Mind the pedestrian, and godspeed! 💜

Americans' relationship with gender is so fucked up, some of them now truly believe that the gender of their children is an important part of their own identities. Boy-mom? Girl-dad? Get a hobby. Figure out who YOU are. Your kids are—and should be—important to you, but they cannot be your identity.

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10. Windows 7 use is surging 5x now. AI is product poison.

I initially wanted to do a thing where he freaked out in a trailer, but @samriegel.bsky.social suggested we take the money we budgeted for it and put it towards break-safe props and I was like “SAY NO MORE, YOU’RE WEARING THIS JEAN HARLOW ROBE.” ❤️ #CriticalRoleSpoilers

Some federal employee is being told they're "essential" in order to remove it asap.

Fuckity fuck.

This probably sounds minor to many of you but closing the commissaries will....not be taken lightly by the US all-volunteer standing military. The PX is everything (literally, as it's not just groceries!)

Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.

Trump those farmers.

My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.

Oh. Oh no. No, no, no. This isn’t grabbing the third rail, it’s sticking your tongue on the third rail while dressed up as Reddy Kilowatt and playing “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC. Do not mess with the commissary.

Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller November 07,1938

Military clothes were historically designed for function, not fashion. High-waisted pants kept shirts tucked and allowed for better mobility. The Ike jacket was inspired by British battledress, which involved a cropped jacket that felt comfy when driving. Why change? IG army.navy.vintage

I knew the first half of this story— that Gary Larsen’s cartoon joking Dr. Goodall was sleeping with chimpanzees caused her Institute to lawyer up only for her to find the comic super amusing upon her return from the field— but I’d never heard Larsen got attacked by a chimpanzee!

No AI could write a punchline this good 😂

"The Far Side" by Gary Larson, Aug. 26, 1987.

I understand why a school district hires consultants to recruit applicants/handle criminal background check, but DMPS should have checked his academic credentials. They have the capacity to do that. (Also, DMPS needs to demand $$ back from that consultant) www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...

By Tyson Cole of the New Yorker

Ashley and Republicans in Washington are so desperate to give billionaires tax breaks, they shut the government down. Please tell me, Ashley, how exactly does jacking up healthcare premiums, cutting Medicaid, gutting VA resources, and closing rural hospitals put Iowans first?

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I’d like one newspaper to try out the headline “Republicans fail to attract Democratic votes they need to end shutdown” as a little treat.

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/3 There’s a tension between “leaking is good actually because we learn more about the operation of government” and “it’s not great for the government to attack and punish people through leaks,” and I don’t think the media has, as a culture, ever really figured out that tension.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Please, because isn't this Bob The Sourdough Starter from "A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking" 😂

Dems are demanding the ACA tax credits be extended so people actually have the healthcare they need to survive. Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. If the government shuts down, IT’S ON THEM. Try fighting for Iowans instead of your corporate donors Ashley.

The existence and utility of the commissary is the main reason why I was utterly unmoved by Rs going on about "Zohran Mamdani wants government-run grocery stores in NYC 😱😱" I'm like "...yes? And?" They already exist! bsky.app/profile/rine...

You need a union.

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Reminder: the military doesn't get paid during a shutdown. #DrawFire

Telling generals to draw fire is the most insane command he could give! I literally can’t think of anything dumber except maybe “go bomb yourselves”

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

Republicans are about to shutdown the government instead of protect Americans healthcare and Ashley Hinson isn't even in Washington to try to prevent it. Insane.

OTOH, the economy is shit and getting worse, which means that desperate young people will join as an alternative to homelessness. This was a major GOP argument against student loan interest forgiveness: education benefits drive enlistment.

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NEW: Des Moines schools superintendent Ian Roberts was told by his immigration attorney in March that his immigration case had "reached a successful resolution" and been closed. On Friday he was arrested by ICE.

More inspiring photos of Des Moines students staging a walkout to protest their superintendent's detention by ICE! (photos by Lily Smith of the Register)

Trump has made it clear he's going to turn TikTok into a right-wing propaganda machines, so it's time to give a big thanks to Democrats - especially Biden, Schumer, and Gillibrand - for working so hard to destroy the one left-leaning social media platform! www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/t...

TikTok has nearly ten times as many people in the US who use it *daily* as Bluesky has globally who use it *quarterly*. TikTok is the only mainstream social media platform which has a left lean; all other mainstream platforms have a rightwards lean. www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...

It’s a completely predictable progression when you consider that Ben has been challenging autocrats to meet him in single combat since at least 2015

He leaves on both his jacket and tie. The ref is the Easter Bunny. The soundtrack. Head kick in dress trousers. What.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected. "Is he correct?"

We don't often see anaphora like this repetition in judicial opinions. "But not all of them." (law firms) "But not all of them." (higher education) "But not all of them." (media outlets) Constructed through footnotes.

hi, federal judge expert here! this is not funny. conservative, Reagan-appointed district judges only use epistolary framing devices in their opinions when they are in extreme distress.

Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing. “In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”

To explain: At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?” Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

The entirety of Congressional D messaging about the budget – 100% of it - should be: Rs control the White House. Rs control the Senate. Rs control the House. Rs control SCOTUS. A government shutdown proves they cannot govern.

I wasn’t annoyed at all. Not one bit.