Breaking: E. Jean Carroll moved to the collect $5,779,783 from the bond Trump deposited in the court's registry, since that verdict reached the "end of the line" at SCOTUS. Trump's lawyers are still trying to delay, per the filing.

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

afaik, they're referring to the Texas App Store Age Verification law, which as it says, applies to APP STORES, not individual apps. If that's the law Bluesky Safety is pointing too, they're straight up lying when they claim they're required to verify the age of existing users in Texas.

missing in this entire non-explanation is any link to the actual law, which as far as I can tell says the age verification law applies only to NEW accounts ***on app stores, not individual social media apps***, so WTAF, bsky?

my Apple ID is old enough to drink, ffs, as is my gmail address

So apparently bsky users in Texas are being suddenly hit with an age verification prompt, but people can't find any current Texas laws that require these measures AND the link to actually verify doesn't work AND bsky hadn't made an official announcement. 🤔 Seems VERY odd so far.

Stuck in an endless loop of you must verify your age/unable to verify when I try to log in on my phone. I love y'all, but not enough to contact customer support for this kind of BS. If this isn't an issue with the app, I expect the same thing to happen with the web version. Sigh.

Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

I’m glad Rep. Kean was able to get treatment and not lose his job while seeking care. These are the rights we want for everyone, not just members of Congress.

I don't think people understand the degree to which outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times set back trans rights with second-rate reporting that doesn't stand up now, let alone in the future. They have failed at the most basic journalistic duties.

if you pray, say a little prayer for birthright citizenship, trans rights, and voting rights. big supreme court decision day tomorrow. god help us, and may we all help each other.

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.

Germany gonna hold a grudge for a looooong time over this

I need emergency cookies to keep watching the GERvPAR match

"Literature is something that people connect with on a very personal level."

Holy shit.

Starting at 8pm central tonight, I present 4+ hours of ‘The Best of 1992’ in the form of non-stop music videos here: twitch.tv/djjakerudh Cure/Lush/Nick Cave/Beastie Boys/RATM/NIN/Ride/Sugar/Sundays/REM/Curve/PJ Harvey/Sonic Youth/Tori Amos/INXS/J&MC/Sugarcubes/Sade/Prince/Suzanne Vega/TFF/XTC…

#Booksky #Fridayreads #PrideMonth What’s in the 2026 Pride StoryBundle, you ask? Our publisher, Catherine Lundoff, won a lifetime achievement award in 2025 for her Wolves of Wolf’s Point books and body of work! Have you read them yet? Book 3 is in progress! Plus so much more! storybundle.com/pride

if you can't trust yourself, you won't trust anyone else either

Most of these Alt government are grifters of some variety, and if they’re not weaponizing their large followings now, they are likely to do so in the future. People shouldn’t follow them. What even is this excuse? “Here’s something we said happened, some losers will criticize us because it’s a lie”

periodic reminder that there's no full stop in Dr Pepper also no apostrophe in Baileys, Starbucks or Walgreens but there is an apostrophe in Jack Daniel's and a full stop in Dr. Martens

Alternatively, imagine teaching Luke's version of the Beatitudes alongside Matthew's, thus adding: But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Teaching the Bible as written can be subversive in the right hands.

When I lived there in the 90s, the standard July 4 move was to get the cheapest sofa you could find, take it into DC, unload it on the Mall, and wait for the fireworks. After they ended, you just left the sofa and went home. It was everyone’s living room, perfect for loitering.

CABO VERDE!!!

The entire fuckin point of the national mall is loitering

IC, as they say, YMI, @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social is having a 20% off backlist sale for #Pride, which means all of my books are cheap and easy to get. (*whispers* Like me.) Start here, with DETOURS. Joel’s making poor life choices, and his mother’s ghost has opinions. #QueerBookSky

This is disgusting and should be illegal and these parents should be able to punish the bigot who attacked their kids with state bureaucracy. And they can’t because it’s how child welfare works. It’s worth fighting about this in your community: who leaves the hospital without her baby? Etc?

The amount of human suffering, injury, and illness that has been avoided by the advent of hormonal contraception is staggering; the amount of human potential, talent, and innovation that it has unleashed should make you weep with gratitude.

New modelling study by WHO Africa. Actual cases tracking mostly with central model, which would lead to ~8k cases by Sept and with South Sudan having ~70% risk of spillover.

lmao at all the conservatives losing their minds over young people embracing the DSA These fools think “commies” is an insult when to anyone born after 1980 it means “someone who supports a social safety net.” They’ve defanged their archenemy by invoking it so frequently.

The strategy here is to get so many people angry that the schools are teaching open hatred that they pull their kids, collapsing the public schools. It's win-win for for Christian extremists, who don't send their own kids to these schools anyway.

My partner has Lance-Adams syndrome. She has myoclonus that’s most obvious with intentional movement, so it looks like essential tremor. Lance-Adams is a complication of successful CPR. Anyone who mocks her tremors can fuck right off until the end of time. They’re a sign of her survival.

JFC

Surprised Leonardo DiCaprio is still interested in this match past the 25th minute…

Two El Paso homeboys on the pitch!

News — University of Central Florida (UCF) abruptly shut down two of its three libraries today, plus an important resource desk within the main library. Staff were given no warning. UCF is the 2nd largest public university in the country w/ ~70k students. Library hours page confirming closures:

Queer lit set in DC’s queer music scene of the early august? Sign. Me. Up.

You know who else has never assimilated? Everyone who keeps flying that fucking Confederate flag.

maybe if they'd banned those editors for misogyny, they wouldn't have so much trouble finding volunteers. It's why I walked away.

That scene in Working Girl where Sigourney Weaver’s character tries to take credit for something and can’t articulate any inspiration, and Melanie Griffith’s character explains how serendipity sparked a novel, creative solution? That’s AI vs human creativity in a nutshell.

Dog pawrents: We did 2 years of research & picked the most suitable breed Cat pawrents: I took the trash out one night & there she was.

⚒️ 🧪 A catastrophic earthquake just struck northern Venezuela. Large buildings have collapsed, and the USGS PAGER is forecasting thousands of fatalities. Our colleague in Caracas, Dr. Frank Audemard, has shared with us what the earthquake felt like and footage from the region. Here’s what we know.

Oh no. This is horrible.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

If you've never seen this Burnistoun clip, enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUT...

Every accusation is a confession. Blame the Muslims while you're pushing Christian theocracy.

*stares in Texan* What’s this you say about not using resources without giving anything back?

The president not knowing the difference between "political asylum" and an "insane asylum" is a four-alarm executive branch fire whether or not the media treats it as one