As expected.

@realfollowers.bsky.social Let’s see. I guarantee it’s nowhere near the 1.1k it supposedly is. I think I’ve blocked at least 750 for being spam/bots/etc. I’m guessing less than 100 genuine followers, honestly.

One thing that's frustrating about the DoorDash PR guy's response that "no one is claiming it was a real delivery" is that this is how mainstream media actually covered it:

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

The Vimes Boots Theory has been running up hard against "are these boots $200 because they're built right, or is that purely a brand positioning thing and they're made of the same 1mm-thick fake leather as the $50 ones"

WaPo website replaced search with AI and it's going great

I'm glad the Dems are doing this; even if this specific bill is a longshot it keeps Trump's obvious unfitness in the public eye. Reading the bill, though, it doesn't state *how* they do the exam, or who will implement it (unless I missed it). Seems like wiggle room there.

you're putting your journalism behind a paywall, handing 20% of your revenue to Substack, and requiring people to hand some of their hardearned money (which they're paying to you as a subscription fee) to nazis and sex traffickers in order to read what you have to say. that is profoundly fucked up.

I personally think not safe to remain in any personal relationship with anyone who is using LLMs to analyze your relationship, make conclusions about your motives, or determine how to treat you. I think this is beyond red flag—it should be an immediate dealbreaker.

everyone involved in the dismantling of USAID should be forced to spend their lives watching graphic videos of what they have subjected people to in their callousness, clockwork orange style

Maybe I’ll write about the Affordability Discourse one day but I think that one thing (among many both material and perceptual) that this hard to untangle is that everyone—including those who are doing fine in material terms—has a lot more visibility into how well the rich are doing than in the past

it's hard to get retractions to stick because you can't un-have an emotion. a lot of people developed angry feelings for Chappell Roan over this, and now that they know she didn't actually do it they're even MORE angry at her because they resent being told they repeated wrong information

the Swalwell accusers are heroes and I'm so so glad they got to see such a swift and definitive outcome rather than months of this dragging out while their honesty was constantly relitigated by Twitter pundits MAY IT EVER BE THUS

don't make me tap the motherfucking sign

Here's preview of the end of the current US administration

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

John Deere has to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action right-to-repair lawsuit. The company will also provide farmers with access to repair materials for 10 years. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Here’s what’s annoying: We’ve seen that a person can be absolutely unhinged and the media will let it slide. But let a Democrat in the White House try to, for example, undo everything Trump has done and the media is going to shit its pants about it.

2026’s refresh rate is wild I go do some chores and like 14 major world events have happened

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

This is the way, always. I tack as hard to left as possible, generally, in primaries; in the general, straight-up lesser of two evils. Never sit out an election, EVER.

To the doomers who keep saying Trump will rig the 2026 and 2028 elections: Do not concede in advance

We didn't clear house following Reconstruction or following the Civil Rights Movement and we absolutely have to do it next time.

The new guy in a Hungary still sucks but the defeat of Orban is seismically important and hopeful and it’s okay to view our potential election nightmares the same way instead of sitting them out. However, now is the time to advocate for better from the Dems vs the worst person they can possibly find

please send JD Vance to campaign for every republican senator up for reelection put him front and center, photo ops, tv spots, the whole nine yards

Now send JD Vance to run the publicity team for the new Harry Potter series.

A lot of countries are pushing hard towards legislation like this because it's one of those no-brainers on paper (yes, of course Facebook rots 13-year-olds' brains, everyone agrees) but the can of worms it opens up - scanning my ID to use any website - is a nightmare for privacy and cybersecurity

that we haven't even confronted spam phone calls, something everyone hates and we all know how to stop to me is most emblematic of a society too inert to address significant problems. The telephone revolutionized communication and connected us to everyone on the planet and now no one picks up calls

If you are struggling under the weight of (waves arms) everything, read all the comments here of people sharing memories of kiddie sports

Pixel would not tolerate this indignity from anyone but Remi.

We have gone from "the US doesn't need the Strait of Hormuz, Europe does, they should open it, it will open naturally" to "good news, Iran is opening the Strait of Hormuz (for a toll)" to "the toll is illegal and we will blockade the Strait of Hormuz because the United States will not be extorted"

New EGOT just dropped.

these goddamn people are not the boss of us, they work for us, this shit is pathetic and enraging

the Artemis crew took photography classes so they could take the best photos possible up there 😭

folks, check your app passwords and make sure you have 2FA enabled, the spam network is apparently compromising larger accounts now and deleting all the posts then using them for spam (see full thread)

it disgusts me that people who (and I mean, rightly) shriek at Republicans for all the heinous things they do turn around and defend Democrat (or anyone) heinousness. the goal should be 0 heinous, not tolerating heinous that isn't more heinous and against it. the goal should be 0 oppressors.

If you recognize which unnamed woman is talking because you're asked for comment and the comment makes it clear which of the woman's rape stories match your memory of events, and you text that specific woman and say "stop telling people I raped you," that is.... sure an admission of something.

He asked to watch this again. “Can we watch the show with the tiny green thing?” 😆

He’s helping me make the Oreo crust for a cheesecake.

I am sure the astronauts are all VERY GOOD SPORTS and are more than happy to do whatever is asked of them for the sake of science but COME ON 😭

I think a lot of people who are running the rape supporter's handbook are deeply unaware that it is the rape supporter's handbook. The rape supporter's handbook is such a normal part of the average lexicon that you have to interrogate it to understand how it works.

“Crowds watch the Artemis II Orion capsule splash down off the coast of San Diego at the Air and Space Museum in San Diego, California.” Photo by Sandy Huffaker

We sent people to THE FUCKING MOON and they’re like “splashdown will be at 8:07 eastern” and it fucking WAS that is genuinely insane to me like they had parachutes there were probably wind speed variables involved and they got it to the goddamn minute?! SCIENCE

Shout-out for Rob Navias, NASA Public Affairs Officer & Mission Commentator. What a breath of fresh air, hearing a consummate professional speak intelligently, honestly, and with candor during an event. Felt like a kid again, harkening back to the days of legends like Cronkite, Brokaw, and Jennings.

Just so you know what kind of dork I am: I was looking at the Artemis II mission stuff and said to @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social, “The cutaway in those letters in the bottom left corner definitely means something super specific…”

I'm struck by the number of modes of transit these astronauts will experience today. 1. Slicing through the Earth's atmosphere in a spaceship 2. An inflatable raft 3. A rope swing 4. Helicopter 5 Aircraft carrier 6. Airplane. 7. Van.

whenever people announce they're taking a break from bluesky, it's usually because they're astronauts experiencing a mandatory communications blackout as they re-enter earth's atmosphere. that's why they always come back in six minutes

All four astronauts have exited the helicopters and walked across the flight deck to the medical bay. None of the standing-by wheelchairs were needed. They all looked great! So happy everything has gone so well and they’re home safe and (apparently) healthy!! 🎉

There are certainly good reasons for every step in the crew recovery process but at this point it feels like they’re just putting the astronauts through as many of the most dramatic methods of transportation they can think of in one day

watching NASA hit a very specific target in the big big ocean with a vehicle that just came back from outer space at 25,000mph definitely has me reflecting on the charter bus company that couldn't get me to a bus station