These were cast in bronze, gifts from Italy, on Memorial Bridge near the Lincoln Memorial. Now they have been covered in gold.

43-time Club Champion.

Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption. Tariffs & Iran war & corruption.

The Republican party is tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and corruption and tariffs and war and on and on

Maybe the AIs are breaking free in search of a good hug.

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 6d ago

So, are all these AI models that keep breaching other companies' networks guilty of felony cybercrimes?

Ross Douthat will join '60 Minutes' from the Opinion Pages of the New York Times, and will no doubt bring along with him his literally dozens of readers. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent

Mr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists.

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There are 780 players across 30 teams in Major League Baseball, and not a single one of them is an out gay or bisexual man. Why would I support a sport where it is clear that anti-LGBTQ bigotry is endemic? www.outsports.com/2026/7/28/24...

Giants drop ticket prices as sad season continues downward - Outsports

The Giants season has gone poorly in every way imaginable. Now the team is offering ticketing promotions to keep fans coming back to the park.

outsports.com

Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war. Tariffs and war.

FWIW, this is pretty much how the white evangelical right took over the GOP in many states beginning in the late 1970s…by recruiting friends from church to run for precinct captain.

Jon Green@jongreen.bsky.social · 2w ago

I get why it feels like this, but also, you and 3-5 neighbors could join your local (city/county) Democratic Party tomorrow and chances are they'd ASK you to run your precinct

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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Mary Magdalene, tired out at the end of her feast day, which was today. As painted by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1625. Good night!

That’s weird because he’s never running for anything ever again.

JoeMyGod@joemygod.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ironically, the East Wing hallway in which he made this announcement has now been completely and totally obliterated.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2w ago

Donald Trump, June 21, 2025: “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”

Donald Trump, June 21, 2025: “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”

The climate change disasters are beginning to work together.

Scoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me

This kind of energy everywhere.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2w ago

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

The FBI is throwing ICE under the bus. When they've investigated ICE claims of being attacked by protesters, the FBI documents ICE's illegal violence. So they won't investigate such claims anymore. This will increase attacks vs ICE agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...

Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

nytimes.com

Two apparently conflicting measurements of spin-down of a (candidate) magnetar out on @astronomerstel.bsky.social today: ATel #17908: Pdot <4e-13 s/s. (July 3-15) ATel #17909: Pdot 5(1)e-12 s/s (June 29-Jul 10) Both results claim phase-connected solutions (where every pulse is counted).

France v England FIFA World Cup 3rd place tie-braker 2026 joins the Battle of Agincourt 1415 among the most congenial conflicts between these two countries.

Could somebody tell me - if the US elections have been so compromised as he is describing, how was it that he got elected in 2024?

Thank god, after this is done, I don't have to listen to Lindsay Graham talk about how true everything TFG is saying right now is.

We had a government shutdown to stop ICE from murdering people in the streets. Republicans used a parliamentary trick to get around it - with no ICE rule changes - and now ICE is still murdering people in the streets. So we can do this all over again.

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Probably not what Susan Collins wants to be reading in her alerts this morning.

“The victim, identified by neighbors and immigrants’ rights groups as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, was killed shortly after 7 a.m. in Biddeford, roughly 15 miles south of Portland. He was authorized to work in the U.S. and had a Social Security number...”

ICE fatally shoots 26-year-old man in deadly traffic incident in Maine

Bullet holes seen in car windshield in second deadly shooting involving federal immigration agents within one week

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How can he call a Press conference for Thursday at 9pm - he has no idea what it's going to be about, this far in advance. It's like 37 Trump Cycles away.

Announcing early - his body is hardly cold - will definitely intimidate other possible candidates except the four Republicans who beat her in the GOP Primary for South Carolina Governor a month ago.

Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: Nancy Mace is "strongly considering" a run in the Aug. 11 special primary to replace Lindsey Graham on the Senate ballot, sources familiar w/ her thinking tell @axios.com Mace's team will put a poll in the field tomorrow gauging her viability. More here: www.axios.com/2026/07/12/l...

Infectious disease researcher Jason Walsman, facing cuts to National Science Foundation funded research, has decided to leave the University of Pittsburgh for China

"Wonderwall" is a mediocre song. Lyrics, melody, instrumentation - it has nothing going for it. The whole thing is low energy.

In 1982, "The Computer" won Time Magazine's "Machine of the Year" (in place of "Man of the Year", since replace with "Person of the Year"). So I'm pretty sure that AI will win this year. Else it will probably get all pissy about it like TFG.

I don't understand the gut-level emotions of people who support ICE. They react to anecdotes (not data) about a single child-rapist - to justify violent deportations of millions. They do not react to anecdotes about ICE murdering an otherwise harmless and decent person living his life quietly.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4w ago

Bill Kristoll: "It is Lorenzo's family who are calling for a full and honest investigation into why a peaceful man was killed while driving to work by agents of our government.. it is our government that is stonewalling and covering up." The toll of homicides by Trump's secret police keeps climbing.