You can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

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

Historian Tyler McGraw is a writer for the Emerging Civil War community and host of the podcast The Unfiltered Historian. McGraw recounts how General U.S. Grant's refusal to retreat at the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness marked the turning point that would wear the Confederacy down. #WeAreAmerica250

Here we have a pup enjoying the fruits of his labor after a hard day's work. 13/10 good for him

✈️ National Weather Service’s Aviation Weather Center debuted a new turbulence tool to help make flights smoother. The Graphical Turbulence Guidance Nowcast gives pilots more frequent, higher-resolution turbulence information to support safer, more informed decisions. weather.gov/news/260803-gtgn

you don't have to make bad takes viral. really you don't

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Here is a version in Fahrenheit my American compatriots:

"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." declaration.fas.harvard.edu/resources/text

Everyone who is talking about this story should be reading Abby‘s original version. She actually read through over 1000 pages of court documents, and she did it first. And shamefully, some large outlets have chosen to not credit her (@nytimes.com)

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

"Your humanity is decreed by robots. Prove you are human, demands the captcha. I pronounce you AI, says Pangram, after reading your fourth-grade essay on quicksand." Sarah Kendzior sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand

Quicksand

Gen X was right after all.

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🐳 You’re God damned right @hesterblum.bsky.social & I made a TWENTY-FIVE EPISODE PODCAST just about 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐘-𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐊. Subscribe now at exploringthegreats.com/moby-dick & enjoy our thrilling trailer:

bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris

WH/Rs plan to increase spending on war & farmers w/o offsets. No serious efforts underway to shrink deficits of ~$2T a year and worsening as population ages and Congress keeps piling on red ink. Social Security Trust Fund runs dry in 2032, leading to big cuts under current law.

Most of the land in most farm counties is owned by 1-5 families. They run the place like their own personal kingdoms. There is SO much resentment and straight-up fury about this in rural areas. The fact that no political party's even really trying to speak to it is wild.

Reading David Quammen’s book SPILLOVER, which in 2012 posited the imminent spillover of a coronavirus pandemic from animals, and then working on this WaPo story with him, convinced me the lab leak hypothesis is highly unlikely wapo.st/4yMTb9H

Opinion | Let’s leave the covid origin mystery to scientists

Spillover or lab leak? The answer matters, but a new House subcommittee should leave this mystery to the experts.

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Sarah Jones@sarahjones.bsky.social · 7d ago

lab leak is a conspiracy theory for people who want to seem a lot smarter than they are

Film I've watched at least 6 times

Bill Murray Plays Basketball in Rushmore

Alt: Bill Murray Plays Basketball in Rushmore - takes a ball from a small child and dunks in basket, while talking on a cell phone

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Russia's e-commerce is heading towards a costly Russian government bailout with the Putin regime stuck effectively managing these businesses at a massive loss if it wants to sustain a facade of peacetime "normality"

Saw Odyssey last night, loved it, real cinematic spectacle. See the 70 mm if you can

Burger King Pizza Firenze (1991-circa 1993): A line of pizzas from the iconic burger chain, boasted a "slow-baked taste". They were prepared in-house using "special fast-bake ovens" Available in a personal "SingleServ" option for lunch/dinner, or medium size, only available after 4 PM... a 🧵

En direct : de nouvelles communes évacuées en Gironde, les incendies progressent vers Bordeaux

En direct : de nouvelles communes évacuées en Gironde, les incendies progressent vers Bordeaux

Les autorités ont ordonné samedi l'évacuation de nouvelles communes situées à proximité de la ville de Bordeaux, dans le sud-ouest de la France, "par mesure de précaution", alors que les incendies se rapprochent de la région. Des incendies de grande ampleur ont contraint plus de 140 000 personnes à fuir leur domicile dans le sud-ouest de la France. Suivez notre direct.

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So I think deep down they *have to* assume trans women are acting malignly, because they can’t imagine wanting to be a woman, while there seems to be a tendency see trans men as either failing to understand that it’s normal to be miserable about being a woman - or as traitors letting the side down.

#Firefly populations are dwindling due to habitat loss, light pollution and pesticide use, but we've got a few tips from experts about how to support these special creatures near you. ✍️: Debra Murray for The Appalachian Voice 📸: Radim Schreiber

Preserving Firefly Magic

Deep within an undisturbed forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, visitors may spot a continuous blue glow unlike anything they have ever seen before. That glow is the blue ghost firefly. 

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Mote like every nationally read publication that's written about this couched their headlines in language that implies it's "Taco Bell gives you the shits," instead of recognizing that Taco Bell saw the issue, reported it to the vendor, & was subsequently ignored until it became a national issue.

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

My favorite Brenda Fricker performance was throughout this film www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfXJ...

So I Married An Axe Murderer: Pickle Up My Ass...

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hmmmmm I strongly disagree when people say Mr Darcy is just socially awkward, not an asshole half the point of his arc is that he uses one as the excuse for the other and comes to realize this is. yknow. bad.

Kevin M. Levin is an award-winning historian and the author of four books on the history of the Civil War era. Levin tells the story of the 54th Massachusetts and its young colonel, whose 1863 assault on Battery Wagner moved the nation closer to emancipation and equal rights. #WeAreAmerica250

imagine thinking we get here w/o “normal police brutality”

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3w ago

"What the federal government has been doing to people assumed to be immigrants is different from normal police brutality. It is a targeted campaign. We are witnessing, for the first time since Jim Crow, American death squads."