should I tell my mom about Adam Sandler

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I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

The perpetrator is on the run

Having a toddler is fun because they will literally steal the glasses you need to see and you’ll have no idea what happened to them, potentially for the rest of your life

ya know what...i'm fine with this one

What’s something you tell your kids now (or pets idc) that really annoyed you when you were growing up? Mine is when my daughter says “It hurts when I do this” and I say “Well don’t do that then”

I recall the words of a defense attorney from last month: “Show me a tuna sandwich and I’ll give you evidence it committed a burglary.”

I am amazed they got a real indictment for this

Please be careful and safe out there folks, heat is no joke and it can sneak up on you.

I’m sorry to report that Screaming Man has not yet found his home. He’s SO friendly. Maybe if they gave him another name?!? www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adop...

Whales has discovered Trump trades.

Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends, @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports www.newsfromthestates.com/article/medi...

Popped over to X for a minute and the first thing I saw was an AI video of Trump as a doctor talking about treatment for TDS featuring a bunch of AI celebrities discussing their suffering on his official presidency account

blogged about those godless communists, Greg Abbott and ERCOT: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Things I love about America, in no particular order: the First Amendment public libraries national parks free ice water every state with the ocean clam chowder drive-thrus state fairs air conditioning coke zero harmless weirdos being left alone

The company did not disclose if any fleet deals or related party transactions, like SpaceX buying up Cybertrucks last year, helped their strong deliveries report...

Why did I schedule a bunch of things to do the day before the holiday

cool cool

And after all this, you can still get an entire rotisserie chicken at Costco for $5

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The word on the street is that this initiative didn’t come close to qualifying, while the initiative to restore abortion access very likely will.

NEW: Anti-abortion lawyer Jonathan Mitchell dropped a blockbuster lawsuit against a California doctor that was a vehicle to resuscitate the 19th-century Comstock Act as an abortion ban and to challenge telemedicine "shield" laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It's a retrofitted Boeing 747, so the US did, in fact, build it

BREAKING: Former CIA Director John Brennan sues the DOJ, pushing back against the Trump administration's ongoing criminal investigation

It feels important to say there are no details about how many children they expect to benefit from this in specific areas, including where Micron is based.

80% of people will have at least 1 type of HPV infection in the course of their lifetime. It is common & usually asymptomatic but can prompt cellular changes that develop into cancer. These vaccines aren't about behavior. It's about preventing cancers and preserving your kids' health and futures.

Updated: Over the last 8 days, I'm counting 15 Democratic incumbents who have lost to a challenger to their left. —3 congressmembers (2 NY, 1 CO) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —8 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD, 2 CO) Here's a thread for you to know about all 15 results:

Several laws related to abortion medication restrictions take effect today, as well as an Iowa law that no longer allows minors to receive HPV or hepatitis B vaccines without parental permission. New from me:

Idaho Rep. Barbara Ehardt, sponsor of the 2020 legislation, said she would support trans athletes coming up with their own games. “Just like with the Special Olympics, it's going to take, it's actually going to be something that needs to come from them,” she said.

I can't

You know, I really appreciate the radical transparency here. It takes a lot of humility.

Is that...even...what it's styled after?

HHS confirmed on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states. This story was originally published by @stateline.org.

Hell yeah. Hard fought, well deserved. Congrats @idahonewsguild.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on with SCOTUS and such, but it's weird to me that no major mainstream news outlets have reported on this yet.

The outcome is thus: 5–4 that the Constitution protects birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants. 6–3 that Trump's order is unlawful (because Kavanaugh says it violates a statute, NOT the 14th Amendment.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Some food for thought from a prominent and influential anti-abortion group leader

I am still confused about whether the birthright citizenship decision was 5-4 or 6-3. Every news story I'm seeing says 6-3, including NYT and NPR?

It might be funny to imagine but there’s no way Nina Totenberg is publishing her own stories in the CMS at NPR

New laws Idaho laws going into effect this week cover wide-ranging topics, such as execution methods, housing policies, foster child protections, large truck speed limits, and more, report @idahocapitalsun.com and @statesnewsroom.com

NPR has removed its story about Justice Alito's retirement from its frontpage, and SCOTUSBlog says the article's author says it was posted in error. (I'll note it wasn't just posted; it was a top story on npr.org.) In short, no retirement announcement for now.

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

Uhhh what

I really don’t understand Will’s new obsession with being like “You people are NOT POOR, SHUT UP”

After a four-month-old baby in West Virginia foster care died last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey had no information to share with reporters on Monday about the case but said, “We certainly want to get to the bottom of things," reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

“Surely these people are at least getting preventative care!”

This is how the Cook and Slaughter rulings were -- unusually -- handed out together in the Supreme Court public information office today (rubber band included):

The hottest new trend in business is products that don’t work

I’m sorry what