Reposted by EdselClay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 4h10/9/2026- Cornell www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/oc... 05622
Reposted by EdselAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14hThe Smithsonian is funded by Congress and heavily intertwined with the federal government, but it's not an executive branch agency. The president is not even nominally their boss. He has absolutely no lawful power to issue orders to them. 8303103
Reposted by EdselI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14h“Among the most contentious issues on which Mr. Milstein has intervened is the accelerating expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.” 15118
Reposted by EdselTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 13hIt's been a good 18 months or so now that there has been no recognizable rule of law in the state of Florida & I wish the media could get around to reporting it! They gerrymandered the state in violation of the state constitution and everybody just shrugged! 04410
Reposted by EdselIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 13hOn Tuesday night there was a huge rally by UFPE students to support Lula and defeat Bolsonaro in the second round. Bolsonaro supporters subsequently posted violent threats against the university. 02815
Reposted by EdselChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15hThis is a great read, and you should, well, read it.wired.comWho Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared. 27928
Reposted by EdselAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hNew in PN: Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet "Should November be the disaster for Rs that analysts predict, Trump will morph overnight into something less than a lame duck POTUS with a ticking expiration clock: he'll become politically bankrupt in ways all-too-familiar to him as a businessman."publicnotice.coTrump faces his worst bankruptcy yetHis political capital is gone and the repo man is on the way. 1161466388
Reposted by EdselJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 15hEvery GOP lawmaker believes this, by the way. It's just that most aren't dumb enough to say it where it could get leaked in an election year. 10630167
Reposted by Edselkottke.org @kottke.org · 08/10/2026“Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.” [nytimes.com]nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 19230
Reposted by Edsel Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 08/10/2026jfc Mar-a-Lago face is nightmare fuel. Why would people do this to themselves 2.boredpanda.com/mar-a-lago-f...2.boredpanda.com10 “Mar-a-Lago” Face Transformations That Left People Utterly Stunned“A lot of us who support the president want to look our best. It makes you feel like you’re part of something." 4124439
Reposted by EdselJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Musk advocating for Quebec separatism then following it up by saying Alberta & Saskatchewan should leave too gives away this is just about dissolving Canada for being lib, but I'm glad he's too dumb to realize it undermines separatists' chances by further associating them with right-wing Americanism 21802160
Reposted by EdselDoug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Flowers on the glass roof of the empty-shelved library in Babelplatz commemorating the 1931 Nazi book burning. Fresh for today. 2356
Reposted by EdselKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Couldn't they pick a country that protects human rights? I think there are still a few left. 0747
Reposted by EdselLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Every year that we wait and don’t remove pollution from communities, that is costing people in their lives. And so speed is a progressive value in my book. I think we have to build institutions that can move a lot faster." So great to record w/ @volts.wtf live at Town Hall Seattle. Check it out! 1719
Reposted by EdselTaras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 07/10/2026Fun fact about PSPP, Quebec's new premier, who has promised to extend language laws to English CEGEPs (colleges), denying tens of thousands educational opportunities. He was educated—in English—at Oxford. And, oh yeah, at Montreal's McGill. 1198
Reposted by EdselKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Trump admin has declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms — meaning observers from the group won't be at a U.S. election for the first time in more than two decades.ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 36559259
Reposted by EdselI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026“This entity appears to be run by James Burnham, a former member of DOGE and the current general counsel of SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence space company founded by Musk. It is not clear who is funding the foundation or how much money it has.” www.wired.com/story/myster...wired.comA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel. 02717
Reposted by EdselNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Colonoscopies are way more fun than colon cancer and colon cancer treatment and while it's obviously preferable to hear "see you in ten years," if everything they found was benign but they want you back sooner, it's a really good thing you went in when you did. 3758
Reposted by EdselMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Model projections suggest sea surface temperatures could remain at record-breaking levels for six straight months, a sign that this El Niño’s weather influence will likely persist longer into 2027 than usual…”gizmodo.comRecord-breaking El Niño Conditions May Linger for 6 Straight MonthsClimate models suggest this event and its wide-reaching weather impacts could persist much later into 2027 than usual. 36923
Reposted by EdselJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 07/10/2026I don't think the Supreme Court is going to get rid of same-sex marriage tomorrow, but when the justice who says that overturning a landmark case is "not realistic" is the *same guy who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade*, you should not take anything he says seriouslyballsandstrikes.orgSam Alito Wants You to Forget How the Conservative Legal Movement Always WorksActivists are chipping away at the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell because Alito told them exactly how to do it. 420345
Reposted by EdselSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026sorry to report that this man is like half a dozen kinds of hero apparently entirely by accident 611417
Reposted by Edselmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 07/10/2026downloaded the photoshop one and i'd like to report my biggest Nevermind of all time 2379961
Reposted by EdselJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/10/2026My FB feed is filled with indignant posts about how nobody is remembering the Jewish victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks Well, I do remember them I remember them as the first victims of Netanyahu's decision to allow those attacks to occur and set off all of this horror, just to save his own asshaaretz.comNetanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefsIn September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin... 410940
Reposted by EdselKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 07/10/2026ooh this is very bad indeed - there are a lot of people who rely on casual shifts at the Guardian 1104
Reposted by EdselDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026NYT ME Carolyn Ryan scolds Mamdani for what I think was a very intentional and wise decision NOT to conflate antisemitism and criticism of Israel. I guess her repoters have their marching orders now. www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-yo... 2839376
Reposted by Edsel🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's a doubly infuriating dynamic because Republicans called out Piker as if he mattered. Democrats have decided, for the second straight election, to let Musk's hundreds of millions and the flurry of Nazi hate at trans people pass by as if it's not worthy of comment. 631090
Reposted by EdselJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/10/20261. Contacted for comment by Popular Information, V-PAC, the billionaire-funded super PAC supporting Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, admitted that a political mailer it sent to Ohio voters about opponent Amy Acton contained misinformation. When is the last time that happened? 123892
Reposted by EdselFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Paramount has closed its $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Billionaire David Ellison now controls: —CNN —CBS —HBO —Paramount —Warner Bros —Discovery —Skydance —Showtime —DC Studios —Nickelodeon —Cartoon Network —Food Network —MTV —Comedy Central —HGTV —TBS —TLC 107274203
Reposted by EdselNPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year. n.pr/4j4JGxan.prAn early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shotFlu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year. 317463
Reposted by EdselJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 19743651227
Reposted by EdselJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Jaguar Finally Reveals Its Biggest Gamble: the Type 01 www.wired.com/story/jaguar...wired.comJaguar Finally Reveals Its Biggest Gamble: the Type 01Following a viral rebrand and two years without selling a new vehicle, the British marque takes the covers off the most divisive electric car yet seen. 151
Reposted by EdselKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This paragraph builds and builds the insane comedy but you're not ready for the kicker. 1632240419
Reposted by EdselKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Benny Johnson is apparently under the impression that not *everyone* thinks he's a brainless lickspittle, so he's still churning out bangers like this 4739440
Reposted by EdselDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Incredible work from @dell.bsky.social and @hugolowell.bsky.social here, tracking, live, Elon Musk's spending on the midterms www.wired.com/story/elon-m...wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It DailyTo follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections. 12713
Reposted by EdselI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026We constantly demand the people with the least amount of social capital show up bravely every day but the people we laud with prestige and pay are never expected to be principled, we always must understand their plight. 321347
Reposted by EdselNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.” 19643208
Reposted by EdselAndrew Janjigian @wordloaf.org · 07/10/2026On two of my favorite food books of the seasonnewsletter.wordloaf.orgVegetable diversityOn two wondrous new books by Ali Frances, Adriana Picker, Lane Selman, and Margarett Waterbury 0187
Reposted by EdselThe Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026Pros And Cons Of Using Peptides theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-using… 038513
Reposted by EdselJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Fossil-fueled equipment generates dangerous amounts of air pollution and heat in kitchens, despite their commercial-grade ventilation. All-electric equipment doesn’t." www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi... via @alisontakemura.bsky.socialcanarymedia.comGas stoves put restaurant cooks’ health at risk, new study findsDangerous amounts of heat and air pollution swirl in most commercial kitchens — even when the stoves are off. Switching to electric appliances helps… 2117
Reposted by EdselDj @djsoke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026YouGov released a ton of polls just now, here are the topline Margins for Sen & Gov from all of them Asterisk on NE Gov bc it has way more undecideds than most of the others (result was 44-43), and they're like 75%+ Trump 2024 voters 46510
Reposted by EdselJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/10/2026That’s my mayor 🫡 gaycitynews.com/nyc-9-millio...gaycitynews.comNYC to allocate $9 million to non-profits for youth gender-affirming care as private hospitals retreatThe New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning to steer nearly $9 million to non-profit health providers to deliver gender-affirming 01231168
Reposted by EdselSean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting: 2373518908
Reposted by EdselBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start! 944933701
Reposted by Edselshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏 461927437
Reposted by EdselRobyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have a running theory that the less Republicans understand about a thing they are mad at, the more nonsensical and babyish their rhetoric becomes. See: "DEI Bike Lanes," "transgender for everyone," pretty much any use of the word "woke." 0263
Reposted by EdselJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If Ellison were smart he’d realize he doesn’t need CBS News anymore - its reputation is destroyed and the future of broadcast TV is nil. Close it, fire Weiss and give 60 Min to CNN to save 2236644
Reposted by EdselKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026A fun bit of trivia about today's physics Nobel Prize: Francis Halzen won it for envisioning and leading the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, but apparently he's never actually been there! WFH FTW. (To be fair, it is rather... remote.) 1630641
Reposted by EdselJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The media turns this kind of diarrhea into, “President Trump said on Tuesday that the increasing effectiveness of Ukraine’s long-range strike program is degrading Russia’s refining capacity and driving up global diesel prices” 2237
