Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
That little tune the dryer plays when it's finished.
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Likes to do many things, not exceptionally good at any of them. Lucio main.
Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
A Man Died After Being Detained By ICE — And They Didn't Report It, Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.
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When we say "defund the police" what we mean is "they literally scam-overtime bankrupted this city."
Once again, Trump's EPA has rolled back research into cancer-causing nitrates, even as nitrate pollution in U.S. drinking water hits crisis levels.
Despite the health crisis in Iowa and beyond, the EPA has stalled its long-planned nitrate cancer review - Little Village
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has backed off its reassessment of cancer-causing nitrates despite decades of research suggesting the contaminant is more harmful than previously thought and ...
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NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week. "These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
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NP: Bob Dylan Aug 1, 2026. Tour closer. Listened to most of the summer tour and have had a blast hearing this set grow and evolve. Lost track of how many guitarists... seven, I think? 85 years old and still bringing smiles. Thanks to all the tapers! #HoodUp
Whatever happened to Ellison's sister? At least she bankrolled interesting movies. #annapurna
I tried to pack loads of interesting and stuff into this chat about Rez High, storytelling, dystopias, David Bowie, worldbuilding, and much more. Thanks to my pal @alasdairstuart.com for the thoughtful questions. alasdairstuart.com/interview-br...
For a lot of these guys, “I’m open to both sides” means “I want my girlfriend to be able to get an abortion” but also, “I really want lower capital-gains tax rates and federal right-to-work legislation”
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday, James Baldwin!
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
How did we find Ian Dixon, a wanted member of the Kinahan cartel, on a padel court in Dubai? Search Party recounts how Bellingcat and @thetimes.com traced the digital trail that led to the alleged money handler for one of the world's most dangerous crime cartels. www.youtube.com/watch?v=49NZ...
Cartel member found playing Padel
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It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.
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Oregon's senators are demanding the CFTC crack down on prediction markets that let people bet on wildfires — warning the practice could tempt gamblers to start fires themselves to win their bets.
Senators warn wildfire prediction markets could spur arson for profit
Oregon's senators are demanding the CFTC crack down on prediction markets that let people bet on wildfires — warning the practice could tempt gamblers to start fires themselves to win their bets.
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Please sign my petition for only professional music supervisors to be able to use the term "needle drop"
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
ANOTHER death in ICE custody, this time at the controversial Delaney Hall facility. This makes 54 deaths since Trump took office; 1 every 8 days in 2026. His mother says he was denied adequate medical care for chronic conditions, a common accusation ICE has strenuously denied.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d agoBreaking: Another victim, Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, has died in ICE custody at Delaney Hall prison after being denied vital medication and family visits. Depriving sick detainees of care until they die is murder by neglect. We demand complete transparency and justice for Edwin! 🎥 Statuscoup
Trump on Mamdani: "He also had a thing where you had to have two different IDs to shovel snow"
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...
Landis does indeed come off as an absolute piece of shit in this tale. But producer Frank Marshall takes the cake — he witnessed the deaths on set that night, drove away and immediately left the county, spending the next 5 years in the UK and China producing Spielberg movies and dodging subpoenas.
To the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.
The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.
Just to be clear, I reported an exhaustive piece about the allegations against Max Miller on July 18. The New York Times published their story, without crediting me, on July 28. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Harvey Pekar was a great Letterman guest, but he was real. When I got to interview him, I understood the sorrow of being used. I'ld love to talk to Letterman about this. Pekar played the part, but he was an easily ridiculed oddity when, in reality, he was a radical, hyper-educated bomb-thrower.
Yes. It is amazing to me that we blame covid for lost childhoods (what? A year, year and a half?) and no one ever wants to have the conversation about the ills phones have wrecked. Because that conversation is harder and people actually have agency there. 🤷♀️
Have you seen the filmed commercials that accompanied it? You might want to have smelling salts at the ready in case you pass out
Cindy Crawford's Pocari sweat Japan commercials (80's)
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