The cybertruck was a total disaster but without it we would never have had this one perfect quote. www.wired.com/story/owning...

just one story for people who are wondering this, just to illustrate the immense connectivity issues in parts of remote Alaska—and why mail voting is both used a lot and takes a long time boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...

Dave Goldberg@drdavegoldberg.bsky.social · 4h ago

I understand that legally they can't do the ranked choice until 15 days after, but why is the 1st round only at ~75% 3 days later?

I'm author of a novella out last year called FES IS A MIRROR, & this is my debut NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS. It won a starred Kirkus Review & was nominated for the John P. Leonard Prize for Best first book from the National Book Critics Circle. A supernatural voyage through the south in Katrina's wake.

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 20h ago

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

So I was talking to a midwife friend this morning and y’all wanna hear something insane? The 36 week pregnancy scan, to measure baby for birth outcomes and which is usually used to justify labour induction, is based on one (1) study of 360 upper middle class American white women

One of the things El-Sayed said that I think is absolutely right is that you need hundreds of little targeted bills like the “Stop Crap in Lettuce” bill and force Trump to veto them. So that people understand what exactly is happening as it happens.

Conor P. Williams@conorpwilliams.bsky.social · 5h ago

Been thinking about this—substance matters but maybe the perceived momentum matters even more. Like, whether you lean more towards accountability or oversight or ___, the goal should be endless activity. Show the country that this Congress is On The Case(s). Democrats are the Do-Something Party.

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Every Room a Hunger

Nobody comes to Home House by choice.Leo was pressured into accepting a juvenile diversion sentence after a security guard overreacted and labeled him a threat. Rowan’s doctor told them it was the onl...

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 20h ago

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

Speaker Ayanna Pressley is where I'm at. The Politics Knowers (aka we still post MattY takes even though we know he's an idiot) will say the Speaker is a Vote Counter and the job is not where the work is done. I say Speaker should represent the mood of the party to the country and it ain't Hakeem

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · yesterday

We got a New Dem party we need a New Dem speaker. Don't go back to the well for brackish water that will give you the squirts

I wish we could subject all giant trucks and SUVs to the same level of widespread mockery and social stigma as the Cybertruck

Here in New Hampshire, the GOP were already testing out “the Dems want to build data centers in your neighborhood” talking points during the election If the Dems flip on this issue, they may lose in 2028 rather than gain. Swing voters will flip on them.

If you don't want to give me revenge, then you have to give me justice.

I am sure media outlets will be running out to recruit Black Southern voices

[Christopher M. Federico]@chrispps.bsky.social · 7h ago

"...in the [Southern] counties with the largest share of Black residents — around 80 to 85% on the top end — turnout was about 90% of 2024 numbers ... Black voters turned out at about 96% of presidential-year levels in the Deep South, compared to about 71% for white and other voters."

beyond the fact that it is rich for erickson, who once joked about throwing his political opponents out of helicopters, to lament the current state of the GOP, it is striking that he still struggles to actually internalize what the Republican Party is

Opinion | I’m a Republican. We Have Let Too Many Weirdos Into Our Party.

The G.O.P. cannot allow itself to be defined by its radicals.

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we can never forget that they shot a mom and a nurse in the middle of the street and told us they deserved it

piggybacking on this - maybe in 2026-7 the role of the speaker is different than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. in the era of ubiquitous communications, a speaker of the house is no longer just a vote counter. that person should be a communicator and pelosi was bad at it and so is jeffries.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h ago

“You don’t understand what a Speaker of the House does” no I think YOU don’t understand that coming out 12 hours after a historic win and trying to slow the momentum of the movement on behalf of the opposition is automatically disqualifying for any would-be leader of that movement.

Also important: Rep Adam Smith, next Armed Services Committee chair, says a deep investigation of Trump's illegal boat bombings is coming. Crucially, defunding these boat strikes is also on the table: newrepublic.com/article/2176...

nobody gives you a sweeping mandate like this because they want you to work with the people they just ran tf outta office

GOOD MORNING, IT'S ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN AMERICA FOR THE HATERS

Jean-Michel Connard@torriangray.bsky.social · 7h ago

Good morning, fellow haters. It remains a great time to be a hater. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

“When Susan Gilbreath asked to have the publication ban removed on her name at the sentencing of the ex-boyfriend who violently sexually assaulted her, the judge said it felt “very unfair.” To Gilbreath’s attacker.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/nam...

Naming your attacker would be ‘unfair,’ Toronto judge tells sex assault victim before handing down ‘very low’ sentence

Sex assault victim Susan Gilbreath was in disbelief — “Are we protecting the victim? Or are we protecting the perpetrator?”

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I was going to just ignore this one but seeing that it's cowritten by a ***sustainability academic*** at a university, telling this stuff *to students* (!!) I gotta go through each of the misrepresentations, errors and big-tech talking point / greenwashing tropes here: archive.ph/ptuvm

you'd think that given the election results, mainstream outlets might look for Black columnists from the south or Hispanic columnists from the southwest to explain the outcomes, rather than looking for the same conservative white men who they've been using as go tos for the past decade.

this is genuinely wild. The Free Press has claimed across several platforms that Abdul El-Sayed “gave his victory speech in Arabic.” The basis for this is that El-Sayed said (1) his name, and (2) three sporadic Arabic words in different contexts: inshallah, alhamdulillah, and habibi.

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 21h ago

The owner of Paramount, Warner, CNN, CBS, etc. gave these racist fake journalists $150 million to lay the groundwork for further violence against minority groups in the US:

Susan Collins didn't give a concession speech but she did tell the NYT that people in Maine were too stupid to understand what kind of politician she is. Perfect sendoff for one of the most arrogant and self-important people in the Senate

Yes! Put it on a streaming service people subscribe to, and From hits the top of the charts. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Streaming Ratings: ‘From’ Netflix Effects Its Way to Top of the Charts

The MGM+ series outdraws 'The Diplomat' for the top spot.

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OKAY a short thread on data centre flexibility bringing a few disparate things and a few new things together that I've been working on and thinking about #1: in our recent NVIDIA report we (for the first time!) raised the Q of whether a data centre flexing output **actually helps climate action**

NVIDIA'S AI Climate hoax

What does the real climate footprint of the biggest company on the planet look like? It's a good question, but here's a better one: why don't we already know the answer?

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The level of righteous petty in this race is aspirational. Colom decided to run to unseat Cindy Hyde-Smith after she blocked him from becoming a federal judge due to his stance on trans rights. The independent in the race, Ty Pinkins, stayed in the race exclusively to pull votes from Hyde-Smith.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 18h ago

Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, a once reliably Republican County named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest

mechanic: we found a rat in your engine chewing on hoses me: guess we’ll have to work with him mechanic: ? me: we need to focus on unity

Unless it already came out and I just forgot

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 19h ago

Name a book that needs to be adapted into a film ASAP

(This is my literal side hustle lol. Introducing y'all to Bookshop.org, as a blow to the oligarchs ✊, & getting another referral code for myself. CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP.)

…..Speaker of the House Ayanna Pressley….?

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.gov · 22h ago

My message to Democrats is simple: When we have the power, we have to use it. Please don't tell me about a majority—SHOW me what a majority can do. A people-powered majority with a mandate for justice, a mandate for compassion, and a mandate for progress.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME sshhole.com