How did it take until August 3 for the Phillies to hit their first grand slam?

Duh.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2d ago

🌍 Iran denied any negotiations were taking place with the United States after President Donald Trump said new talks would begin Monday in an effort to end their war, now in its sixth month. ➡️ u.afp.com/SHJj

"State capitalism" is communism warmed over and given a benign-sounding label. Sorta like how certain union-busting laws somehow got to be called "right-to-work."

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 4d ago

The US government granted a permit to build a road through Alaskan wilderness. In exchange, it gets a stake in a mining company. This is how the Trump administration is re-writing the rules of business.

A family of Smith's tree squirrels (Paraxerus cepapi) looking pretty damn cute. (Okavango Delta, #Botswana, 7/13/2026)

Still July, but Halloween creep happening at Costco

BREAKING NEWS: Dulles Airport is almost 30 miles from DC.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "The last major airport built in the US was Denver in 1995. It hasn't gotten very great reviews. So we're doing something with Dulles that's gonna make it I think maybe the top anywhere in the world. By the way, Palm Beach is gonna be one of the top too."

The Nats once released a Dr. Fauci bobblehead. And I got one.

Trump called Lindsey Graham "one of the great figures in Senate history." Let's be honese -- will Graham be remembered for anything other than being a massive war hawk and going full MAGA?

Timelapse of a severe thunderstorm approaching NE #DC this evening. @capitalweather.com @thehillishome.com @hillragdc.bsky.social

Mood #catsofbluesky

Got a giant backlog of pics from southern Africa, so I'll be posting one every now and then for the foreseeable future. Just to break the monotony of normal political news on my feed. Here's a hard-charging African bush #elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Chobe National Park, Botswana. (7/15/2026)

SpaceX undergoing rapid unscheduled disassembly

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

“SpaceX has now erased more than $1.2 trillion in market cap since its high price of $225.64 in June – almost exactly the value of Elon Musk's other company, Tesla, whose shares just fell to near one-year lows.”

I found these in Cape Town and am wondering why I didn't get a whole box.

Lost me at "Trump says..."

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump says Iran war talks taking place during lull in strikes

I've never subscribed to or used DoorDash, and won't be anytime soon.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Supporting a nuclear strike on DC home rule … to battle a 20 cent fee that will raise money to help feed poor families in low-income communities. Please. Just do it. Cancel your DoorDash.

Jusy saw a kid skateboarding through Newark Airport. Never change, #EWR.

Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two small dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way that can only be seen from south of 20°N and 15°N latitude, respectively, from Clanwilliam, South Africa. #astronomy #astrophotography

Tang lives! In Cape Town! #SouthAfrica

Piketburg, South Africa, has more KFCs than DC.

A "completely obliterated" Iranian military indeed

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: Iran's IRGC says it struck a US base in Jordan, destroying a THAAD missile-defense radar, per Jinshi. A Patriot system and a C-RAM radar were also hit and the base's fuel depot set ablaze.

#DCStatehood

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 2w ago

@eleanornorton.bsky.social continues: this Congress has introduced over 130 bills, amendments, and riders that undermine DC laws. The only solution is DC statehood!

Oh

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 2w ago

James Talarico likes to say that Ken Paxton “now owns 11 homes, while most Texans can’t afford one.” Talarico is going to need to update his stump speech — because he understated matters: Paxton actually owns 15 properties (including a lot in Hawaii). www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

I spent the entire first half watching a crowd in Cape Town reacting to the game. I actually tried to watch the game at times. But it's an absolute slog for me to watch people kicking a ball back and forth to each other and nothing really happening for long strecthes of time. 1/5

Cape Town crowd boos when Trump is shown on screen. #WorldCup

Large crowd gathering around a big screen to watch the #WorldCup final at Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa (almost 9pm local time).

Fish toss. Hamerkop - Scopus umbretta Chobe National Park, Botswana #birding #birdoftheday #botswana #chobe #fishing

The moon and Venus about 2° apart tonight, a bit overexposed to show earthshine, at around 7pm local time (GMT+2, or about 1pm EDT), from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. @capitalweather.com

Do I want to ride something called Zoox?

Reuters@reuters.com · 3w ago

Zoox recalls self-driving cars because they may not detect smoke reut.rs/4fg7vhW

Glad Trump's speech is happening in the middle of the night where I am on vacation now. I'll get the lowlights sometime during the day tomorrow.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

A pair of Verreaux's eagle-owls (Bubo lacteus) sittin' in a tree in the #Okavango Delta in #Botswana. #birding #birdoftheday