Lug Rig

@lugrig.bsky.social

McConnell not yet medically cleared to intentionally obfuscate, prevaricate, and dissemble

Chemical sheep

@chemsheep.bsky.social

I wish I was a misanthrope. I'm exhausted from trying to deal with people

themboy insomniac

@riotliturgist.bsky.social

using my one wish willow wish to make people say the actual, specific thing they're referring to instead of using euphemism in contexts where they know specificity would make them look bad

Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈

@misskitty.art

#MissKitty says #Armageddon is a juncture. It is an intersection. It is a highway of #karma delivering this moment. This moment of decision. Miss Kitty does not have it twisted. She breaks the old #recovery #trope that they only made a decision so of course they didn't jump. That's stupid.

Paul Bruno

@paul-bruno.com

"the introduction of collective bargaining significantly increases the number of civilians killed by police, particularly non-White civilians, while having limited effects on officer safety...the idea that police unions exacerbate violence is empirically grounded." https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20230384?id=...

Ron Manton

@ronmanton.bsky.social

Look, it's not a direct parallel. However, lots of people seem upset at the prospect of private companies buying up chunks of FIFA competitions, yet we're oblivious to, or sanguine about, opaque private interests paying large sums for political influence.

Oneofthechosen

@goody65.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

Day 30: A song that feels like a warm hug from the universe

Cocteau Twins - Lorelei

Much of their output falls into ‘hug’ territory, but this beauty from 1984’s Treasure album feels the most appropriate. Simply beguiling

Without a doubt

https://youtu.be/o7tcFKakZTA

SM

@jami85in.bsky.social

Did Aristotle's Genius Bloom on Assos Cliffs?

Aristotle lived at Assos for 3 years (347–344 BCE) and studied 500+ marine specimens, inventing systematic zoology and founding the empirical method that birthed Western science The Te...

#AncientHistory #Archaeology #ClassicalGreece #Nature #Science

Matt

@womprat208.bsky.social

The cognitive dissonance for some people. I have a friend in North Carolina that is against data centers being built near him. But then he follows it up by posting a picture of his kid that's been fed through an AI. You can't have it both ways, dude. Stop using AI.

Lady Penelope York

@ladypenelope.bsky.social

In You Rang M'Lord S01E06, the poetry reading features a reference to lemmings flinging themselves from cliffs, which I initially thought was an anachronism... No, looks like the myth does actually predate the 1958 Disney snuff film.