Shabbat Shalom to everyone, and especially to everyone who refuses to compromise on anyone else’s humanity.
@bookshop.org It seems like you might be testing a new site based on @astro.build ? If so, I am having issues with it on Firefox. There's a Google Analytics error which seems to prevent the `Add to cart` button from working. I can resolve it by setting `bkshp-astro=f` in the URL.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is backing progressive Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, breaking with party leadership and intensifying a battle over the party’s direction.
AP Exclusive: Sen. Van Hollen backs El-Sayed for Michigan Senate in break from Democratic leadership
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. This breaks with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and deepens a party split in one of 2026’s most important races.
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I will quote any poast that has to do with McMaster Carr
ceej@ceej.online · last mo.THIS IS NOT A JOKE
Look, I love stonefruit. But 500g of plums!? That's unhinged. I will now have to try this when plums are in-season.
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 2mo agoChoosing fruits and vegetables more carefully could help us better get important bioactives from our foods.
Using goose from @opensource.block.xyz with the RPI pattern is the first time that I have felt compelled to pay for AI codegen. It's amazing how much better the results are when you can finely control the model context.
Physicists continue on their quest to confuse high school and undergrad students to the greatest possible neurological extent.
Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · 2mo agoIt's infamously tough to get space and matter to play nice on the quantum level when modeling the universe. But by making use of a measure of quantumness called “magic,” physicists can now put space and matter in direct conversation. www.quantamagazine.org/entanglement...
The cycle repeats www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/u...
U.S. intercepted Iranian missiles targeting American forces in Kuwait, Central Command says
The latest attacks further undermine what remains of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and will likely add strain to ongoing efforts to reach a deal that will end the war.
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Tyler K@tylerkvochick.bsky.social · 2mo agoMarkets are closed and it’s night time on Iran so one can only assume that air strikes are coming in 5, 4, 3, 2, …
it has come to my attention that busytown is anti pig
Markets are closed and it’s night time on Iran so one can only assume that air strikes are coming in 5, 4, 3, 2, …
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2mo agoIran war live: Trump due to make ‘final determination’ on deal with Tehran https://aje.news/07zlgo
Again, what is your point? The issue that consumers have is with the C suite of AI companies basically acting in cartoonishly evil ways. Not with the technology itself.
Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · 2mo ago58pct of internet households intentionally use AI Are they all awful humans ? Ignorant ? Or ?
Ok the VRA attacks are clearly anti democratic attacks by a kangaroo court. But the response boiling down to “we need to keep majority Black districts to have Democratic reps” also seems like a terrible position to hold. Why not push for ranked-choice?
Balls & Strikes@ballsandstrikes.org · 2mo agoThe Supreme Court keeps trying to make excuses for Alabama Republicans' racism, and federal judges keep saying, no, we really can't be having this
OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child
What is this about? Use AI to do what exactly? Generate descriptions of the bananas? What stops the other grocery stores from “using AI”? Is the state’s purchasing power not a way to “out perform” private enterprise? That is exactly how most countries purchase prescription drugs.
Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis will make some folks mad :). The best way for these grocery stores to work is if they use AI to get an edge over private grocery stores. AI is the one way for the state government to out perform private enterprises.
Actually it was conceived as a streamlined way for Republicans to send federal dollars to donors while creating a surveillance state. The name *always* seemed like a Nazi reference—and it likely was. The GWBush admin couldn't even explain why they used it. www.nytimes.com/2002/08/31/u...
NPR@npr.org · 2mo agoDHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP
Has a more lawerly person like @fleerultra.bsky.social or @ryanlcooper.com looked at HR1299? I see conservatives on social media celebrating it, but Title X, Subsec. B reads to me that any PE firm that owns houses before it is passed can still purchase them as part of any "restructuring"
Text of H.Res. 1299: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (Introduced version) - GovTrack.us
Text of H.Res. 1299: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act as of May 19, 2026 (Introduced version). H.Res. 1299: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
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Hm, what would this headline have been if a Russian spy plane were flying over the Channel and an RAF pilot did this?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoRussian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near collision after flying close to RAF spy plane
Imagine getting cooked by someone half your age. I'd be mad too.
This guy started a war that's wrecking the world because he was high from the recent kidnapping he did, and thought he could do the same thing and wanted to look smart and strong. Said war can't end because he now has to save face and that's more important than ending it. That's it
Paging @theonion.com
40-Year-Old Not Active Enough To Realize Body Falling Apart
KEARNEY, NE—Estimating that it could still be years until the aging man’s sedentary lifestyle finally caught up with him, sources confirmed Monday that local 40-year-old Thomas O’Brien was not active ...
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FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3mo agoTrump claims he's a "young one": "I feel the same as I did 50 years ago. It's crazy"
Obama’s failure to address the 2008 financial crisis for anyone other than Wall Street financiers is a key reason that Donald Trump is in office right now. And the Dems still do not understand this.
Democrats@democrats.org · 3mo agoTwo American icons.
It is interesting how Trump quietly accepted the Gulf states denying U.S. military access to their airspace for Iran operations after blasting NATO countries for doing the same thing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
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The logic here seems obvious. Use an outsized military escort for “commercial shipping” (in violation of the ceasefire). This inevitably draws a response. Claim IRGC attacked said shipping. Resume bombing.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3mo agoUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that Iran will face “overwhelming firepower” if it attacks commercial shipping. 🔴 More on aljazeera.com
Here’s @DannyKPolitics connecting the dots on the Scott Jennings-Salem Media-Brad Parscale-Trumps-Israel connection @CNN @abbydphillip never tell their audience about. TLDR: Scott does his show for a registered agent of Israel, contracted by the 🇮🇱 ministry of foreign affairs.
Although the Supreme Court technically upheld Section II of VRA, it will effectively dilute the voting power of Black Americans. Trump, Vance, Republican Justices, & Republicans in Congress are undermining multiracial democracy because they fear it. They will not prevail.