PSL_4Loko
@psl4loko.bsky.social
Grid Ops nerd (BA and a TOP again, thank goodness), public power enthusiast, and basic-est of bitches. He/him. 4Loko should make a PSL flavor. Occasional submarine and infrastructure opinions. Bike commuting is best commuting.
A simple declarative statement of fact. Refreshing!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoEl-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."
This party sure does love to run cover for pedophiles.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h ago"Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up." newrepublic.com/post/213959/...
TIP LINE ALL-STAR: John from Michigan shares advice for surviving the collapse of the police state
Once again... bsky.app/profile/jben...
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 12h agoFormer J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Gen X and millennial hipster craft gastronomy genuinely changed the world.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterdayFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
I'm just going to keep screaming this until I'm hoarse, but until Trump the norm -- for 50 years -- was that sitting presidents had their taxes audited by the IRS and released to the public to show they were clean. But Trump refused repeatedly, and sued when his return was leaked, and now ... this
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
Ok, taking a break from furniture assembly to address this bullshit properly. It asks who won civil rights - Martin or Malcolm?" It's a trick question, and the trick is that you're supposed to answer it. The premise is that a movement has one engine. It never does. 🧵
Roz Kaveney@rozkaveney.bsky.social · 5d agoWho won the battle for civil rights? Martin or Malcolm? Who won Indian freedom? Gandhi or Bose. I'm not advocating silence. I'm advocating strategic daring allied to tactical prudence. Individual adventurism will fail . Collective action will keep allies on side.
this is actually the wife-beatingest reply possible. this is the platonic ideal of how a guy who beat his wife would respond to a question about beating his wife.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
This got me to finally read the entire New Yorker article on the Tates and... yeah. I don't see how what they're doing is any different than what everyone has accused Jeffrey Epstein of doing. Except they're *more public* about admitting to what they're doing AND getting young men to join in.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4d agoHowever horrible you think the Tate brothers are, I promise, it's worse than that. It's insane that Dems aren't making a bigger deal of the GOP embracing these grotesque monsters.
Still can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol
Rage Against The Machine: RATM/Evil Empire/Battle For LA. The Offspring: Ixnay/Americana/Conspiracy
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
That's just the ones they've found. ACAB
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 4d agoNew: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
One of the barely-reported stories of the just-ended Tour de France is how two pro cyclists, Brandon McNulty and Xandro Meurisse, were hit by road-raging drivers, in separate incidents, on the same day (which was a time trial stage).
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5d agoEvery time a pro cyclist is hit by a driver it's a good reminder of how silly so much of the victim blaming around bicyclists is. These are the best, most skilled riders in the world and even they get hit! Turns out it's not about the rider.
Watching Republicans re-litigate the COVID response, it remains clear to me that one reason they view the pandemic response as a failure is that too many of the people that they wanted to die are still alive.
it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Moral injury, which is *very basically* being made to do or observe something which contradicts your personal morals, is often compounded by something called “institutional betrayal,” a separate but often-linked issue where someone is betrayed by an institution they have put faith or trust in.
Puck the Puddle Pilot@puckthepilot.bsky.social · last wk.Gonna be a whole lot of moral damage when these service members come back and start telling their story and MAGA starts claiming it never happened and they are paid actors. Black rifle coffee gonna eat itself.
My gender is avocado
Jeff Groh@jeffgroh.bsky.social · last wk.Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
a real indictment of Democratic voters of the era that the Supreme Court just straight up stole the Presidency from them and were back up to 60% approval like 3 years later
Opinion Today@opiniontoday.bsky.social · last wk.Americans' approval of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing has fallen to a record low of 33%, driven by a steep drop in Republicans’ backing of the court since last year. (Gallup) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260728
Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
France is currently retasking one of it's MQ-9 Reaper drones to support of wildfire response operations in the Gironde region enabling continuous, real-time fire surveillance in coordination with ground firefighting crews, both day and night, including in smoke-obscured conditions.
The Apple TV Neuromancer preview looks like it could be very good.
PSL_4Loko@psl4loko.bsky.social · 2y ago"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." -William Gibson Light pollution's unfortunate but for bike commuting purposes it does have the silver lining of increased visibility.
