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Just heard someone outside a crowded bar say "work on yourself, bitch," and it might be the Gen Z'est clapback I've ever encountered

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

Fun fact about the 1982 edition of the Milwaukee Brewers, the last time they went to the World Series: they were such offensive terrors they got a nickname that I promise you will remember

Different but the same. www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...

this @newrepublic.com joint is as funny and lively and insightful as it's cracked up to be newrepublic.com/article/2164...

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV? Academic: the Recession Interviewer: and this one? Academic: COVID Interviewer: and this one? Academic: mass state funding cuts Interviewer: and this one? Academic: admin trying to replace my field with chatbots Interviewer: and this one?

Read this and your day will improve bsky.app/profile/rbua...

A+ Fresno State fan shot

imagine being so horny for austerity that you talk yourself into believing that the hundreds of thousands of developing world deaths and total gutting of life-saving medical research were unfortunate excesses of DOGE and not the entire point

Mindblowing that two men speaking under the banner of Charlie Kirk, of all people, would insinuate that a victim is ultimately at fault for their own savage attack. New from @morgfisch.bsky.social www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/turning...

linking the fuck in, as i do on occasion

My *dad* died. The end came after a grinding decade of ghastly health and hard decisions and still the past two weeks walloped my family like an avalanche. He lived a tempestuous, ribald, Ozarks tall tale of a life. We will miss him every damn day. www.westfieldchapel.com/obituaries/J...

Harrowing original reporting by the indefatigable @morgfisch.bsky.social, who deserves a follow. bsky.app/profile/mari...

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

Fun fact about me, the dumbass: I interviewed at Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj having come directly from the airport after a cross-country redeye flight. Landed the job! And later got clowned by the executive producers for having shown up to that interview with a muffin that I ate as we talked.

The Phoenix New Times Best of Phoenix 2026 issue is finally here. 🐦‍🔥 Pick up a copy on newsstands now or read it in full at https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/best-of-phoenix-2026-hits-newsstands-around-the-valley-today-40701863/

Really good stuff in this:

after giving this a back-read, I chatted our news editor: "there but for the grace of God does any of us go" — mauled by a police dog for the crime of having a stroke behind the wheel bsky.app/profile/phoe...

The king says "ah, but I'm creative and can extract revenue that isn't called a tax. And, neat trick, now I can spend it on creating my own personal army that Parliament didn't authorize." This was fought out, 350 years ago. 4/

Here's what I think about when I think back on 9/11. The attack happened on the watch of a Republican president who had been warned, repeatedly & explicitly, that an attack was coming. He dismissed those warnings.

New Kafka just dropped

They tried to warn us and we didn't listen.

Happy Labor Day, this is a pithy distillation of why we can't have nice things in America bsky.app/profile/inte...

There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”

George Orwell is rolling in his grave right now. Representative Jim Himes

John Roberts issuing a fiery Sotomayor-style dissent in Toothpaste v Tube

Had not seen this, but amazing work @davidjbier.bsky.social www.cato.org/sites/cato.o...

I might have to rewatch the Drunk History episode on Nashville tonight.

it's so, so easy to forget that in this country many people dedicate their time to making life more dignified for the working poor bsky.app/profile/tlec...

Etsy about to have its biggest day ever

UK transit nerds are next level.

I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to

Every time someone says "but how will we afford it?" I want to ask them how we are affording it now, and in many cases, the answer is that we aren't.

regular reminder that most of the millions of projected deaths from USAID's destruction HAVE NOT HAPPENED YET—which means they can still be prevented. but this is only possible if we demand that democrats prioritize it once in power. it is a moral imperative that we actually act on these numbers

[redacted person who does not know whose mentions they wandered into]: In my city, the cyclists are so entitled, they act like they own the roads. Me: LET THE BIKES OWN THE ROADS. THE BIKES ARE FAR LESS DANGEROUS AND POLLUTING BY ABSOLUTELY EVERY MEASURE. MAKE THE CARS PAY TOLLS TO THE CYCLISTS.

continues to impress me how @csosin.bsky.social gets stories no one else can reach on the Phoenix homeless beat. today's story: a physical altercation between advocates and security guards on a dangerously hot day in the city's notorious Zone (with video) www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/securit...

Working on an A.I. policy for my calculus classes. Decided to be upfront about the current situation with LLMs and to give a heartfelt explanation for why the course still matters.

👩‍⚖️✈️ The couple is suing United Airlines for negligence and false imprisonment for the airline’s role in her apprehension.

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

I've come to appreciate having listening when older people talked. I see their ways of thinking more as I've aged. "protect your time" is one that resonates more.