You struggle to buy groceries and fill your tank. Healthcare is increasingly unaffordable and parents wonder how to pay for childcare or even ensure basic nutrition. But this sick, corrupt sociopath is blowing close to a billion dollars for White House vanity projects. 82 days until the midterms.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.

WaPo Exclusive: The Trump admin is now set to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds. 
The price tag is much larger than previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts. Taxpayers would cover most of it.

Yet another example why a sociopath should never be near the levers of power.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

'You gave us hope': Fans of famed Big Bear bald eagle Jackie respond to her death

'You gave us hope': Fans of famed Big Bear bald eagle Jackie respond to her death

For some, Jackie was a model of motherhood and perseverance. Readers share emotional tributes to the beloved Big Bear bald eagle.

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"Trans people require lifelong medical care" Everyone requires lifelong medical care you fucking dipshit

i spent my vibrant years building a career and life centered around the advancements of technology. I genuinely did not think that the era would ever arrive where i detest it all and set my goal as a screen-free life in a woods house growing tomatoes and watching squirrels. im going hermit. thats it

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3w ago

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...

New radio Saturday! Snagged this classic from a couple decades ago - the CCRadio 2E from C.Crane, a company focused on building really nice am/fm broadcast radios. This one covers not only AM/FM but weather band AND the 2-meter #hamradio band for listening to storm chasers etc. Great tabletop radio.

James Talarico’s rally in Port Arthur, TX hit capacity 🤯

Textbook racist. Piss-frosted incontinent incompetent fucking racist.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump on Somali-Americans: "They're not smart. They have no aptitude. They have nothing going."

Let ne just remind you that trump, RfK Jr. and all of his kids are fully vaccinated.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released this statement earlier.

So, I completely understand secreting POTUS away from a credible assassination attempt. But leaving the entire Air Force One crew, press pool, etc. to play decoy is some sick shit.

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2w ago

the manliest

When you're out of V05.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Pete Hegseth wipes his nose, then runs his hand through his hair

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands with drivers against Amazon's subcontracting tricks. Supporting Councilmember Tiffany Cabán’s Delivery Protection Act, Mayor Mamdani demands big tech take full accountability for driver and street safety. Time for Amazon to follow the rules!

Mood, every single day.

Once again, the party of small government is telling you how to raise your children!!!! See post about Rep mad Cocoa Cola would not print Christian nationalist’s twisted version of bible quotes!!!

Apparently his long Covid is expediting the dementia.

AI Is Now Answering 911 Calls In New Orleans, But Officials Say It Is Not Replacing Human Dispatchers

AI Is Now Answering 911 Calls In New Orleans, But Officials Say It Is Not Replacing Human Dispatchers

New Orleans’ AI 911 system is drawing national attention as emergency officials defend a technology that can speak directly with some callers while critics question whether artificial intelligence belongs anywhere […] The post AI Is Now Answering 911 Calls In New Orleans, But Officials Say It Is Not Replacing Human Dispatchers appeared first on Baller Alert.

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While mobile phones and the internet are now the primary forms of communication, the Amateur Radio Relay League remains a backstop for emergency communications.

A R.I. ham radio group built its station in 1926. How can it still play a key role in emergencies 100 years later? - The Boston Globe

Rhode Island's Emergency Management Agency still works closely with the state’s community of amateur ham radio operators.

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President Donald Trump drew ridicule and alarm after claiming "nothing bad can happen" from his executive order to limit childhood vaccines.

'This is so wrong': Trump's 'astoundingly stupid' claim leaves jaws on the floor

President Donald Trump drew ridicule and alarm after claiming "nothing bad can happen" from his executive order to limit childhood vaccines.Trump signed the executive order Monday in the Oval Office, calling for the number of diseases vaccinated against to be reduced to 11, according to CNBC.Decades...

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A leisurely tune around the bands on my Yaesu #FT891 using my Slidewinder DX Coil in the back garden. Nothing much out there this afternoon. Too much noise. #hamradio #amateurradio #HF

This looks intriguing. pebblehf.com/index.html A $50-ish 20 m QRP transceiver. Currently a waitlist.

EU6AAP? Anyone recognize this callsign. I'm picking up a WSPR signal from this callsign, suppposedly a station in Siberia. I don't think I've picked up anything from there previously. QRZ doesn't recognize the callsign. The station has quite a reach.

On CNN, El-Sayed is asked about this Trump post. He says it represents "two different visions of America:" "Two people who don't like each other but are joined in the interest of making billions of dollars off of you. Or, two people who genuinely love each other, enjoying some panacakes together."

NASA sends its version of the U-2, N806NA, to investigate "weather" formed by wildfire activity in British Columbia. The plane spent time over the province, particularly the area north of Kamloops, before returning to its base in Great Falls Montana. @seattlewxguy.bsky.social @spann.bsky.social

About that solar eclipse next week... www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/...

Total Solar Eclipse on Aug 12, 2026: Path Map & Times

Interactive map showing where the total solar eclipse of Aug 12, 2026 is visible—with local times and average cloud cover for any location.

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Back to normal. After a CME rattling of the ionosphere yesterday, HF signals propagation is beginning to improve, and space weather metrics are returning to their mundane levels. Here is the situation as displayed by two instances of HamClock this morning, North American time, at 1440 UTC.

Today's afternon shot from METEOR M2-4, at 3:30 PM from a nearly-overhead shot for Metro Vancouver. Some towering pyrocumulus cloud generated by BC #wildfire activity is to be seen in this shot from 800 km up. TA-1 turnstile antenna coupled with Nooelec LNA and SDR. Processed with Raspi NOAA V2.

Tell your senators to amend the DST bill to permanent Standard Time, for natural health and safety! www.travelerstoday.com/articles/607...

Clocks Fall Back November 1: Senate Stalls Daylight Saving Time Bill, Doctors Warn of Wrong Fix

Daylight saving time 2026 clocks fall back November 1 as the Senate stalls the Sunshine Protection Act. Five leading sleep organizations warn that Congress chose the wrong fix — permanent daylight sav...

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Not the biggest weekend of radio but some great PSK31 and Olivia contacts! #hamradio #amateurradio