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Past my prime, but not yet expired. OG antifa. It’s Gulf of Mexico. 🤘

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brittanie shey @brittanieshey.bsky.social · yesterday

Aug 4, 2026 is the date on which Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place. The story revolves around a smart home that keeps on "living" even after its inhabitants die in a nuclear holocaust. Read it here: www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 6d ago

*voice like a cement mixer* “So this is where you take the whale blubber you left out in the sun for three days and you … hand me the blender with that goat semen …”

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 6d ago

Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀@bebopott.bsky.social · 7d ago

Multiple Horse Theory only continues to get funnier

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 7d ago

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · last wk.

This is an excellent, thoughtful discussion. Well worth your time.

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social · last wk.

A serious piece on AI by someone who is not trying to pump AI-related stocks www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · last wk.

I choose violence

Block of Velveeta original. Because sometimes processed cheese product hits the spot.

Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last wk.

People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · last wk.

I’ve somehow survived all my life without using DoorDash. No reason for that to change.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 2w ago

DoorDash, in damage control mode, now claims it supports D.C. home rule and denies lobbying against it. Here’s the letter their lobbyist wrote to Rep. Comer supporting his bill to ban D.C. from ever imposing or increasing a tax or fee without congressional approval. hillheat.com/files/492/DD...

Re: DoorDash Support for H.R. 9720, the "D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act"
Dear Chairman Comer and members of the committee:
On behalf of DoorDash, I write to express our support for H.R. 9720, the "D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act," which would require congressional approval before the District of Columbia can impose or increase a tax or fee. We believe this is a reasonable check against the hastily enacted local taxes and fees that fall hardest on small businesses and the residents who depend on them.
DoorDash's marketplace in the District is built overwhelmingly on small, independent merchants: Roughly 80% of DC merchants that were active on our platform as of December 2025 had 3 or fewer storefronts on the platform. These are the businesses least able to absorb new taxes and fees or the administrative burden of complying with them, from costly point-of-sale upgrades to added compliance overhead.
The District's recently passed delivery tax illustrates the risk: a tax on virtually every delivery, with proceeds designated for a myriad of projects and the District's general fund, passed without a single public hearing and, consequently, without input from the residents and small businesses it will most heavily impact. Based on our internal data, a tax like this would mean millions of dollars a year in added costs for D.C. residents and lost revenue for local merchants, and that burden grows quickly as the rate is increased, as authorized by the Budget Support Act. Research on comparable taxes bears this out: an economic analysis of Colorado's retail delivery fee found it raised takeout prices by nearly 1%; cut delivery orders by more than 400,000 a year; cost the restaurant sector over $12 million in revenue; and resulted in a loss of roughly 234 jobs across restaurant and delivery workers.

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · last wk.

In the before times, I would have laughed knowing how quickly SCOTUS would slap down the absurd argument the U.S. is making. Not any more.

Jim Teeth@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · last wk.

Ivan the K ™@ivanthek.bsky.social · last wk.

FUTURES OPEN: T A C O

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Makes me laugh every time

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2w ago

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

ritchie @ritchie.bsky.social · last mo.

And from the appendix: Men do not increase their partnership rates, but if they’re in relationships they leave their partners instead!

NBER@nber.org · last mo.

GLP-1-induced weight loss increases single women's partnership rates by 29 percentage points and non-employed women's employment rates by 27 percentage points after 1.5+ years, from Rebecca Diamond www.nber.org/papers/w35387

Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Breaking: @UHouston to stop teaching students altogether in effort to compete with TAMU and UTAustin for most sycophantic university in response to SB37. #Satire www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

UH may cut 40% of classes from core requirements due to GOP law

Potential cuts include “Intro to Global Climate Change,” “Black Liberation Theology,” “Introduction to Women’s Studies” and “Introduction to LGBT Studies.”

houstonchronicle.com

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 2w ago

👏👏👏👏

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting. The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention." www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2w ago

Crucial point: Gasoline prices spiked under Biden because of something Putin did. Gasoline prices spiked under Trump because of something Trump did.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

Rep. Jacobs: "The national average of gas...is now over $4/gallon." Waltz: "Americans are better off not paying the highs of $5 under the last administration." Rep. Jacobs: "That happened for three weeks during the Ukraine war. It's been over $4 for more than three months just this year."

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’ve always been a hardcore Oxford comma stan, but honestly, things can be way funnier without them.

David Atkinson@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Think a 'David' is at risk of becoming the collective noun for sad poems. After yesterday's poem I promised to post a funny poem today This one by Brian Bilston shows the importance of traditional punctuation conventions The audacity of the final stanza 😁 #poetry #poemoftheday

Poem - 'The Importance of the Oxford Comma' by Brian Bilston

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Helluva story and great investigation following the money and influence flowing through Texas politics and all levels of our government. If this is what “drain the swamp” looks like, I’d hate to see a full one. @jlbuch.bsky.social @benwermund.bsky.social @ajcorchado.bsky.social Gift 🎁

How a trucking magnate's quest to transform Eagle Pass set off a political fight

Ruben Garibay's push for a new trade bridge has won support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other powerful leaders. But local critics worry it's a boondoggle.

houstonchronicle.com

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

Brennan Harkin @bharkin.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Parasites,” like “leeches,” “cockroaches,” and increasingly the misuse of “terrorists,” are terms meant to justify violence against a group. Shame on the Atlantic for publishing that sub headline.

Nathalie Maréchal, PhD@nathaliemarechal.net · 2w ago

*Parasites* ??? Really, @theatlantic.com ? We get it, you love centrism, but dehumanizing language is never ok.

IDEAS
The DSA Is Only Using the Democratic Party
The left-wing faction is a parasite.
By James Kirchick
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
JULY 21, 2026, 6 AM ET
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VEN AFTER A string of recent victories in congressional primaries by members of the Democratic
Socialists of America, national Democrats

Mike G.@mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 2w ago

💯. The “you just need to show any id” disinformation campaign is massive. Here in Texas, as with most states, REAL IDs are not verification of citizenship.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The SAVE America Act mandates that all voters must bring to the polls specifically a photo ID which has proof of citizenship “on the front of the document.” So REAL IDs don’t count. If the ID does not precisely conform to that standard, you must also bring separate proof of citizenship.

Goldstein @goldstein.latinsky.app · 2w ago

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 2w ago

To be clear: what he's talking about is a limited-time "Pasta Pass" which Olive Garden sold allowing unlimited visits with unlimited pasta (& breadsticks) over a 3 month period, but which is nontransferrable. But there is no constitutional right to Fettuccine Alfredo. www.abc27.com/national/oli...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Scalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"

Ian @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 2w ago

My first thought: why are all those giant hotdogs floating down a river

Mitchell Epner@mitchellepner.bsky.social · 2w ago

The story of the deadly buoys that Texas placed in the Rio Grande to kill migrants as part of Gov. Abbott’s plan to enforce immigration law now shutting all trade through the port of Laredo = The end of The Hunt For Red October when the Soviets realize their torpedo will kill them, not Ramius.

lilya @lolifer.bsky.social · 2w ago

it’s clear that people are losing the fine art of replaying a conversation in your head and realizing you sounded stupid in retrospect

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2w ago

we're so cooked www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

Emmie Chang, founder of a startup that Bahn’s firm invests in which provides sales-data intelligence, uses AI to transcribe every conversation she can.

At a work conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in May, Chang wore a small pin with a red light indicating it was recording. Someone who worked at the conference eventually approached Chang and told her the device was making people uncomfortable. She found the request to stop recording triggering.

“It’s my thing,” she says. “I’m not attributing who said what. It’s for my general knowledge.”

Chang has also taken to recording most of her first dates, usually with Granola. She puts her phone out on the table or her chair and then once the date is through, she has the feed automatically sent to Anthropic’s Claude to report back on how she did.

Joanie's Post Post Feminist Phase @bettybitter.bsky.social · 2w ago

I love the qualifier "mass produced" implying that there's some craft soda brewery selling Bad Dragon Ginger Beer.

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 2w ago

I have to say, I've seen this scene in church a couple of times, and normally that's the point where you find the SO or children and say "we need to have a very serious conversation about more comprehensive memory care living"