A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote “so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.” Those were his own words to anti-abortion extremists. Senators who vote for Blanche are voting for an Attorney General who will attack abortion rights in EVERY state.

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

politico.com

There is ALWAYS this rage in RFK Jr’s voice. Usually, it’s just there, bubbling under the surface, but NOTHING seems to really trigger him, like a woman questioning him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

1963: AI, banana seat, barcode, demystify, multiwarhead

oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️@vanillablue.bsky.social · 6d ago

Mine (1975) *alternative rock *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy *debit card *light-rail *mobile phone

Is that a lot. www.businessinsider.com/flock-camera...

Vinita Prabhakar is one of the best writing teachers I’ve had the privilege to work with—and I’ve worked with some great ones. I hope she receives the significant settlement she deserves. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)

South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.

nytimes.com

SUNY UUP contract and AI www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2026/07...

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!

I got salty about AI bullshit because it's all such bullshit, so here is me being very mad and probably not very clear about how mad it makes me. Do with this as you will. *kicks rocks*

You Cannot Use One Bullshit Machine To Catch Another Bullshit Machine

I really fucking hate AI right now. I really fucking hated AI yesterday and the day before, too, though I think the hate is growing faster and hotter, like a sun about to explode and consume the ga…

terribleminds.com

Our lips are sealed 😝😝 #whitegrunt #mouthoff #ourlipsaresealed #mouthtomouth #coralcitycamera

Harvard dismisses the Writing Center director and the Writing Project director and gives no reason other than "consolidation"? Very troubling. And after all of @janerosenzweig.bsky.social's important leadership around AI and writing questions?

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

"As I picked up my first victim in my serrated claws, I expected him to beg for his life. But instead, he said, 'I think you just haven’t been with the right guy yet.'"

I Am a Monster Hell Bent on Destroying Earth, but Humans Are More Concerned That I’m a Lesbian

“No one cared that I’m twelve feet tall, covered in razor-sharp spikes, with four prehensile tongues that taste the air to track human fear. They only specul...

buff.ly

📎 It looks like you wrote "LGB" without adding the T! Delete that bullshit and keep our community out of your fascist collaborator mouth!

So now I rely on Michael to not only read airport books for me but to read the Atlantic, which is no longer available thru my college library databases.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last wk.

Centrists always present these takes as savvy "harsh truths" for the left, but they're the most pathetic kind of ignorant, cowardly self-soothing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Okay, this sounds like great fun, but this cis white lesbian has missed the warning signs before. It’s explicitly open to trans women, but that doesn’t guarantee anything…

Them@them.us · 2w ago

Cynthia Nixon will be the “Reverend-for-the-Day” at Bride Pride, billed as the “World’s Largest All-Girl Wedding & Renewal Ceremony."

Two roads diverged in a wood And I - I took the one that hopefully has fewer ticks And that has made all the difference.

These aren’t just mistaken beliefs. This is propaganda by public figures who are intent on dehumanizing trans and queer folk in order to manipulate willfully ignorant cisgender voters.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Maria Bartiromo push complete BS about public schools secretly making kids trans without the knowledge of their parents. McMahon says she's doing a number of investigations about it.

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

techcrunch.com

To the manufacturers of women's clothing: if you put pocket-shaped stitching, but not actual pockets, on a skirt, that is entrapment and you should go to jail

BTW the definition of robotics researcher is very broad. "Robotics adjacent" or "robotics aspiring" or "robotics curious" may also apply. "I'm a little botcurious"

Rua M. Williams@fractalecho.bsky.social · 3w ago

The 2026-27 cohort of Disability-led Robotics is now open! I am recruiting robotics researchers at all levels for participation in a virtual learning series on disability-centered research design in human-robot interaction. forms.cloud.microsoft/r/dfy1pz3v4w

I'm trying to imagine the timeline where I was still writing about LGBTQ+ issues at ThinkProgress and how annoyed CAP would've been with me and how little I would've care.

Sal r.r. tamarkin@sal.gay · 2w ago

center for american progress (2021): "Trans inclusive policies "which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide." Center for american progress in (2026): "restrictions may be appropriate under some circumstances"

PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.

The 2026-27 cohort of Disability-led Robotics is now open! I am recruiting robotics researchers at all levels for participation in a virtual learning series on disability-centered research design in human-robot interaction. forms.cloud.microsoft/r/dfy1pz3v4w

A group that advocates for private school funding programs estimated that last year, states allocated $10.6B to these programs, up 29%. One company encouraged churches to tap into public funds, calling them "God's new gold mine."

Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

propublica.org

New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports

Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.

consumerreports.org

I would *love* for this to become a top search result for trans "social contagion" & "grooming" – please watch it tonight (while it's still newly released) to help convince the YouTube algorithm to make this happen!

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 3w ago

BRAND NEW VIDEO: not only my most thorough take-down of these anti-trans talking points, but it explains why women & minority groups are often stereotyped as "contagious" & "excessively sexual." it compiles a decade of my work, so please watch & "like" & share so others see it! youtu.be/rJq9ran4Sdc

Chickens coming home to roost.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

A teeny bit of good academic news for me: it’s time for a new laptop!! Wheee.

What could possibly go wrong?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago

“1Password just announced 1Password for Claude, a new feature on its browser extension that lets Claude use your credentials, but blocks your private info from reaching the model, its memory or Anthropic's systems.”