I frankly don't get what leverage Platner has here to insist on conditions for his replacement. Once he steps down, can't the state committee do whatever the law allows them? Is there any way for him to enforce any agreement he makes with the party?

Platner’s “AITA” Reddit post is gonna go so hard.

My sister-in-law lives on Rota and is not well. Watching the coverage of Typhoon Bavi has been nervewracking, and we know we're unlikely to get any solid news from the island for days. So this is encouraging to see.

if you what

I haven't seen a lot of e-bike/e-moto stories focus on the aspect of mobility for kids and teens and it's really important! Kids want the freedom to move around their communities and they deserve to be able to do so safely.

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

I don't think it should be legal to hide whether an elected official is conscious and or alive.

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

The US hasn’t been humiliated like this since last month’s treaty of Versailles

The technical term for getting beaten soundly by Belgium in soccer is “getting waffle housed.”

This is actually something of a bright spot. In this climate, for the Maine Democratic Party to pick a replacement candidate by fiat would only compound the disaster they’re in. Holding a mini-convention sounds incredibly ungainly but is more likely to lend legitimacy to the process.

Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over.

Huh. It turns out the HR Lady is there for a reason. And it's not so Graham Platner or his apologists can sexually assault her.

truly heartbreaking quote from Jenny Racicot. i am so sick of people having to swallow their trauma for political 'harm mitigation' reasons, and if we nominated people who gave a shit about people it wouldn't be necessary

The nice thing about booting candidates with nazi ink immediately is you get to skip the inevitable other disclosures that happen when you don’t. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.

Seriously. If you've ever spent any time in the left, you've met a Graham Platner

gee, who could possibly have seen this coming

I don't know how I missed this when it dropped. @vurnt22.bsky.social did you know about this??

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

what in the Homer Simpson is going on here

i honestly think generative AI could do a better job than 95% of VCs, let's be real

i wonder how much of non-AI dev effort goes towards fixing bugs and rewriting code

There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.

A friend of mine elsewhere made a fantastic suggestion: in 13 years we do a Constitution 250 celebration. That gives us some time to work toward creating an environment where we can really celebrate.

Monday Morning, 3 A.M.

NEW: Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders. The United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the treacherous present. This Fourth, at Law Dork:

This is slightly corny but I think it's true - the thing about DSA candidates that *actually* freaks out the ancien regime dems is that they are young, energetic, and clearly very motivated to do specific things

What’s first to mind: –movies –jazz –National Parks –baseball –cowboy boots and hats and bolo ties –bourbon –surf and skate boards –roadtrips –Disneyland –BBQ –state fairs –bison –pumpkin pie –NASA –Craftsman architecture –diners –speakeasies –Pendleton blankets –state capital buildings –rodeos

I was out for a long walk on the Minuteman Bikeway in Arlington yesterday morning, and at one point was passed by someone wearing a maroon "GRAVEL BOSTON" jersey. @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social was that you?

Burgum’s “I’m not sure why you keep questioning it” isn’t a genuine question here: it’s a signal to the public to remind them that the emperor is not to be questioned.

Burgum’s “I’m not sure why you keep questioning it” isn’t a genuine question here: it’s a signal to the public to remind them that the emperor is not to be questioned.

This is why it’s hard to celebrate this year. We’re not invited.

This has been the most spiritually bankrupt celebration of anything I've ever seen and that's it, that's our 250th. We don't get to go back and redo it, this one's in the books: Temu Arch, cheesy architecture, horrible displays, AI everywhere. Far right propaganda. Jokes at our expense

Now friends, this has been a post full of schadenfreude We've all had a good time here What if I told you the best was yet to come What if I told you that after waiting for HOURS--miserable, soaking wet, desperate and disappointing hours--our view of the fireworks was.......this

On behalf of my dogs and my 6-year-old self: fuck your fireworks, makeshift or otherwise

Pausa de hidratación

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Weather Aboveground is this anything

It’s a beautiful evening, the National Mall is open and people are having a wonderful time.

Absolutely incredible thread (up and down) live-skeeting the total chaos currently taking place at the Great American State Unfair in D.C.

This is the good stuff. Don't let anyone tell you not to give the speech, Mr. President. You go stand out in the storm and ramble for an hour or so! 🇺🇸 🫡

“Hey, where you going?” “Oh, just gonna make a little Salute to America, I’ll be right back.”

i can’t stop laughing at this

I love that every Jew on Bluesky is making the same joke.

When you spread lies telling people that vaccines don’t work and climate change isn’t real, they are going to start doubting weather reports too.