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'Yes, but, well, Baltimore.' Engineer, dad, utility cyclist, runner. 🐘: @markt322@mas.to
Where'd the debt come from, Scott? 🧐
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it
wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d agoThe 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.
The full statement from UEFA is remarkable. Members vow not to participate in FIFA competitions unless the entire proposal is scrapped and assurances are made it is gone for good.
this is a more fascinating problem to worry about! claude adopting 19th century eugenic phrenology is a wild thing to think about!
Marissa Skudlarek@marissaskud.bsky.social · last wk.Honestly, I think more people should be worried about *that* — if the models absorb too much text that we’d now consider out-of-date, will they put outdated ideas back into circulation? Both when it comes to scientific & historical facts, and also stuff like racial & gender biases
Did Fauci do everything perfectly? No. He is a human, but he was the sole voice of reason in one of the darkest periods in this country’s history. How can we expect anyone else to do the same in the next crisis?
We're rapidly approaching the dystopia of having people in the developing world being mechanical turks wearing VR rigs cleaning the homes of people in wealthier countries for pennies an hour.
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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The GOP offers nothing but petty assholes acting like assholes because the only thing that allows them to stand out is performative assholery.
Good. Ban the pervert glasses from every event for decent people.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2w ago“The vast majority of the talent and agents at our events felt that these were a violation of their privacy and were damaging and spoiling the interactions at the tables. Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if they were being recorded in secret.”
just ruin and waste and cruelty so the chuds can high five and be like YES WE ARE EVIL AND STUPID
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
A federal judge just ordered all of the Epstein files to be turned over to him and DOJ must defend each redaction. This is solely because of Katie Phang’s lawsuit. Yay independent journalism! 👏
Congratulations to Andrew Harnik for winning an award at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner for this incredible photo that perfectly captures the Trump presidency
bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2w agoThis story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
Critical lesson for all athletes - never bathe a baby or he will defeat you 19 years later
tania ⊹@synthstatic.bsky.social · 3w agoWOW THIS PHOTO IS INSANE LORE NOW Lamine Yamal and Messi will now be competing against each other 19 years after this photo at the World Cup Final
Should you ever feel even the slightest hint of imposter syndrome, remember this man who fell asleep during the game and still tried to be in the winning team’s picture.
Great Uncle Bob@greatunclebob.bsky.social · 2w agoHe fell asleep at the World Cup final
Odyssey racking up numbers. Tate brothers arrested. Donald's national address flopping. An absolute garbage week for the manosphere. Comedy gold for me though.
Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
BaltPOP’s 4‑year anniversary meeting is happening Sat, July 25 at 10am! Join us at the Canton Enoch Pratt Library (1030 S. Ellwood Ave) in the first‑floor meeting room. Agenda: intros, action opportunities, brainstorming. Check for updates: groups.io/g/baltpop/me...
MISSED CONNECTION: You: A Bag of Salad Mix on clearance at Kroger Me: Debating Whether or Not I have enough sick time at work to take you home
“The flyovers will continue until morale improves” ~ Pete Hegseth Q's: Elaborate on that statement, what do you mean exactly 'until morale improves'. Would it have been acceptable if a beachgoer were impaled by a flying object? How much lower are you willing to go?
No reprimands after safety review of Blue Angels flyover at Florida beach
A low Blue Angels flyover of a Florida beach follows other recent high-profile events involving military aircraft that have drawn scrutiny.
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Trump must be impeached for undermining and subverting our free and fair elections. And when he sends ICE agents to the polls, then we must turn civic action into civil disobedience and take to the streets. Sit in. Protest. Withhold our labor. Everything must be on the table.
Ken Paxton recently bought 3 Utah luxury condos worth $1.6 million. He then put them in a blind trust that shares an address with the Dallas home he appears to be sharing with a woman who is not his wife.
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you
for far too long, our nation’s senators have enjoyed the trappings of power without actually exercising their power, and i, for one, would like to start seeing more of them speaking in the voice of men and women who command the power of senator
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3w agothis is what i want and expect out of a senator, it’s why wyden and merkley are the best pair in the senate
this almost always ends in disaster and in this case that’s a plane or helicopter slamming into a crowd during a demonstration. they’re right on the edge already
