Extraordinary detail in the new book on Trump's second term administration

hey who is using Earth as their bowling ball?

I don't always "like" the trophies for awards (not that I'd complain about receiving one!) but I COVET the Shirley Jackson award

Did we finally get a taco truck on every corner?!

“'Public health got it wrong' is a comforting story precisely because it implies there was a right answer and someone simply fumbled it. There were definitely mistakes, but mostly, the scientist hands over a range of options and a pile of uncertainty, and an elected official decides."

Venezuela earthquake aftermath

I made this comic 7 years ago:

for the love of god make this part of the World Cup

We were apart for an hour. I think she missed me

People are living their lives and the Elite Grifter is On It!

[first date on beach in Oregon] So I heard you like long walks on the beach [weeks later on beach in California] Holy shit you weren’t kidding

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🚨‼️ Breaking 🚨‼️ Leon Black is walking out of our Epstein Oversight investigation after refusing to answer questions about his NDAs with women.

It's so on-brand for SpaceX to be crashing.

because waves are sneaky

I called 311 about a building maintenance complaint and they made my landlords fix it by the end of the day, so all I'm saying is, let's give the Mamdani-led Democratic Socialist bureaucracy a shot.

I mean I know billionaires feel entitled, but my friend is having a garage sale and my goodness, the entitlement! They insist on coming in before she's open, they park helter-skelter, they lo-ball valuable & precious items... one guy just stole a whole tray of art supplies. Boomer on boomer crime!

Your reminder that the “alt” gov accounts are bad and grift-y.

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about the court’s appalling decision allowing the administration to terminate TPS without following the legally required steps - & in the face of considerable evidence of unconstitutional racial bias www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...

It's bad enough being a cowardly centrist because you think it's the "only way to win." But championing it is worse. It's bad judgment and I dont like it!! 😠

2/ is absurdly underfunded -- having raised only $19,000 to Goodlanders's $3 million. This is where we need people like David Hogg to step in with seed money, and people like Bernie and AOC to provide endorsements. Beauchemin is refusing AIPAC money, which makes her good in my book...

Pretty big story here. First on it. LAPD officers accused of discrimination and unlawful searches, according to internal disciplinary records that also identify them as participants in what California law defines as a law enforcement gang. latenfour.com/2026/06/25/l...

"The London ambulance service said it had recorded the highest number of life-threatening emergencies in a single day in its history, driven by the extreme heat." So... can we, I don't know, start doing something about global warming now? Like, as a society? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

To recap—in the last week Zohran Mamdani: •Banned ICE fascists from all city property •Went 8 for 8 in his endorsements winning their elections •Has now frozen rent for 1M rent-stabilized apartments for the next 2-years The power of people funded public servants—not corporate bought politicians.

after years of suffering under trumps destructive actions it is great to see democrats finally uniting and going on the strong offensive to *checks notes*

i need to reemphasize that i saw them let a guy go yesterday with a bag of weapons

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

France just hit 43.8°C (110.8°F) on Wednesday, making it the country's hottest day ever recorded. For perspective: that's hotter than Florida's all-time record high of 42.7°C (109°F) set in June 29, 1931 — set in Palluau (Vendée) youtu.be/WHlZhqHiSuQ?...

Spain, Italy, Czechia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal are sending search and rescue teams to Venezuela, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Mexico is sending health workers. The Pope has forwarded an initial €100,000 emergency donation.

If you're trying to get to Bend, OR, do not fly to North Bend, OR. You have to fly to Redmond, OR (not to be confused with Redmond, WA)

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Number 683: vegetables that are hollowed out and filled with a combination of different meat greases to give you important protein

once in a while I'll remember that the LDS Church believed (and I think believes?) that Zion will be located in Jackson County, Missouri.

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DOJ appears to have missed its filing deadline in @katiephang.bsky.social’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche.

Tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County have been breathing absolutely horrendous air due to a warehouse fire in Boyle Heights: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @latimes.com

look at this intrepid snake being art

Seems like a lot of people arguing about AC are arguing about their different ideas of what air conditioning is. Window ACs aren't great, or easy, but they're good, and not a construction project, more like a handyperson job. And portable a/c units are a thing. They help a lot and they're easy. Also

I remember when non-binding language suggestions from university HR departments were national news, subject to repeated outraged columns in multiple media outlets. Do you see any of that national outrage about this real, bona fide, state-enforced intimidation & censorship?

This is not the heat island effect. The heat island effect multi-cause and primarily is caused by primarily by materials and land use, geography, and reduction in tree cover. But no one is under the impression that we're violating the laws of thermodynamics here.

lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer?

Everyone talks about how it's a problem the president is an 80-year-old senile racist who makes shit up, but let's not forget that Sam Alito is a 76-year-old senile racist who also makes shit up.

the democratic rank and file is being arrested for posting newspaper articles and getting 50 year sentences for distributing zines and democratic leadership is more concerned with their friends getting primaried than any of it

Pope Leo wants you to write: “Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound.” (www.vatican.va/content/leo-...)

Also re: heat stroke. I just learned this recently: your survival rate is determined by how fast you cool a body down. It's that simple. If you're a coach and a player passes out and you're not sure why but it's hot outside cool that player down. Do not wait for EMS (call them though)

I'm sure most have read this, but if even a couple of you haven't, I'm glad I posted it. www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...