Peter

even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less”

alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social

Dems' "Project 2029" first major policy proposal: an online child safety plan — narrowing Sec. 230, banning social media for kids under 16, promoting phone-free childhoods and more. Already backed by Cory Booker, Mikie Sherrill, Randi Weingarten + Jonathan Haidt. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

the platner situation is a good reminder that when everyone with the worst political instincts in the world all line up behind one candidate that’s actually a bad sign

constitutional birthright citizenship survives by 1 vote. and to think people were worried about this beautiful institution.

this wouldn’t work legally because a President has no authority to remove a Supreme Court justice. however the President could instead simply drone strike them. it sounds like i’m being snarky but as a result of the immunity decision this is the actual law.

one thing that’s dying out in the next generation or so is knowing roads. my parents will ask me shit like “how’d you get there? 178? 232?” buddy i went where the computer told me.

“the establishment is trying to use these allegations to take platner down” yeah and it’s working because this dude sucks

i'm finally going through the dissents in the birthright citizenship case, each of which grafts some extremely broad unspoken exception onto the plain language of the constitution, and every single dissent can be rebutted by asking "if that is what the drafters meant then why didn't they say it?"

so important to understand that it’s perfectly normal to be frustrated with a crying baby, you just need to have the emotional maturity to realize that negatively reacting would be insane

warning for bluesky repliers to stay inside

yeah i mean my worst colleagues didn't start wars though, they were mostly just rude in emails or things like that

really cool going from the 2010 World Cup, where Ghana’s little run seemed like a magical anomaly, to a bunch of African teams contending across the bracket and participating in the global pastime of causing fear and misery in England.

the great american state fair is more evidence that you cannot manufacture the vibes

was minding my business looking at watches on instagram when the suggested account feature scored a direct hit

i’ve been really stressed about the air quality but i just heard the news say that breathing this air all day would be the equivalent of smoking seven cigarettes and a deep calm washed over me

it’s very funny to believe that you’re headed to eternal paradise, most people are headed to eternal suffering, but while we’re very briefly on this mortal plane we need to be more racist

Sam @samd.bsky.social

Lyman stone is a christofascist freak and it is insane that people pay attention to any of the nonsense he says

you guys complain that they're an out of touch elite institution, but it turns out the DNC is doing worse financially than all of you

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social

Democratic National Committee is horribly struggling. Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. While DNC is $2 million in debt. Bad management of DNC but also another sign that the energy in the Dem base is for change--not the establishment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)

The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

win or lose, soccer is about engaging in open corruption

as an enemy of MetLife it was nice to see them suffer the indignity of having their stadium host the World Cup final but be called “New York/New Jersey Stadium” the entire time

troops this troops that, does anyone ever stop yapping about these guys

so the War Powers Resolution is just dead letter, right? we’re on like 3 of the last 5 presidents ignoring it outright.

my wife keeps playing club bops from the late 2000s for the baby and when i ask what she’s doing she says “education”

the thing about this Yglesias take is that it’s load-bearing for his career. if politics is about persuasion, someone like Yglesias serves no real purpose, and in fact it might be counterproductive for politicians to listen to the opinions of an abrasive nerd

Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social

This paragraph gave me an epiphany about Matty Y. It's not that he doesn't understand how politics words. It's that fundamentally, he doesn't understand *what politics is.*

even if there were a grand conspiracy to over prosecute sex crimes, if you look like Michael Tracey visually you have to be honest with yourself and admit that you can’t be the guy who delivers that message

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer

questions, my shirt etc

just a PSA that @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has been on vacation in Europe for a week or two and has started to say that he’s “on holiday”