RFK Jr. released a video to the Minamata Convention on Mercury where he lied about vaccines. He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines. Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury. 1/

He'll make mistakes and be imperfect but when it's sabotage, name it loudly. Don't let people forget who is really screwing them. The robber barons can't abide hope. So hope. Remember what tonight feels like and keep it alight. Keep showing up when they screw with buses and zoning. Hold the line. 3/

Big media presence and a growing crowd at the theater where Zohran Mamdani will hold his election night gathering.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's message is resonating with young people nationwide.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103. 12 days of work in 103 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

I am the batdog

Spotted in Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪🚲 Perfect illustration of how one parking spot for cars equals 8-10 spaces for bikes. Imagine #lifeaftercars @thewaroncars.bsky.social

“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎

As seen on FB, reminds me of @jomc.bsky.social's book: scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-...

Where are we on climate action? The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments. That is the progress 10 years after Paris... unfccc.int/process-and-...

From Byline Times….. “a flavour of some of the things that we could, but aren’t, talking about thanks largely to the priorities of the British press, or if you prefer, due to a maddening failure of communication by No 10.” Labour’s ever present communication failure. Get a grip ffs!!

this is the best movie i've ever seen

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients. Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."

Waymo robots sometimes loiter. They also use bus stops for pickup & drop off contributing to several crashes as buses try to get around them. Generally, robots struggle w large vehicles and seem not to understand them. Recent Waymo-bus crashes are discussed in this thread. bsky.app/profile/anic...

Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm

“Generative AI is nothing more than a form of social suicide that must be reined in before it’s too late. It cannot be allowed to reach the level of proliferation that social media has achieved”

Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies. And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted? Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission

My "radical" agenda? Make this city affordable, keep New York safe and turn the page on the billionaire-backed politics of Andrew Cuomo. New ad now running on Fox News.

How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth

Irony has been tortured for years in an improvised dungeon under a split level in a suburban neighborhood of Palo Alto, and has just been found dead by neighbors investigating a strong smell.

every passing day, rightwingers are inventing new and unexpected ways to signal to the world they may be the dumbest iteration of humans so far

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)

A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them. That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...

We don't have much time on this planet and the worst things a person can do to another person is to rob them of their joy and happiness. Too much of this is happening due to the current American regime.

> @newyorker.com

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

I have a confession to make. I’ve actually seen/cared for several minors who’ve received gender-affirming surgery. They were 16 or 17 year-old girls who’d had their nose done, and one 16 year-old boy who’d had surgery for gynecomastia. All were cis.

‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

The woman hosting this shit is CMO at a VC firm that funds AI projects. But the great @nytimes.com does not disclose that

The metaphor is inescapable.

The correct answer is Anthropic, those motherfuckers steal everything

As the 'No KIngs' protests erupt all over America, Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports that good journalism, repetition, and a culture of mockery are still the best tools to break the autocrats' spell

For our cities, police and any other voices of authority. Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

They are looting you blind.

“Is this even Constitutional?!” I hear you cry? We could ask the Supreme Court… but unfortunately they will remain closed until the Supreme Court can afford to rule on it.

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more. The entire operation has been eliminated.

These are, of course, the same people who whined endlessly about COVID restrictions being “Orwellian”.

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

this marc jacobs suit looks like a spanish textbook

Holy crap. This is terrible. The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Pepperdine University "Shelter In Place issued for Pepperdine Univ. near the Franklin burn scar area due to possible mud or debris flows near Mulholland Hwy, NE Lakeshore, East of Palisades Fire. Be prepared by gathering loved ones, pets and supplies. For emergencies, call 911. For more […]

Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating. Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape. Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.

#Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist. Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...