Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9hIf I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me. 4284292375
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli 5362741400
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026PHOTOS: Sailors and Marines reunited with their loved ones after a nearly 11-month deployment, including 286 consecutive days at sea without a port call, a modern-day record. Explore the gallery: www.stripes.com/branches/nav... 📸: Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes #Flashes 87223
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624430882
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialNoah Joad @noahjoad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026People who have never taught writing making suggestions like “just use it to generate ideas” and “just use it to proofread your work” as if those aren’t two of the many essential skills that actually help a fledgling writer develop a voice. 1705
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Because in a history course, my job is to teach students how to read sources themselves, how to analyze them themselves, how to write about them and craft arguments themselves. It's like you're asking a personal trainer to include a fork lift as part of the free weights routine. 750851
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026re: everyone yelling about Google Maps - Maps just ingests the official data source for each country, which is GNIS in this case, and most other online maps will follow for American users nobody at Google is making an active decision to go in and change names in Maps directly 822091642
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 22/08/2026being the sorest primary loser in the country in this of all years, when folks like haley stevens have gotten right on board with the nominee in their states, is A Choice 411379149
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It really really really bugs me how many people simply do not understand what it means when the government tries to convict you even IF THEY FAIL TO DO IT. Do you know how many thousands of dollars in legal fees it costs? You will most likely lose your job. You might lose your home. 261817504
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is it, the entire conspiracy: In early 2020, Fauci and a bunch of scientists thought the virus could be engineered. Then they did more research and found that it didn't show any evidence of that. Nothing we've learned since has overturned this finding. 4883173
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Important election dates: 624699
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions 50105782735
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialSteve Magness @stevemagness.bsky.social · 23/07/202684% of 11-year-olds aren't allowed to leave their street. 53% can't leave their front yard. 92% of 14-year-olds can't leave their neighborhood. We built a culture obsessed with safety. The result? A generation that's measurably more anxious: stevemagness.substack.com/p... 1124
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 07/02/2026production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA 250176883851
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026give these men complimentary tickets immediately 303298659
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The Americanization of the World Cup - as great as it’s been to see this country embrace the game - is terrible. 79101878
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In honor of his country, Martin and the rest of the band will stop playing and roll into a defensive crouch for the last 20 minutes of the set 1613710
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialValk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I really need people to understand regulations are written in blood. Combat aviation is a dangerous profession on good days. 10666203
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialValk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026when this inevitably happens I hope everyone remembers the “I VOTED FOR THIS” crowd 413423
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialdan solomon @dansolomon.com · 16/07/2026are young people today aware that there was an active effort 20-25 years ago to stop depicting smoking as cool and glamorous because people got tired of watching their loved ones die of cancer and heart disease from something preventable? seems like classic history repeating itself stuff 14848291140
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/ 9746341598
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026so, I went semi-offline for half a day and came back to find four stories any one of which could have been a weeks-long banner headline story in the before times. 351740381
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Semi-finals: France vs. Spain England vs. Argentina + the refs 4471882
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialChuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Lol, I wrote 15-page papers sitting crosslegged in front of the typewriter which was perched atop a pile of Rolling Stone magazines to get it to wrist level, with my notes spread around me in a large arc, the night before it was due in 1980 with no fucking AI. 😂 1320622
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/07/2026static.klipy.comMichael Scott (Steve Carell) Says Thank YouALT: Michael Scott (Steve Carell) Says Thank You 415414
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Is this before or after Tesla has full self-driving cars? And what about those 20 million dead people getting Social Security that Musk kept talking about? 1010728
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026REMINDER: This is the only soccer you are apportioned today. Please use it sparingly. 91168
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.sociallibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Where does this fit in Ranganathan's 5 laws? 561003106
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMark Primiano @doctor1hundred.bsky.social · 06/07/2026"Altitude is all in your mind" is one of the funniest things a sports announcer could say. 681960159
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I would kill or die for Larry 36174903960
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Cabo Verde’s players are absolute heroes man I don’t know what else to say about it 163453
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026sorry, we're deciding this one by goals per capita 143475487
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialRui Pinto, count your days @thombomb816.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This sport is dumb and I hate it. I’ll be back in two hours for the Switzerland Algeria match. 181311244
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialSteve Magness @stevemagness.bsky.social · 01/07/2026When the weight of the world is on you, it pushes you toward protection. That's what happened to Germany at the World Cup. When asked who will take the 6th penalty, they shied away It's also what happens to the rest of us. A deep dive on pressure and stepping up: open.substack.com/pub/stevemag...open.substack.comWhen the Lights Are Brightest: Why Even the Best Shrink From PressureGermany's failure to advance at the World Cup and what it tells us about pressure. 173
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Iconic line from @stevevladeck.bsky.social here in response to Will Baude’s SCOTUS boosterism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o... 173254684
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026When I was 13, my grandparents gave me stock in Hershey’s candy as a bar mitzvah gift because I liked candy. I had to sell it this year when I married an FDA employee. Because, as we all know, the federal government is very concerned about financial conflicts of interest. 251227310
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Like 8 people asked for the Raúl windmill 351433214
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026And a lest we forget Justice Kavanaugh writes separately because while he agrees with the judgment in this case that Trump cannot change birthright citizenship by EO, he believes that Congress can by statute create exceptions to birthright citizenship that would mirror the provisions of Trump’s EO. 831153
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialTom S @ravadys68.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Moments like this decision make me miss Popehat even more 71528
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialDavid French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The administration’s treatment of Donahue removes any remaining doubt that in Hegseth’s version of a meritocracy, there is no level of excellence that can trump politics, and it is difficult to overstate how much that principle will cripple a military in a democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point 1422255
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas 11679921299
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"I contemplate with reverence that act of the American people which declared their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State." -- Thomas Jefferson wapo.st/43YNcR4wapo.stTrump’s Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separationThe report recommends the Justice Department issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the Constitution sees religion and government. 13437148
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/06/2026absolute height of comedy is when they cut to the goal and you see how many kid keepers they've got 483287696
Reposted by @xcmom7.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Pls read my blog which contains the words: "Four men in camo waders are in the pool. Water, the color of fresh Mountain Dew, laps at their thighs as they dredge the bottom with poles like cranberry farmers on a faraway radioactive planet."theatlantic.comTrump’s Peeling Green Gift to AmericaThe Reflecting Pool fiasco says everything about how the Trump administration operates. 15516103
