Fuck Bay Area air travel, basically.

David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 15h ago

Unlike any SpaceX return so far thus would be over land -- southern path for now -- and could halt all air traffic near the path for half an hour or more (which FAA says is worth it). SpaceX intends dozens of launches per day eventually

Someone who has a VHS collection and loved the cultural connections at the local Blockbuster.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 16h ago

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

Children without legal counsel have less than a 10% chance of remaining in the US compared to those who are represented. There's no justification for this. It's pure evil.

I wonder how much pressure she was under from her personal attorneys, given her existing exposure to a civil defamation lawsuit or two.

TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com · 21h ago

And by the way, don’t think for a second that Jeanine Pirro did the right thing simply for the sake of doing the right thing. She did so to save her own hide from potential disbarment.

This should be the example in every dictionary’s definition of “Texan Bootlicker.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

Thank you, Buster Posey, for doing what needed to be done. Maybe I’ll come to a game to see some kids play this season.

Trump is starting to give out tariff refunds: Amazon - $600M Apple - $2.2B Ford - $1.3B GM - $500M Nike - $1B Where are the refunds for the American families forced to pay more? You deserve your money back. www.newsweek.com/tariff-refun...

Tariff refunds split companies as consumers demand share of $166B

Some firms say they will share a portion of the rebate from the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariffs earlier this year.

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Two senators on their way out the door. Nothing left to lose. Total leverage. And they traded it for a memo. A piece of paper. Cornyn and Tillis folded like lawn chairs, and everybody knew they would. Again.

I’ve never seen anything like this. I chatted with the guys at Micro Center while writing up a 1Tb SATA3 SSD for $149, and they mentioned that 2Tb of RAM for a server would require a second mortgage on my house. boingboing.net/2026/08/02/p...

PC and console prices still going up

The computer component price crisis, driven by AI datacenters snapping it all up for the slop trade, has crushed few so hard as the gamers. The laptop I bought my…

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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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Have supplies magically rebounded?

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d ago

*BRENT OIL SLUMPS 6.7% AT OPEN AS TRUMP HOLDS OFF IRAN STRIKES

Because Iran would pummel the Saudis in retaliation. Duh.

Raw Story@rawstory.com · 4d ago

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pleaded with President Donald Trump Saturday to hold off on authorizing an "unprecedented" attack on Iran that is reportedly being actively considered by U.S. and Israeli officials, Axios reported.

Iran does not want a deal. Stop.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4d ago

🚨 BREAKING: MAJOR TACO Donald Trump says the U.S. was “locked and loaded and ready to go” for a military strike on Iran, at levels of “Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II,” but agreed to delay it “for the benefit of the World” after Iran requested time to reach a deal.

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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The Eastern Cascades disaster is here. Could be Bend, Yakima, or Tri-Cities, too.

Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 4d ago

Thread. Spokane. Source: TW-@MatthewBut59357 US/Canada FIRMS map 1/

This is truly a sick individual.

FFS. Trump didn’t flip. These clowns just failed the open-book test.

The day will come when the free, unprofitable AI gets locked behind paywalls, and then intellectual poverty will flourish.

Eastridge Center set to host its first ever late night rave party. Man, I hope it goes off okay. 🤞

MASH had a lot of great writing, but this has always been one of my favorite bits.

This is dysfunctional government inaction. Oh, and the measles, too. CDC now reports 18,000 cyclosporiasis cases in 45 states. boingboing.net/2026/07/29/c...

CDC now reports 18,000 cyclosporiasis cases in 45 states

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the cyclosporiasis outbreak now extending to 18,000 cases in 45 states. Since May 1, the CDC says it…

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"Stockpiles are rapidly depleting." "This pace of draws cannot persist ad infinitum.” Stored oil is at a “precariously low” level... "far lower than expected." "... eroding America’s ability to be the supplier of last resort." www.ft.com/content/86f3...

US oil inventories fall to ‘precariously low’ level as Iran war disrupts supply

Decline could erode ability to supply Asian and European markets dependent on supplies from the Middle East

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This will boost morale, I’m convinced.

Raw Story@rawstory.com · 7d ago

U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East are bracing for the seizure of their phones after a viral video of a deadly Iranian attack left President Donald Trump answering for the deaths of two soldiers, according to a new report.

Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - The White House ending Medicare drug subsidies for millions of seniors - Trump embarrassing himself at Lindsey Graham's funeral - The Senate advancing Graham's Russia sanctions bill - A leaked GOP memo that explains Trump’s communist rants

I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with: 1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable. 2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable. 3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.

If you know, you know. xkcd.com/3277/

Forth

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Downtown Palo Alto is a terrible place to fart around with your phone while driving.

The Mercury News@mercurynews.com · last wk.

Shanahan had a phone in his hand when the crash occurred but was not cited by Palo Alto police

Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance. boingboing.net/2026/07/27/l...

Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance

The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of police technology in use across the United States: enter your city, county, state or the name of a local law enforcement agency,…

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Please send one large hot dog costume to: Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street NE Washington, DC 20543

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: Justice Neil Gorsuch tells @RonaldReagan civility conference US democracy is 'very fragile' & 'facing some tough times.' 'We are all in it together, and if we don't stay all in it together, it will crumble,' Gorsuch says, urging students to study history 'warts and all'