Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 4h ago

we should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

Actually enforcing existing laws (Mamdani) vs. reactionary lawmaking that would make many things worse (Menin). bsky.app/profile/c-so...

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 4h ago

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that New York City is issuing cease and desist letters to more than 40 retailers selling illegal e-bikes (generally, vehicles that can go faster than local speed limits allow). The targeted retailers include Amazon and Best Buy.

live nation is actively killing publications that cover new artists while also promoting festivals that almost exclusively cater to nostalgia and legacy acts. these problems are not unrelated.

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 5h ago

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:

Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

This was one of the most fun podcasts I’ve done in years. I could have talked with Dave for hours …

Dave Infante@dinfontay.com · 5h ago

Today on The Fingers Podcast, I'm joined by @risenc.bsky.social to discuss the humble beginnings, inglorious grotesques, and latter-day deflations of the country's bourbon boom.

Photos: The Dogs That Surf - Recent images of canine competitors riding the waves in dog-surfing competitions, many them fundraising events for animal and environmental nonprofit groups. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

As someone who watched her friend commit suicide on a livestream and then had to endure that clip going viral across the world for a week, I give this advice: - Don't go searching for the Perez Hilton video - Turn off autoplay - Prepare to get off social media for several days if things get worse

This is hilarious. Charles Gasparino (foil of @kenwhite.bsky.social when both were on Twitter) of the NY Post is big mad at NYC business leaders for not making good on the NY Post's predictions that big business would flee NYC if Mamdani instituted his platform. nypost.com/2026/08/04/b...

Mamdani is nothing but hostile to NYC business community — but leaders still won’t stand up to him

Mayor Mamdani to the business community: “Drop Dead.” And the business community is falling to the floor and rolling over.

nypost.com

El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

nytimes.com

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."

Oh so having hobbies is illegal now is it

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

Watch until the end (sound on) You will NEVER guess where this is headed. Warning: near fatal levels of cringe.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god I think I found the video.

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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I have had it with this. There was a NOTAM that the GPS jamming activities were taking place in the area. Pilots must check NOTAMs prior to departure, especially commercial pilots. It is part of the damn job. If you need GPS to fly then reconsider your career choices.

Justin Ling@justinling.ca · 23h ago

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

The Holy Trinity

Protip: when you're accused of domestic violence and breaking your toddler daughter's collarbone, and you go on TV to defend yourself, it's probably not the best idea to complain that you're being turned into a "punching bag."

🚨Someone did, in fact, take a knife to the Reflecting Pool! 🚨 Only it was a National Park Service engineer, trying to stop the peeling from worsening. “The government’s own engineer determined that it was better to cut off the peeling sections than to let them flap around."

Olympic canoeist charged by Pirro seeks to permanently sink Reflecting Pool case

Amid Trump’s criticism of the decision to drop the case, attorneys for David “Davey” Hearn said prosecutors shouldn’t be allowed to try to bring new charges.

nbcnews.com

Something I like about mamdani that seems to be crazy rare for big city mayors is he actually enjoys the people who live in his city

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2d ago

At the Ecuadorian Parade yesterday in NYC. Mamdani is down with the furries.

Big, BIG CW for self-harm/suicide on this, because it is *horrifying*.

Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · 21h ago

BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

automatically running signal messages through a stranger's AI is, I think, the worst pitch and idea I've ever been cold pitched in my life and that is saying a lot

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same

I have had my share of complaints about Jake Tapper but that was a very good interview. Refused to let him weasel out of questions and caught contradictions on the fly.