The political theory that Nazi tattoos, calling people “r******d,” demeaning women, etc. are “working class values,” and that people who object to it should “lighten up” because working class voters who like that are the key to elections, isn’t looking great. And it was always very condescending.

More than 300,000 Arizonans have lost SNAP benefits and 121,000 have dropped ACA coverage since the tax and spending law passed, with deeper Medicaid changes still to come story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Update #3! We have 12 states totally full! RI, NC,DE, DC, MD, NC, AL, AR, ND, SD, WY, MT, OR, NM! Good work to those states! One state remains bubbleless: Indiana. States with 5 or fewer to finish: Maine Alaska Mississippi Nevada Idaho Let's fill this map! givebutter.com/USS2026a

Found out today that sales in some independent bookshops don't "count" towards "official" book sales as recorded for the bestseller list, just in case you wanted any more confirmation of how fucked up the world of publishing is in 2026.

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

Zombie ‘who owns Unix?’ lawsuit comes alive again, as Xinuos argues IBM owes it big bucks

A thread, because things are feeling rough at present. 🧵👇 I'm not quite sure where to go or what to do. I'm watching my peers slowly burn out, go quiet, quit the industry, or struggle on hoping it'll get better in time. Even if the storm is weathered, what comes out the other side?

Basically I'm extremely tired of the Dem party and "centrist" Dems constantly arguing that some people's human rights can/should be tossed so that a minor tax cut might happen. It's a shit "strategy" and always has been.

Daily bunny no.3371 just rolled out of bed

Black Rocks Presque Isle Park Marquette, Michigan, US

Upper Ore Dock Beach Marquette, Michigan, US

Kombucha consideration

"FEEL THE WRATH OF *MY* #BUNNY #RABBIT BUTT!" "ditto"

Something he ate? LakenenLand, Chocolay, Wisconsin, US

Trans people: they're trying to genocide us Republicans: we're trying to genocide trans people Historians: they're trying to genocide trans people Genocide Prevention Groups: they're trying to genocide trans people Liberals: well hold on maybe it's a good genocide though

seeing more of a particular brand of aggro post lately ("if you weren't a coward you'd be doing xyz thing that would have you dead or in jail" from posters who appear to themselves neither be dead or in jail). could just be feds/bots/trolls trying to entrap people on here but a PSA just in case

#4 is very spicy thanks to chile Black Rocks Brewery Marquette, Michigan, US

Kombucha tasting flight! Superior Culture (probably a Lake Superior reference?) Marquette, Michigan, US

Someone came to my booth and said “How’re you doing, Sweetie” and I’ve never recoiled so hard. Don’t. Don’t do that. Unless you’re an elderly waitress with a smoker’s cough in a southern diner, don’t call strangers “Sweetie.” Eugh.

Never let the cynics and naysayers grind you down. You *can* have it all at once.

Worth a read every year. But this year? For the 250th? It's scorching. Read it to you family or friends. Find a town square and read it out loud. Repost it. Nothing you hear today will frame this country better. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

🖼️ Tunnicliffe

Iron furnace (reconstructed) Marq, Michigan, US

Remember, you’re not a proper woman if you don’t want to be a submissive nothing of a person who spends all her time pregnant, and you’re not a proper man if you don’t want to be horribly killed. Most people are nonbinary I guess?

Upper Peninsula, Michigan, US Happy July 4th!

Daily bunny no.3369 watching out for snakes

July 3, 2026

A Green Heron that flew in and landed on the boardwalk railing before hopping down into the lily pads to hunt for small fish. I have only seen the adults as of late, but hopefully in a couple of weeks there will be curious young ones about.

Bluesky is a wonderful website if you want more good book recommendations than you could possibly handle

there's always a Baldwin quote bsky.app/profile/prof...

Better and better 🤦‍♀️

The Democratic Socialists want your children to be fed healthy nourishing food and receive the best possible medical care, and to do that they intend to raise taxes on a handful of corrupt and squalid pedophiliac monsters who have stolen 1000x more money than anyone can spend—well not in MY America.

I'm also on Mastodon. Read today's thread there at: mamot.fr/@pluralistic... eof/

Big manosphere energy.

Jul. 3, 1863: battle of Gettysburg’s third day, including Pickett’s Charge & cavalry actions. Robert E. Lee’s massive frontal assault on Union center failed, & the battle ended as a U.S. victory. With 51,000 casualties over three days, Gettysburg was the war’s bloodiest battle. Image: Dale Gallon.

How is it that people still don’t know that Portnoy built his empire on sexism and harassing women? All the articles are out there for anyone who looks.

What's that? It's World UFO Day, you say? There's no better reason than that to share the one art director extraordinaire Chris Kalb created for me when designing Eating the Fantastic's podcast icon. Hold on to your BBQ when that tractor beam comes for you this 4th of July! pod.link/1083737796

Cool, I have two books in here. Thanks, folks! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/31...

Maybe he does shoot off 850,000 fireworks and cause all the chaos people are predicting. But the thread running through everything he’s done as president is overwhelming confidence followed by underwhelming results.

I keep dreaming of a new bunny A little girly with cookie dough colors

LOL. Wikipedia hasn't been updated yet, probably because the Infowars entry is locked.

Being inspired by a historical text isn't wrong or anything, and I'm sure independent research was also done. But. If your book couldn't really exist without the specific work someone else did then that's more than just inspiration. So I don't get what's going on here, honestly.

07/02/2026 - monster trucks

#TIL that the Vanta in Vantablack stands for ‘vertically aligned nanotube array’. I’m sure this wasn’t hard to find, but it had never occurred to me that it was an acronym…

By the way, the last president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Union was charged with sexually assaulting a child shortly after he became a cop, the union helped him keep his job, and the department covered it up for decades while he continued abusing kids.

Today's NYT jobs report coverage (left) compared to exactly 2 years ago under Biden (right). Notice the numbers.

It's not even well done