Odysseus mentioning that he’s in the Bronze Age made me think of a caveman saying “Man it is extremely Paleolithic around here lately”

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2h ago

So, here's a quick rundown on how America shot itself in the foot with bigotry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmb2...

My youngest, randomly, "Wait, does unleaded gas mean that there used to be...leaded gas?" Me: "Yup! When I first started driving, they still had leaded gas." Youngest, "How was that even a thing? Are you ok??" Me: "Oh boy, do I have some interesting hypotheses to tell you"

You guys wanna see an old quilt? (Everyone cheers) My great grandma sewed and quilted it, my grandma stitched the designs, and this summer mom and I finished it

Good morning to the dreamers

Well I just read like four Defector #WNBA stories in a row. Worth the subscription price for sure. (I need news alerts for the Defector's W & NWSL stories. & anything @sabs.bsky.social writes too.)

Defector@defector.com · 3h ago

Sophie Cunningham has quite a journey to get back to basketball: defector.com/sophie-cunni...

This feels like peak Waffle House.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 12h ago

I am at Waffle House at 11pm and three teenagers in the next booth are discussing the Pope. GIRL1: So the pope— GIRL2: Which pope? GIRL1: Pope Leo. DUDE: What about Francis? GIRL1: He died. DUDE: THE POPE DIED?!? GIRL1: Like last year! We have an American Pope! DUDE: They can DO that?!

Worth noting: The Mystics still have an open developmental spot, so there's a path for Harmon to potentially stick around if she clears waivers. @theixsports.bsky.social #WNBA

Jenn Hatfield@jennhatfield.bsky.social · 20h ago

The Washington Mystics have a clean injury report for Sunday's game vs. the Phoenix Mercury. But they were just awarded veteran Betnijah Laney-Hamilton off waivers, so TBD whether she'll be available. The Mystics cut third-round pick Rori Harmon to make room on the roster. @theixsports.bsky.social

we walked into my cousin’s wedding this evening and immediately saw three men in matching straw cowboy hats. this meant that later in the evening, when they did a choreographed line dance for us, I got to teach everyone I’m related to what “Chekhov’s gun” means it did, in fact, pay off in Act III!

This is really sad to me. I'll miss the Lloyd Center - an absolute staple of my childhood. Ice skating, shopping, parking and taking the MAX to watch games at the Rose Garden.

The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 12h ago

Thousands of customers new and old turned out Saturday to celebrate the Lloyd Center on its final day — its long history and its more recent pivot to an ephemeral incubator for the offbeat. www.oregonlive.com/retail/2026/...

Seconded. Also, if you can give blood, especially if you're O+, need is dire right now.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 24h ago

World Central Kitchen is on the ground in Spokane feeding folks displaced by the fires, so if you're looking for ways to help, here's a good option: donate.wck.org/campaign/829...

Portland Fire game = fun, especially because they scored 100 riiiiight at the end. My seats were fine; someday I'll win the lottery. It was loud, though not as loud as Ballhalla, & Loops saved my brain and ears. The Everyone Wants Better Refs shirt got many compliments!

I'm seeing a lot of people joke about a GoFundMe for DiJonai's fines, but you know what, you can actually take that energy and donate to an organization that helps queer/trans people instead. In Chicago, consider the Brave Space Alliance. form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/brave-s...

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Now that WNBA “Rivals Week” is upon us…can we all appreciate how funny it is that the last meeting ever between the Liberty and Sun, two legitimate rivals for 25 years…is the day AFTER Rivals Week ends?

New dispatch from Hell:

This was a wild ride

Cara Giovanetti@idontevencara.bsky.social · yesterday

In the 1970s, a group of farmers digging a well stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. They had found the terracotta army—some 8,000 life-size clay soldiers, buried over 2,000 years ago. The soldiers had real weapons, **which were still sharp**. How? 1/8 ⚛️🧪

Read our original investigation:

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of…

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Not wanting to attend a large public event in the presence of a Muslim man isn’t a valid opinion, even if something terrible and tragic happened to you. You are free to feel it, but not free to have it treated as acceptable

It's kind of amazing that right now the American public, divided as it is, pretty much universally agrees that it hates data centers, hates AI, and hates cameras, but neither major party is capitalizing on this.

NARRATOR: The taxpayers never flee

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · 23h ago

Lolol the wapo opinion page now

A boyfriend so hot that he's bringing you to hell with him.

Ann M. Lipton@annmlipton.bsky.social · yesterday

For your consideration: “If you live in the celebrity bubble, party after party, with the same people—the same 25 people—life gets really boring,” said Kevin O’Leary, the businessman and “Shark Tank” panelist. “When you end up with a private-equity guy, your life gets far more interesting.”

Folks are like "bluesky is a bubble" and then we find out there is apparently a non-horny bluesky

Matt Ufford@mattufford.bsky.social · 16h ago

the discourse is wild, man. bluesky is like the least horny place on the entire internet, then one director was like "I cut nude scenes out of my sex movie" and INSTANTLY everyone demanded nudity. and frankly I'm here for it. let's see it all hanging out, baby. for art. respectfully of course.

One of those "there wasn't a rule against it because why would we ever think that someone would fucking do it" situations

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterday

Cornell University has banned the processing of wild game in residential kitchens on campus after two students carved up a bear carcass to make “black-bear pastrami”

fun fact: DC has a street named Capitalsaurus Court after elementary school kids got council to name it that because of dinosaur bones discovered there during sewer construction in the 1890s that belong to a species thought to be unique to DC

This game is more exciting than it should be.

Sophie Cunningham's -28 in today's game is the worst single-game +/- in a win in WNBA history. #WNBA

Sometimes I think about the fact that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg could just give everyone universal basic income forever, and then I remember that being a person with enough money to take care of everyone requires that you be the kind of person who would never.

My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story

We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

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Some months back I was at a get-together where we did intros around the room including something that we're happy with rn and one dude's answer was straight up like 'im happy to live in a morally uncomplicated time. It's at least nice to have no doubts about who or what to fight for or against'

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 18h ago

Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.

This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.

CNN@cnn.com · yesterday

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc