I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

over in the bad place, grok is doing an amazing job. all facts / no notes. screenshot is from 9:47am CT on November 3 cc: @vikings.social @dailynorseman.bsky.social @aleclewis.bsky.social @bengoessling.bsky.social @cjzero.bsky.social @arif.bsky.social @purpledaily.bsky.social @jzulgad.bsky.social

if you are a middle aged suburban white dude, this is your job now. when it shows up in your neighborhood, stand the fuck up. it's exemplary, yes, but really it's the least we can do

old enough to remember when it wasn't 40 degrees out wtf it's not even Halloween yet

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social we wanted to know what hardworking Americans thought of the Hesgeth speech at last week's gathering of generals so we asked one (1) old harvard alum white guy from a conservative think tank

Miri is a genius.

I will never stop advocating for trans people, and am certainly not going to be scared off my morals by some bullshit narrative like this. Come at me

i think the @wsj.com should pay every trans person's rent this month

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

Focused. Confident. Alert. The face of a man who did a mountain of cocaine at halftime #SKOL

today @ekkoastral.bsky.social released a video for my favorite song from their incredible 2024 record pink balloons. the song rips, the video is fantastic, dave c and jkr deserve each other. also ekko astral is touring w/ @puptheband.bsky.social & @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social, go see them

Preview of the announcement:

goddammit I didn't get nearly enough sleep to go on a 5 day bender

Allow these people no peace in public. Fucking none. It works. Let them move to the exurbs and bloviate to their giant yards.

wait til they find out about livestock

prayers up for a measles solution #DareToDream #IbelieveInMiracles

Furthest I’ve been: N: Babb, Montana (USA) E+W: Crossed the Prime Meridian on a boat so... S: a few miles off the coast of Antarctiica...boat again E on land: Auckland, New Zealand W on land: Kekaha, Hawaii (USA) S on land: Stewart Island, New Zealand

this is what we all thought progress in the Digital Age would look like...cautiously walking back AI Adolf

A rare point I disagree with @katmabu.bsky.social on. We have such a commission in Virginia now. Not ideal. Democrats owe it to state voters who give them majorities to redistrict the GOP into irrelevance. The GOP is sure as shit going to do so given the chance (and has been for years, see: NC)

Can't wait to see the mental gymnastics undertaken by the devout originalists and textualists of SCOTUS to make this work. Constitution TL;DR: A president (even an orange one) can't do this. Unless of course all the guardrails are lowered...but that can never happen here right?

If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you!

Don't Sweat the Technique

Bandcamp Friday recs, ICYMI (pre-2025) stuff: Bad Moves music/merch take ur pick badmoves.bandcamp.com/merch @springsilver.bsky.social Don't You Think It's Strange springsilver.bandcamp.com/album/dont-y... Eric Bachmann Live at Colorow's Cave ericbachmann.bandcamp.com/album/eric-b...

Bandcamp Friday recs, newish stuff: @prettybittermp3.bsky.social Pleaser prettybitter.bandcamp.com/album/pleaser @big-girl.bsky.social Dye biggirlband.bandcamp.com/album/dye @perennialtheband.bsky.social "A" is For Abstract: The Complete Art History perennialtheband.bandcamp.com/album/a-is-f...

I'm not a band, but sharing this as a fan of @springsilver.bsky.social who made one of my very favorite albums of 2024. springsilver.bandcamp.com/album/dont-y... So many awesome & varied songs on this but if I have to pick 1 it'd be GOLD STAR bcuz it rips & f capitalism (also 1st SS song I heard)

“Wow, you’ve got the whole room tarped up—you guys doing some painting later?”

this turd is about to flush tens of millions of perfectly good US dollars down the toilet because he's too dense to realize nobody likes him. except a lot of elected democrats, apparently. sure there's comedy value but the ROI is not good

i've always found the national interest in New York City politics to be tiresome but this thing is turning into comedy gold

probably hard for those who haven't been Wizards fans your entire adult lives to understand what a giant step forward making a trade like this is for the organization. Typically our 2nds would go to getting another team to take on a bad contract, or add a washed vet to help push for 10 seed, or cash

Free plug: If this sort of thing surprises/enrages you, follow @quiver-quant.bsky.social. Trading behavior like this among our elected officials is not at all uncommon and Quiver does a great job matter-of-factly communicating such transactions of "interesting" timing.

Wizards need to bring back Tristan Vukčević. And if I was a contending team in need of offensive juice in frontcourt depth i'd be getting that offer sheet ready. 23/9 per 36 last year and a credible shooter from range. Only 22. Lots of holes in game yes but productive bench player w/ upside. Do it

With 3 min 52 sec remaining, Mark Daigneault called timeout and made the adjustment that won the Thunder Game 4. Nembhard had been guarding SGA extremely well. Thunder used the same action 3x to get Nesmith to switch, Shai kept scoring/getting the foul call.

I see this asshole J6 pig Dom Box is out fucking with people in DC at #WorldPride today. If you spot him don't be afraid to trip him or maybe accidentally punch him in the face. Light pink shirt and a Red Sox hat.

look @katieporteroc.bsky.social I loathe Elon as much as the next person but this sort of name-calling seems beneath you

More than $30K for trans rights. Can we get a W in the chat

another beautiful banger, was so looking forward to this after hearing it live for the first time at @liberationwknd.bsky.social last friday. can't wait for the whole new @prettybittermp3.bsky.social record coming in July. we live in a hellscape but there's so much to be excited about in DMV music

If @perennialtheband.bsky.social comes to your town, GO TO THE SHOW. You will have a great time. Yes they make brilliant art but you don't have to be some kind of aficionado to enjoy it (even a dumb rube like me can dig it). Above all they are just plain fun. Great piece by @taylorruckle.bsky.social

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵

attn fellow Virginians...call our Senators, now! * Mark Warner's office: 202-224-2023 * Tim Kaine's office: 202-224-4024 @eevieechoes.bsky.social shared a script that you can use/adapt for your call (below) first time caller? fear not. it's very easy. it's the absolute least you can do. do it now.

get off your ass (or stay seated if you prefer) and call both of your senators today, regardless of party. it's the absolute least you can do. please do it.

New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

paging Scott Foster... Your presence is requested in Denver later this week

"find five things wrong with this picture" game in article form

let’s be honest: the internet was a mistake

Jesus was a Palestinian refugee. Happy Easter.

It’s so funny that Nico is all “defense wins championships” and “I need dedicated winners with the right mentality” and last season he was trying to trade for Kyle Kuzma.