I finally decided "If you're on the street, I'll take your hand You're hungry I'll give you food If it's money you need, I got some saved If you're sick I'll visit you I've been where you are right now You saw me through it all I'll lean on you, now you lean on me And I bet I won't let you fall"

Pops Staples - "Friendship" (Full Album Stream)

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Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What’s the best song lyric in history?

"Google's AI search isn't a way to fix its broken core product: it's a way to partially remediate the damage Google itself inflicted on the open internet, while imprisoning the web in a walled garden that would make Steve Jobs drool" pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/a...

Peter Butler@peter-butler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"one conspiracy you actually believe in" for me is that Google intentionally made its main search product worse in advance of AI search AI mode on Google can be much better than regular search in tougher cases. (I don't know how they benefit though, since there are no ads...)

Bluesky search is not good. Not good at all

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"Today is August 4, 2026, ... in the city of Allendale, California" "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage" "Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills" docs.google.com/file/d/0B41v...

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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money — Live from New York | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

Actor and author Ben McKenzie investigates the lies, hype, and harm behind cryptocurrency’s rise—and who’s really paying the price.

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As bad as the FPO final round stunk, the MPO finish at Ledgestone was delightfully chaotic I don't wanna spoil it for the Jomez crowd, but it's a fun finish (to watch) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mu-...

2026 Discraft Ledgestone Open | MPO FINALF9 | Buhr, Tipton, Taylor, Hammes | Jomez Disc Golf

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Peter Butler@peter-butler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Silva in green on the lead card. I like it She's come back big twice already this year to win 2 majors. Let's see 3 #DiscGolf

"A deep investment in transit research would ultimately accomplish what AI companies have, so far, been unable to materialize: genuine increases in productivity." www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...

A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI

In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?

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There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Silva in green on the lead card. I like it She's come back big twice already this year to win 2 majors. Let's see 3 #DiscGolf

OK, who wants some plums? Call me Please (I’ve *already* made 5 pounds of jam)

What's Up by 4 Non Blondes and Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobbin McFerrin are the same song

lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Not as good as disc golf ('74), but I'll take beer pong 1. Beer pong 2. Air hockey 3. Habanero 4. Sleazo 5. Wafflestomper

Noodle Arm Mike@noodlearm.bsky.social · 5d ago

I wish I could use kick-ass and punk rock but these are probably more accurate 1. Granola 2. Greener Pastures 3. Spork 4. Kilobyte 5. Head-in-the-sand

TIL the first round of disc golf was played in 1926 "The first known instance of anyone playing golf with a flying disc occurred in Vancouver, BC Canada in 1926. A group of school age kids played a game with tin lids, which they dubbed Tin Lid Golf" www.morleyfield.com/blog/2009/10... #DiscGolf

A History Of Disc Golf - v1.4 — Morley Field Disc Golf Course

From what we can tell... 776 B.C. Discus throwing becomes one of the Pentathlon events at the Greek Olympics. The winner of the event received the Discus. 1644 Edward Frisbie of England s...

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Peter Butler@peter-butler.bsky.social · 6d ago

I was gonna call b.s. on 1974 for "disc golf" but I think before that it was called "frisbee golf" (before Whammo put the IP whammo on that term) First disc golf (frisbee golf) tournament was 1969. They used hula hoops #DiscGolf

Yes! We have monthly volunteer nights at our office in Oakland’s Jack London Square with snacks if you want to come say “hi”. Or email me robert@BikeEastBay.org to set up a different time. bikeeastbay.org/event/bike-e...

Bike East Bay Volunteer Night - Bike East Bay

Join us for Volunteer Night every last Tuesday of the month from 6-8pm. We meet at our office in Jack London to work on light office tasks. Drinks and snacks are provided. It’s a great way […]

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Decent set of golf irons and a couple woods free for the taking on Woolsey right off MLK #Berkeley #Golf #GroundScore

I haven't seen this one yet, and for me, it can't be beat I'm not sure there's another episode like it in TV sitcom history

Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a thread sure to be full of SPOILERS what do you think is the saddest moment in sitcom history?

Our position on The Media is that, along with all the other ways that The Media is Fucked, a way that Media is Fucked is that far too many of the channels by which people discover things to read online have been captured by our enemies' algorithms. Curation is what a Good Internet would feel like.

“The global average TikTok user watches over 100,000 videos annually, and the average American spends 50 hours a week on screens, 16 of those on social media platforms. An American born in 2025 is projected to spend 21 years of their lifetime looking at screens.” Grim stats. This needs to change.

Getting Off with the Luddites | Sarah Thankam Mathews

They see Big Tech as having eroded commonality: the common good, the social fabric, the institutions of collective interest. Luddism, as they conceive of it, is a communal, spiritual, and political pr...

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"A writer who can’t write is still a writer ... But a writer who can’t write and finally understands why? Maybe there’s a way back from that." #Writing

Patrick Pittman@patrickpittman.bsky.social · 2w ago

When my brain broke, I set about trying to fix it the same way I do with anything — by pulling it apart to figure out what's jammed. This started as a cultural history of writer's block, and ended up in the neuroscience of how creativity itself works (or doesn't): thestory.au/articles/wri...

France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”

France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

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MAGA is getting desperate for more pregnant teenagers stateline.org/2026/07/22/f...

Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’ • Stateline

The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking,...

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I didn’t have beer can Bayard Rustin on my 2026 bingo card, but I sure as hell will take it Kudos to Armistice for this Unfinished Work collection #ArmisticeBrewing #Beer

Everyone experiences the area around Ashby @bart.gov differently. Some walk. Some bike. Some ride the bus. Some drive. Help shape a space that works better for everyone at our community workshop on Saturday, July 25, from 10am–noon. berkeleyca.gov/commu... RSVP today: forms.office.com/pag...

Ashby BART Access and Public Space Community Meeting | City of Berkeley

Join a hands-on workshop to share how you move through and experience the area around Ashby BART!The City, BART, and development team are reimagining public space near Ashby BART as part of a future transit-oriented development (TOD) at this location.What would help you get to and move around this space more easily and comfortably? What would make this space feel welcoming for people of all ages and abilities?

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Two games I do not have: 1. Rollers 2. Overhands 25 feet from basket, directly behind a wall of trees (~20-20 ft high) All you gotta do to make the putt is get it over. Gaps through are 20+ ft to either side Oh yeah, 10-15 mph head wind Time for a Brodie thing? #DiscGolf

"Everybody wanted to be there, but nobody wanted to admit that they had paid the price of entry"

Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens@leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about being at the FIFA World Cup final and the entire sordid scene. I spoke to a few people who bought five-figure tickets. I tried to make sense of the senseless. @defector.com (This is a gift link, but you should subscribe to Defector, the rare outlet that would commission this.)

Fix the schools - and you'll fix the city. Meanwhile, Paris has now 300 "rue aux écoles". These are school street where walking, playing, relaxing and cycling is allowed, and driving is forbidden. Around 50% of all public nursery and elementary schools in Paris now have a school street in front.

We still don't know the source of the cyclospora outbreak www.taylorfarms.com/newsroom/tay...

Without saying your age, what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Beth Day@thebethocracy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?