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Irish guy in SF Bay Area, California. Internetting since 1987: it's been a long, strange trip. My daycare was the Clondalkin Laurels Pub (thanks Mum!) & a mag tape server room with endless rows of blinkenlichten (thanks Dad!). @meehawl on mäʂtỏ & the bird.

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Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3h ago

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

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McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 15h ago

LEVEL: Situation Room 🪖 $5M/mo ✅ Everything in Patriot ✅ Free 30-day trial as Cabinet member ✅ Dick pill ads down to 75 seconds Invasion Persuasion 🌎 Vote in presidential finsta polls on upcoming military intervention and strike targets. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sub...

Subscription Tiers for Truth API, President Trump’s New Premium Data Feed

“Truth API is the premier platform for breaking news, market insights, and PSAs (Paywalled Safety Announcements) from the executive branch.”

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Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 16h ago

"The power to incinerate cities in a single blow, long ascribed only to gods, was now an option for the species that invented bloodletting, the cholera belt, and the electric tablecloth." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...

Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set

The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.

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Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com · 19h ago

"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases. Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle." "The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW

This is the last of the prosecutions seeking to hold accountable those responsible for the events of January 6. That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and law enforcement officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle. The court cannot write a different ending.
Ellen Muehlberger@emuehlbe.bsky.social · yesterday

Yes, it was inspired by the modern situation of boys and men consuming made up images of women and those images persisting to obscure and replace the real women around them in daily, even intimate, interactions

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterday

Senator with access to classified material accuses Trump of murder in boat strikes. •crickets• from most major news organizations. Thank you CNN.com.

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CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d ago

the plasticity of the human brain is awesome like that. what other muscle can make you really good at throwing an Atlatl dart OR at navigating an invisible digital economy depending on what you use it for. the liver? kidneys? good fuckin luck

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d ago

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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