“In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants, researchers found that people consistently underestimated how interesting and enjoyable conversations about boring topics would be.” [eurekalert.org]

In the 1960s there was a rabidly antisemitic & white nationalist preacher named Ken Goff who spoke at hundreds of churches around the country. He posed as a "patriotic Christian anti-communist," but he ran a paramilitary camp for neo-Nazis. A huge # of churches he spoke at were Assemblies of God.

Joni Lamb, the president and co-founder of Christian TV network Daystar, has died at age 65. Her son Jonathan had accused her of covering up sexual abuse in the ministry. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Hey guys! Remember the incredible urn that an amazing ceramicist made for Fergus? Well the artist was really kind and talented and I'd love to help him with this contest he's in. peoplesartist.org/2026/tim-kow...

Mark Lyttle, Roberto Dominguez, Esteban Tiznado-Reyna, Brian Morales and Kilmar Abrego Garcia among countless others would beg to differ.

This applies to many many things.

As I pointed out at MS NOW, when Jeffries characterized the party’s redistricting efforts as “a state of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,” he was echoing the exact statement that the NYT attributed to a Trump White House official www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u... www.ms.now/opinion/supr...

Ha!

Of Wilonsky (@robertwilonsky.bsky.social) interest and other Dallasite (Dallantante? Dallasian?) political junkies... talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dallas-...

Ok, this is incredible: if you animate Artemis II photos of the Earth, you can see tiny satellites buzzing around the planet. Like, !!!!! [kottke.org]

Wow. When Josh calls you corrupt, you are really really corrupt.

"Computerization meant that the commanding heights of the economy would come to be occupied by men who had spent their formative years getting stuffed into lockers, and were now determined to exact their revenge." (paywall) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

I'd add tht imo they couldn't be doing what they're doing today without aid from a foreign power (aka Russia). But yes, we (the progressive we) did fall asleep at the switch and discounted the long-game propaganda of Fox etc.

Tbf he still got home faster than the Hebrews. Seriously took 40 years to cross the Sinai peninsula?

Prediction markets are websites where insiders who know how things will play out monetize that knowledge without worrying about insider trading laws

Worked on both his campaigns. He activated an underlying layer of racism I honestly didn’t think was that severe. So now we have Chump whose only real policy is to keep this country run by white men.

A very large and material part of my job is navigating the changes in rules the Supreme Court promulgates and the idea they don't make policy is facially risible

Correct. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

So, because I saw someone try to shut down a discussion of the sex of Santa's reindeer by saying only male reindeer haul loads... Only female reindeer keep their antlers through winter. All of Santa's reindeer were female.

At this point, I think he is just trolling us.

The state legislature tried to make a 63 percent black city live with a statue honoring a slave trader, KKK leader, and convict lessor. Now they’re going to make sure Memphians are represented in Congress by someone who hates them, and is terrified to step foot in the city. (Or any city.)

Who's a good boy?

My current is the clumsiest cat I've ever had too. And she's not the brightest of the lot either. Beginning to suspect a little brain damage earlier in life. Oh well, the gods put her on my porch, I've been entrusted.

Omg I don't want her to be president. I don't want this pureness dragged through the mud 😭

They left him off? Living?? Like I needed another reason to be critical of them.

Seems like he's thought a lot about this. Hmm...

I have long said that our food system is broken, but food is one of those things where you CANNOT allow it to crash and burn in hopes of getting something better. It needs delicate surgery, not a sledgehammer.

NEWS: The Epstein files are now bound into 3,437 physical volumes in a new exhibition space in Tribeca. Millions of pages. Two stories tall. And yet only two people have ever faced accountability. Katie Phang discusses the rage she felt walking through the space.

"I feed you and shelter you and this is how you pay me back? Hanging out with vermin??"

@sportssturm.bsky.social Speaking of daredevil morons, Bob.

Name the high profile Republican that the Garland DoJ got while it was busy with Menendez and Eric Adams go ahead I'll wait

We Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to What the SCOTUS VRA Decision Means for State Legislatures talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/we-aren...

Mike D announces shows following viral performance of Beastie Boys songs with his sons

This is bc cats haven't been truly domesticated like dogs. They still maintain much of the wildness that their bigger cousins have. Throw them into the woods and they'll survive just fine, unlike their canine counterparts. They don't need us. (exhibit a, dead squirrel she brought inside last year)

Let me posit here that America is a very religious country in ways that "religious people" -- ie, rightwing Republicans who claim ownership of "religion" -- do not like. www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

I bet a lot of ppl don't know Ted's ugly past. www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...

What's really "remarkable" about this piece, @nxthompson.bsky.social, is that @michaelscherer.bsky.social calls out Cole Allen for citing the Bible in response to Trump's AI Jesus slop, but doesn't observe what a problem it is that Trump posts AI Jesus slop. This post is part of the problem.

Jesus. The fact that they tipped off Fox News seems like a red flag that this is bullshit.

Goddamit Garland.

Is he doing that though? Will's "strategy" is to say what he believes and not back down or apologize for it. For other online personalities this would be praiseworthy. Meanwhile much of what people think Will believes are lies. This post is just signaling to the mob you are one of the good ones.

A reminder

DON'T LET THEM DO THIS QUIETLY!

Straight up cult-speak.

A fine vintage, so to speak.

Paul Pressler transformed the Southern Baptist Convention into a right-wing political powerhouse. He also allegedly abused boys for decades while SBC leaders protected predators, silenced victims, and lied about reform. That's his real legacy. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-dark-l...

"imagine". Yeah, you have to imagine all sorts of bullsh to be a Republican. They live in a land of make believe.