I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

I know it’s a work of fiction, and technically set in Massachusetts, not Maine; but was the sea hag from Widow’s Bay not eligible to run?

First heard about Haaland not through the World Cup but through a fashion account talking about his custom Hermes bag collection. Here he has a Birkin inside a Birkin.

Described Haaland to my son as some sort of ancient snow monster. Ezra shouted from the other room. “Dad, the monster scored another goal.”

America was never going to truly become a Soccer Nation until we strong-armed FIFA in a completely corrupt transaction that benefits us at the expense of the concept of fairness. So, congrats to us!

There are a lot of fireworks. No need to go for a record. That’s never the point. At a certain point, you lose the works. It’s just fire.

Spent the fourth on a small hill in a park in Los Angeles, overlooking and overlooked part of the city. A thousand tiny fireworks shows for families and friends spread over blocks and blocks. So much joy. Don’t let anyone else define what 250 years of America means to you.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

any way, spending the holiday in the most american way possible -- working on work i can't do during the work week bc i am busy working on other work

Over the last five nights, I’ve watched Avatar Fire and Ash. I don’t like these movies. And I don’t enjoy watching them. The appeal of the first made sense: a 3D event. The sequel, sure, let’s go back to Pandora. The third… this just has to be somebody’s kink at this point.

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There are at least *three* right-wing text-based social media sites, one owned by The Actual President, another by the richest man in history, and all of which openly foster white supremacy. But those are not the ones every op-ed page in the western world is sneering about

A gentleman and a thought leader

this countrys fetish for punishing those we decide are unworthy of help at the expense of all of us is so completely bat shit

If Trump isn’t on the phone tomorrow to get Balogun un-suspended what even was the point of all that corruption

lol. John Denver. Soccer is so corny and terrific.

About a thousand empty seats midfield at the US v. Bosnia and Herzegovina match in San Francisco. Feels like another joy tech bros stole from the country/world.

Hold the Senate and don’t let them place the seat. Hold it open through 28. “Let the voters decide” to quote one of histories great villains and Senate majority leaders.

We have (at least) four justices that do not believe in the constitution and we have to operate as if we are in a world without law. Because the conservatives are already there.

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

Fuck em, ok? We love you. 🏳️‍⚧️

It makes me sick how some of the worst people in America are in charge of what laws mean until they get bored of ruining people's lives and retire.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the butt in the stars

Took our son son to an astronomy class at the library. He saw the constellation Orion for the first time, and immediately started cackling. He said he could see a butt in the stars. The astronomer loaned him a pointer and he did in fact point to Orion’s butt.

The great American state fair being stupid Trump bullshit does legit make me sad, if I’m being honest. A lot of the 250 stuff does. This could have been a really cool and special thing and literally any normal president would have pulled it off.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

Right now the average democratic strategist is scrambling to prevent the party from tracking incrementally to the left while the average democratic voter is considering *redacted* or even *redacted* as a measured and appropriate response to the current regime.

I’ve avoided reading too much about the 50+ year sentences for protesters making and distributing zines. It made me too upset. But this morning, I decided to get upset. This story is deeply upsetting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

I had never even heard of #makeaterriblecomicday until I went to bed and saw it was required or something. Now I’m awake and made a terrible comic. #makeaterriblecomicday2026

The Republican president of the Utah State Senate lost his 2026 primary because of his support for "AI" Data Centers. UTAH. Democrats, i really really really need you to get this message and get it right now.

We went to the Mexico side of the border and talked to our friends at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social about what’s going on there and what they’re doing to help. youtu.be/0DfIVhQGVy8?...

Unbelievable goal by Messi. What a finish.

Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/

More 10-year-olds say they want puppies than parents do. What's behind the divide?

Jim Dolan waits until the literal day of the parade to announce he will cheap out and break up the team. Absolute legend, man. No one has ever had worse vibes.

I love how we could have had a baddie first daughter who makes and educates others on knitwear but America chose a cavalcade of fail sons, one of which *allegedly* tried to get in on the fixed MMA fight on his dad’s lawn.

Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/

All of comics bsky needs to see this:

Every industry is making billions of dollars and it's workers are getting paid barely above minimum wage and then fired, and all the money just disappears into a hole forever. It's gone. The rich will never spend it. It's number go up. This will destroy the economy

One of the most expensive gas stations in LA is yards from our apartment. A couple is parked there now. They’re having what sounds and looks like a relationship ending fight inside a Mercedes convertible. Top down.

heroes walk among us

I spent most summers of my youth at the park baseball diamonds. One practice a thunderstorm came up suddenly. Lightning struck a transformer next to the batting cages. We ran like hell. I think about that tonight. Wistfully.

Clever (derogatory)

An insane American concept is that it’s better to not have these sorts of things funded by taxpayer money. Why?! Is it better that Saudi Arabian and a slew of other international corporate empires get to purchase branding on the White House lawn?

It’s just so tacky that the evil almost feels secondary. Throwing up a Sieg heil to the White House which can barely be seen behind the UFC octagon sponsored by Bud Light and Crypto dot com.

Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society