It can’t be overstated how lasting the consequences of the Trump presidency will be for our national parks and forests long after he leaves office

Oregon Capital Chronicle@oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 3d ago

The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for tens of millions of wild, federally managed acres across the U.S. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/18/t...

Pete Hegseth Orders Military Blockade Of Woman Attempting To Walk Away From Him https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-orders-military-blockade-of-woman-attempting-to-walk-away-from-him/

Trump officials now admit his team failed to grasp Iran's rulers and were too confident in surrender, per Politico. But as @atabatabai.bsky.social notes on the pod, he gutted civil service/diplomatic corps, making this sort of failure more likely! She's so good here: newrepublic.com/article/2144...

Trump Rage Erupts Over Iran as Aides Leak Embarrassing Truth: He Lost

As Trump melts down over Iran and officials quietly admit the unthinkable, a former Defense Department official explains why time is not on his side—and where this fiasco is headed next.

newrepublic.com

These three lines cover about a quarter of all x men arcs in some fashion

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · last wk.

Okay, I'm genuinely throwing this out to people: what are your mildly shit-stirring takes on X-Men comics and characters?

I'm getting something from the future...... Federal... investigation...into former..... Lakers owner.....dropped after sale of team to a Kushner www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/l...

Johnny Carson as Carnac The Magnificent

ALT: Johnny Carson as Carnac The Magnificent

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Ross Douhat looks like an ai prompt that just says 'draw the most unremarkable man ever', so I don't think they're suffering, Scott www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/o...

Opinion | Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men

And what society can do to help a struggling generation.

nytimes.com

Within hours of the primary result, Democrats elites are rallying around winner Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. Haley Stevens plus Schumer, Gillibrand/DSCC, Whitmer, Slotkin, Gary Peters, Jim Clyburn all swiftly embraced him. He faces Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers this fall.

work what out

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Q: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.

Congrats to the senator on just discovering his daughters terror in the last 72 hours

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"

It's 2026 and whiskey tony has questions about a president's fitness to serve. Not the current president though don't worry about that, he certainly isn't.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Are you kidding me with this? THESE are the pressing questions of the day right now for the lead anchor at CBS NEWS? Covid & Joe Biden are his top 2 before anything Trump? Come the f*ck on. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Profiles in courage

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 3w ago

The man beat his daughter and injured his granddaughter but he's fine with it apparently. www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

I was a three time trump voter, but now my Wakandan duck egg omelettes are 50% more expensive....

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

I could barely afford vibranium as it was

It's noteworthy that the sticking point in getting Todd Blanche confirmed as AG involves financial corruption rather than Blanche refusing to release files about the sex trafficking of children by Trump's former friend. To Republicans, money is always more important than the welfare of children.

It's both very depressing and very funny that we can recycle 30 year old Simpsons jokes

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Rep. John McGuire: "I don't know if you heard about the BLT sandwich -- using human fetus baby parts in the vaccine when they could've used ivermectin"

Unless Iran is somehow uniquely vulnerable to weeks long tantrums about casting choices in The Odyssey, no, I don't think the tech bros are coming to save you www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-w...

'Can they deliver?' Frantic Trump turns to tech bros as weapon stockpile dwindles

President Donald Trump faces a critical weapons shortage as his war with Iran continues — and now he's turning to an unlikely source for help: tech bros. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conferred an ur...

rawstory.com

SINNERS (2025, dir. Ryan Coogler) #OnePerfectShot #Filmsky 📽️🧛🎸

I imagine this would feel like representation to most of the chuds on twitter.

I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 4w ago

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

Ken is always a 10 in Latveria. Just saying.

Alternative headline: "Nepo babies get caught using lazy shortcut trying to prove the actual problem is minorities" calmatters.org/education/hi...

DEI keyword search led to billions in cancelled California university grants

The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to UC professors. Their legal team says it has proof that was unconstitutional.

calmatters.org

If you want to weird, I can explain how this directly intersects with JD’s “demons fly UFOs” comments. These people exist within a fully mature mythology that incorporates Biblical literalism and Ancient Aliens newrepublic.com/article/1992...

The Super-Weird Origins of the Right’s Hatred of the Smithsonian

The Trump administration has stepped up its antagonism of America’s treasured museums. But conservative antipathy toward the institution began long ago—with the bones of Bible giants.

newrepublic.com

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

If we learned anything from the Odyssey trailer, it's that we can confidently judge a film's quality, plot, and outcome immediately and accurately, with no chance of looking foolish later

someone wake up the dude who does the scoreboard

Wrong. We get diarrhea and foreskin inspections!

Jorts (and Jean)@jortsthecat.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

I feel like after a certain point the Metropolis city government would block the Daily Planet from putting the globe back on the roof.