The U.S. Constitution begs to differ.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

American conservativism is the most base, primitive, barbaric belief system imaginable

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d ago

The State of Mississippi is denying 170 Mississippi foster students full-ride scholarships to colleges across the state, with many would-be freshmen finding out only weeks before their move-in date. Nick Judin reports:

Real talk: My Bluesky account is my most popular social media account, ever. It's been a significant benefit to me in tangible ways. But if they think *I* think they're irreplaceable? Their very existence proves they're wrong. I peaced-out on a 60k Twitter. I'll drop this place too, if it tries it

The amount of AI generated prompt slop is crazy over there

Keebler.@inayamchele.bsky.social · 2d ago

they on Threads arguing about splitting group dinner checks.

Lmfao

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky'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."

Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

lapublicpress.org/2026/07/data...

How to delete personal information from California data brokers

California has deployed a new service that allows you to ask data brokers in the state to stop selling your personal information.

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Nobody‘s going to see the Odyssey. The theaters are too crowded.

Based on MLB Pipeline rankings, the Dodgers gave up only their 5th, 7th, and 17th best prospects for Skubal. Plus, they'll pay him roughly $11 million. Other teams were gutless, that's all it is.

The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

The smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will Bunch

In just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world.

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“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...

US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim

Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.

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Not that it’s easy, but way too many journalists take the bait here and start defending themselves and their profession in how-I-do-my-job terms rather than pressing their questions and getting the subject to flame out as they refuse to answer.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

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🤣🤣🤣

foni morrison.@thehighendtheori.com · 5d ago

for those of you who have been on social media since the early 2000’s did you think your life nearly 30 years later would be you getting online every day telling your followers you’re a real eater??? 😭😭😭

Friday, July 31st. Catch me on Days Of Our Lives. Have a safe flight ... I'll see you in Salem ✈️😈 #daysofourlives #dool

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

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.

Friday, July 31st. Catch me on Days Of Our Lives. Have a safe flight ... I'll see you in Salem ✈️😈 #daysofourlives #dool

I regret to inform you that The Mandalorian movie kinda bangs

Lindsey Graham was laid to rest today, and at least one of his many mourners marked the occasion by getting in a little nap. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Can't Help Taking a Snooze at Lindsey Graham's Funeral

Donald Trump was visibly dozing off during Lindsey Graham's funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.

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Extracted from the seeds of the trumpet-shaped brugmansia flower — which blooms across South America’s Andean regions — scopolamine is tasteless and odorless, and doses as small as 10 milligrams can induce a zombie-like state of compliance. More: apple.news/Alj7BdKqqRPO...

In Medellín, Colombia, authorities are cracking down on “burundangeras,” women who use a substance called scopolamine to incapacitate foreigners. Read: apple.news/Alj7BdKqqRPO...

‘I Lost the Ability to Think’: The Mind-Control Drug Being Used to Rob Unsuspecting Tourists — Rolling Stone

In Medellín, Colombia, authorities are cracking down on “burundangeras,” women who use a substance called scopolamine to incapacitate foreigners

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The Trump admin is reportedly planning to cut a program that has kept drug prices lower for millions of seniors

Trump Administration To End Program Keeping Drug Prices Lower For Millions Of Seniors: WSJ

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UFC fighter Sean Strickland: " When you're at a Trump rally, you're like, 'Oh, I could definitely see how Hitler happened'… It's a cult."

Okay, Irish filmmakers - let's make this happen!

Richard Roche@rrocheneuro.bsky.social · last wk.

We've got all three written and ready to go - unfortunately we got messed around by publishers/producers, but if anyone wants to get in touch, we still have them - plus the source material is all here: longstonebooksireland.com

New reporting reveals Meta cut a secret deal with Louisiana Republicans to build a $50,000,000,000 data center. The data center is anticipated to consume 7 times as much energy as the city of New Orleans.

Somebody resuscitate The Fifth Dimension: I sense an amazing follow-up/sequel opportunity.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · last wk.

The New York Times wouldn't let me write about the Age of Diarrhea so I had to do it myself.

Amanda Karolkiewicz and her six children were found dead in their home after her husband Kristopher shot and killed them, before starting a fire and killing himself. In 2024, she wrote about his infidelity and his other red flags on her Reddit account

Reddit account suggests fraught marriage for Grand Haven Township couple in murder-suicide

Across dozens of posts written roughly two years ago, the username "MandyK1179" provides a glimpse into her life in Grand Haven Township.

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"It’s such an awful illness. Even the best possible course is going to be one of the worst diseases most children ever go through..." www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease...

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and people wonder why a mom might eliminate a grown ass man caught hiding under her 13 year old daughter's bed

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing