Wouldn't non-humanoid robots, which already exist, be way cheaper? I mean it's just for factories. (Yes I know we're talking about the man who thinks he's a genius when we all know better.)

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

KLUWE PLANS UNICORN HUGS TO CURE CANCER

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

That time I took my cat's cat grass to see if the rescues in the cattery would like some. Turns out, they did indeed like some.

Prairie potholes are one of North America's most important nurseries for birds. Changes to drain tile setback rules could put critical bird habitat at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for input, with a deadline of this Friday, August 7. Act now: abcbirds.info/3RLA8vR

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Sorry, I went MIA for a month on here... the heatwave made me feel very ill and then I had a mental health relapse and ended up avoiding social media since early July. I'm back on my SSRIs now and feeling much more myself again!! Much clearer and ready to be back online (see thread) 1/3 ...

New York state has a bill in committee to require businesses to give customers a 10% discount at self-checkout kiosks. This would apply to food retail establishments, supermarkets, and large stores that sell food, including locations like Walmart and Target.

Truth is he lost because he's a pathologically anti-charismatic dick, motivated by bad faith, who ran a shit campaign (with an atrocious economic platform, to boot), because he couldn't pivot or work off-script

Snapshot of the Star that Changed the Universe - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/9LgZfQ

This is gonna blow your mind: It's called "UBI". WTF is UBI? you ask. UNCONDITIONAL BASIC INCOME with... ... WAIT FOR IT... NO FUCKING WORK REQUIREMENT!@!!# That, my friends, is ULTIMATE FREEDOM! i.e., the freedom to: REFUSE HARMFUL WORKING CONDITIONS TRUMP is the disease UBI is the cure

Here's the thing. It's really only a radical position of you're a Republican or an establishment Dem.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3h ago

⚠️ AIPAC out with a statement: “Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November.”

⚠️ AIPAC out with a statement: “Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November.”

There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.

Racism will never bring down the cost of groceries or gas.

[screams into the void]

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3h ago

But "beautiful clean coal," which this Energy Department propaganda page sings the praises of!

NO MORE DATA CENTRES

whet moser@whetmoser.com · 3h ago

“If built as planned, the gas burning plants — scattered across states including Texas, Ohio and Wyoming — could release as much planet-warming pollution in a year as roughly half of all the passenger vehicles in the United States”

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

We cannot solve supply chain challenges by bulldozing living ocean ecosystems based on incomplete data. The DOI's evaluation process needs rigorous scientific scrutiny. Read @cpaullinva.bsky.social's full coverage in @insideclimatenews.org here: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... 5/7

As Trump Promotes Critical Mineral Mining, a Company Eyes the Seafloor in Coastal Virginia - Inside Climate News

A proposed mining project off the Delmarva Peninsula is after minerals in heavy sands. Locals worry it would harm an important ecosystem.

insideclimatenews.org

One of the most incredible and also devastating interviews of my life. I got to speak with Cherisse Du Preez, head of deepwater ecology at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She is that scientist that has been piloting ROVs and exploring Canada's incredible deep seas. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee

Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.

thetyee.ca

"So he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video" is a direct callback to this image that deserves a second life in this campaign

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 4h ago

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video. If you want a senator who's gonna lick some boots, go vote for Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Trump, you've got your option.

Maybe Klobuchar should hold another “Seersucker Day” with her Republican colleagues and bring this up with them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Klobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."

If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h ago

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT

Michigan: This is the way. Senate control runs through MI. We cannot afford to lose this seat. All the energy that went into the primary- & into offering #takes on the primary (including this AM)- has to go to the election in November. A MI senate seat is the difference between an R vs D Senate.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 14h ago

El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.

That’s what I would say

Rod Green@thetheredundant.bsky.social · 7h ago

When in reality, the establishment throwing all they have at El-Sayed and still losing is the real sign of weakness.

As I said yesterday: the vast majority of voters have no need to play pundit, back candidates you like and who you think will do the best job. Stop doing consultant cosplay, cause even they mostly suck at their jobs.

3) Starting a NW program puts a target on your back. Ask Iran. 4) The deterrence effect of nuclear weapons is less than internet commenters want to believe. These are the concerns nations have to balance. It is a very heavy decision. Just getting this counter out there.

I see the now-conventional wisdom being trotted out in response to this comment, and I must respond. 1) A nuclear weapons program is enormously expensive. 2) The overwhelming majority of nations have signed the NPT. The political consequences of withdrawal are enormous.

Cheryl Rofer@cherylrofer.bsky.social · 18h ago

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty made an enormous difference. It entered into force in 1970. President John F. Kennedy thought we might have 25-30 nuclear weapons states by the 1980s. We now have 9.

“Republicans should get used to saying my name. I plan to put it on the door outside my office on Capitol Hill, with your support.”

Jeremy Chao@jmchao.bsky.social · 6h ago

I wonder if him saying “actually, it’s DOCTOR Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed” would work or if it’d come off as pretentious.

dudes pouring out the woodwork asking if I can manage without AI as though I haven't been cocking up things for myself my whole life without help

Link to petition to give Hoesktra the boot : www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 8h ago

Canadians are fed up with lying Pete Hoesktra. He puts the ass in ambassador. There is a national campaign to make him persona non grata. Here is my call out to get Canadians to sign the parliamentary e-petition to give him the bum's rush. @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com youtu.be/dw5JtXUuJZs?...