Okay RFK Jr sucks shit but sharing this without context is irresponsible at best, misinformation at worst www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses

The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

RFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."

Feds investing 2.7 billion to build 18 new housing projects in Toronto. Promises shovels in the ground on 4500 homes by end of year. PM inadvertently says "City of Ontario" (before catching self).

Another shot of that scene. Impossible to overstate how impressed my Mom was to see me sitting on TV beside Lloyd Robertson at the newsdesk. #RIPLloydRobertson

Brent Butt@brentbutt.bsky.social · 9h ago

Sitting at the CTV Newsdesk beside Lloyd Robertson and doing our silly little scene together was one of the finest and most surreal honours of my life. He was our first 'celeb cameo' on Corner Gas, and once he'd done it we were legitimized. Because no one was more legit than him. #RIPLloydRobertson

in 2016 Elon Musk said he would build a fully automated factory in Fremont, California for the upcoming Model 3 and he then spent on the order of $2 billion on production lines that didn't work, forcing Tesla to assemble cars by hand in a tent but sure, now he's gonna do it on the moon

Sure, you gotta keep your eye on these big agencies. Ya never know when one of them will buy a jet or something.

TorontoToday@torontotoday.ca · 7h ago

I like how Ireland has bizarro purges where we enforce certain laws for one day

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 7h ago

Over 160 e-bikes and e-scooters were among the items that have seized during Tuesday's day of action among gardaí in Dublin. jrnl.ie/7122443

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The Intercept@theintercept.com · yesterday

The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was “designed to obscure the count.”

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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Great Canadian alternatives to Scotts Miracle-Gro include: Pro-Mix, Golf Green, and Acadie. These brands offer reliable water-soluble, liquid, or organic-based plant foods and soils made by Canadian companies.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d ago

And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...

It’s testament to how hated Rod Liddle was that he’s trending no1 on BlueSky, a platform where most of the accounts on here won’t know who he is.

I note the many memorials to Rod Liddle today pretty much all call him "controversial," so just a brief reminder of what that's a euphemism for

There once was a man called Rod Liddle Who sat to the right of the middle The fucker's now dead And I have just read That if he was a teacher he'd diddle

Sam@samomar.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here's some of his work

When someone like Rod Liddle dies, it's fun to watch journalists try praise him, without mentioning all that stuff he used to say. Like watching Lenny try explain why he should keep his job without using the letter E

I know it's silly to be truly sad about an adult millionaire leaving your baseball team, but I've loved Gausy since he stepped in to catch the first pitch on Pride Night 2023, did it again this year, and (with his wife) has been vocally supportive of the community. He'll always be a Blue Jay to me 💙

To the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.

You know what’s cool? Sharing links to the original story instead of just a fucking screencap.

Jesus fucking christ. This is exacrly why we don’t need these weirdos. Because this is the sanitized nonsense that they are spewing. (A large number of shooters in the Einsatzgruppen were Waffen-SS)

The Crusader Project@crusaderproject.bsky.social · 3d ago

Re-enactors again not beating the allegations. Market Harborough at War today, apparently. @waitmanwbeorn.com @alanallport.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social @andraswf.bsky.social

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City Daily

WILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...

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The great Neko Case having to deal with Hansard back in the day. Horrendous.

socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d ago

I despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...

Burt accidentally gets you hooked on fentanyl

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d ago

“The AI assistant, which Kinney Drugs named Burt, after its founder, was built by a third-party AI pharmaceutical company, Synerio. In the pharmacy’s terms, Kinney Drugs states that ‘Burt may not be accurate, complete or up-to-date and may be misleading or contain errors and omissions.’”

In case anyone is wondering why a woman might offer to cook dinner for her abuser… it might be to keep herself and her child alive.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."

Rapists will never walk away from the Republican Party, this is false bravado

Just Kevin@kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Tate Brothers are threatening to pull their support from Republicans in upcoming elections if Trump doesn’t come to their aid and protect them from facing consequences for their crimes — and they could take their millions of young, male, incel followers with them www.mediaite.com/media/news/a...

In my classes when gentrification comes up I typically try to push students towards 'urban displacement' as the term they maybe want to use instead since 'gentrification' has now become the empty signifier meaning "any change I dont like" for most ppl

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 4d ago

I avoid the term “gentrification” when talking about housing affordability because it mostly describes *how people feel* about neighborhood change, not the change itself. For example, this author talks about how containerized trash pickup will “gentrify” NYC’s streets by replacing parked cars:

Capital One said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.

Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit

Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.

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I had my car broken into and laptop stolen in front of a police station in San Francisco and when I walked in to report the crime the officer on duty asked what I wanted him to do about it

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

wapo.st

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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other people have said much more about this in other ways, but I just wanna say how sick I am of hearing bigots use "speak their truth," which originally meant "talk about the struggles of your life that other people might not appreciate or understand exist," to mean "I get to say whatever I want"

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

7 mo into Covid-19 after grueling 24hr caring for child with the disease, who survived. Showered at hosp, returned to office & informed staff, wasn't retiring the next mo, as had planned. Photo of that moment. This is my "diary". Nobody can change the reality of pandemic for those who lived it...