This is the worst news I've heard in a minute
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2y agoLet's talk about the bristlemouths, 13 species of bioluminescent deep-dwelling ocean fish in genus Cyclothone. There are a lot of them. Like, a lot. Specifically, our best guess is there are a million billion (1E15) bristlemouths on Earth. Making them the most populous vertebrate on the planet.
Unrelated, but you cannot tell me that the makeup choices Fox News makes for its hosts don't reflect their viewers' desire for Tilly Norwood and sex robots.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoKash Patel claims he's used AI to prevent a half dozen school shootings
My man looks like his most frequent ChatGPT prompt is, "how do I keep her from finding out?"
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d agoMy man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny
you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote
JMay🍁⚖️🏝️🏖️🪖🇨🇦@bubbles9333.bsky.social · 2w agoThe lies continue. He is offering money if people vote for him.
In this analogy having a neuroatypical child is akin to being sexually assaulted.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRFK Jr: "The party of Me Too -- remember that we were all supposed to listen to women, and to believe women? -- they cruelly silenced the voices of tens of thousands of mothers who believe that their children had suffered vaccine injuries"
Your annual reminder of what REALLY happened: Donald Trump went on WWOR Radio on 9/11/01--yes, that very day--to say that with the collapse of the Twin Towers, he now had the tallest building in New York. Which was a good preview of things to come, in that it was both disgusting and a lie.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump claims that after 9/11, "I went down, I was building a building in New York, and I went down there very shortly thereafter -- the following day, you couldn't go down the same day -- and we worked long and hard"
What if the surplus population had bad vibes?
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky”@pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 3w agoTiny Tim was no angel
It's my pale, wanning sense of self being devoured by the dark shadows of doubt and insecurity #lunareclipse
I truly don't know why "Republicans are against nicknames; require submitting your identity to the state" wasn't a line in 2024. It points out both how weird they are, and how draconian.
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 4w agoThis isn't even about medical care: The far right thinks schools are "transitioning" kids if they honor the student's name and pronouns.
A functional administration would have kept this woman more than just an arm's reach from the president
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last mo.“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”
More than that, while the $112 Ohio ounce is going to be better quality than the $7 Michigan ounce, it won't be better by a much as you'd hope
Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · last mo.Ohio marijuana continues to be significantly more expensive than Michigan, according to pricing data. The cheapest ounce in Ohio is $112. The cheapest ounce in Michigan is $6.99. Meanwhile, Ohio Republican lawmakers have outlawed buying from other states ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/13/o...
That’s how bad crime was 40 years ago, people still panic about it but the fact they have to make shoplifting, being homeless, and teens getting together the scariest things around demonstrates how much less violent crime there is at the moment,
It's no longer morbbin' time??
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2mo agoMahershala Ali says he will no longer star as Blade. He trained for a year to prepare for ‘Blade’ so he used the sword training for his next action film ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’. (Source: www.gq.com/story/mahers...)
Not the point, but all three of these gentlemen look like they're contestants in a private wager to see who can pay the least child support while incurring the most DUIs
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
Not being a football fan, my big take away is that this man has a very 1950s face
Bradford Pearson@bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is shaping up to be the greatest day in online Philadelphia history
I'm assuming this piece is, like so many, grounded entirely in the assumption that the average person can't recognize a good idea that will benefit them and they neighbors because of a cadre of creepy, drug-addled jags.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo agoThe vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.
Unrelated, and ultimately not really important, but none of these "run the government like a business" morons would ever, at an job interview, say "I don't deal in hypotheticals" when asked about how they would do the job.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoHASSAN: If RFK ordered you to stop promoting flu vaccine during a deadly flu season, would you? S: We have to prioritize-- HASSAN: This isn't a hypothetical. RFK Jr in the middle of a deadly outbreak directed the CDC to do it. So would you? S: I don't speak in hypotheticals-- H: It happened!
On top of everything else, this has some real "graphic design is my passion" energy. Shouldn't it be just one flag pattern laid over all three nations?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump posts an image featuring a map showing the United States taking over Canada and Greenland
The man could have said he had worked 48 hours over the past few days and it wouldn't matter. The average American who is aware of the shooting learned about it during their free time. More is expected of elected officials.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2mo agoMike Johnson, asked about Maine shooting by ICE officer, says he hasn’t been briefed and doesn’t know much: “I know that there was a tragic shooting. And I’m not going to comment on it because I don’t know. And you guys can mock me for not knowing that. I worked about 22 hours in the last few days.”
ICE is literally more dangerous than any street gang
Governor JB Pritzker@govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2mo agoAnother person dead at the hands of ICE — just days after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s murder. We will not remain silent as the Trump administration immunizes lawlessness. There must be accountability and there must be a full investigation.
I don't know anything about anything, but how economically viable is the strait for oil producers with Iran and the USA now both taking cuts?
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2mo agoThe President just announced a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through Hormuz, payable...to the US>
i have no idea what other people hear in my band, like, people always say “joy division” because we are a post punk band with a baritone singer, but, for me, i think this new EP sounds more like the wedding present than anything else i can put my finger on, excited to release it in august
I wouldn't be adverse to putting a little money in the idea that Trump's supposed speech and the firework display also get canceled.
Jim Lokay@jimlokay.com · 3mo agoJust in: America’s Independence Day Parade in DC has been CANCELED, per the National Park Service. It was set to step off tomorrow, July 4, at 10:30am along the National Mall.
I don't know anything about insurance, but does it count as "using" or if you never clear your deductible?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoDr Oz on ACA "fraud" -- "Of the people who signed up, 40% never use the insurance. Let me ask you, John, you have health insurance -- do you use it once a year? In Obamacare right now 40% of the people ostensibly signed up never use the insurance ... we have a lot of fake people on the policies"
