it pisses me off SO much that as someone who runs a pub I'm meant to enforce this transphobic, sexist garbage. fuck off. the only solution, since we don't have a disabled toilet, is that the toilets are ALL gender neutral and I'll get new signs saying one has cubicles other has urinals

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 12h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

TFW the journal that desk rejected your manuscript (because it was "better suited for law review journals") is now hounding you for the review you agreed to do

Disappointed Disappointed Fan

ALT: Disappointed Disappointed Fan

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Also, Big Yech is a winner typo.

Andrew J Douglas@ajdouglas.bsky.social · 8h ago

There’s no way to spin this. “Big yech”—actually a nice typo (slip?) in the article—was able to buy off the leadership of the nation’s second largest teacher’s union for a paltry $12.5 million.

I have this problem all the time. Friend of mine spent time in Sweden, she went to order ice cream and the (non-swede) person working the counter accused her of mocking his accent. Around non-native speakers my vowels change. They get much less schwa. I drawl a bit when I come back from Tenn.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

On the one hand, people in the UK are lamenting the loss of wetlands and ponds over the last 200 years. On the other hand, Kent had a malaria outbreak in 1917-1921 and it was combatted in part by draining wetlands and ponds

This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

Monsters

Hard to miss what I've never used. And this dude is, as usual, conflating the things Machine Learning can do (and better than people) with GenAI, which pretends to do what machines can't, i.e. think, and reason.

Oh My Fucking God. Dude has no idea how CSAM really works. Because yeah, his sharing it probably isn't... but if wasn't already, it's in the CSAM communities now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

TAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed

Those 2-days she was in his custody are the ones which matter. And "she needs my permission to take them to the ER" is either a lie, or a massive red flag. If the dude has a lawyer... he's gonna OD on rolaids if Miller doesn't learn to stop posting through it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

Just as with Kellog's, "my stool smells like a freshly made biscuit" this dude is lying. Also just bonkers.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 24h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

I should be less surprised at how flamboyantly and consistently Randi Weingarten has failed the challenges of leading one of the teachers' union in the US in age of gAI. Deeply uncritical, incredibly short-sighted, but most of all, pusillanimous.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h ago

“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”

Other great cycling scandals of recent years involve such bangers as "your seat is at a slight angle", "the seam on your arm is too obvious" and "your socks are pulled up too high".

Just in case anyone thought hating Hegseth was more than he deserved... I hope to outlive him so I can defile his grave.

Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · yesterday

Army ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2

I don't know... impeachment?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

He keeps saying "if there are any minimum standards in politics" and, yeah, if you're still a Republican I guess that's now an "if" question for you.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"

there are two types of fans of things- those who treat it like a hobby and understand it's ok to laugh at things you enjoy and those who use it to replace church or whatever in their lives and are very vigilant against Blasphemy

Color me unsurprised. laist.com/news/climate...

Edison equipment caused deadly Eaton Fire, LA County Fire investigators conclude

A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

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Another one is motorsport. Formula drivers (3, 2, 1) represent orders of magnitude beyond NASCAR drivers, and NASCAR drivers are orders of magnitude past the best street drivers.

Micah@rincewind.run · 5mo ago

this is one of my all time favorite tweets and if you'll forgive me being a serious tennis nerd about it for a second, tennis is one of those sports where it's really difficult to overstate how many levels there are between you and the pros (mini thread)

Many people are surprised to learn that the most decorated wrestler in the US (by far) is a 34 year old woman from Maryland

Maladroithe@maladroithe.bsky.social · yesterday

I was a pretty decent mat wrestler but me and like Helen Maroulis might as well be different species

It occurs to me that LLMs are like torture in interrogation. If they give an answer the querant doesn't like they can be pestered until they do just that. At which point the information in the system has been corrupted. Soon none of what is collected is at all meaningful.

Worth noting that the person quoted is an economist and lawyer, so doesn’t know shit about doing historical research www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/prof...

Megan T. Stevenson

Megan Stevenson is an economist and criminal justice scholar. She conducts empirical research in areas such as bail, algorithmic risk assessment, misdemeanors, sentencing and juvenile justice.

law.virginia.edu

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

Oddball. FBI didn't find him, he confessed. I suspect the real problem is the Gov't didn't get the crypto; as what he really did was use FBI info to steal the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia

The FBI supervisory special agent believed the FBI “could not or would not act against adversarial cryptocurrency accounts,” prosecutors said.

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U.S. Navy contract for Blue Angels ceremonial flight suits is changed from small, Black woman owned business to large defense contractor at massive cost to taxpayer: youtu.be/7bIbJIIwBVg?...

Pensacola’s 'Sewing Box' loses Blue Angels flight suit contract after 43 years

YouTube video by WEAR Channel 3 News

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School supplies should be free. They should come with the school. They should be purchased by the state.

Great Substack about UPA, the animation studio that revolutionized cartoons in the 1950s. Founded by the leftist animators who were purged by Walt Disney during the infamous 1941 strike, it was UPA that dragged animation into midcentury mod. Mr. Magoo was their big hit.

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free. Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...

The complaint seems to be DSA is taking the easier path for constituent insurgencies; trying to do what the radicals on the right did to the GOP, by working inside the party to get a wing, which gives them leverage. As to "abolishing the presidency", it's ragebait. The DSA can't make that happen.

Isaac Dovere@isaacdovere.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW from me: What happened as the Democratic Socialists of America spent a rainy weekend in Chicago preparing their next steps for taking over the Democratic Party, taking down capitalism and longterm moves like abolishing the presidency: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

l love when a white journalist reporting on “concerns of lack of diversity” in DSA fumbles the name of the Latina elected official he interviews for the article. My name is Moreno, not Morales.

Isaac Dovere@isaacdovere.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW from me: What happened as the Democratic Socialists of America spent a rainy weekend in Chicago preparing their next steps for taking over the Democratic Party, taking down capitalism and longterm moves like abolishing the presidency: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Let the lawsuits begin. www.cato.org/blog/william...

William Pulte Served Illegally as Acting Director of National Intelligence for Nearly a Week

William Pulte purported to act as the director of national intelligence for nearly a week after Jay Clayton was confirmed as his successor. That violates the plain text of the Vacancies Act.

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