I’ve worked in television news for nigh on 35 years (fuck, old!!) - and I’m flabbergasted just how great NFL “Hard Knocks” always is. Amazing filmmaking on an insane, short sked.

Army ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2

Army ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints

Soldiers can no longer make anonymous reports of discrimination, and commanders can more easily dismiss complaints they disagree with.

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This should be much bigger news

Gail Waldby ❌👑@gailwaldby.bsky.social · 2d ago

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...

Moderna begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine reut.rs/4wIDPSe

Moderna begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine

Moderna on Tuesday said it has begun its first human trial of an experimental vaccine to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, ​a strain of Ebola that has killed more than 1,650 ‌people so far and currently has no approved vaccine.

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Gotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.

"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating suspected corruption when killed, jury told

Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating suspected corruption when killed, jury told

Journalist’s son says his mother was examining leak from Electrogas, part owned by Yorgen Fenech who is on trial Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating suspected corruption by the businessman Yorgen Fenech and members of Malta’s government when she was killed, a jury has heard. The heir to one of Malta’s biggest fortunes, Fenech is on trial for murder, accused of commissioning and paying for Caruana Galizia’s killing in a car bombing in October 2017. Continue reading...

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Okay I’ve been trudging through House of the Dragon - but Oedipal coitus? (Yeah Russ, he’s gonna pork her!) Come on.

My god.

Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Speaking in the Oval Office, Donald Trump says Yankees GM Brian Cashman has done a "good job." Fact check: 100% not true.

“There’s a suggestion box over by the fixin’s, Major.”

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago

PENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

they used to make art

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 3d ago

lmao

While composing a little treatise on Eternity, I had the curiosity to place a mirror before me

O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section. I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June. We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon. Convenient time for him to quit.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

Is it a “special military operation”…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "This is the golden age of America. And we have a war that's going on. I call it a military operation."

Here is Washington Post publisher Jeff D'Onofrio's note on Adam O'Neal's departure, noting that under O'Neal's leadership the opinion page became "more financially sustainable." Yeah, that tends to happen when EVERYONE QUITS after you come aboard.

google has added generative ai capability to Google Earth and i cannot conceive of any positive, good-faith use of this

Kids: 1 KIDS Act: 0

In her opening remarks, Rogers says she "thought of journalists across [USAGM] in the line of fire" during the WHCD. She seems to forget most of them were fired by Kari Lake, some sent back to countries where their very association with the Agency would put their lives at risk

Nina Jankowicz@ninajankowicz.com · 6d ago

This morning, the Senate will hold a confirmation hearing for Sarah Rogers to lead the US Agency for Global Media. She's been branded a free speech crusader but she's just another MAGA loyalist only concerned with protecting the speech of Trump and his allies. www.thewayfinder.net/p/the-maga-l...

Tapping the sign.

My kids have measles, I can’t afford gas or steak, I’ve got explosive diarrhea, and there was glass in the last batch of Pillsbury rolls I ate. But at least now, Ross Douthat is on 60 Minutes.

The horrors are unending.

Epstein, 46 others linked to decades of sex assaults at Interlochen, over 70 victims

An investigative report two years in the making was released Tuesday, July 28, detailing decades of sexual abuse at Interlochen Center for the Arts by staff, trustees, visiting artists and Jeffrey Eps...

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I was going to say “Finally” but that might be misinterpreted as “Finally, women have come forward.” No, I mean, “Finally, this has broken through the numerous media barriers that allow men like Leto to get away with it”.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you dreamt up a way to destroy the most important news program in the history of television, not sure you could top this.

"They know this is TV, right??" a CBS News senior staffer texted me about this news. "I hate it here," another CBS reporter said.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.

Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...

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If you’re not following this guy on Instagram’s day-by-day account of building a lightweight Phoenician war-elephant outfit centered around his toddler in the command seat so that he can hike over the Alps in it in the footsteps of Hannibal—you should be. www.instagram.com/reel/DaOO7iV...

From Defending Colombian Drug Traffickers to Waging War on Them

From Defending Colombian Drug Traffickers to Waging War on Them (Gift Article)

Colombia’s president-elect, a lawyer, represented accused drug traffickers, among others. While living in Miami, he himself was investigated by U.S. authorities, though never charged.

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Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territory The Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region. Last September, the Home Office announced it was suspending refugee family reunion applications and that new, more restrictive rules would be announced in the spring. So far there has been no announcement and the process remains suspended. Continue reading...

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The world's richest man wants to kill someone for giving him a softball interview that he whiffed

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.

There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.

Firefighters in France and Spain continued to battle fast-moving and deadly wildfires on Sunday, with extreme heat and strong winds fueling new fronts even as others were contained. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4wqTiGp