Voting for @xavierbecerra.bsky.social and dropping off my ballot You can find early voting and drop-off locations here caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov

“There’s no cameras where Tom is.” What, did he fall into a portal to Narnia or something?

Xi got what Chinese leaders have pursued for decades — an American president in Beijing as an equal. Trump thought the win was "relationship." That's what happens when you replace statecraft with dealmaking: you walk out smiling while the other side rewrites the global order.

🚨🚨🚨THIS CONGRESSMAN GETS IT. THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. PLEASE BE LIKE THIS CONGRESSMAN. 🚨🚨🚨

Ya'll, I made ladyfingers for homemade tiramisu. I can't believe how easy they were!! All the kids and grandkids arrive today so thought I'd show off a little 😋 Putting it together later. #foodsky

Gas is currently $5.09 in my area. Minimum wage in PA is $7.25 You gotta work 45 mins for a gallon of gas to drive to your minimum wage job. How much longer before people just stop showing up because it's unaffordable to do so?

Holy wow: With a week to go, @colbertlateshow.bsky.social is not messing around, taking on the Bari and Tony show directly with tonight’s cold open. This is amazing. youtu.be/jQpqIPBYmDM?...

if this place didn’t matter, the chuds wouldn’t constantly tweet about it.

It’s hard to avoid stepping on all of the rakes when you’re wearing clown shoes.🤡

Loved @annaleen.bsky.social’s book A Future of Another Time because, without giving away spoilers, it makes clear in an exciting package that stopping absolute creeps like Comstock then, now, and in the future is profoundly important.

Like so many folks in these challenging days, our tug of war to balance our budget is intense! Every little bit will help us maintain our equilibrium & provide accessible professional art for everyone... www.mightycause.com/story/tugofwar

Please considering a donation to my friend @suzannewinland.bsky.social’s professional dance company, Pointillism Jazz Consort 💃🏻🕺🏾🩰

Something I copied a while ago and meant to share, but forgot about till now. 2 clips of Voldomyr Zelensky before he became the world hero he is today. I think you’ll love them.

Good news

God at the end of time:

Genuinely astonished to see a Democratic elected official still saying this. NJ state Sen. Vin Gopal made these comments in a piece published *today* by @politico.com. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

r/drunkencookery strikes again. This shit looks so good.

Also, please follow @pascalsabino.bsky.social as a form of credit! He has a lot more stories to tell (that you may reread in the NYT one day apparently without any credit). (You may have just read his story on Whittier: boltsmag.org/california-i...) And read his story on Tennessee!

Since Bolts began, there've been several instances of articles elsewhere building on us with no credit. The only place I can think of where this has happened repeatedly is the NYT. What is happening over there?! Please remember to support small independent media like Bolts.

And it's really bothersome when I see people whom I know absolutely understand this is happening and still act like going after the NYT is about being mad at which side they're on. It's not! They have all the resources in the world and still thieve from other reporters. No excuse for that.

This is a big reason why I side-eye people who still defend the NYT and it has zippo to do with their sanewashing of Trump or love of misleading heds. They straight up steal other reporters hard work (reporters you follow!) and you should care about that. They do it all the time.

It's unsurprising that the Trump administration-defined by its involvement in the Epstein Class-had an individual like this running its immigration enforcement But you can be sure he has no compunctions about all the people who have died at the hands of ICE and CBP apple.news/AwSJxDML1Qi-...

Harry Litman ‪@harrylitman.bsky.social‬ CNN drops an exclusive report that the DOJ ethics officer told Blanche he needed to recuse from DOJ matters involving Trump.. . Rather than comply, they fired him. I'll be doing a fuller explanation on YouTube that should drop soon. youtube.com/@talkingfeds

I have a baking joke, but it's very dry.

Courtney grills McMahon on increasing education costs for nurses COURTNEY: We have a nursing shortage, and you're worsening it. What do you say to nurses who asked for your consideration? McMAHON: Nurses are an incredibly respected profession COURTNEY: Your rule certainly doesn't show that

as first reported by the seattle gay news: www.sgn.org/story/166221...

This is insane. This single data center is twice the size of Manhattan, and takes up more power than Utah CURRENTLY MAKES. This single data center WOULD BE SEEN FROM SPACE if built. UTAH, DO NOT LET THEM BUILD THIS THING.

Preach 🙌

there was a huge response to this, thank you to everyone who reached out to me! if i haven’t gotten back to you yet, i will! if i do this the way i want to do it, this will probably ensure it will take awhile. but i will work on this i’ve been convinced

would anyone be interested in either something written or podcast about the great transgender migration that's going on right now that no one is really talking about. i feel like no one outside of the trans community knows about this at all

As big as this ruling is, do read my full report at Law Dork, which now includes this — but will also give you the context for what it means: www.lawdork.com/p/after-a-st...

Everything in between is also significant, but, here is McElroy's ending:

Opinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge McElroy quashes DOJ's Rhode Island Hospital subpoena in full, calling out DOJ's conduct as "misrepresent[ing] salient facts" under oath. "[T]he Court GRANTS both Motions to Quash and enjoins the DOJ from seeking or receiving any documents related to this now invalid subpoena."

Seems bad.

It makes me regularly feel kind of insane to keep saying "yes, I'm sorry, that thing you read that was published in the most read newspaper is just entirely flat fucking wrong and it's actually not even that complicated why." but. here we are, throwing spitballs at oil tankers. fun stuff

ALERT: NAACP adds a *federal* civil lawsuit to its challenge of new Tennessee redistricting Group seeks court injunction to halt new map, arguing new district lines are "enacted w/ an impermissible discriminatory purpose on the basis of race in violation of the 14th Amendment"

The man behind Project 2025 studied African American history in school.

If 45,000 votes isn't a big deal then give them back. GTFOH with not a big deal. From the party that's says let the votes decide are deciding the vote.

This is one of the best (or least poorly) designed bike lanes in Columbus, but careless and dangerous turning by drivers is still a regular problem at the non-signalized intersections. (FWIW, I was wearing a hi-viz jersey & bike helmet, and I had powerful lights—front and back—on my helmet & bike.)

Remember a few months ago when “AI uses too much water” was broadly derided as ignorant and false? They can literally steal water and not even pay a fine, while residents are told to cut back. It’s an industry built on lawlessness.

He is celebrating, in real time, the greatest strategic gifts any American president has ever delivered to a rival, gifts that may prove, in the verdict of the next fifty years, to be the moment the United States surrendered the century.

Importantly, "Poor sales mean that only 173 of the stainless steel pickup trucks will actually need to be recalled" 🤣

Since people are still freaking out about hantavirus, I'd just like to remind you that this happened. sourcenm.com/2021/09/28/p...

Oh, this is fantastic!

So don't ever think volunteer work isn't worth it

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