An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)

An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.

An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...

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Some fascinating insights from the Paramount Skydance CEO

If the words "Danger Room" mean anything to you, this is the story for you.

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: The US military is about to enter its laser war era. @noahshachtman.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/landma...

He's losing words. Anyone with a parent or loved one suffering from dementia will recognize this pattern. Wen he says "moving cameras," it's because he can't recall the word "videos" and so he's stating the component parts as best he can. E.g., a "camera" is involved and the images are "moving"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

Swap in a few words and the NBA’s recreated this classic Onion headline

Mike Vorkunov@mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 2d ago

A new medical study says there is a link between an increase in minutes played in the games before an Achilles tear and a player suffering that injury. The NBA said that no relationship exists, according to its own internal research. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."

Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago

What sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...

Many (myself included) have written essays over the years tracking American decline by looking at how Superman stories have lost their way I would argue that Spider-Man's metatextual journey has become vastly more relevant as an indicator of national decay

Convince the IRGC to become Mets fans

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago

PENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Well I’m intrigued

Leaving aside the whole Dodgers Evil Empire thing…

Man, I’m watching the Devil Wears Prada sequel and it’s unfathomably awful. Every single lead is utterly phoning it in, even Streep. The whole grim enterprise just keeps chugging along without anything resembling a plot. A humiliating experience for everyone involved—except KAT. He was great

Senior White House official: You post those AI slop pics of Trump and an alien? WH social media staffer/Groyper: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Senior official: what

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trump having a normal one today

the people doing it here were backed by very rich hedge fund owner and his pac, who did it to push his slate of ballot initiatives (and that includes the teenagers they put courtside). none of this is organic

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)

Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...

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A treat for y’all on this steamy late July night: The first new music from Tom Waits in 15 years! youtu.be/M5MMxyaxiW4

Made a new fren post-run

War crimes. They’re planning to commit war crimes

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d ago

Washington — The United States and Israel are planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources told CBS News, with strikes possible throughout the weekend. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-isra...

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Brain Corsairs: Across the Mind Parallax

I’m hearing from multiple sources that they believe there is indeed a surge happening in NYC. This incident, in Inwood, happened amid multiple days of ICE in the area, as activity was also reported in Corona (Queens), Bensonhurst, Bushwick (Brooklyn), & Port Richmond (Staten Island) this past week.

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 6d ago

Masked ICE thug just casually shooting pepper spray at a few old ladies standing peacefully on the sidewalk filming them in uptown Manhattan today. Just because these monsters are quieter now doesn’t mean they’re not still out there violating people.

So the Heritage Foundation, and by extension the US government, is attacking the role of women as anything but docile breeders. This is not a surprise, although it is hugely depressing. You can read more about it in @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social's excellent article, linked below. But.

Is The Right's Next Project Make Women's Sports Girly Again? | Defector

Within a few weeks of the country’s highest court giving states permission to ban trans girls from nearly all school sports, the influential right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation made clear it...

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Mike Lombardi's tenure is probably coming to an end at UNC. I think we shouldn't forget that the school still isn't telling us who he met with in Saudi Arabia. You should know that to keep that private, UNC hid behind a law that wasn't even on the books. www.foiaball.com/p/unc-mike-l...

How UNC hid who Mike Lombardi met with in Saudi Arabia

They cited a law that wasn't in effect at the time.

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US defeat in Iran isn't just real. It's quantifiable. And it can get a whole lot worse.

The Math Behind The U.S. Defeat in Iran

Missile-interceptor stocks are dwindling after only five months. That Memorandum of Understanding is looking pretty enticing!

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WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads | Defector

On Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player…

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reading your posts

andy™@andylevy.net · last wk.

reading your posts

Again, another long ass article and I still have no idea what these Respectable Conservatives actually *want to do* other than lower taxes and less govt spending—bc them that’s not new info! And it takes 4/5ths of the story before they mention Rufo, who peddles revanchist gutter racism/transphobia

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · last wk.

Seeing how many respectable liberals, and even leftists, in New York media continued to speak warmly of Reihan Salam is what made me first realize that some journalists have no criteria for moral judgment other than whether someone is personally nice to them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...

it's a Nazi slop/AI slop swirlie

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last wk.

AYFKM “Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.” ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de...

" The general web ecosystem is in big trouble, but for several different reasons." m.fark.com/comments/blo...

Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart

Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart

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Once again, I'm compelled to post that the (original) Minnesota Timberwolves' and Lynx's logos look like a soon-to-be-ex husband and wife locked in an intense divorce proceeding and the judge just issued a ruling that utterly screwed the Wolf

There are enough youngins on here who came of age after the blogging era and thus don’t even know about Ross Douthat and “chunky Reese Witherspoon.” BEHOLD!