Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 16h agoSpoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.
Blake Stovall
@mstrofbass.bsky.social
Ridglea Hills Elementary School Geography Bee Champion, 4th and 5th grades
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 16h ago
This is obscene, and the more you learn about it, the worse it is.
Politico@politico.com · 21h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
As someone that has been somewhat involved in rave culture since like 1999, I cannot express how this is literally the opposite of rave culture.
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
y'all really fucked up the timing on this if my understanding of the drop dead dates for a replacement candidate are correct
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoTAPPER: The story says when you were picked up for drunk driving, you have ecstasy in your system. When is last time you used illegal drugs? MILLER: I mean, the last time -- I don't know, several years ago? TAPPER: Two? 20? MILLER: This is testosterone replacement theory. Secretary Hegseth ...
Maybe it's my bias but I clicked on this because the title read as if the article was going to be highly negative about the situation but it did a pretty good job of illustrating the need for the crackdown in an appropriately neutral tone? nypost.com/2026/08/04/u...
Another major California city deploys crushing crackdown on drivers
This California city is about to get a lot harder to drive in.
nypost.com
shocker that the implication here is false but this post hasn't been taken down www.cbsnews.com/news/pirro-b...
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.
cbsnews.com
WIRED's continued reference to things flagged as AI by "AI detectors" without seeking any kind of independent proof that those detectors actually work is bordering on journalistic malpractice and is wildly embarrassing, particularly for a "technology" magazine.
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2d agoNot sure what else to say except: wildly embarrassing.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but you are not in a hostage situation with your family. You have the ability to tell them no!
Imagine eviscerating your already poor image like this
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
People keep saying this shows she was fired, she packed up her office, but I’m pretty sure the USA-DC doesn’t have an office in the west wing. Maybe she was fired, but I don’t think this tells us anything with regard to that.
CrazySaguaro 🌵 🐻 ⬇️@crazysaguaro.com · 2d ago
WIRED's continued reference to things flagged as AI by "AI detectors" without seeking any kind of independent proof that those detectors actually work is bordering on journalistic malpractice and is wildly embarrassing, particularly for a "technology" magazine.
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2d agoNot sure what else to say except: wildly embarrassing.
If this is what your website looks like as I'm reading an article, there's a 90% chance that I stop 1/4 through and don't even get to the rest of the ads.
This is, straightforwardly, an incredibly weird thing to say. And to be clear, I say this as someone who has an incredibly adept ability to be demeaning.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"
Reading the replies and the fact that a lot of people think that any view that's not "liberal" is "Nazi" says a lot about the average Bluesky user
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
It's so wild that every time Trump says something about Iran, my first instinct when trying to verify it is to go try to see what Iran has said
A week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
Normalize calling a person who has no qualifications for the job and simply won a popularity contest a "fucking piece of shit" to their face
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
The PA high court ruled last month that warrantless searches of private land violate the state constitution, departing from federal law and overturning a 2007 case that lockstepped with federal protections, writes @ij.org's Joshua Windham.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Warrantless Searches of Private Land
The court unanimously rejected the federal “open fields doctrine” in favor of the state constitution’s stronger privacy protections.
statecourtreport.org
(For context, I am a software engineer with a CS degree and experience working with AI, while she is in the film industry as has no experience with AI)
Blake Stovall@mstrofbass.bsky.social · 2d agoThis dumbass is still at it and, not remotely surprisingly, has said things about how mansplaining is bad
James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
I find it difficult to explain how empowering this is for someone that's a senior level software engineer with a ton of side project ideas that have not gone anywhere because I lack funding. It's effectively like having a team of developers supporting me.
Juan Moreno-Cruz@jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 3d agoUsing LLMs should allow us to think bigger, harder to grasp, difficult to execute, longer to develop, ideas. That idea that’s been in you brain since forever but you hadn’t had the time because you had to retool and what not. Trust yourself. Go for that shit. Now is the fucking time.
Dying at someone thinking there’s a “hands-off” business that people can just go get a half million dollar loan to buy and then run without significant investment of their time www.inc.com/chris-morris...
They Paid $470,000 for a ‘Boring’ Business. Within Days, Almost Everything Went Wrong
After one couple's new business turned into a nightmare, here's how they turned it around.
inc.com
It’s wild that every time I try to argue that the Democratic Party influences who runs in the primaries and thus impact who the general election candidate is that I get yelled at a bunch
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d agoIs Gillibrand on crack? Why was she telling donors, without a shred of evidence, that Mallory McMorrow is a DSA member???
I know I’m kind of a dick about stuff like this and it’s a bad look for me but it’s really difficult watching people who appear incredibly smart but aren’t influence a lot of people in ways that actually are detrimental.
Blake Stovall@mstrofbass.bsky.social · 4d agoYeah I mean I think I have followed like three Liberal Currents writers and then unfollowed them after like a week because it turns out that while they are directionally correct, they are all absolute idiots.
Yeah I mean I think I have followed like three Liberal Currents writers and then unfollowed them after like a week because it turns out that while they are directionally correct, they are all absolute idiots.
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · 4d agoWe seem to be tripling down on a really bad piece and I’ll just register my disappointment. (Alex Pretti was armed. I’ll wait for an explanation as to how that was bad/ineffective)
