guys the Jeff Bezos says humans drink too much water thing is satire. Is it good satire? Not really, though it got a bunch of you, and one of the aesthetic goals of satire is to trick the reader into missing the satire, so. But please guys. We are supposed to be the cool ones let’s be cool

algae regime change

what do you mean, afghanistan launched air strikes on pakistan www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

This appears to be the president’s "proof" that vandals are sabotaging the Refelecting Pool.

noticing a lot of people forgot what our greatest modern philosopher said about patriotism

I've been saying this for a while (as have others!) but the administration doesn't seem to think people outside the administration have agency or motives or can plan let alone act. Now the situation is both Iran _and_ Israel (and possibly Hezbollah!) get to veto any end to the war they don't like.

“‘It just seemed like a shot at the president,’ said Sen. Mike Rounds.” Huh, you don’t say…

Peak magazine era, there woulda been so many science writers wading in the reflecting pool doing 5000-word features it would’ve been tough to get a sample. The ASMEs would’ve had competing reflecting pool stories. Journalism classes would’ve studied it.

The market incentives that Nexflix and streaming have introduced into the entertainment industry must be stopped. Like, seriously, it is BAFFLING that the only media production company that seems to consistently care about longform episodic and serialized visual media these days is Apple.

> @nicktimiraos.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/p...

Children weren’t the target of federal food program changes, but they’re increasingly “collateral damage,” one expert said. The drop in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits is a “public health crisis” in the making, said another expert.

Scenes from transit hubs can recall pre-pandemic days, before the Bay Area settled in to work from home and largely abandoned public transit.

Have there been any transit improvement projects in SF that merchants have supported?

Thinking he was taking to a fellow predator, Steven Gomez allegedly admitted to sexual abuse of a young child and an infant, according to prosecutors.

California could become the ‘most secretive’ state under new public records bill Want government records? You might have to pay more, wait longer or even fight the court to obtain them under a proposed new measure.

Media companies are spending big bucks on sports rights as ratings continue to climb and consumers open their wallets. That’s leaving less money for scripted series.

“.. raising immediate questions about the memorandum of understanding that President Trump and Iran’s president had signed earlier this week.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/w...

Mourners gathered Friday to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week, the third child to die at an orphanage in eastern Congo as authorities have struggled to contain the latest outbreak. https://to.pbs.org/3QgObZD

> @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/tv/art...

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

A boat carrying dozens of migrant s bound for European shores capsized off the coast of Libya last week, leaving 51 people dead or missing, a monitoring group said on Friday. https://to.pbs.org/4aGyVvU

Other than the emphasis on red meat, this diet seems...mostly fine? Maybe eat a slice of whole grain bread every now and then, idk. But it's funny that the guys running the country are so faddish.

A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4gu50L3

Waymo is recalling thousands of robotaxis over the risk the vehicles could speed through highway construction zones.

Moderna said the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously that the benefits of the vaccine, mRNA-1010, exceed the risks for the prevention of flu in adults 50 through 64 years old, and in adults 65 years of age and older. on.wsj.com/4vSNHb6

President Trump has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party. on.wsj.com/4uIcb5N

Expected nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran didn’t happen Friday, an early setback to the next phase of negotiations. on.wsj.com/4etGOr7

The Department of Homeland Security is expected to scrap plans to use seven warehouses purchased as part of a plan to flip them into immigration-detention centers. on.wsj.com/3SauHXd

The architects of California’s proposed billionaire tax said Thursday that they are open to withdrawing the ballot measure if Gov. Gavin Newsom supports a smaller wealth tax. on.wsj.com/4xFQMgr

Serious chemical accidents are on the rise in the U.S. and becoming more dangerous. on.wsj.com/4vm1ZkL

Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are resisting President Trump’s calls to raise the Pentagon’s budget to its highest level in modern history. nyti.ms/4uN7NTd

News Analysis: The delay of the next phase of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran capped a week of confusion that had already engulfed President Trump’s efforts to seal — and sell — an agreement that was only a few days old. nyti.ms/4gvRh6w

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks so far this year. About half of those are women or members of minority groups. Read the inside story on the process Hegseth and his team have used to halt their advancements.

Just saw the video of the Australian fans chanting "Aussie boys are on a bender, Donald Trump is a sex offender" and oh my god good work

From the press box: The crowd might be mostly U.S. fans, but the Aussies have filled significant chunks of the southern end of the stadium.

Other important Australian things: - Bay Bugs - Roo Bars - Cab Sav - You can get bottle of Yellowtail for 50 cents at the Woolies bsky.app/profile/rodg...

While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.

15 people were charged with conspiring to impede or injure federal officers in what the DOJ called an antifa-linked plot targeting agents during Trump’s immigration operation. Defendants say the “antifa” label is being used to criminalize dissent.

Trump hasn't mentioned "Freedom Cities" in a while. But here comes a VC-backed "Freedom Facility" to refine rare earths with a $500M government loan. www.mining.com/rare-earth-r...

Fortunate Son: Crypto Senator’s Kid, 22, Raises $30 Million www.thenerdreich.com/fortunate-so...

FLASH: Justice Dept refuses to make official court filing which would've confirmed they're halting the Trump $1.7 billion slush fund DOJ: "Such declarations are unnecessary and the compelled testimony of senior officials from the Executive Branch implicates serious separation of powers concerns"

On this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” @cwarzel speaks with Cory Doctorow, who expands on his viral “enshittification” thesis: a critique of AI based around power and whether we are using AI tools or being used by them. Listen here:

Republicans expanded work requirements for SNAP. Democrats and food security advocates worry the changes are leaving people hungry.

I did a lot of research a decade ago on NY Slavery & want to mention that while the 1827 manumission deadline is true, the children of enslaved people were indentured to their masters & thus, theoretically, someone could have been in indentured because of their parents enslavement as late as 1848

As @erindwyer.bsky.social mentions below, these laws were gradual with the enslaver in mind, to blunt the economic impact of freedom. New York had the most slavery in the North, and it didn’t fully end until 1827! However most enslaved people had self-emancipated and moved to the city by then.

For those going “New Jersey?!” Yes. Slavery happened in the north too. Most passed gradual emancipation laws post-Revolution. NJ’s was so gradual there were still enslaved people in 1865. Lincoln’s proclamation only applied to the South. The last people to be freed were in NJ, Delaware + Kentucky.

Today I’m remembering the very last people in America to be freed from chattel slavery, who were not the Texans who learned of the Emancipation Proclamation on this day in 1865, but thousands of people in Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey, who were freed by the 13th six months later.

to be clear, there's nothing dangerous about their use of peroxide and it's no longer in the water by this point. it'll have decomposed into water long ago. but the algae may be a problem.

They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social

BREAKING: A judge has cleared the way for DOJ to give a redacted version of Joe Biden's conversations with his ghostwriter to the Heritage Foundation. She says the redactions to private info are substantial and the rest if of high public interest. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...