Really wish this were motivating me more than it was demoralizing and exhausting me

a hybrid signal@unknown.garden · 47m ago

aaand the water's out with zero notice for the next four hours

omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 14h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14h 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.

He also "planned" a working moon mission by 2024 & we're still in the "sometimes it doesn't crash" stage of that process. Stop reporting on any tech bro CEO's claims as if they are facts, especially in outlets connected to our shared collective hallucination called "the economy". CONTEXTUALIZE SHIT.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

This must hit different if you no longer believe in material reality

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

Any AES supporter would have been thrilled with a win of any margin as recently as a month ago. A few late polls showing a bigger lead shouldn’t change that reality. He won against the Dem establishment and $62M of PAC money. He was barely on the radar when he entered the race.

I didn’t think AES even realistically had a shot several months ago and now it’s going to be portrayed as a disappointment if he *only* wins by like 2-3% lmao

AES is going up against a member of Congress who was supported by the entire Democratic establishment and had tens of millions of dollars from AIPAC. Polling has given unrealistic expectations about what success looks like. Any win at all is an incredible victory for the left.

When El-Sayed wins I expect everyone to be very normal about it

Aaaaaaaand AP just called the Kansas U.S. Senate Democratic primary for Rev. Adam Hamilton, so now there is, indeed, six. Not surprising (he was breaking fundraising records), but notable all the same. (And possibly one more pastor nominee by night’s end — we’ll see.)

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 20h ago

"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

Hey so just checking BEFORE we have results in the MI primary, Vote Blue No Matter Who right, establishment? RIGHT? So like when I try to convince my fellow lefties we have a moral obligation to vote for the boring normie dem, y'all are gonna get on board with El-Sayed, right? RIGHT?

By almost any reasonable standard, Abdul is wildly different than Platner— he’s not an unknown, he’s thoroughly vetted, there’s no allegations or hint of ugliness. The murmured equivalencies were embarrassing for the writers who deployed it.

Snowden St.@snowden.st · 21h ago

I'm not irritated by Dirty Work, just by people who buy it. And the "AES is Platner" articles and insinuations were dirty work, and some folks who traded in it are absolute Suckers who should not be heeded going forward.

"…There's a destroyer in my blood who's handed down and waits for me I have no air, I cannot breath with the destroyer in my blood Here comes the weight on me again bone by piece I’m bricking me over tier by tear, I wave to you…" —"Citadel," @emmaruthrundle.bsky.social

Citadel, by Emma Ruth Rundle

from the album Engine of Hell

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Thinking about illinois, today

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 2w ago

I say again, "These surveillance regimes will not keep you or your children safe because they are actively preying on you": Rather than the predators, people focus on rigidly controlling children's ability to explore the world, from no third spaces to tracked online life,thus making Them targetable

This isn't to say kids don't need protection; it *is* to say that protection will not come from a panoptic surveillance state that not only their parents but also any predator with a keyboard can franchise into their very own home.

I say again, "These surveillance regimes will not keep you or your children safe because they are actively preying on you": Rather than the predators, people focus on rigidly controlling children's ability to explore the world, from no third spaces to tracked online life,thus making Them targetable

Achai@achai.bark.how · 2w ago

the push for ID checks online is designed to make children easier to target; Meta is one of the companies lobbying for these types of legislation. the whole idea is to continue to target children as a lucrative market by assuring parents that giving children unmanaged tablets is safe.

Clearly I have been falling down on the job - y’all haven’t gotten a dose of ENCHIRITO EAR WIGGLES. Sorry about the camera shake, hard to film one-handed

...how the fuck is it compliant to building codes to have windows that just Do Not Open

i'm extra mad that it seems like these weird hotel style condo/apt setups are the main form of housing in this city that's an actual improvement on what we currently have, unless you can drop 3k/mo+ on a house

god fuck i hate looking at new apartment shit even when money is less of a problem than it's ever been for us, it's like 'no you don't need normal wall space for furniture like bookshelves. also we can tell through our Smart System™ who is home at sll times!! 👁️👄👁️'

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Found the Chicagoan with at least one other home in NYC.

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 21h ago

Editorial: New York’s democratic socialists put the squeeze on thousands of property owners

Found the Chicagoan with at least one other home in NYC.

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 21h ago

Editorial: New York’s democratic socialists put the squeeze on thousands of property owners

mamdani's social media: NYC, today is a monumental day. I've slain Gorlax the Spurious, the beast who lived in the sewers and ate children and small dogs. every conservative thinkpiece article: Slaying Gorlax the Spurious might *sound* appealing, but what if you don't have children or small dogs?

I thought electing Mamdani was going to turn NYC into a communist hellhole?

I really need the people supposedly in opposition to the Republicans to either meaningfully hold them accountable for their naked power grabs— like remove them from power & possibly prosecute them— or start fighting on the same level as them, & I increasingly don't care which, *Which Is A Bad Thing*

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 19h ago

The Missouri SoS dragged out his office's examination of the veto referendum (of the GOP gerrymander) for most of 2026 to ensure he can run out the clock; and finally declared today, on the deadline by which he had to act, that he thinks the veto referendum is entirely unconstitutional.

The Missouri SoS dragged out his office's examination of the veto referendum (of the GOP gerrymander) for most of 2026 to ensure he can run out the clock; and finally declared today, on the deadline by which he had to act, that he thinks the veto referendum is entirely unconstitutional.

The Redistrict Network (mirror 🤖)@redistrictnet.bluesky.bot · 19h ago

#BREAKING: Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins has deemed the Missouri Redistricting Referendum as insufficient due to it being unconstitutional.

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The Nexus of Privacy@thenexusofprivacy.net · 4d ago

With the Senate Commerce Committee has a markup of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and the CHATBOT Act on Wednesday. @fightforthefuture.org's https://www.badinternetbills.com/ is the easiest way to contact your Senator, but there are lots of other options too!

In her house at R'lyeh, dead Morton Salt Girl waits dreaming

Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.