been thinkin about conversations i've had that are anti-UBI and the central argument seems to be "people won't work" bitch if i had ubi and didn't have to be scared of losing my livelihood i'd have like 3 degrees and have leared at least six languages by now in addition to music and art production

🎶jaywalking over to the cop shop🎶

Getting HIV in 1986 was a death sentence. It's now a manageable, preventable condition. It can be made undetectable and untransmissible. We can take a pill or shot and not catch it. That is straight-up miraculous.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Filling out my legal change of name form (again; I never got the first one sent in, lol) and it wants a physical address I live in an RV, I don't HAVE a physical address :| Should I just put down the name of the property it's parked on or what??

Countless women's sports teams have independently spoken up in favour of trans inclusion in sports only to be targeted by attacks from people who hate women's sports

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 6d ago

enough of this shit

Imane Khelif, Barbra Banda, now the Cunningham circus - it's kind of amazing how many "trans women in sports" controversies don't actually involve a single trans woman

15,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls.

They could build housing and transit infrastructure as quickly as pipleines and data centres. If they wanted to.

Julia Levin@jflevin.bsky.social · yesterday

1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

This has been studied quite a bit, the solar panels create a sort of greenhouse effect for the plants underneath them while also generating energy which feels like it should be cheating but is real and literally only has upsides.

Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d ago

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Mosquito bites itch is the dumbest thing ever. They already got the blood what is the itching supposed to do?!

honestly, let im cook, this is a understandable response

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Another thing that pisses me off about the endless “BlueSky needs to be more welcoming to far-right Nazis” takes is, they are free to join. It seems BlueSky won’t take their posts down unless they contain a pic of an ass. What they want is an algorithm to force their rage-bait shit onto your feed.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday

"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care

That is WILD lmao like literally all she did was make a gently-worded post asking for one (1) small consideration and it not only made the news, they fuckin capped her for it 😭 her account got the concrete shoes what is this app site

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

It's this little gem and it's not up for debate

Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."

Edmonton folks: do you know the identity of these two people who *stole a cat from a store that adopts out animals for local rescues and this kitty was about to go to her forever home* www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/c...

From the Edmonton community on Reddit: Cat Stolen from Whyte Ave Pet Valu

Explore this post and more from the Edmonton community

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they don't want trans women to play women's sports bc 1) prohibiting trans women from women's sports (de jure) and men's sports (de facto) is a great way to otherize them as something not part of humanity 2) policing trans women and trans girl athletes is a socially-beloved Sexual Assault Machine

I used to think it was crazy that each Flock camera costs taxpayers $2,500/month! But now it all makes sense. These are valuable objects that may contain up to 2-3 lbs of copper and 1-2 grams of gold.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d ago

chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold

Does anyone have good recommendations for tutorials on learning shibari/rope bondage?

Our ICUs were so busy that they redeployed some of my food service workers and myself to turn ventilated patients because the nursing team was so busy. Do not let them rewrite history.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

Amplifying for visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️🖤 #disabilityMA #MutualAidSavesLives

i'm surprised folks don't know this in the year of our lord 2026! BMI is flawed because: - it's based on stats only from white males - it doesn't take into account weight of muscle vs. fat like at all - doesn't indicate metabolic health at all - assessments based on it do more harm than good

BMI a poor metric for measuring people’s health, say experts | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Clinicians should pull back on the widespread use of body mass index (BMI) as a metric for assessing people’s health because it can lead to patient distrust and delayed care, say some health experts.

hsph.harvard.edu

Everntually the world will have to reckon with the way so much child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children.

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com · 2d ago

In the first half of 2026, Japan logged 123 sexual deepfake cases where AI was used to make content using images of real minors, up from 60 in H1 2025. Over 90% were middle/high schoolers. The largest group of perpetrators? Classmates at the same school (83 cases).

duelling exotic dancers choose pasties at dawn

snargleplax@snargleplax.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dueling visual artists choose pastels at dawn

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

💙🩵💚 This case is truly heartbreaking

Councillor D.J. Kelly@djkelly.ca · 3d ago

Hey, neighbour. On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Calgarians are invited to gather at Municipal Plaza at 7 p.m. for a community vigil in loving memory of Parker. More details on the vigil will be shared ahead of Wednesday.

My favorite scene in the new spider-man, was when they thought they had Spider-Man defeated by trapping him under a big Tupperware bowl, but then found that weird wad of web in the corner and thousands of tiny Peter Parkers spilled out

There is a demographic of people who sit at the intersection of transphobic and anti-choice laws. It is the only demographic that is constantly left out of these discussions.

Jewess Dyke@jewessdyke.bsky.social · 3d ago

Nationalists are obsessed with the subjugation of women and control over our bodies, by attacking and destroying the rights of trans ppl, especially trans women, they can severely construct the bounds of gender roles. I forget who said it but they're building a cage for cis women out of our bones.

Let me say that again: waiting 1-2 years to let trans teens start HRT really is not supported by the research literature any longer. The kids so infrequently stop HRT that the delay in treatment probably causes more harm than it prevents. It's time to phase out puberty blockers for trans teens.

To say the obvious part first: if your kid tells you they're trans, they're virtually guaranteed to be right. But there really is a broader point here, and it needs to be said plainly at this point: puberty blockers--the compromise position on HRT--are unneeded. Just let them start HRT.