There is a player on the LA Queens, Brittany Apgar, who has a limb difference and traveled back to Illinois from receiving her first ever batting prosthetic *today* and is 3-for-3 in her first game playing with one. Incredibly cool.

the Army spent $500 million building a factory for 155mm shells in Mesquite, Texas. It got shut down last year without producing a single usable thing.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h ago

Yeah we’re definitely out of missiles

the best of america

Jamie@crayonsocialism.bsky.social · 14h ago

I heard “inshallah and the creek don’t rise” the other day.

If I become this person, please drop an anvil on me. I remember 40 years ago. It was terrifying. I had constant nightmares about dying in a nuclear war. The NFL is better, TV is better, the Internet has still been a huge net positive, and the best movies now are better than the best movies of '86.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · yesterday

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

Apparently it’s unprofessional to have a murdered son

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 12h ago

Christine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

She thought she could call wrestler Matt Cage the N word *twice* without consequence. Check the alt text for details. www.instagram.com/reel/DbgLPLH...

"Sophie Cunningham said Wednesday that she wants the focus to return to basketball after her comments on transgender athletes" Must be nice, to be able to expect that what she wants will just happen.

Okay, but this is almost literally part of the plot of a Leverage episode.

Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 12h ago

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

To be fair, I think we all have contempt of Congress at this point.

Forbes@forbes.com · 12h ago

In a contempt of Congress resolution, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argued Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Fifth Amendment rights were “unsupported,” while Fauci’s lawyers have said he is on “solid legal ground.”

All you have to do is listen to the guy and a million red flags go up. There is zero concern for his daughter. Just tossing blame. A normal parent would be visibly upset and would stop at nothing to find out who hurt her.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

NEWSMAX: Your daughter fractured her collarbone and there was a handprint on her upper chest, and it left a bruise. How did that happen? MAX MILLER: What I can tell you is I didn't do that. 9 of the 11 previous days was my ex-wife's care. What's so troubling about child protective services is ...

I know I already responded to this, but every time I see it, I want to add that the passenger experience of air travel has gotten worse, but the SAFETY of air travel has improved exponentially.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · yesterday

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

Karl Rove's little whiteboard on Fox News, lol. Like... idk, man. I'm not sure that the strategy of expecting people to know a bunch of Hasan Piker lore AND them caring enough about it to the point that it affects who they vote for is going to work, but okay.

Guess who finally stopped making jokes about needing to take an ADHD test and actually made a goddamn appointment to go get tested for ADHD?

Nikki O: That Would Be Me

ALT: Nikki O: That Would Be Me

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Oh, yeah? I plan to learn how to teleport to save on travel expenses and gas.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 19h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

Me trying to be very serious: This is profoundly problematic as a concept, dismisses queer sex as not “real,” and has a lot of the problems the Purge does as a fictional law. Me failing at being serious: They’d be arresting a lot of people for high dopamine in the basket aisle at Target right now.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 16h ago

i'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else

I’m sorry, does he think that once upon a time it was smooth like a fucking marble?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

I'm surprised at this headline from the WSJ of all plac-- Oh. Wait. I see. They think this is a bad thing.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · yesterday

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.

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

Politico@politico.com · 24h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Woman on a bus (reading from an article): Have you ever discussed your fantasies with your partner? Her friend: Like the one where I’m in a cottage by the sea completely on my own with a book and a cup of tea?

Monsters

Why do these people concoct such bizarre hypotheticals? Like, we’ll worry about LeBron playing high school girl’s roundball when LeBron goes out for the JV team but this is not an actual thing that is happening.

Lauren Theisen@laurentheisen.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete - defector.com/the-right-ha...

Noise. Pollution. The Ozone Layer. Acid Rain. AIDS treatment. Cancer cures. Crime rates. Child abductions. As much as we consume doom and gloom in our media, humans are very, very good at solving problems when we want to. We just have to want to.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Mental health treatment. It ain’t perfect, but it’s sure as hell better.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Yeah, I got the vaccine and suddenly five years later in my late 40s …🤷🏼‍♀️

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 2d ago

Cat Power is antivax

Oh my god I think I found the video.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 2d ago

a 6yo knows that green bananas will be yellow tomorrow.

onion person@junlper.beer · yesterday

suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile

If Obama replied to this post with the Mean Girls “Why are you so obsessed with me?” meme he should automatically become president again.

People keep wondering why Fauci took the fifth, and it’s because anyone with a half-decent lawyer is going to tell you - whether you’re guilty or innocent - to shut the fuck up before you make things worse. Max Miller clearly does not have a good lawyer.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

"may have oversold them on its future prospects" "may have" My dudes, he promised a future valuation for the company that was in excess of the entire GDP of the United States.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d ago

SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

He serves in the branch that the Constitution specifically charges with the duty of removing the President for criming.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"