One of the more funs things about logging into Bsky every day is seeing people post proof that indeed even progressives are not immune to confirmation bias
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I had to see this terrible AI ad and now you do too: Also, is that american marine corps body with an imperial Japanese head?!
We need to arrive at the ultimate food singularity: the Korean Lebanese Tex-Mex consumable
Nikolai Denmark@nikolaidenmark.bsky.social · yesterdayRelated and a topic of intense interest at present
But if you also say -which may be correct-that it’s a danger to the rights of mentally ill people generally to force people into treatment, then you have to be able to charge people with crimes for antisocial behavior of some kind. Otherwise, people who aren’t big, tough & street smart pay the price
What We Do in the Shadows gets it right tho
Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · 6d agoOne detail Nolan got wrong in The Odyssey is a key detail that EVERY SINGLE ADAPTATION of the Odyssey has gotten wrong for centuries In ancient Greece, the sirens were NOT voluptuous mermaids. They were birds with human heads A short thread of sirens in art 1/5
In the 90s and 00s, churches invested millions in youth group, creating a parallel universe for christian teenagers to grow up in and, eventually, change the world. That was the plan anyway. What happened? My first cover story for @sojo.net.
man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it
again saying the political response of local police depts probably worth following given Trump's efforts to federalize policing
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 10mo agoChat is it a good sign if the cops are publicly disavowing the regimes actions on Twitter
Chat is it a good sign if the cops are publicly disavowing the regimes actions on Twitter
Make your pitch for which should have been Sufjan’s next state album
This guy likely broke his 2 year old's collar bone (with him hitting her—the exam said the injury looked hand-like); him losing this race would be the most gracious thing that could happen to him and certainly not the most severe thing that should happen.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · last wk.some classic Traditional Patriarchal Values right here. also with Moreno's refusal to call it out, because the whole thing is largely conspiracy to enable the abuse of women, even your own daughter www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
some classic Traditional Patriarchal Values right here. also with Moreno's refusal to call it out, because the whole thing is largely conspiracy to enable the abuse of women, even your own daughter www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 2mo agoLeeds is now the subject of a major inquiry into maternity. I previously reported on its decade long pursuit of 'normal birth' ideology that saw it have the lowest number of caesareans while stillbirths and baby deaths soared to the worst nationally www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
The REAL question is when are we getting the film adaptation of the Bacchae and who should make it
But the real problem with Emily's review is that it shanks Nolan. In a very personal way. It doesn't just slam his Odyssey, it repeatedly insults his body of award winning film making And for no real reason. Nolan is a strong proponent of the arts. He's getting people interested in Classics /4
Why did I just watch a video of a british man put Tabasco sauce in is eye
Y'all, finishing the codebook, blind coding, etc for this study is like approaching lightspeed. The closer I get, the slower everything goes.
I have not done "the gaming" in a long time: what would be a good computer game to get into
It's impossible to exonerate the internet, and social media in particular here. It allowed for the efficient networking and ratcheting-up of our worst impulses at unbelievable speed and scale. In-group/out-group dynamics are as old as the hills, but social media is a particle accelerator for them.
Calliope@calliope5431.bsky.social · last wk.More to the point, this is happening in *non-white* countries as well: Japan, Turkey, and India have huge far-right nativist blocs. So it's not merely white supremacy or nostalgia for the days when the West ruled. Nor is it happening purely in developed post-material countries.
We should be able to have a future of "can" that is not the circumlocution "will be able to"
Peacemaker has caused me to not be able to stop thinking about Foxy Shazam
Perhaps they believe R's are better on crime from intimate knowledge of its inner workings.
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · last wk."Who's better on..." 🔵Women's Rights: D +18 🔵Environment: D +17 🔵Democratic Norms: D +10 🔵Cost of Living: D +4 🟣Political Violence: Even 🟣Wars/Terrorism: Even 🔴AI: R +1 🔴Corruption: R +1 🔴Guns Control: R +3 🔴Immigration: R +5 🔴Crime: R +14 Ipsos / July 26, 2026
I still think the most missingest on screen epic is Gilgamesh
the lawyers kissing thing has me thinking about how we're walking into a decentralized panopticon that everyone hates in aggregate but keeps growing and growing because we all love our individual little pieces of it. grim.