THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

NEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

welp my cataracts have progressed to the point where I have a referral to a surgeon for a consultation. I have never had eye surgery in my life and am kind of excited to see what improvements to my vision are possible, after a lifetime of high prescription (10+ diopters) glasses and contacts.

ugh this is sad, that food was SO GOOD.

So, uh, just to be clear: birthright citizenship is for everyone, not just immigrants. It's just that most of us in the US haven't ever had to think about it in our own lives. Take it away, and what replaces it?

I see a lot of “so-and-so is a birthright citizen” because their parents weren’t citizens when they were born on American soil. But the truth is, we’re all birthright citizens, unless we have been naturalized.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

NEW: Anti-abortion lawyer Jonathan Mitchell dropped a blockbuster lawsuit against a California doctor that was a vehicle to resuscitate the 19th-century Comstock Act as an abortion ban and to challenge telemedicine "shield" laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

a lot of podcasts will say that the Supreme Court sucks but we’re the only one that’s really about it

I feel like I’m going insane, the degree to which politics and yes the media completely made this up. The anti gay marriage panic I got, there were a ton more gay people who wanted to get married, this thing is not a thing

here's my scotustake: you need a plan to both break this court specifically, and also a plan to arrive at a new and functional court system, *and also* to recognize that political contestation never ends but that's no excuse for doing nothing

Not just that, no prof could teach a class they've never taken before, if we follow the argument to its very end.

got all the way to the END of an article that I was asked to review and then saw the "we used LLMs for..." statement and I have notified the editor I will not be offering any comments, or any more time for this. My bad for not checking the end of it first, I guess.

y'all the details are boring as hell but the important part is that I solved a domestic account mystery by making phone calls and would like for Friday to be right now tyvm.

In light of today's Supreme Court decision against trans athletes, I'm poking my head in from vacation to re-share my article from last week about the two anti-trans initiatives in WA this November.

cisgender girls will be harmed by this happening; trans girls will be harmed by the fact that even a fraction of people feel this is a good thing

You absolutely do not gotta hand it to a panel of corrupt judges for *barely* upholding a clearly written part of the constitution.

I understand everyone breathing a sigh of relief about birthright citizenship this morning. And by all means, please do! I am too! (Even though 5-4 is a freaking joke.) But trans women don't get that relief. Because SCOTUS severely curtailed our rights today. Please don't forget that.

love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.

An extraordinary cancer stat recently just dropped: zero. That’s how many UK women in their early 20s died from cervical cancer between 2020-24. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com is on 20 years of HPV vaccines--& how the US could better maximize the potential of this critical public health tool (🎁):

I hope today is a stark reminder why "I will follow the law" was an absolutely horrible way to respond to a question about trans rights.

I hope that congress person who missed 4 months of work for depression treatment and still got paid extends that same thinking to regular Americans who also miss work for health reasons.

DO. NOT. CONGRATULATE.

Strong statement against the OMB's proposed rule change that puts research under political control from the American Association for Cancer Research.

When you finally collect allllll the data you need to file for a phase II grant 😱 BUT your product is for women, w/ a female PI Sigh. I fucking hate this place. 😭😭😭😭😭

John here. First I was rattled by the title of Elizabeth Roberts' book. Then I thought, well, let's interview her. She says reflexing shaming of some compulsive substance use in American culture drives people further apart. Bold complex arguments found here: maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

We replaced our HVAC unit (original to the house! Built in 1992!) with a heat pump last Spring and it's marvelous for AC and for heating alike.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just upheld the right of the voters to have our timely mailed ballots counted under state law.

This essay is stunning in its moral and intellectual clarity, and also in its gorgeous sentences. I'm not sure if I'll read the book, but I'm so glad I read this review of it. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang...

I want this to happen once some key people are no longer a factor

centrist democrats are republicans

Hot take: lecturing people about their a/c use and commercial airplane flights is a psyop to make us feel climate doom instead of climate rage

The Smithsonian Folk Life Festival is truly one of the most wonderful things that happens in DC each year. I've been to many, learning and enjoying myself in large crowds. To know that a larger-scale version was in the works, only to be blocked for the current unattended fiasco, is tragic.

I think Netflix regularly cancels stuff that could reasonably have another season or two but I watched this, enjoyed it mostly, and also think it's fine as a single season that doesn't go any further.

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OK So I'm really enjoying Spider-Noir.

LORD I HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHERS etc etc

I spent the last few months talking to over 30 game developers about generative AI. It began as a sort of interview survey but became a pretty comprehensive collection of arguments against the technology altogether. www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so...

what the dems want is an army of volunteers to do all the basic on the ground boring but necessary fundamentals to help them win but also for the volunteers to 1. never ask for anything 2. never criticize the party 3. accept being spited during campaigns and scapegoated during losses

the people who sign these things should simply not be running as Democrats.

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

guys. we have a million better things to worry about than HVAC units making a little heat next to the compressor outside is large and heat island effect in cities is not because of a/c, it’s because cities are built of stuff that absorbs heat from the sun

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

“AI in libraries” should be “what can you tell us about corporate profit-driven control of search and retrieval” instead of “when are librarians going to get on board.”

Yes.

Welcome... to the FANTASTIC CASTLE! I've teamed up w/ my animation buds @rajbrueggemann.bsky.social , @kianamai.bsky.social and @ghostbri.bsky.social for a brand new, all-ages actual play podcast! The first 2 eps are online now, and ep 3 is available on our Patreon! Go listen! FantasticCastle.com