Sailors on the Benfold should have thought about the army

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 5h ago

USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning

You have to think how utterly soul-destroying it must be to be so low down the pecking order of the pro-Iran hacking groups that you are sent to sort-of take down Bluesky.

Katieboo @k8tshires.eurosky.social · 14h ago

'Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption.' securityaffairs.com/191059/secur...

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

data4democracy.substack.com

NYG decided to punt to MIN from the MIN 44 on 4th & 13 with 2:29 remaining in the 4th while losing 10 to 13. With a Surrender Index of 34.08, this punt ranks at the 100th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2026 season, and the 98th percentile of all punts since 1999.

As an aside, I would appreciate it if the press outlets who posted about Karsh's statement in question would update with this so the claims on my reputation and work do not remain unanswered.

Some poor dog out there is rapping like Drake

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d ago

Why is Drake barking like a dog? Six things you need to know about the rapper’s midlife pivot

you wouldn't know it from the sophie cunningham discourse but there actually are some cis people who understand sports. i mean i don't, but i know some who do

just occurred to me that when a British person plays The Stanley Parable it just sounds like a guy is talking

twitch‘s owner is Amazon, a public company whose priority are its shareholders, and i would wager that most of their shareholders care less about Twitch creator sentiment right now than they do about how it’s being used to train ai. the shareholders love ai, it sucks!

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 5d ago

Twitch says quiet part out loud: Amazon AI is opt out because "nobody would opt in" aftermath.site/twitch-ai-amaz...

Today has been kinda an amazing day for guys in positions of power saying “ok but here’s the thing: I’m evil? I’m an evil man? I’m not sure what you don’t get here.”

Mitch Dyer@mitchyd.bsky.social · 5d ago

this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right

i love bluesky so much. you just don't get comments like this on other sites anymore. like insane misplaced anger that isn't also extremely evil

E⚔️-dirt hermit-⚒️@eremsordes.bsky.social · 5d ago

nobody laughed at my joke so i TOLD IT AGAIN LOUDER AND THEY STILL DIDN'T LAUGH WHY DON'T YOU THINK I'M FUNNY PLEASE CLAP

Gonna be thinking about this clip for the rest of my life

TQ 🌿@witchytq.bsky.social · 5d ago

they know we don't want it. they do not care.

is this moss

MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · last wk.

Marlow Moss, Composition in Black and White Number 4, 1949 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135948

“Former NBA Super Star”

Surprising but true: in 2025, *all* net new electricity generation added worldwide was clean, ie non greenhouse gas emitting. 99% was renewable! 75% solar, 24% wind.

Global Electricity Review 2026 | Ember

Solar surge halts fossil generation rise as clean power meets all demand growth and renewables overtake coal

ember-energy.org

IGN@ign.com · 2w ago

A new Spider-Man: Brand New Day fan theory may help explain the ending of the film. bit.ly/4wdAwRR

I'm hearing that Netflix has canceled the GTA 6 gameplay trailer after one season

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w ago

A new look at GTA 6 will be released exclusively on Netflix on August 27. 3pm ET/12pm PT/8pm BST

when i told my 5-year-old son and his friends this news they were literally bouncing off the walls, screaming in excitement. his smartest friend stood up and shouted "we're finally getting contact points with our favorite Nintendo characters in a variety of approaches all over the wooorld!"

this how the photos be lookin in headlines when a white dog kills his entire family

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2w ago

See recent images of canine competitors riding the waves in surfing competitions for dogs, via The Atlantic Photo: theatln.tc/gzIZZkl2

Ring Launches Streaming  Service https://theonion.com/ring-launches-streaming-service/

KFC announces their frontier-class model briefly escaped its sandbox and attempted to exfiltrate the 27 herbs and spices

People hate the idea of conservatives joining bluesky but let’s be honest: you would all love to have someone to yell at on here who isn’t Will Stancil

The Verge@theverge.com · 2w 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."

lol poor @litwick.net having to live blog the Reds doing nothing on deadline day

dude turn on the news. any channel

The whole internet loves Taylor Farms, a lovely farm that gives you diarrhea! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the farm is racist

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 2w ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together