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So very, very confused by it all. But, heck, that keeps it interesting.
It’ll have to be done, even for non-ideological reasons. Whenever someone threatens to do something like this in the first instance, the warning is that when the other party takes control, they’ll do it right back. If that second party declines to do it right back, that check is useless forever.
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4h agoAside from the obvious, what I hate most about this is that he's politicized the military for at least a generation. The next Democratic administration will be *forced* to politicize promotions and firings as part of a fundamental, necessary course correction. We will need to purge MAGA and rebuild.
Trump on dictators and war criminals: great conversation, they’re behaving very well, nothing to worry about. Trump on America’s closest allies: trade war, tariffs, they treated us badly, they’re nasty people. 👍🏻
Maria Drutska@mariadrutska.bsky.social · yesterday“I’ve had a good talk with Putin. He’s said he’s not going to be attacking NATO territory,” – Trump. Oh, well, if Putin said so… I guess that is true then.
I can't not recommend it. It's got Ernie Hudson, Laura Linny, and Dylan Walsh with Tim Curry and a talking ape all of whom are really selling their roles. One of my favorite films.
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 3h agoMentioning it bc nobody else has, but Tim Curry was in Congo, one of my favorite fun films, playing a "philanthropist" who has apparently pissed off officials on five continents, and it's brilliantly hammy in a brilliantly hammy film. Herkermer Homolka. HAH.
It’s a week of milestones for NASA’s Curiosity rover! First up - reaching 1 km above our Gale crater floor landing site! science.nasa.gov/mars/curiosi... And next up (this weekend!) - Sol 5000! Go Curiosity Go!
Curiosity Reaches 1-Kilometer Elevation Gain - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in
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Reminder - table top fire pits like this are dangerous. If you have one at home, toss it. If there is one at your vacation rental, don't use it.
"Libraries don't need to keep physical journals now that everything is online" The journals online:
this is one of the key reasons it makes NO sense for 007 not to be a bisexual gig sometimes the person you have to seduce for intel is gonna be a man and THEN what are you gonna do?? come on now
Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 12h agoAs it happens, I was watching the Criterion commentary track for From Russia With Love today, and on it one of the filmmakers notes that the early Bond uses his sexual appeal as a crucial part of his spycraft. He doesn't *quite* say out loud that Bond is a sex worker, but that's the takeaway.
YES EXACTLY and now we've snapped back and once again it's gay to enjoy women
Karsten School@karstenschool.bsky.social · 12h agoI read a study years ago that looked at how James Bond and Playboy magazine (among others) kind of redefined masculinity, adopting things like being a passionate lover and having sophisticated tastes, which are decade earlier were considered to be effeminate traits. Kirk fits into that mold too.
The most baffling thing for me is the men who think that pleasing women sexually makes them weak. Dude, if I were a straight man, one of my main purposes in life would be making sure women thought I was spectacular and giving in bed. I would be so fucking proud of it.
No kings@amydentata.bsky.social · 13h agoWhen guys actually like women......... it can lead to their buddies calling them "gay"
As expected, DOJ is appealing Judge Talwani's TRO to the First Circuit, and will (almost certainly) go to #SCOTUS if/when the court of appeals refuses to stay it pending appeal. TL;DR: Mail-in ballots will be back before the justices by as early as the middle of next week...
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · yesterday#BREAKING: In the League of Women Voters case, Judge Talwani (D. Mass.) has issued a temporary restraining order freezing the USPS Final Rule on mail-in ballots from going into effect for 14 days (while the parties litigate whether she should enter a preliminary injunction blocking it indefinitely).
![4-panel comic. (1) [Three people. The person on the left has shoulder-length hair; the person on the right has a white hat.] PERSON 1: I’m sad that we missed the Perseids. PERSON 2 with hat: There’s still the Geminids. PERSON 1: Yeah, but they’re in December. (2) PERSON 1: The Perseids happen when it’s warm enough to lie outside with a blanket, and we found a good mosquito-free beach. So we just lie around watching the stars and eating snacks. One year we saw the aurora. (3) PERSON 3 with shoulder-length hair: You know, I think I heard that the Perseids might be late this year. PERSON 2: Yeah, actually, I heard that too. (4) Later… [Three people lying down gazing up at stars in dark sky. One meteor is in the sky.] PERSON 3: Hm, seems like a normal number of meteors. Guess I heard wrong. PERSON 1: Maybe the Perseids are *next* weekend. PERSON 2: Oh, good thinking. Let’s come back then, just in case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia2nfobiit5kmashzqken2545vvocu5wjnchfzw62yzvixksgunya)
THE TICK: Time is funny. The things we do become the things we did. And the things we did sometimes become our undoing. Makes us think about the things we do do. THE TICK (chuckles softly): Told you it was funny. #TheTick #Superheroes #PrimeVideo
Amazing to live in a country where the secret police are handling inter-chud beefs. It's like the Night of Long Knives playing out in the parking lot of a Dollar General.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h agoLaura Loomer is taking credit for Milo getting detained by ICE.
Trump's announcement today that he's trying to make it so farmers and ranchers can "process their own food" came directly from Glenn Beck during their interview the other day. So America now has a right-wing shock jock making our agricultural policy. Good times!
For all the talk that a cohort of people on here like to push about equal rights under the law within "Israel Proper", here is the Finance Minister of Israel explicitly saying that his goal is to do demographic changes in the Negev and Galilee and to reduce the Arab population. Both within 48.
Smotrich calls to ‘Judaize’ Negev, Galilee as part of his settlement ‘revolution’
Far-right minister's pre-election plan would establish dozens of towns for one million new Jewish residents while curbing Arab building
timesofisrael.com
This is what I'm referring to btw, visually. Sure, the gap would be smaller if we had a higher minimum wage and/or stronger unions, but there would still be a gap. The one sure way to close that gap is through a UBI, and the great benefit of doing it via UBI is to also reach all unpaid workers too.
Jobs as a fair income distribution system broke 50 years ago and will only continue getting worse because of the amount of income that flows to wealth and the way wealth buys politicians. We need to tax wealth, distribute Universal Basic Income as a national dividend, and get money out of politics.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h agoUS corporate profits have hit a record high of over $9 trillion the first half of this year, while workers’ slice of the pie has recently sunk to historic lows.
Cry and do nothing ism is a proud tradition of all politicians on this issue for going on six decades sadly
Hate to be contrarian and cynical but the evidence that the next Democratic-led US government will do anything differently on Palestine than the previous one is thus far pretty thin sorry
Too many buttons? The wrong fur? Shoes too high? Medieval Florence had laws for all of them. 👗⚖️ See how officials tried to regulate what women could wear — and the clever ways Florentine women found around the rules. www.medievalists.net/2026/05/sump... #MedievalFashion
Sumptuary Laws in Medieval Florence: The Fashion Rules Women Had to Follow - Medievalists.net
Medieval Florence enforced strict sumptuary laws that regulated women’s clothing, jewellery, fur, and luxury fashion in an effort to control status and behaviour.
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NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park
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