"In 2023, the [EPA] under the Biden administration proposed creating stronger cybersecurity guidelines to better safeguard the nation’s water supply from hackers... The E.P.A. rescinded the order, however, after Republican-led states and industry groups sued to block its enforcement."

Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

nytimes.com

fuck that's a smooth answer

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5h ago

Banger

Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h ago

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.

About an hour ago, St. Paul police tried to come in through this entrance on the camp’s flank, which is barricaded. Rep. Finke was able to deescalate the situation, getting city workers to agree not to move in. There’s about four cop cars just chilling here now. Second picture is the barrier.

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” - James Baldwin, “Notes on the House of Bondage”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

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?"

This is the highest-resolution view of the surface of the Sun. Ever. Taken by the NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, features as small as 19 km across can be resolved. The wispy things are magnetic field boundaries formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The island of Ireland for scale.

Congrats to my friends at Racket for turning five! I'm thankful to live in the Twin Cities, which financially supports so much media, both traditional and independent. Trust me, it's not like this everywhere.

em cassel@biketrouble.bsky.social · 10h ago

racket is five years old!!! i find that fact very hard to swallow and yet it’s true. here’s our fifth annual report to prove it. i feel very, very lucky that this is my job and my life!!!

Sending love to @leighfinke.bsky.social and @hwajeongkim.bsky.social, who showed up for our unhoused neighbors under assault by the city at the Fish Hatchery encampment. Thank you.

Good morning, dear readers! Today I present to you the brilliant and evocative fiction of @ghoulpus.bsky.social Only on Reactormag.com. Enjoy! reactormag.com/not-like-oth...

Not Like Other Girls - Reactor

A creature wearing a woman’s body becomes a lonely man’s girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot.

reactormag.com

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

chicago.suntimes.com

Love the first Wednesday of the Month

Is it just me or has the search function on loads of websites collapsed as well as in the major search engines? Trying to find things on ebay and just getting no results for very broad terms, but also getting loads of "Could you have meant this?" type results

We were literally squealing with delight when any renter showed up to our block party. Our city is majority renter!

Bill Childs@billchilds.bsky.social · 6h ago

Well, yes, you are correct that this sounds rude and anti-renter. What a jackass

New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras https://theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-had-quinceaneras/

Do not like the growing trend of job applications requiring a pre-recorded video. It allows employers to discriminate for being too brown, too fat, too old, too visibly disabled, too gender non-conforming, having an accent etc. before they see any qualifications and commit to an interview.

Reposting because jacquard punchcards aka (AFAIK) predecessor to modern computing are so remarkable to look at and think about. 🧶👩‍💻

Jennifer Jordan@sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 7h ago

Closeup of the punchcards that make it possible to weave elaborate designs…

We had our Neighbors Night Out last night (because ACAB), and it was so damn lovely. 1) the weather was PERFECT 2) small children played games with each other 3) we all fed each other 4) we invited startled passers-by to eat with us 5) no one had much cleaning to do

When people have this level of xenophobia toward people who rent (read as: live their lives) on their own block, it's easy to see how little humanity they would be able to see in unhoused neighbors, or any type of people they happened not to have considered before. Not only that, but (1/3)

Bill Childs@billchilds.bsky.social · 6h ago

Well, yes, you are correct that this sounds rude and anti-renter. What a jackass

the best of america

Jamie@crayonsocialism.bsky.social · 7h ago

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

AWOOOOOOOOOO

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

Y'all, I am a person old enough to have children who vote. I am not really prepared to look at myself in 4k on the regular. Who decided video content was what we're doing now? Were they 25? Aaaaahhhh

The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 9h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

"The survey identified perceived downward pressure and a stunning 30 point decline when asked to compare their freedom to express themselves without fear of government interference or punishment ten years ago to their expectations for ten years from now."

John Sands@iohn.bsky.social · 11h ago

A new survey from @knightfoundation.org and @ssrsresearch.bsky.social reveals a disquieting decline in how free Americans feel to use the freedoms protected by the #FirstAmendment without government interference or punishment. 🧵

On this day 14 years ago, Curiosity rover landed on Mars 🔴

Part of the problem with regularly mass deleting my posts is important things like this being lost LOL

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Mitch Dyer@mitchyd.bsky.social · 23h ago

Splurged on the 4kUHD steelbook. She’s in her prime.

I have a playlist specifically of bright cheery upbeat 80s music about the end of the world or the plague years, called "oh so that's why you're all like this"!