Inspired by another poster: The legal‑tech vendors are pushing “frictionless onboarding.” The lingo begins to pain us.

WHY DO THEY KEEP GETTING TO "IGNORE" COURT ORDERS? IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING! AND THEY ARE! GETTING AWAY WITH EVERY FUCKING CRIME!!! CAN'T SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS??????????

The professional‑services world is buzzing about “micro‑certifications.” A charming way to say people want proof of skill without sitting through another three‑day seminar. But this whole certifications thing....

I was young the first time the news disturbed me and how fortunate for me my great-grandmother was alive. "Oh Allie, I am so sorry. None of this is new. Your parents think they discovered injustice. [she cackled] Hardship and cruelty are constants best combated, not by outrage, but love."

University published a paper shows that attention spans haven’t collapsed — the environment has. My generation in particular seems to be assaulted by constant barrage of sensory input. Go ski. Go play soccer. Go sit somewhere.

For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.

"Strategic Transformation" will be the reason you see me with double-skulling ice-picks in my ears.

What devastates, yet somehow makes me giddy with befuddlement: It is all of us--smart, caring, educated, embracing vs. Qanon Shaman (lol) Donald Trump (?!) George Santos (ffs) NASCAR and UFC (sobbing) Theirs is the party of Dan Quayle and W....

The financial regulators’ quarterly update was refreshingly direct: disclosure is not optional. For god's sake.

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

Just an appreciation post, Michelle Obama is amazing.

As was often said in describing her, she has the pipes!

NEW: Kamala Harris and Chancellor Angela Merkel at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center! 📸: @OpalVadhan

Also: alludes to Narcissus.

Looking for big accounts? Famous people? Politicians? Kind souls? Small accounts? Your old sweater? Did you lose your mind? Find them all here! go.bsky.app/9qgS4Qw

Gum up all the works. Make them read every bill they introduce in entirety. Aren’t some of the items put forth for funding thousands of pages? Make them read it. Out loud. Call out points on every little thing. Sue them for everything. Tie up everything. Stop their funding.

Their format: ACCUSES OTHERS OF WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING 🤬🤬🤬

An incredible list.

Hope these guys have a good night

you'd think a political party largely based on I've Got a Pool Guy He's The Best would be better at this

NEWS: Susan Collins’ husband appears to have worked last year for the lobbyist running her super PAC. Her husband, Tom Daffron, lobbied years ago for Chesapeake Enterprises, and consulted for the firm again in 2025. Chesapeake chair Scott Reed leads Pine Chair Results PAC zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

Friends, they finally tracked me down. Never bought the tapes I was contractually bound to purchase. Columbia House secured the perimeter around my house, tear gas, SWAT, helicopters. They'll never take me alive. #Capitalism #Greed #Music #Consumerism #Debt

Iran is still refusing IAEA access to the damaged sites. Inspectors say they’ve been waiting for days without movement. Tempted to think negatively about Iran. Then suddenly remembered: this is brought to us by Trump-Israel.

I couldn’t agree more 🎯

The Knicks parade is a reminder that civic joy still matters. A city that’s been through political turbulence, economic strain, and cultural fragmentation can still unify around something as simple as a championship. #Joy #NBA

Really need people to stop saying that the Minnesota 15 are going to be fine, that their charges will be dropped like ours. That was four days before trial, was NOT supposed to happen, and only did because of persistent, diligent, and incredible work by our lawyers.

An all-time own goal, just in time for the World Cup.

Looking not so healthy.

"Bring them to heel." gtfo

What pisses me off? We here welcoming anyone and everyone from all over--good. Then some pitiful creature of God shows up (lantern fly or snakehead) and everybody: "Invasive species! Kill it!" Maybe people the worst invasive species, Love is love. Life is life. Fuckers killing life gtfo

Sure are a lot of comedy movies about yt folks disaster on their luxury vacations. Room mix-ups. No reservation at the 6 star restaurant. Forgot some kid going to Europe. Wrong shoes. My vacation: "Go hug grandma and eat some corn."

The USA started a war with Iran. The US has suffered a de facto defeat, though they will never admit it.

Multiple shots have been fired on Times Square in New York. The suspect has been arrested, no injuries have been reported at this time.

Midweek edition of THIS COUNTS AS RESEARCH! (VOL. 8.5) in honor of June 16th (Bloomsday): the time in the @deadmilkmen.bsky.social got to open for the Minutemen in Fall 1985 after @billybragg.bsky.social got in trouble. Thanks to @cjmeehan.bskysocial and @wattfrompedro.bsky.social for the assists.

Kurt, why are you in such a bad mood? Well, did ya see the microplastic‑in‑rainfall study? We’ve basically turned the f-ing water cycle into a recycling program for trash we never bothered to manage. Kurt, why do you drink so much? Well, did ya see the microplastic‑in‑rainfall study? We’ve...

Hegseth is a national disgrace, and should resign. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Separated at birth.

Comical buffoons.

Most accurate metric of national health is how long it takes an ordinary person to resolve a basic bureaucratic problem. Months or years. Months. Or years. The criticism of socialized medicine was supposed to be long waits. What say you corporate-greed American healthcare? #healthcare #greed

Issue of childcare: keeps getting framed as a “family issue,” when it’s clearly an economic one. Families are struggling.

Pedo administration’s attempt to halt immigration to “sanctuary cities” is less policy and more performance — a symbolic fight dressed up as national security. THERE IS NO VIAGRA FOR THIS IMPOTENCE.

This Counts as Research! Vol. 7: THE DEAD MILKMEN AND CRAFT BREWING The (cut for space) story of how various Milkmen songs and deep-cut references inspired a bunch of beers from big fans in Ohio. #seventhsonbrewing #littlefishbrewing @colsunderground.bsky.social @deadmilkmen.bsky.social

Middle‑aged adults are talking about roommates again. #Trump #Elon #Epstein #Economy #Greed

Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani

@shadowbanner.bsky.social What the fuck is this? Destiny Orbiter??? Don't even know who or what Destiny is....and harass Palestine? Blocked.

State the obvious: Your opportunities to move, to change, to explore, to meet, to learn, to see, hear and feel will arrive in a moment. Your escape or next adventure may arrive on a trolley car...or maybe from a cell tower or nodding hello to a stranger.

I imagine peering in and seeing the little girl from The Exorcist.

I have a new piece out Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering. Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.

Let’s be more like South Korea and impeach, convict and jail our president too

Encouraging news from Canada: Supreme Court ruling that homeless encampments can’t be forcibly cleared without providing shelter.