i hear we're celebrating Canada today. what better way to do that than by supporting one of the coolest Canadian weird fiction indie publishers around (who also happens to be having an incredible sale on eBooks).

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3d ago

Reminder we have 6 of our eBooks on sale from $2 to $4. Check it out. Grab a bargain. undertowpublications.com/ebooks

“.. Adam Mockler of MeidasTouch responded, ‘Uh, I don’t know, honestly.’” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/tv/wha...

Amy Siskind, the Sarah Palin supporter? Yes, I am eager for her guidance on what the Democrats should do and will subscribe to her newsletter.

🇺🇸DOCS: "In 13 days I saw 13 kids shot in the head & chest... deliberate killing of children... 🇮🇱's 'final solution' for Palestinans boils down to 'I want their land + I'm willing to kill children to get it' - part of the genocide." Docs tell Hasan & CNN what they saw.

another day, more total vindication for the long-time Tesla haters www.theverge.com/tech/983167/...

Tesla sunsets its Solar Roof tiles

The product has vanished from its website.

theverge.com

These are people who legally entered this country and now, because of ancestry and a conspiracy theory pushed by an aspiring politician, are being pursued by the government and fitted with special monitoring devices. This should remind of the darkest events in history.

Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · last wk.

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...

And nobody should let her forget it.

I wanted to get this out there as fast as I could. I do not endorse any crypto currency. I am not involved in any Gator Days or Gustopher cryptocurrency. Any of my art that was used for crypto currency was done without permission.

UCLA administrators, on a summer Friday, announced that they are closing the childcare centers on campus upon which faculty, staff and student parents rely — albeit expensive and exclusive options, but far better than none. The admin cited budget deficit. The story is hardly just that.

UCLA childcare program, which faced 2024 sex abuse case, to close amid budget deficit - Daily Bruin

UCLA will shut down two of its childcare centers – one of which employed a teacher arrested for child sexual abuse in 2024 – next June, university leadership announced Thursday evening.

dailybruin.com

Pending home sales in July. The second lowest level in history. (via Schwab) 🏠

“Based on everything I’ve seen from v14, highway driving at night on an empty road is where the system is at its absolute best. I’ve done thousands of kilometres of exactly this w/o touching anything. Which is why I was confident. And that confidence is the whole trap” futurism.com/future-socie...

Journalist Alarmed When His Tesla Running FSD Tries to Veer Off Highway and Plunge Into a Ditch

EV journalist Fred Lambert says that his Tesla running FSD nearly drove him off the highway and into a ditch.

futurism.com

Fwiw, I know most people assume every social media property has an algorithm that shows you ragebait. But most platforms learned years ago that this burned out users and had bad long term results.

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d ago

“X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” www.404media.co/xs-algorithm...

“The Nerd Reich” is a Best Seller of the Week on @bookshop.org ! It’s a great alternative to Amazon that supports independent book sellers.

ZITRON: ".. I know you’re gonna call me a firebrand or a hater or a skeptic or try to capture me and put me in a zoo, but I must be clear that OpenAI has set expectations — and made commitments — that range from ridiculous to outright impossible." @edzitron.com www.wheresyoured.at/what-happens...

What Happens If OpenAI Dies?

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Scam economy. The sort of nonsense that should result in a competency hearing, reported on as if it were a credible claim.

David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 7d ago

Actual CEO of a space company people actually invest in says "by the early 2030s" -- just 5 to 7 years from now -- there will be mines and factories and large human workforce on the Moon, such that we'll be able to see lights of the lunar city from our front porches fortune.com/2026/08/17/b...

The Disappearing Bicyclist is a mechanical optical illusion "vanishing puzzle" created by puzzle master Sam Lloyd in 1896. The one below is just a picture of what it looks like; click on the link to try it for yourself. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Hormuz traffic vs. the 10-year yield is a great chart. 🔥 @bloomberg.com

Why did NYT spike @adambonica.bsky.social's superb opinion piece? "The only objections came, and could only ever have come, from the consultants and party leaders the essay held accountable" he writes. "The capitulation was not to controversy but to power" data4democracy.substack.com/p/with-fear-...

With Fear and Favor

Institutions don’t have courage. They have incentives.

data4democracy.substack.com

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · last wk.

Those frantic, hysterical political fundraising texts aren’t for you, they’re designed to take advantage of known cognitive vulnerabilities among seniors, says this twice-spiked(!) report from @adambonica.bsky.social data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...

last night I got a bit tipsy and vowed I wouldn't play another video game after today till I submitted this book and this is why you shouldn't drink, children

Third Way is just conservatives trying to stay relevant without having to change at all. Fuck em.

Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛@shelleybwoke.bsky.social · last wk.

The Third Way must be destroyed if humanity is to survive.

College prof here. A lot.

8/ somewhere else and think that doesn't affect everything else and really mean, in practice, that you need to redesign the entire thing. We're truly at Caligula insists that his horse be made a Senator stage of Term Two.

I love this thread so much.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last wk.

Haven't watched yet, but as it has a new season let's bring over to Bluesky my cast list for Lord of the Rings using the cast of S1-3 of Ted Lasso. Let's start with an easy one: Aragorn. No fucking second breakfasts for any fucking hobbits or any other fucking muppets with this Aragorn.

As Adam Parker said this morning on CNBC: “What kills all bull markets? Hubris. And debt.”

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · last wk.

The AI bubble is contingent on hyperscalers spending over $4 trillion in capex by 2030, all to pump $1.7tn into Broadcom and NVIDIA, all to capture $1.1 trillion in obligations from two AI labs that can't afford to pay. Great stuff. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-how-much-money-does-ai-need/

Why wait

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last wk.

The USAID thing will eventually be talked about like a genocide

Can confirm. Plus, can’t overstate how helpful it was to be around lots of other smart people interested in learning for 4 or 5 years.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 2w ago

As someone who's worked both, get the degree. It's like a fire extinguisher. Mostly useless but every so often someone comes around who you need to show it to and one the 2 times in your life you have to use it you'll feel really clever

London-based creative agency Airside designed this homage to the 1970s sex manual The Joy of Sex for a Transport for London poster contest. It didn't win the contest, but here it is, for you to enjoy in the privacy of your own home.

I love when people come over to Bluesky to beg us to fight with them on X again. You lost! We’re not playing with you anymore!

Eight months ago, This American Life sent reporters from Chicago to cover the protests and counter-protests outside the ICE facility in Portland. They chose Karlyn Borsynko to be their local guide to the world of Antifa. What they failed to mention is that KB self-identifies as a fascist.

Reminder that Hugo voting closes at noon Pacific time today. Please if you can make sure to vote for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. As a past winner I know what a huge difference it makes.