Born to be a tiny menace. Forced to be a tiny model. #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme

Fireflies. I remember in highschool, stumbling upon a meadow grove in a forested park and seeing the *whole thing* lit up with what must have been tens of thousands of fireflies and thinking "No wonder people in the past believed in fairies." Now it seems I'm lucky to see a few dozen in a summer.

Mark Cuban is wrong about a lot but he's correct here. The difference between a good doctor and a bad one is not getting the proper diagnosis. It's how much bullshit they are willing to go through to advocate for the patient. Like I'm here at 6pm ordering e-consults that I won't get paid for.

Victorian London had up to six postal deliveries a day, you could send an letter in the morning and get a reply in time to meet up that evening (and probably that afternoon!). I don't even get one, we're down to getting mail every 2 or 3 days.

In 2026, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle plan to spend $725 billion on data center buildout. I wonder what other things in the economy are happening at that scale. Like, how does this compare to, I dunno, all road widening projects? Or global solar installations?

New Jersey is 10th state to pass plug-in solar bill! States codify "a stealth backyard revolution that has been quietly growing in the US." Solar systems can plug into a regular outlet, feeding solar energy into a home. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/03/n... #energysky

your moment of calm

As post after post circulated, I couldn’t help but wonder, was I the only person who didn’t get to spend just shy of 20 minutes talking into Mitch McConnell’s ear by phone today?

Beautiful gesture from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, illuminating the Mother Ukraine monument in Kyiv in Stars & Stripes of the American flag. May the world continue to stand firmly alongside the resilient, courageous people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom & liberty. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🕊️ #4thOfJuly

I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

One of the many wonderful things about great cities is how free they are, how they empower diverse people with the freedom to be themselves. Here are eight aspects of city life that specifically help empower transgender people with the freedom to live as themselves.

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

Very probably the best photo I've ever taken of a 16th Century dovecote with a cow standing in front of it, surrounded by buttercups, looking like she has just dropped a debut album she is thoroughly proud of.

Background: a month ago I predicted the scum pond they've made will delaminate in ~5 years. That turned out to be ~5 years too optimistic, and here's why (I think). 2/x bsky.app/profile/mona...

There is ONE thing I am looking forward to this heatwave: Pictures of paschal candles that have melted in churches. Here's an example from a few years ago. It's my favourite phenomenon. Because, well... Look at it.

For instance: you are no more likely to get sunburnt today than you were on a clear day last week when it was cooler. In fact probably less, because no one is going to want to be out in the sun today. And yet public health messaging is mixing in advice about sunscreen with advice on staying cool.

It's probably time European journalists wrapped their heads around Heat Index (temp + relative humidity). In high humidity, sweating is less efficient, making heat worse, e.g.: Experiencing 35°C in London UK (70% RH) is more dangerous than 50°C in Phoenix Arizona (15% RH)

The crazy thing is that for most of my life I would go ten, fifteen, sometimes even thirty minutes at a time without thinking about the Reflecting Pool.

looking at the Yale Youth Poll and uh, what's up with Gen X (also, did COVID have *that* much impact in pushing the male post-zoomer to the right?)

GenX always does show up as the most GOP-leaning age cohort in most polling though and I think two factors contribute to it: - Whiter than younger generations - Not yet Medicare / Social Security eligible, less perception of self interest in protecting those big programs under GOP threat

does anyone have a gift link to the wall street journal article called "everyone in trump's cabinet is eating sauerkraut" i technically can read the journal with my library card but the sign-in process is real janky and basically doesn't work

Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

Thistles adding some colour to the scene this morning. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor.

Asking all city commuter girlies!!!! Let’s talk shoes. What are your standbys for walkable business casual shoes to get you around town in the summer?

'Untitled' 1957 Mark Rothko www.nga.gov/artworks/674...

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Introducing........ The Pigeon Bag!!!! 🎉🐦 Available for preorder this Saturday, National Pigeon Day! 🪶

"Landmark German ruling declares Google's #AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers": the-decoder.com/landmark-ger... #ethics #law #internet #tech #business h/t @garymarcus.bsky.social

But! If you go in a group, they start offering heavy discounts per passenger. 4 tickets are 25% off ($162 total roundtrip) - 8 tickets are 60% off or $173 total! Probably cheaper than 2 cars. www.amtrak.com/promotions/s...

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

Just insane. New Jersey Gov Mikie Sherrill says DHS just denied state health inspectors full access to Delaney Hall. She's calling for it to be shut down.

The last thing you see before opening ChatGPT

🚨 Silly little guy alert 🐙

a few other keepers

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will ​have to do so from outside the country via ‌the State Department, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups.

Today in "there's a word for it" I have learned about the Woozle effect > The Woozle effect, also known as evidence by citation, occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim that the source does not adequately support, giving said claim undeserved credibility.

This is one reason why the belief that replacing curbside parking with bike lanes will kill small businesses is rooted more in car ideology than fact. You can't pause every few feet to window shop when you're driving, much less pop in every store that catches your eye.

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

Three selfless men, likely, saved the lives of over a hundred children.

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

Just recently began the process of cataloging my 14+ years worth of articles. It's extremely tedious, but I know better than to pretend as if anything that exists on the internet is forever

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com.politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

If your company’s HR is going to filter out job candidates with AI, at least do your first pass at filtering by qualifications *before* asking them to write up customized answers 🙏

A tough part of jobhunting today is the supplemental questions requiring emotional investment “What makes you passionate about this topic, and our organization in particular?” I am not made of stone. I cannot fall in love then have my heart broken at the volume of output required to get nibbles

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

“Cloak of Darkness” Black herons fish by employing a unique technique called "canopy feeding," where they transform their wings into an umbrella-like canopy over their heads while standing in shallow water. IG: marlondutoit