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Great piece by the amazing Jim Rugg! lithub.com/how-wolverin...

Another brilliant job by @countbinface.bsky.social

The U.S. SPR (strategic petroleum reserve) will likely fall to fresh 43-year lows when DOE updates the data in a few hours. To put it in perspective, while a 43-year low sounds daunting, another perspective is that it stands at ~47% of capacity.

You folks do understand that new sod can be laid. This is quite a dumb post.

Summer solstice–the start of astronomical summer–was this morning at 4:24 a.m. EDT. The hottest parts of summer are still weeks away, but this year’s solstice does include above-normal temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern Plains, and Pacific Northwest.

"Are you going to drink that weak stuff that liberals tell you is ok to consume? Or, ARE YOU A MAN who decides for himself!! Drink Super Freedom today!"

¡Dios mio!

Initial reaction to US v. Hemani from me and Jake Fogleman. A lot to unpack in there.

Tommy Tuberville's biggest challenge has now been filed in Montgomery Circuit Court. #alpolitics

When nurses, firefighters & EMTs can become trillionaires our system rewards hard work. When scientists become trillionaires our system rewards intelligence. When aid workers become trillionaires our system rewards character. When only managers become trillionaires our system rewards power.

🚨 BREAKING: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has just fallen to its lowest level since August 1983- 340.3mb. That's a 42 yr low. No matter where you stand politically, it's a remarkable statistic: America's emergency oil stockpile hasn't been this depleted since the Reagan era.

☀️ With the summer solstice around the corner, another milestone worth noting: last month, for the first time ever, the United States got more electricity from solar than it did from coal.

There are a lot of new accounts on here and I haven't shared the comics posters starter pack in a while.

BREAKING: The House adopted a resolution Wednesday directing President Donald Trump to seek congressional authorization before continuing military operations in Iran as more Republicans came out in opposition to the conflict. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)

Why is this a private reprimand?

Memorial Day 2026

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

BlueSky Post of the Day

60 days of Star Trek comic original art to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek. Day 21/60: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country page 17, DC Comics, 1992. Pencils by Gordon Purcell and inks by Arne Starr. Featuring Spock, Scotty, Chekov and Valeris after Kirk has been arrested by the Klingon Empire.

Just in: NOAA forecasters predict a below-normal 2026 Atlantic #HurricaneSeason: bit.ly/2026Atlantic... @NWSCPC #HurricaneOutlook #WeatherReadyNation noaa.gov

Ronda Rousey: ‘I respect you and I’m breaking your arm’ reut.rs/4nCiiGX

Pour one out. Or rather don't.

Great campaign slogan.

Oh hey, guess what else real scientists (as opposed to Man Scientists who tried to block this research because menstrual blood is too “messy and hard to collect”) discovered (thread): - 84 unique proteins that only show up in menstrual fluid which can: - reduce inflammation - repair cells

Israeli soldiers will spend time in prison for desecrating Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

I can’t believe I get to say this: The legendary @jerryordway.bsky.social joins me and @benreilly149.bsky.social on this episode of DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM! Yes, you read that right. THE Jerry Ordway is on my show! And I only embarrassed myself a few times. sites.libsyn.com/601360/site/...

French Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in the Middle East — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/05/07/f...

News: The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball oversight committees have voted to approve the expansion of the NCAA tournaments to 76 teams, sources tell NBC Sports. The selection committees already did the same. A couple more committees to go, but it’s happening.

Cries of “No Justice No Peace” erupt at an Alabama House hearing on a bill to set new primaries should federal courts allow the state to revert to maps previously deemed discriminatory to Black voters.

If a 5.6% unemployment rate for college graduates is considered "dismal," what would you call a 7.1% unemployment rate for Black workers? www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

France’s mandated profit-sharing distributes excess profits to workers. This paper shows that the policy raises the labor share and reduces the profit share, with little to no effect on investment, productivity, etc academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

🚨 Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)... • about 510,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 900,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,290,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,770,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Oh hey, I wrote a huge fact-check of this tendentious meme six years ago for a national newspaper!

New record: the national average price of gasoline has *never been higher* on the second day in May than it is today: 5/2/26: $4.45 5/2/25: $3.16 5/2/24: $3.68 5/2/23: $3.57 5/2/22: $4.19 5/2/21: $2.89

Labor force participation rate was 73.9 percent for mothers and 93.7 percent for fathers in 2025 #BLSData www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202...

Hell yeah!

Charles Kuralt had a lovely voice, and he could tell a story! @cbsnews.com

Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL. In theaters September 18. Watch the teaser trailer NOW.

FARMERS: “I’m a Republican. I voted for Trump. But my patience is running thin… the closure of the Strait is causing prices to skyrocket… I do not agree with this war… what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.”

David Allan Coe, the singer-songwriter who wrote the blue-collar anthem "Take This Job and Shove It,'' has died.

found a whole operation of unmanned youtube channels making completely unchecked long form slop videos where the ai voice simulacra regularly trips up & does this for a full ten minutes every time. all the very legit comments are like "NO! THATS NOT TRUE! YOU LIE HE DID NOT" & never acknowledge it.

Volunteers delivered more than $280,000 in medical, dental and vision care as patients lined up overnight for treatment and on-site glasses. #alpolitics

Mainstream journalists, take note

#OnThisDay in 1882, Ulysses S. Grant, the future general and president, is born. See his cigar and pipe lighter on display in #CivilWarAndReconstruction. Credit: Civil War Museum of Philadelphia on loan from Gettysburg Foundation

This guy hilariously recounts a 3rd Grade field trip to a cotton processing plant.