It sucks that Virginia side of Amtrak is not being electrified in tandem with the bridge work going on in DC. I get why it’s not, but that is an economic cheat code just sitting in quicksand.

i wish instead of the same corpo fashion retail stores that are spawned all over commercial areas, we had little native plant boutiques. add this to the postal service (and public banking at post offices)

I like capitalism, but I don’t rank it higher than empathy. Empathy should drive the collective human system. If that outputs a version of capitalism, or something more complex… so be it. I think we lose our way repeatedly as a species, and it’s always when the masses are convinced to be selfish.

June 11 drought map. Seems like farms not leveraging the Great Lakes are up shit creek. Hormuz fertilizer issues in tandem. Are we cooked?

it’s like one of those hail mary plays where the defense forgets to cover the receivers, and is instead fixated on the ball

Meanwhile in Chicago, the White Sox (who finished 60-102 last year) are in 1st place in their division tonight

the white sox are in first place. this is the real story in sports today

Just sent out. The USA seems to have committed war crime deliberately and openly, by destroying civilian access to water as summer approaches. It is strategically idiotic and morally repulsive--and needs to be acknowledged if the US has a chance to recover. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

sad_trombone.wav

X: town square for nazis Meta: town square for the lobotomized TikTok: town square for droolers Reddit: town square for neckbeards Bluesky: town square for buttplug tail enjoyers LinkedIn: town square for grifters Actual town square: 2 homeless people, and a Flock camera

I look forward to post-midterms Bluesky, when I expect a huge amount of bots with anime/furry profile pics disappear. The utopia they seek only exists in their matrix.

Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Absolutely perfect encapsulation of how fucking fried this guy is. Virginian vest wearing weirdos love this guy.

Just saying this should earn him another war crime

basically everyone hates musk and zuckerberg. running against them is the biggest no-brainer of all time.

I really am losing excuses for people who still use the other site. If your livelihood depends on a big following from the nazi bar, and you can’t let that go…. bruh. Crack (influence) addicts

Democrats should also be really thinking now about insane it's going to feel if we win in 2028 and Musk is babbling about the need for a race war and calling the president a satanic pedophile while also being the most important government contractor in the country.

started / going #rva #cats

like 80 percent of GDP, in nominal terms at least www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I don’t like people who don’t like cats

I need a GLP-1 but for making me dumber #brawndo

iOS 27 adds independent volume settings for alarms and timers, and for alerts and system sounds

LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG. Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.

Speaking of chron-online shenanigans — I’ve been added to a “Maine Kampf” and “Nazi Apologists” block list here. This tickles me greatly, given that I endorse violence against nazis. The duality of Bluesky.

Rules for thee, but not for me. MAGA has a byline to the confederacy, but we treat them like a regular political party/movement. Thanks corporate America and lobbyists!

“the Avula administration estimates that about 40% of Richmonders are at risk of displacement” I’m sure the Flock and Ai budget are moving mountains to help solve this. Tax the rich, tax land hoarders, and increase mobility.

I can tell you, if you ask again from iPhone.

We celebrate GOP infighting as if there is not an equally embarrassing crowd among the chron-online left, relentlessly mobbing something/someone with bad faith purity testing. Every single thing does not require fight/flight response, learn how to live with thought diversity. Internet is not IRL.

The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.

i bet baby yoda would taste delicious

So this really is about Robert E. Lee and the Confederates not having to look at Lincoln's Memorial for eternity?

"But cities like Staunton and Charlottesville have cancelled their Flock contracts altogether after recognizing the risks. Richmond should follow their lead. It is time to turn the cameras off for good. It is never too late to do the right thing."

Pour one out for Stacey King. That dude got the fans through some tough seasons with pure energy. The D-Rose era was super fun.

Jfc F1 really blundered if this isn’t nationally televised in the US. The AppleTV deal was a mistake. ESPN is airing garbage right now.

Bari Weiss Hindenburg moment incoming. CBS staff needs to walk out, should’ve a while ago.

When you run for LA mayor but you’ve never voted for LA mayor before.

these are getting weird

This Platner hysteria on here is going to lead to my first ever muted keyword. Few things have felt more engineered online than this discourse, and folks are shooting it up like digital heroin thru a fire hose, acting like cavemen. Populists are tough to knock off the soapbox, for better or worse.

lapping church hill in the humidity with coffee in hand (kind of) #rva

it's bad that the Secretary of Defense of the US is a nazi

the spurs badly need David Robinson to jump in to save their series in the paint Wemby is having his “too soon” moment like Bron and MJ did. Super admirable run, but the squad is too lean/green

When the AI you’ve been using to sound smart goes down.

This assumes DOGE & Musk were acting in good faith to begin with. They were accelerating the deconstruction of the federal apparatus, seeking long term gains. As of right now, DOGE was not a failure if interpreting it from that POV. Oligarchs have finite time to enact reform, this was all by design.

I really encourage anyone who enjoys scrolling purely images to try one of the alt apps, like #Flashes. The UX is splendid vs trying to consume an images based feed on the Bsky app. High res friendly too.

the swamp season is near, but #virginia #nature never disappoints.

This is so embarrassing.

I really want to browse the forest hill yard sales, but my house is strategically too small to compile items. Small house preventive materialism prevails.

& so the plot of interstellar begins, right as the plots of idiocracy and the day after tomorrow were getting good!

trying to have more positive thoughts is like trying to throw a ball with the other arm.