Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

As I was saying

Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 4w ago

At some point we are going to have to reckon with what percentage of the Thought Leadership we get from this class of people is just drug addiction. Either a lot of credulous reporters have never listened to someone tooted out of their mind go on a monologue or they're afraid to call it out.

i’m having a long week. and it’s still wednesday

poorly drawn cats@poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 5h ago

we should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something

If Stevens had made it to the general election and lost in the fall, the argument would have been that the left cost the Dems the Senate. The left is pretty used to the media narrative always being “the left is at fault.”

Faeelin@faeelin.bsky.social · 8h ago

If sayed loses in the fall then the argument will be the left cost the Dems the senate which would be bad IMO

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The youth claim to hate capitalism yet they purchase goods and services in order to survive ahaha and I am very Fortune Magazine

Just what those migrant kids need: a law firm that, atop its home page, boasts about its expertise in advising “companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters.”

Politico@politico.com · 22h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

every time I hear “kalshi” or “polymarket” I remember how many nba players are in bed with them and it is so incredibly gross

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 17h ago

These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.

abdul el-sayed looks like he bout to beat the $62 million ACAB candidate, john fetterwoman

Amir Hassan can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 17h ago

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

Very plausible, but it would be just as illegal and appalling if they WERE involved in drug trafficking.

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.

will the historian who puts the last fact in order please turn out the lights

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

Big "maybe that guy's not really the wallet inspector" energy

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · yesterday

The US host cities for the 2026 men's World Cup claim that they were *verbally* promised $1 million each by Gianni Infantino and that FIFA hasn't paid up. Truly incredible stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

Like Loebs? Every fall semester, I like to remind people that while Perseus has many free Loebs sectioned up into book and chapter, if you want to download and read the public domain Loebs (277 of them) as PDFs or txt files, Duke U's very own Ryan Baumann created _Loebolus 📗📕_. ryanfb.xyz/loebolus/

"the evidence is quite clear that voters don’t think Democrats are too extreme. They think Democrats are weak." There's your answer peeps. Look like you're willing to fight MAGAism, and support candidates - left or center - who will fight.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."

Big "maybe that guy's not really the wallet inspector" energy

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · yesterday

The US host cities for the 2026 men's World Cup claim that they were *verbally* promised $1 million each by Gianni Infantino and that FIFA hasn't paid up. Truly incredible stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

This is what your tax dollars are funding.

Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · yesterday

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘 Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a father, is now the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year. He was held at Delaney Hall, which has been under national attention earlier this year for allegations of physical abuse and spoiled food. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Good MapTap day today 🌍💪 www.maptap.gg August 4 100🎯 92🏆 95🏅 100🎯 100🎯 Final score: 982

All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

On days like this as you watch your sector slide into compliance with authoritarianism, it’s easy to get depressed. But too much work to do. Let AAU.edu have it. They are Quislings, each and everyone of them.

Association of American Universities

AAU is composed of America’s leading research universities - 71 research universities transforming lives through education, research, and innovation.

aau.edu

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d ago

So Trump and McMahon now are trying the velvet glove approach to get universities to submit. It’s just a watered down version of the compact they tried to impose last year. No self-respecting university should comply. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

In case your monitor appears upside-down for some reason… ˙ʎɐpoʇ ƃuᴉpɐǝɹ ɐᴉpǝdᴉʞᴉM ǝɯos ƃuᴉop ʇsnſ

Just doing some Wikipedia reading today. As one does.

Death of Benito Mussolini - Wikipedia

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Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 2d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

no amnesty

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 2d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."

Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago

What sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...