I open up a PDF and Acrobat shows me THREE ways to summarize the PDF with AI. Settle the fuck down Adobe. I know you're wasting tons of money on AI, but yeah, I don't need a summary. It's my job to read things

"Do you, Ryu, take this man, Ken, to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do, Ken."

Bow before your god Yes it has a manual

Emily Wilson gets one more piece on The Odyssey and then she needs to move on and let us know what she thinks about Mallrats

"It's a family issue" is how women and children in DV situations end up dead.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

RAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too

New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras https://theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-had-quinceaneras/

I mean... Relatable.

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Look, I remembered how After Effects works lol www.eventim.us/event/lcd-so...

Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

Look what I found in a drawer. I got a new cable and battery for it and it’s ready to capture the world Maybe I’ll sell it to a child looking for something slightly tangible

What’s fun is that if you want to make more money, you leave journalism and go into PR. What a glorious industry I’ve decided to keep being a part of

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

El Farolito wins national title — short on rest and 2,200 miles from San Francisco missionlocal.org/2026/08/el-f... via @missionlocal.org

El Farolito wins national title — short on rest and 2,200 miles from San Francisco

'Burrito Boys' take home second national title in three seasons in decisive fashion with 3-0 trouncing

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"everybody is leaving." [Laughs mercilessly in Bay Area Born]. The modest bungalow my folks bought in Palo Alto for 70k in 1972 is at this moment Zestimated at $4.621 MILLION. Lying liars who lie, part One Kajillion. (sadly, no , we do not still own the bungalow).

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Hassett: "One of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody is leaving. Even though there are high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because everybody is leaving the state"

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

Important crossover event

I was supposed to put fliers up around town and finish two articles. Instead I have a tummy ache. At least I recorded a podcast. Like a hero. A very low level hero whose super power is like, eating a a lot of cheese without raising my cholesterol or knowing my times tables up to 9

I made a Mountain Dew Code Red joke in a mercedes maybach review. Let’s see if it survives the edit. Don’t tell @dsgolson.bsky.social about it

"That's MISTER Snuffleupagus to you," Big Bird yells as he drives a broken bottle into the soft belly of the bar patron. The man slumps to the ground. The deranged bird stares at the bloody bottle. The reflection of the pachyderm's sad eyes stares back at him. A smile appears under the trunk.

In case anyone is wondering why a woman might offer to cook dinner for her abuser… it might be to keep herself and her child alive.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."

Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them

Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them

NORTH CHICAGO, IL—Emphasizing that potential users of the drug should never take no for an answer, a Skyrizi ad that began airing nationally Tuesday encourages viewers to fight any doctors who say the...

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The actual spec is 76ft-lbs (103 Nm) but hey, it did at least get a “103” in there.

Do you like to dance? Do you live in the Bay Area? Come dance with my bands on Aug 21 at Rickshaw Stop www.eventim.us/event/lcd-so...

Do you like to dance? Do you live in the Bay Area? Come dance with my bands on Aug 21 at Rickshaw Stop www.eventim.us/event/lcd-so...

Nobody has an inalienable right to own a cat. If someone has cat allergies they can try shots or other Rx interventions for themselves, not support the breeding of disabled animals. The breeding of Sphynxes is so unethical that it's banned in several countries. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sphynx has lowest life expectancy of domestic cat breeds, research finds

The hairless cats live on average for just 6.8 years, while a Burmese could survive to be 14, according to research

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad@crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 4d ago

I get hairless cats for people with allergies, but I'm still...let's say not exactly convinced it's a solution which is fair to the cat. So many of the rest of the things we do with breeds are wholly indefensible. And I'm just as happy with rescues as I ever was with purebreds.

Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children

Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d ago

Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid

this is the exact right messaging. we should attach it to everyone musk is supporting. make his money so toxic that no one wants it.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 4d ago

Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children