In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

Happy birthday to Daniel Dae Kim! He was in Star Trek: Voyager's "Blink of an Eye" and played a MACO soldier on Enterprise. The day he was born, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Walter Koenig were being fitted for their "Tholian Web" spacesuits.

Happy Birthday President Obama! You reminded the world that true leadership is built on dignity, compassion & respect. Not ego! Your legacy continues to inspire millions! In my view, you are the greatest president in American history! #HappyBirthdayObama #PresidentObama #ViVaHerAlliance #SheShed

Today, for the first time in New York City history, 2,000 two year-olds received offers for FREE 2-K. A big step for those who take baby steps. A big step towards a City every New Yorker can afford.

🎾 #Tennis #NBOToronto #NBO2026 #NationalBankOpen Anna Kalinskaya has a post-match debrief with the brains behind her 3rd Set comeback - Bella The Dog ...

Happy 65th Birthday, August 4th, to the best President in US History. The black man "they" feared, led with humor, dignity & grace for 8 yrs scandal-free, has a beautiful & accomplished family, and is beloved by millions around the world. @barackobama.bsky.social #BarackObama #ThePeoplesPresident

Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

Changed my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?

It's such a dilemma - don't you agree? I felt like this while reading The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett. #BookSky

🎾 #Tennis #MubadalaDCOpen #MubadalaCitiDCOpen #DCOpen Holy smokes! When the rain arrived yesterday Jessica Pegula was up a set. I wake up and Alexandra Eala has taken her to the cleaners. Alexandra Eala wins the WTA 500 title in Washington DC. Wow!

The really stupid thing about kids' sports and the trans scare is the one I never hear anyone say: Who the hell cares who wins in kids's sports? It's a freaking game. For kids. Get a life!

Meet the three woman skaters drawing attention from Tony Hawk and Thrasher while raising the stakes for the skateboarding community in L.A. and O.C. 🛹 🎥: Julianne Le and Erwin Recinos

My mom and grandma told me about this. It happened in Los Angeles. The last streetcar ran in 1963.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

They will never win a defamation suit in the US and they know it. This is an obvious attempt to scare Served into submission. Once this is tossed out I hope they sue the PTPA to hell. awfulannouncing.com/tennis/ptpa-...

PTPA threatens defamation lawsuit against Andy Roddick's 'Served' podcast in newly surfaced letter

The PTPA threatened a defamation lawsuit against Andy Roddick's popular "Served" tennis podcast for a yet-released story.

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Alexandra Eala makes WTA history, becoming the first Filipina to win on the tour. She took down the tournament's No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 seeds en route to the victory! 👏

Alex Eala lifting her first WTA trophy. This is the first tour level singles trophy ever won by a Filipino tennis player. “Every dream begins as a seed, once it grows it cannot be stopped.” 🏆 🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭

Kristina Liutova at 16 years of age comes through the qualifying and wins Memphis She defeats Darja Vidmanova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 and becomes the first player 16 years or younger to win a WTA Title in 7 years (Coco Gauff)

Howdy new followers! I'm Amber, her girlfriend for which we are lesbiabs A doctor Lesbiab Transgender (She/Her) Favorite dinosaur is Ankylosaurus Apparently cute? Idk. The Dutch word for banana is banaan lol

Michelle, a good witch@hiyinx.bsky.social · 3d ago

Many new followers, so reintroduction! 》My name is Michelle 》I'm a visual artist/art teacher from the Netherlands 》I'm quite lesbian with my girlfriend Amber ( @risettemd.bsky.social) 》I was raised bilingual (considered native English speaker, Dutch at B2) 》I discus mental health, break stigmas pls

Many new followers, so reintroduction! 》My name is Michelle 》I'm a visual artist/art teacher from the Netherlands 》I'm quite lesbian with my girlfriend Amber ( @risettemd.bsky.social) 》I was raised bilingual (considered native English speaker, Dutch at B2) 》I discus mental health, break stigmas pls

I loved him so much. This is what he had to say about Ronald Reagan. 

Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport

Eala d. Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-4 Alex is into the Washington semi's for the first time. She's now won her last 4 meetings against top 10 players Shes unlocked a new level since the grass swing. ✅3rd SF of 2026 ✅6th top 10 win of 2026 It's all coming together 🇵🇭❤

Getting real tired of this idea of the media celebrating "women who stand up for cisgender women's rights" without directly asking any of them "are trans women actually a danger to you?"

Leylah Fernandez's season of discontent continues, losing a big 2nd set lead to Alex Eala and going down in straights. The defending champ just couldn't generate the consistency necessary to outlast Eala, and can't find a confidence-building win. Needs a coaching voice other than her dad. #DCOpen

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

"protecting women's sports" is code for "protecting patriarchy" because the underlying message is that women's sports must be controlled by men. And let's not even dive into the fact that women's sports only exist to protect men from women who surpass their own abilities.

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

👋 Public Health Communicator from Australia here. One of the reasons Australia punches above its weight in sports is that it prioritizes sports science. It's no surprise that Aussie athletes like the swim team have been consistently masking to prevent themselves getting sick before competitions.

I get to put a hat on Heater one (1) time per year and it’s when she’s under anesthesia while getting her teeth cleaned. The vet puts it on before she wakes up. I consider it a fair trade for the cost of her dental cleaning.

A Human Being Named Alex@that-human-being.bsky.social · last wk.

Have you tried to get Heater to wear cute outfits like that? Does she even let you put it on her?

💯 Agree! 😬

LLMs don't make diagnoses, they use pattern recognition. And as it turns out, there's a whole lot of quacks with treatments for black mold or "chronic Lyme" or "COVID shot syndrome" or any other of what I affectionately call "heavy wallet disorders."