It's pretty funny of Madonna to adopt cocaine culture after waiting 70 years for other pop stars to make it cool

Today marks a very special day in science fiction literature. May I present to you, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury:

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

the most disappointing thing about aaron rodgers is that his crank opinions aren't even interesting we have millions of this exact kind of woo woo rogan dipshit everywhere, on every channel, all the time at least brady had novel takes like "drinking water means you don't have to wear sunscreen"

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

Trump endorsed both Ashley Moody and James Uthmeier in advance of the August 18 primary yesterday. Both are implicated in the suspected theft of $10M in Medicaid payments to use for political purposes--basically what Trump is trying to frame Tim Walz for. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...

I'm not at all a skilled visual artist. AI picture editors were basically made for people like me. So, out of defensive anger, I spent an hour with my tablet manually recreating this picture of my dog yesterday and it's, by far, the coolest, best way I've spent an hour recently

They did him so dirty with this

Mondo Mascots@mondomascots.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nana-chan, a cat with a fish in its front pocket, is the mascot of Obama City, Japan.

"genital inspections" needs to be repeated ad nauseam from now to November

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 2d ago

if i were democrats i would simply invest in a series of highway billboards that say “republicans want to require annual examinations of your childs genitals by a government bureaucrat”

DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

A lot of people are clowning on the AI-ness of this graphic but I'd like to also point out how utterly devoid of real meaning the contents are. Who is the audience for this? Who needs these definitions while also understanding what "productive property" is? Consultancies gotta consult

Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d ago

I did an infographic on Marx recently. This seems like the appropriate follow-up. In one way or another, I used AI in creating this post. I also used a word processor, my brain, thinking time, coffee, discussion, and about 50 years of reading.

there is a strain of lefty discourse where you can’t come to any unflattering conclusions about the populace—those must be explained away by how they are being acted upon by capital—but I think you’ll understand things better if you understand capital can also exploit weaknesses it didn’t create

It was two weeks yesterday and tbh this is so much easier than I expected

trello@nicky.wiki · 2w ago

Because I was an idiot in a prior life, I got myself addicted to nicotine vaping quite some time ago. And I have now officially hit two days without this deeply embarrassing (to me) habit! here's to breaking this record again and again

I feel the need to inject some reality here and clarify that almost everybody had access to a programming schedule that was either built-in or was in the newspaper. But when you were 12 it was a skinner box. You were 12

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d ago

linear TV was genuinely addictive because of the inability to watch what you want. Inconsistent but paced-out rewards the same as a skinner box. You got a big jackpot dopamine bonanza when your favorite Simpsons episode was randomly on syndication that day or came across an MST3k marathon

These third country deportations are among the most evil acts of the Trump administration. They're trying to extrajudicially punish people for seeking asylum, up to and including with death.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4d ago

Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...

One of the (many) reasons I think people are so anti-AI is that it’s a gratuitous display of wealth inequality. The average person’s life is difficult, expensive, and getting any kind of loan sucks - unless you’re raising billions of dollars to build an AI data center.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 5d ago

Was awesome to join Bloomberg to talk about the lie of AI - everyone's buying into the mag7 believing CapEx is going towards diverse AI demand, when all it's really doing is supporting the circular cloud revenues of two unprofitable, unsustainable AI labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHcZ...

to keep functioning a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Stephen Miller: "There has never in history been a more total asymmetric one-sided annihilation of the enemy than what is unfolding right now in Iran"

Lots of people here not seeming to realize that the @elonspacemedia account is not, in fact, Elon Musk blue checks still signal credibility quite well apparently

Best of Dying Twitter@bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · 5d ago

It is very weird that they just lie about normal people and then it’s not a scandal when they admit it

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Who am I to weigh in on *discourse* but I feel like it's worth saying that if you base your vote on what several dozen people on the internet say about your favorite candidate, your theory of politics deserves re-examination In fact the internet should weigh very little if you ask me. but who am I

Not likely

You are working in a job that doesn't pay horribly but not great either, prices are rising, and you see some 24 year old Hillsdale grad in the Trump administration making $180,000 a year and are really bad at it, and you are just saying to yourself, WTF.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d ago

it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank

I didn't really know much about Boy George until recently. I would say that the second most offensive thing about him is how bad he looks like he smells

"There are moments when institutions are judged not by what they are prepared to accept, but by what they refuse to compromise. This is one of those moments." 👈👀👉 Return of the Institutions

Legendgerry@gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oh wow. FIFA is done. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

The Trump administration has gone months without paying attorneys who represent unaccompanied immigrant children as part of a years-old, congressionally-funded effort. The latest in a series of temporary bridge contracts ends tomorrow, with no replacement in sight: www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...

These Lawyers Make Sure Children Don’t Face Deportation Hearings Alone. Trump Hasn't Paid Them In Months.

“We know what happens when children go to court without an attorney,” a lawyer said. “One word: deportation.”

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this is too much recap

It is in fact racist to call an Arab with views you disagree with an antisemite. I know this will be a surprise to many but unless that person is actually saying something antisemitic, the Arab is not genetically predisposed to antisemitism

Look, fat, here's the deal

@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d ago

She knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.

The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.

It feels late by perhaps a year or two, but I always think of Tractor Supply Co ending their DEI policies, which as far as I know was the first big name to do so, and started the early cascade of businesses capitulating based on vibes

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you could pinpoint it, when did Woke 1.0 officially die?