If you ever need someone to talk at length about DOGE's staff and operations were nothing like their glamorized self-portrayal of rare geniuses putting in 80-hour weeks, I can bring receipts about how genuinely incurious and insular they were about their work and their ruinous effects.

⚠️ Retweeting this only to say: ⚠️ This infographic in this blog post is being shared widely, falsely attributed to WHO - it is AI slop of the highest degree, and contains wrong, unevidenced and nonsensical information, and should not be shared further. Check your sources people.

Cursed to scream this into the void forever but: this is an absurd comparison and tells you absolutely nothing at all about whether aggressive deregulation and The Free Market results in a lot of clean energy @ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this A short 🧵

This may be Bluesky’s crowning thread.

I'm literally writing about a set of Tennessee segregationists in the 1960s at the moment. I swear to God, they were not *this* comically and overtly racist.

NEW: The Pentagon IG said it will NOT investigate the military flyover of Kid Rock's home and a "No Kings" protest, citing Sec. Pete Hegseth’s decision not to pursue the matter. This is an alarming response. IG's need to be independent, not defer to the head of their agency.

Devices with whirling blades shoulder not be susceptible to remote compromise.

“On Bullshit Engines' Politics” link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

"It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week."

Below average rainfall and a bone-dry riverbed of dead brush fueled a 1,500-acre wildfire in Central KS, but the KS Fire Marshal’s Office deemed the cause “undetermined,” even though it sparked one day after a controlled burn was performed on an adjacent ranch. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/07/a...

It’s the only sensible compromise.

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Difference is beautiful #TransArtMay

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Bottom line: Every single factoid you'll hear about agriculture is curated by the farm lobby & PR firms, & fed to you to make you panic & feel like you have to give farmers money. Or else. Just... keep that in mind when you see panicky headlines.

Trump is still the anti-war president because he loses the bullshit wars he starts a lot more quickly than other presidents.

#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA): 1 American Goldfinch 2 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 4 Common Grackle 5 House Finch 6 Mourning Dove 7 Tufted Titmouse 8 House Sparrow 9 House Wren 10 American Robin #Birds #BirdsongDetection #BirdWeather

Voter ID is voter suppression

I was parked by the lake at sunset and I had a lovely encounter with a pair of Loons. One came close to shore and seemed curious about all the camera sounds...I even got a wave! 🤣 #birds

Well that’s a little on the nose. Message I just received from the New York City Bar Association:

Look at these fucking assholes. If anyone needs to be taken down a peg it’s whiny garbage like this who can’t handle people advocating for disability accommodations. Shut the fuck up. No offense.

Remember how Sarah Fitzpatrick said the first story resulted in a flood of new sources wanting to talk about Kash's drinking?

I propose some draft disclaimers for journalists to use when Trump spews nonsense, perverts justice, insults Black people, gives illegal orders, and rakes in money.

Tiny Bunny Update. #mammals (Apologies for the camera movement, tricky angle for handholding)

as a follow up: i had a lawyer talk with another lawyer and are getting these ads using my art taken down and damages paid. it ain’t a lot but i hope it’s enough to make a point. update the wiki!!!!!!

If we can't get Alito impeached and convicted I will settle for a Court of 15 writing opinions saying things like "Alito, known for flagrant violation of judicial ethics, should not be considered a SCOTUS justice" and having him write awful whiny dissents about how you can't call him a bigot.

not only is what Choe did blatantly illegal—Washington has an extremely clear and restrictive two-party consent law for recording—he tried to conceal it by using smart glasses to record people without their knowledge. Wonder what else he records illegally.

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Congratulations to our own Kelly Beatty and the Chelmsford Town Planning Board on approval of their new outdoor lighting bylaw! darkskymass.org/2026/05/05/c... #protectthenight @darkskyintl.bsky.social

The actual problem is 1) Democrats have popular policies but the country never hears about them due to right-wing propaganda; 2) Democrats constantly blame themselves and their base for this —a message right-wing media amplifies, making the problem even worse.

#DailyBird 🤖 Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 4th February 2024 es: Aguilucho de Hudson, fr: Busard Des Marais Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Newburyport, Massachusetts Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 1600 #Birds #NorthernHarrier #NOHA #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay

Rivers versus fault. Carrizo Plain, California, USA.

“We need to reframe ‘healthfulness’ not as something personal to the individual, but as to what’s beneficial to a wide range of wellness viewpoints”

It's probably a little short notice to put together a screaming room for 2026, but let's table it for '27 or beyond. But in general, I think your brand of vaguely chaotic gremlin is a good thing to inject into Worldcon.

I'm reminded of what Hitler biographer Timothy Ryback said he thought the biggest similarity between Trump and Hitler was. He answered that Hitler went from failure to failure, defeat to defeat, and called them all victories.

So you’re telling me Barack Obama is praising form divorced from substance? Huh.

Le saviez-vous ? Les passages aménagés sous les routes pour les loutres s'appellent des "loutroducs", et c'est l'un des meilleurs mots de la langue française.

Okay but EVERY Democrat says the rent is too high these days. The real issue is that they don't ALSO say "Republicans should mind their own fucking business and stop trying to peek into your kid's pants" and "'A.i.' companies are jacking up your electricity bills and fucking up your kid's brains."

#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA): 1 American Goldfinch 2 Eastern Phoebe 3 House Finch 4 Common Grackle 5 Northern Cardinal 6 House Sparrow 7 American Robin 8 Mourning Dove 9 House Wren 10 Black-capped Chickadee #Birds #BirdsongDetection #BirdWeather

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Reverse Turing Test where you talk to real women and the computer and if you fall in love with the machine you fail

1) Foursquare still exists, it’s just all in their Swarm app now. 2) This really misunderstands the point of Foursquare.

If you ever get to Maine, may I suggest you visit Tekαkαpimək and learn some of the history of the land and Wabanaki tribes. It's seriously cool something like this was made in my lifetime www.friendsofkww.org/tekakapimek/

Impressed by the number of bikes and bike lanes in Bristol. The city could have said, look, we are made entirely of hills, biking is madness, maybe we could have a funicular or something. Instead they said no, we are strong, we can do it, we will have the finest quads in all the kingdom 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS!!! Thank you all so much! You can still pledge is you want to make sure you'll have your plushie for the holidays, tho! www.makeship.com/petitions/pe... Now excuse me, because I gotta hide myself in a hole for the next few months while I FINISH BOOK 2!!! AAAAAAAAAAA!

Today's garden encounter: The World's Tiniest Beetle.

To win in November, Democrats will have to stop focusing on elitist issues like the price of gas and start talking more about things that really matter to regular Americans, like viewpoint diversity at Ivy League schools.

May 9, 11:30 am @ Sand Point Way and NE 45th St.

I need @neolithicsheep.bsky.social to resurrect the Wool-Producing Dog immediately