Aim to achieve

Andrew Gelston@agelston.bsky.social · 22h ago

Let's be very clear: SpaceX launched FEWER rockets into orbit this year's front half vs last years By every metric

Dear (especially Canadian) journalists, please upload a copy of any legal filings you are reporting on. Filings are not generally available online and it's often hard to tell what's going on in your story. If you don't have a copy say one wasn't available, and that all the reporting is interviews/PR

Contra Iran-Contra

Nicholas Smith@nicholassmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Tired: Taking money from weapons sales to Iran to send to a Latin American country to destabilize it Wired: Destabilizing a Latin American country to take money from it to send weapons to Iran

Tired: Taking money from weapons sales to Iran to send to a Latin American country to destabilize it Wired: Destabilizing a Latin American country to take money from it to send weapons to Iran

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

He won't answer the question. Where the hell is the $13 billion we took in from Venezuelan oil proceeds (so far) and why won't Republicans in Congress do their job and conduct just a tiny speck of oversight on this lawless, corrupt regime?

Paying NYS, NYC and PHL income taxes maybe makes LeBron the most tax-positive person in America. Watch out, @jdcmedlock.bsky.social !

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.

so much for billionaires fleeing because of zohran

Three minutes for three charts with an average of three data points each, no wonder my millennial brain wants an article rather than a video. Too long for tiktok, too minimal for text, but when you have 24 hours of programming to fill every day....

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Enten on the 67 point swing (!!!) against Israel among Americans: "We're not just talking about the Democratic base anymore. The general electorate has turned against Israel. This is not just a left issue. It's an American issue. The trend line is unbelievable."

If you've never done a recert or played soccer at a high level I'm gonna need you to stop talking about whether the red card was bad or not. Forget knowing CREF, or SFP vs VC or the elements; uncontrolled jump from behind nowhere near the ball and studs into calf and ankle. That's a back pocket.

Nicholas Smith@nicholassmith.bsky.social · 4w ago

Refs are often overly confident with the colour of the offence ("This was a reckless challenge"), and there's room for disagreement, but this is "when you're a star they let you do it": uncontrolled jump from behind nowhere near the ball and studs into calf and ankle. Pro players know the risk.

This former judge now has two posts up where he misunderstands the body of law of a field he's admittedly completely unfamiliar with, the precedent, the elements and standard of an offence, the interpretation, the procedure. Impressive, really, pure motivated reasoning. reason.com/volokh/2026/...

The way America usually wins in a Swiss tribunal is to bleed the judges to prevent appeals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appella...

Trump take soccer

Canada being moderately successful at men's soccer means Canadians can now join the rest of the world in blaming a loss on refs rather than players' skill or just that 90 minutes is a bit of a toss up where failing to convert one play can make the difference. Not best of 7.

Both Dems & Republicans have developed a conception of the Presidency as the locus of all political action It is a lot to ask for the 2028 democratic nominee to run on nuking the imperial presidency, as I called for several months ago in @liberalcurrents.com, but that is the Reconstruction we need

The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again

It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.

liberalcurrents.com

Mmmm ...not sure 4 complete 30cm traffic light sets is enough for visibility and compliance. I think we need at least a couple more. Maybe double each of them and call it a day. And add a "ceci est un ostie de feu tricolore" giant sign beside each one for extra clarity.

Tired: Narrow banking Wired: Narrow streets cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social @gregshill.com @dawe.bsky.social

St Lawrence County DA repeatedly violates the Cantons of Ethics

Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · last mo.

My eyes got wider and wider as I read this decision www.nycourts.gov/reporter/cur...

Inflation of inflation data data

EconReporter@econreporter.bsky.social · last mo.

The curious case of why UK and Canada CPI use grocery scanner data but the US can’t A deep dive on why the US's—the world's most important economy—inflation statistics enhancement progress has surprisingly... https://en.econreporter.com/58106/why-uk-canada-cpi-use-grocery-scanner-data-us-cant/

hi, robot expert here! this is not funny, robots only do this when they're in extreme distress.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excuse me, what's going on with captcha?

No one is going to believe that the most salient drumbeat issue 10 years ago (and never since somehow) was email storage and retention policies, yet here we are.

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2mo ago

No one is going to believe this shit in 20 years. No one. This was the president of the United States? And his party leaders did nothing, even though they hated him? Not possible.

Fronts don't care about your feelings.

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Trump White House picking a fight with the *Weather Channel* because they *reported the weather* is the most pathetic, easily triggered, loser energy I have ever seen

Every journalist knows the goal of headline writing is to use as many words as possible.

Mindy Weisberger@laminda.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If only there were a shorter way to say "forced sex," like maybe a single word

OH: "Our station is called 'Gare'." Man tourists are going to have it rough when they put the TGV station in Laval.

Amtrak has to stop work on Long Bridge at 7 pm.

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New: Trump officials are planning for 20 hrs per day of construction and big cranes — as tall as 320 feet high — to build president’s planned arch.

Changing the conditions of contract after you made a purchase.

Adam Crafton@adamcrafton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Exclusive: FIFA make last-gasp change to World Cup stadium rules: BANNING fans from bringing refillable plastic bottles, so fans must buy water in stadia As of May, empty bottles permitted so fans could refill amid heat concerns. Not now www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

The Łódź Down to Hel & Back. bsky.app/profile/note...

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Travellers can once again take the 666 bus to Hel - a town on Poland's Baltic coast - after FlixBus this week launched a new service under that number. A previous route was shut down three years ago after complaints that it was "spreading Satanism".

I thought the church had banns on this!

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

There was, in the end, no more money in the banana stand.

Jon Ostrower@jonostrower.com · 3mo ago

We’ve dropped the paywall on last week’s deep dive from @theaircurrent.com as Spirit Airlines approached the end. Even with the demise of the carrier there’s insight here to understand what’s next. theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi... (via @willguisbond.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social and yours truly)

Virginia is interesting in that you cannot have any non-primary election on primary day. Primaries are two separate, simultaneous elections done on behalf of political parties, so no generals or specials allowed. You don't want a special the same day as one party with a competitive race and one not.

Brooke Lee@wickedinnuendo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please understand, these are the actual supreme court elections in Georgia! They lump them in with the primaries! Please vote.

When you suggest to Americans that the party executive or membership should be able to ban someone from running for that party they are often shocked, and when you tell them that's how it works in nearly all other countries they're horrified. Primaries are the odd ones out. Good essay.

Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

No better time to repost Michael Kinnucan on how political parties are illegal in the United States: jwmason.org/slackwire/po...

This is the most useful thing a person today could read on MMP. Extensive, clear explanation of basic mechanics, design variations, downstream effects, etc. @alexkeena.bsky.social, @oscarp.bsky.social, and Natasha Romero Moskala. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Mixed-Member Proportional Representation and the U.S. House of Representatives - Alex Keena, Oscar Pocasangre, Natasha Romero Moskala, 2026

The use of single-seat districts and majoritarian rules for legislative elections is associated with many problems in American politics. However, this method of...

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