Scout and T
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You will know me by my charges: The Big Horse, Emma Darling, Rosie, Scout Finch and Gary Cooper. Third gen FDR Democrat. I'm a dog person without a dog. Fuck billionaires.
Baghaei: The geographical coordinates of the route in question have been agreed upon by the parties involved, and provided that certain third parties do not obstruct efforts in this regard,
In WSJ's ticktock of the Pirro flipflop, they reveal Pirro was PAYING AUSAs $25K bonuses. To stick around. 👀 Given pretty clear GJ misconduct laid out in Davey Hearn's response to the MTD, that looks really really suspect.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h agoWhat Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
This may be more concessions from Trump to get Iran to agree to a deal.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 5h agoThe United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
It's a fallacy to think that the Trump regime is pro-military. it's pro-violence and pro-stealing-from-foreign-countries, but it's anti-military-families. As Trump has demonstrated, he thinks soldiers are "suckers" and "losers."
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
apnews.com
Smart candidates will avoid Jeff Flake like the plague. He's a two-faced snake and a quitter.
🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.
nytimes.com
"For the new far-right movement, “irony has a strategic function. It allows people to disclaim a real commitment to far-right ideas while still espousing them.” " www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hiding in plain sight: how the 'alt-right' is weaponizing irony to spread fascism
Experts say the ‘alt-right’ have stormed mainstream consciousness by using ‘humor’ and ambiguity as tactics to wrong-foot their opponents
theguardian.com
Meet Bear 677's cub! One of the most unusual cubs we have ever seen! Any Nicknames come to mind?
I haven't been able to get this out of my head, so - I'm calling it. A few decades of rapid technical progress here, and plastic garbage can become the new coal or oil... And landfills become the new coal mines or oil wells. BRING IT ON. (Also: sci-fi writers, grab this maybe-future quick!)
Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · last mo.Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
@tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social Origins of mauve / purple dye.
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6mo agoLet's talk about the time that an 18 YEAR OLD invented the COLOR MAUVE (I am not kidding) and completely revolutionized textiles, fashion & eventually cancer diagnosis. The teenager was William Henry Perkin, a bit of a prodigy, who at 15 began studying with August Wilhelm von Hofmann at ICL.
“If they make more, we must be making less. If they export more, we must be losing.” That’s the zero-sum story in a nutshell. It’s also not how trade works. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/the-lawyers-theory-of-trade
A great conversation. Definitely worth your time.
The DSR Network@thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 23h agoTech bros have made their bed, and soon it will be time to lie in it. @joemillerjr.ft.com and @djrothkopf.bsky.social discuss how the impending midterms and not too distant presidential election could bring a reckoning to the tech industry. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... youtu.be/BhEgLBvJBbY
I put together a timeline of the major Trump initiatives on the immigration/concentration camp front since January 2025—including many of the ways those plans have been thwarted—and looked ahead at what to expect in the coming months.
Breaking ICE
A timeline of Trump's war on immigrants, and what lies ahead.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
I appreciate the federal government moving quickly and granting our request for an emergency declaration for the devastating wildfires burning in Eastern Washington. This allows our federal partners to mobilize their resources and personnel to support our response, including...
First argument of the term: "Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate."
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: We have an October SCOTUS argument calendar. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵On February 3, 1893, Henry Smith was lynched in Paris, Texas. He was brutally tortured before being set on fire in one of the most grotesque lynchings in American history. Pull up a 🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.thoughtco.com/1893-lynchin...
The Grotesque 1893 Texas Lynching That Shocked Americans
The lynching of Henry Smith, who was burned alive before a large Texas crowd in 1893, shocked many but did nothing to end the scourge of lynching.
thoughtco.com
Candidates like Ossoff pose a real threat to the right. Is this the most dishonest ad of 2026? open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Is this the most dishonest ad of 2026?
An opaque nonprofit affiliated with Senate Republicans, One Nation, has blanketed Georgia over the last five days with a new ad attacking Senator Jon Ossoff (D).
open.substack.com
So I had to wait for the mail before I needed to leave the driveway. Anyhoo, it only took me a short walk, maybe 12 steps, from kitchen to bedroom to get dressed to ask, "Do you really have to leave the driveway today?" I immediately answered "no." I'm getting more efficient about decisions.
Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president" Ummmm....are you telling me that as an attorney, judge, Texas Attorney General and US Senator, you have NEVER READ the US Constitution?????? Come on, John......we're not stupid....
Like my taxes paying for school levies and free lunch for kids when I've never had kids? I'd rather be giving free bananas than $1.5 billion slush fund for cop beating shitters in the Capital.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
