Question for an enterprising reporter: "Mr President, does this mean we should not expect a Trump Tower in Tehran?" #uspol

Researchers have stopped using rats in experiments, and they’re using Republicans instead – on account of Republicans aren’t as cute as rats, they breed faster, they’re harder to kill, and nobody cares if one dies. And there’s still *some* things you can’t get rats to do.

It's pretty strange that the flagship of the Federation in Star Trek, a society that we're told no longer uses money, should be named "Enterprise."

Dunno what yinz are talking about: Mitch McConnell looks just fine.

'Carspreading' and the rise of ever-larger cars www.ecf.com/en/news/cars... Car size at a crossroads, an analysis of how new cars in Europe keep growing year after year, and what that costs us in safety, urban space, and energy. The findings should worry anyone who cycles in a European city.

In the wake of today's terrible injustice, the least FIFA could do is to present the US team, represented on the dais by President Donald Trump, with the World Cup 2026 Participation Trophy. #worldcup #fifa

NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social

“This is not ok. We cannot normalize the National Guard killing American citizens. They shouldn’t be in Memphis at all. The family deserves answers.” Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social reacts to the news 2 National Guard troops shot and killed Tyrin Johnson in MEMPHIS.

I think we could do a better job of communicating scale by pronouncing the "b" in "billionaire" as a fart noise, and by voicing the "tr" in "trillionaire" with the tongue against the front teeth and opened abruptly, so as to spray the audience or studio camera with a fine mist of spittle.

Today I learned that there are only three English cities with an electrical consumption greater than 200 megawatts: London, Manchester and Birmingham. By comparison, the people who want to build AI data centres here, which nobody asked for, want a supply of up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) for […]

Happy Birthday USA, it's been real. https://youtu.be/vrLSh0cvTXA

Does it strike anyone else as weird, cringe, and somehow telling that most members of the US Congress incessantly claim to speak for "the American people," and almost never for "my constituents?" #uspol

Between edtech aimed at schools and workplace lms platforms, some of the most predatory business practices in software come from companies making "learning" products.. I think this surprises people because they assume there's some intrinsic motivation to work on education stuff, but it's the […]

Biking to Sakushima again today, I met a Kuroneko van at a blind corner near the ferry terminal that I approached too quickly. Stopped just fine, but I locked the back wheel and blew out a tire. I laughed and waved the all-clear to the driver, who seemed […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

OpenAI wanting the US government to take 5% is not "democratization" or something, it's a bailout. OpenAI can't get the money from private investors or the stock market and needs the hole in their budget filled so they are trying to take US tax dollars.

RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, Too The Health and Human Services secretary is targeting the country's largest Muslim civil rights organization as Republicans run on Islamophobia in a tough midterm cycle. theintercept.com/2026/07/02/r...

Seeing multiple references to "Delta Dawn" today, I looked up the song. That gave me an unwelcome earworm, so in a spirit of revenge I've written a new lyric for it: Delta Don what is that flour you have on? Did you give that cookie dough another try? And when you burnt the tray, Did you eat […]

The general motivation for the 22nd amendment to the US Constitution was to reduce the risk of an authoritarian executive, and to protect against reelection of a candidate with health failing so badly they're incapable of performing official duties. I guess it must have been poorly drafted. #uspol

Crypto, real estate, watches: How Trump made over $1 billion last year The latest disclosure report listing President Donald Trump's financial holdings shows he took in about $1.2 billion last year from crypto holdings, overshadowing a real estate business that first brought him fame ...

I used to work at the zoo and one time a gorilla died of old age. The problem was it was the only gorilla in the zoo because the zoo wasn't very profitable. The gorilla was by far the most popular attraction and they couldn't afford to go a single day without it being there. So the zoo owner […]

I have a stand of gōya (bitter gourd) on the back porch for shade. Today I went to make a vegetable chanpon with one. Didn't have long onions so I used an onion. Then found I had no mayonnaise so I subbed in paste boiled down from some tomatoes. And then […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

The Trump junta are bombing in DC as well. #uspol https://youtu.be/tBwkJ0VJt2E

Future historians might refer to the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz as "the period of weekend wars." #uspol

Will this be the ONE GUY that President Donald J. Trump doesn't pardon? "Streamer dressed as Uncle Sam arrested for masturbating during show at Great American State Fair" #uspol https://infosec.exchange/@flyingpenguin/116824382448006500

Seems like we're approaching the until-it's-not part of the story. #uspol

Marsupial goose retains internal value of future egg promise.

Does it strike anyone else as weird, cringe, and somehow telling that most members of the US Congress incessantly claim to speak for "the American people," and almost never for "my constituents?" #uspol

One of ours, for all of yours.

Niche question (out of idle curiosity): Are there estimates of the population or population density of the various species of dinosaurs for any point and any region during the Cretaceous period? #paleontology #dinosaurs

Maybe putting a bunch of self-important meatheads in charge of the government wasn't a good idea. #uspol

1. The Texas GOP platform has just been released, and it includes many draconian policies towards trans people: - Absolute ban on name changes and care up to 26 years old - Absolute ban on trans teachers - Repeal of Obergefel - Ban on businesses supporting trasn people And more Our latest.

Wrote about the insanity of the Prairieland sentencing (from vacation, because it's so unbelievable I had to stop relaxing for a couple hours to vent)

OMG the corn is going to work this year. #japan #gardening

Exactly what happened to the reflecting pool appears to have been accurately predicted by this thread—before it happened:

Important lessons are to be learned from the natural world. Wildebeast faced with a dangerous river crossing will gather at the shore until one steps into the water, then all bolt at once seeking safety in numbers. Lurking crocs are able to pick off a few, but most will cross unscathed […]

Over at @theverge.com, @seangon.bsky.social and I wrote about how billionaires hijacked a generational $42.5 billion program intended to dramatically improve internet access. Republicans stripped away all affordability and equity requirements, and are turning it into a slush fund.

Lunch today is what we always referred to as 簡単スパゲッティ, slightly complicated by the lack of dried spaghetti in the pantry. When feeding pressed sheets through the pasta machine for the final cut, I can't resist calling out "Help me Mister Biiiiill!" (And in […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the #trump admin to subpoena #minnesota Gov #timwalz & other #state officials, calling it an effort to “harass & retaliate against them.” In a ruling unsealed Monday, US District Judge Patrick Schlitz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to […]

Is anyone working on a sludge conversion kit for the internal combustion engine? Could be a real money spinner in a few short weeks. #uspol

When I taught a course in negotiation, a few students would adopt strong-arm tactics that I personally thought were ill advised: but none ever threatened to outright kill their counterpart. That's a new one. #uspol

So here we are holding an empty sack while oil-dependent civilization is "four weeks from bedlam." 🤷‍♂️ #uspol

'Do you know hackers leave infected USB drives in parking lots just waiting for a curious employee to plug it in?' https://x.com/T3chFalcon/status/2067729067705782412 #hacking #virus #security #usb . . . #jd20260619 #jdlinkblog https://todon.eu/@jd/tagged/JD20260619

I had a one-bicycle accident on Tuesday. My own fault: on a shopping trip I drifted into a hidden drainage channel. Careless, but sometimes people are! Today I reported it to city hall. This particular channel is deep (40cm), so instead of flopping, a bike is […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

TIL that scarring from a wound can be aggravated by exposure to sunlight.

Absolutely unbelievably ridiculous #trump Admin to Pay $765 Million of #taxpayersmoney to Cancel 4 More #wind Projects It’s the THIRD such deal the #interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for #offshore wind turbines, spending roughly $2.5 BILLION to get companies to […]

The internet eagerly awaits the first non-AI guerrilla photograph of a yellow submarine sailing the sea of green that is the Washington Monument Reflecting Pool. #uspol #reflectingpool

A devious summer spendthrift plan was put to the test today. A couple of years ago I set up to stretch "shade" canvas from the home center over an external wall. The canvas turned out to provide "shade" from glare, but to be pretty useless at blocking […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Peter Thiel, purveyor of the Palantir panopticon kit to governments worldwide, with a true coffee-through-the-nose security blunder. #uspol https://lingo.lol/@amyfou/116757181906556083

So many takes on Trump "losing the war" or "surrendering" or being "humiliated" by the rumored MoU with Iran. Personally I'm more interested in the completely separate question of whether it will give the various armed belligerents cause to respect its terms. Seems important. #uspol

Over forty years ago, I shifted from the left hand to the right for writing kanji. In subsequent years I developed a tremor in the left hand that made writing impossible, and even wielding a fork or spoon an enterprise to be undertaken with a degree of […] [Original post on indieweb.social]