from that time a few years ago when I built a gizmo to show dril tweets (and assorted other nonsense) on my ancient Tek 466

“What about due process,” is such a tell with these guys. Their party goes about systemically denying due process rights to anyone they deem too powerless to tell them “no,” and then insist that no one can ever come to a conclusion about their own actions that hasn’t been adjudicated by a jury.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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?

Keep strong with your actual community. Organize outside of the ballot box. Put not your faith in politicians. Whoever wins here will continue the escalating attacks on our communities and rights, and we'll have to fight them accordingly. We keep us safe. There is no other option.

1. the whole "disappointing night" thing is pure cope. El-Sayed beat the establishment candidate despite being outspent 10:1, that's an earthquake 2. primary polls are just not great and everyone needs to spend the next week going really, really hard for Peggy Flanagan

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

The Seattle library levy is on track to pass with 80% voting yes. The Seattle Times came out against it and was resoundingly ignored. Seattle voters want nice things and are willing to pay for them.

So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy

A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.

seattletimes.com

Tech oligarchs are saying people who make six figures are the only ones who can vote. The president is trying to restrict anyone from getting an art or education degree. But do continue to farm out your books and shows to AI and robots. I'm sure Orwell's 1984 would have had the same ending.

one thing that i found both enchanting and upsetting was becoming old enough (i.e. reaching the age of approximately 18) to learn that pre-scriptural religion does not tend to be codified and as such contains a lot of crap like this where a particular belief exists only in a particular area/time

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 15h ago

"For instance, the Odyssey is the only surviving Greek literary work from the Archaic Period that describes a marriage between Aphrodite and Hephaistos; every other surviving source from this period takes for granted that Aphrodite is unmarried." I did not know this

There's a massive "Weed Washing" station a block up from my house (and a mile from the Wildfire Camp). What's a Weed Washing Station you ask? TIL via Oregon Department of Forestry: Amazing just how much work and care goes into fighting wildfires!

What makes amendment 5's historic defeat is that it wasn't a spur of the moment idea by legislators. This was like two decades of work that then got voted down by a historic margin.

That's what I'm looking for in a cheese

This is my real sticking point: Substack was "actively seeking out and giving large cash advances to not just big names, but key players in the right wing trolling and asshole economy." I would dislike them enough for not kicking out the literal swastika using Nazis but courting bigots = no click

Jane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️@noticingclimate.bsky.social · 19h ago

Devastatingly important work on a devastatingly fascist platform. So many: @anildash.com @karlbode.com @molly.wiki have let you know why and how to leave. It's time to go @mrdtjames.bsky.social.

lol eat shit

🦎 Axolotls Spill Into the Street — By Erik Montañez in Wilhelmshaven, Germany 🇩🇪 Best of Wilhelmshaven Street Art Festival (11 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/08/05/b...

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

In MI-08, an R+1 district with a Dem incumbent, the GOP candidate Trump endorsed is losing by double digits to a guy who'd dropped out last month.

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

Is this the time for me to share that I know some people who lost their jobs during one of the biggest animation job crises in the modern animation industry because Hank Green turned his back on the team that animated Crash Course for years I hate him for AI but I already kinda hated him for this

Corey Brickley@coreybrickley.bsky.social · yesterday

it's crazy to me people still insist ai for research is reliable when we now have an Hbomberguy video's worth of evidence that its unreliability is tanking Hank Green's career

These Republican amendments went down in flames. WE WON!

honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

Fun fact: I got booed offstage in 7th grade by my entire middle school while reading this story at an assembly.

Sarah Pinsker@sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 2d ago

"In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! As if it were afraid that nobody would... ...Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” Yeah, so happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" day?