I don’t know that I’ve ever wanted Donald J. Trump to not tweet anything more than I don’t want him to tweet one goddamn word about Dolly Parton.

My controversial take on Dolly Parton: she was *way* more interesting as a Bluegrass artist than as a Country & Western artist.

Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow.

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Greater Boston cycling friends: Does anyone know of a shop that does maintenance work on turbo trainers? Our Wahoo Kickr Core has >10,000km on it, and has started making a little "tink tink tink" noise, the source of which I have yet to pin down. Someone has to service these, right?

@cambridgemass.bsky.social is legally required to complete a connected network of protected bike lanes by the end of this year. We took a ride around the city last week to check up on its progress, with new bike routes underway on River Street and Broadway: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/24/e...

Hey NBC: Talking about Taylor Phinney and his big cycling family, without mentioning "BTW, his wife is Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, who also rides bikes" seems really weird.

I know this marks me out as hopelessly old fashioned, but having the Massachusetts Lottery advertising on TV and online during sporting events bothers me. I can't fully articulate why, but it feels like we're crossing some sort of line in the debasement of our civic culture.

How Boston is welcoming back 150,000 college students moving back into the city this week. 🤍

I don't mean to brag, but ... oh, wait, yes I do. #travle #1347 +0 ✅✅✅🟩✅ travle.earth

so Waymo’s here

Adventures in playing evil characters in D&D: A big-bad has established a telepathic bond with one of the party to try to spy on the group. But the group are fighting back: every day at 4AM, the bonded party member wakes and hums the "KARS-4-KIDS" jingle for an hour, driving the boss slowly insane

Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d ago

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

Even leaving aside for a moment the ghoulishness of this, Hollywood is always full to bursting of new talent hoping to get their big break. How are we supposed to get the next generation of leading actors if the studios keep recycling zombies?

Entertainment Weekly@ew.com · 6d ago

Watch Val Kilmer, brought back to life by AI technology, in an extended clip from his posthumous film, ‘As Deep as the Grave.’

[me, trying to sleep] ... [me, still trying to sleep] ... [my brain, not hip to the plan] Hey, did you remember that in season 5 of "The Facts of Life," Mrs. Garrett opened up a bakery called "Edna's Edibles"? That's funny now. LULZ! [me, wide awake] [expletives deleted]

"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and been widely regarded as a bad move."

Joe Dunman@joedunman.bsky.social · last wk.

What’s your favorite bible verse? Wrong answers only. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

RIP Frank "The One Without A Beard" Beard

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Amazon keeps trying to sell me "4D padded" cycling shorts, and I think one of us is confused about how many effective dimensions objects inhabit. Unless the idea is that the shorts would get to the finish line of an event before me, which I think would be undesirable for a whole host of reasons.

If you support LGBTQ+ youth, particularly trans youth, tell them. Be that affirming adult. You might literally save a life. Also, if you’ve got the capacity, donate to the Trevor Project. They do great work. www.thetrevorproject.org 3/3

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ok. I know who the next James Bond should be.

Look, y'all, I'm as anti-genAI as the next person (possibly more). But if you work in the IT or SENG space, it's not sufficient to say "no AI ever" in the modern threat environment. 1/6

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. I admit, some philosophies have more depth than others.

Probable Caws @probablecaws.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

I would be willing to pay a tiny bit extra for an online edition of the @bostonglobe.com that had zero front-page coverage of junk like the Lindsay Clancy trial.

Dear my brain, Really? "Bei Mir Bistu Shein"? That's going to be our earworm today? Where did that even come from?

Refrigerator Raid On Entebbe

Adam Weinstein@adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

What operation name do you think they gave the food-cart exfiltration

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[Narrator] "This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings."

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name your fav final line in a film.

Cats are such graceful, dignified creatures.

Camberville finally has some trail-oriented retail… and no trail. @cornhundred.bsky.social tipped us off to Art’s Creamery (so good!), open for two months next to the Community Path which has been closed for nine-ish months. Stop by and support them during what must be a tough opening season.

In case anyone needed any further proof that the prediction markets were inhabited by ghoulish, inhuman weirdos.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson

we've been through this before but with nancy reagan-- no, you don't get to keep the gifts, the gifts are for the american people. asshole

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump: The public sometimes sends gifts. It amounts to millions of dollars. I should be able to get it! I should be entitled to it

It is way too goddamn early for this. #pmc2026