It’s cool that we can have an election that’s actually about policy rather than the political equivalent ‘should this dangerous lunatic be given a gun’

Extremely funny to watch the right coalesce around “I’m in a bubble of morons, so this is impossible!” as an explanation for the LA mayoral results.

BIG KNICKS ENERGY.!!

i mean the answer seems pretty straightforward…they were drinking doodoo dairy

This is essentially correct. Many people are inclined towards conspiracism as a matter of personality, we need to invent Glonzos for these people to hunt that coincide with solutions to actual problems rather than try to get it through their stupid heads that there are actual problems.

You're not allowed to say this but: Getting people who believe in baseless conspiracy theories to be afraid of and hostile to bad things instead of hostile to good things would be a major boon to the world and seems generally easier than getting those people to stop believing in conspiracies

#CA people, how can you tell if the ballot you dropped off in a ballot box has been counted? Should it be marked as "ballot received" if you didn't mail it? california.ballottrax.net/voter/dashbo...

i love it when the clock strikes 10:30 every morning and the usual sites publish their 3 infuriating news stories that will drive all discourse today like zookeepers raising the enclosure's gate and letting the seals get into the day's bucket of chum

Coffin Flop!

achieve this electoral politics dynamic

See, the thing is that whether USAID was a cynical op to expand imperial influence or a sincere act of goodwill from the United States, all those Africans are still dead.

Just a head's up to be careful as always:

One weird thing about this though, @bsky.app doesn't do substring search, so "scam" won't match "scammers". 🤦‍♂️

I can accept the Muppets being in commercials because they’re showbiz people. I cannot accept the Sesame Street Muppets being in commercials because they’re educators.

It won't solve the "speakerphone-in-public" issue completely, but someone should make a battery case with 3.5mm audio jack that can pair audio to your iPhone over Bluetooth.

The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion

I do think there are some very interesting things to write about when political violence is justified and when it is viable, but we simply are not allowed to have that conversation in public. Not because of the law, but because of social media moderation. I think this is very bad.

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‼️ See screenshots below for how to do Advanced Search in Bluesky 🤯:

Omg!!! This was so buried, thank you @jjr222.bsky.social ❤️:

Omg @bsky.app + @support.bsky.team, *please* add Advanced Search or at least the ability to search your own posts. 😩

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

Anyway I think we should ban short-form video platforms because the people who rely on them for their information act perpetually concussed

Please be safe #STL! — I am told EF2-3+ tornadoes possible today as storm front moves in around 4PM CDT. #STLWx

Absolutely awful—what a tragic loss for #STL, RIP:

We all have days like this

The right has strategically placed operatives at positions of influence in major social media and tech companies the same way they had a program for decades to place right wing lawyers in clerkships and judgeships and right wing reporters and editors at mainstream papers. The Plot to Enslave America

I wish people would stop conflating "social media" with algorithmic content feeds. Claiming that social media is harmful to kids (or anyone else) is as nonsensical as saying "hanging out with your friends is harmful for you" and I think it deserves way more pushback.

It's not "union-busting" to push back on contract provisions that aren't in the public interest. That's just... negotiating. The thing they're supposed to do.

Left is NYT with 20 days in a row with 2+ above-the-fold stories about how we got crushed and it was all Biden's fault (withdrawal was necessary & messy) Right is NYT with its cute both-sides story about Trump claiming victory (despite getting crushed by Iran)

I think this is correct—AOC would be Bernie 2.0 (laudatory but unsuccessful).

Is there a way I can mute based on image? Would like to block* anyone who shares those dumb antisemitic "Track AIPAC" misinformation images that lump in contributions from J-Street (a left-leaning anti-Netanyahu Jewish lobbying group). * hurl into the sun

The US press ignores the actual reality of Trump - an idiotic, unpredictable madman thrashing around with no discernible strategic goal or plan - in favor of this prefab political-thriller story about ticking clocks and deadlines and frenzied diplomacy. Incapable of living in the world AS IT IS

I really wish the "unified" layout for the Phone app in iOS 26 let you customize which three tabs appeared here! For me, the three I need are Calls + Keypad + Voicemail (rather than Contacts), especially since the search button lets me search my contacts anyways.

lmao

The internet allowed every village idiot to find each other online, instead of being siloed into obscurity

I saw so many "fuck ICE" signs. Another that just said "hang them all"

iOS 26.4 makes Apple Maps search usable again!!!! 🙌

I have no idea who this person is, and I will keep it that way.

Idiot plot

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons

We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Flavor Flav is a National Living Treasure.

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

I really need to log off because too many people on here* are fucking idiots. (* here = this planet, Earth)