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A yellow cracked egg mascot stands in front of a red sports car.

Teletama-kun, a cracked egg, is the mascot of Television Saitama.

JD Vance tweet.

The day the Access Hollywood tape was released.

u just know ivanka has framed trump drawings hanging in her house lol

People With Body Dysmorphia Are Spiraling Out After Asking AI to Rate Their Looks Distorted self-perceptions due to body dysmorphic disorder having people seeking reassurance from ChatGPT, with dangerous results.

“Last month, OpenAI removed a version of ChatGPT hosted on their website -- one of the top models under the ‘lifestyle’ category -- that recommended extreme, costly surgeries to users it judged ‘subhuman’…”

At the time of its takedown, “Looksmaxxing GPT” had over 700,000 conversations.

Crypto will pocket this victory and turn around and fund GOP campaigns against these same Dems. [See David Pryor, Capitulation to NRA by]

how many different ways can he inadvertently reveal how much he was never part of his fathers life

Kimo agrees.

“From my experience, my dad has never sent a birthday card in his life”

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fredo taking another L lol

Can You Drink Saturn’s Rings? It’s certainly possible to consume water sourced from the icy rings of Saturn, but doing so safely may require extra steps

This may be one of the single greatest astronomy questions I've ever been asked:

Can you drink Saturn's rings?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

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imagine it was your dad that threw a can of beans at superman

Is This the Year Texas Republicans Finally Blow It In the Senate? Will Democrats be able to capitalize on John Cornyn’s weakness with Republicans and Paxton’s scandal-riddled past?

I wrote about the extremely messy Senate race between John Cornyn and recently biblically divorced Ken Paxton (whose ex-mistress is posting through it on Instagram). Could this be the year that Texas Democrats finally don't fuck things up? thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/18/t...

Kentucky public media stations to lose millions after Congressional rescission vote Kentucky’s public broadcasting stations are set to lose millions of dollars in potential annual funding after Congress passed a $9 billion rescission package Thursday night.

And this is way way more than just LPM. KET is heavily reliant on the CPB federal funds and smaller rural radio stations across Kentucky are probably the most at risk for major cuts or closure. Please seek them out for help in the coming days, too.

We at Louisville Public Media just lost $376,000 due to Congress passing the rescission bill last night to claw back funds from public media across America. Today we’re asking those who value our work to help make up those funds in an emergency drive so we can maintain the staff/services we provide:

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...

If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

The Democratic Party has a mailing list of 10s of millions of people. It could, if it wanted to, send out mailers next week to everyone alerting them to this.

"Asked specifically about the cuts to cybersecurity and technology workers, [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim] Risch said: 'I’m absolutely convinced that they can do the job they’re supposed to do with what they’ve got.'" www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Habba announces departure as U.S. Attorney (David Wildstein/New Jersey Globe)

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Kashana Cauley's latest book conjures a new villain for our times: the debt police We talked to the author, TV writer, and social media wit about "The Payback"—and finding humor in darkness.

Well, here is basically my whole life story, and a couple of jokes, and some love for Bluesky the website, and how “humor shakes me out of the constant depression that is the news and our politics.” Thanks @motherjones.com!

a very blue-saturated photo of a gorgeous cloud. a photo i took somewhere in south america in 2009.

✨ First Light with Man starts now on East Village Radio. I'll be threading some thoughts about the show here. ✨

As always if you don't want to follow just click the three dots and tap Mute Thread. :)

eastvillageradio.com/first-light-...

Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums - KFF Health News Consumers face both rising premiums and falling subsidies next year in Obamacare plans, with insurers seeking increases to cover not only rising costs but also some policy changes advanced by Presiden...

okay who insisted on bringing back the HealthCare.gov lady from 2013 for the art in this story we deserve to know

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How The Epstein Files Blew Up MAGAworld It’s easy to call for the government to release something…until you join the government.

Real intra-MAGA end of reservoir dogs Epstein situation here. Talked about it with @annamerlan.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...

doesn't murdoch remember the previous pope

So JD Vance made an unannounced secret trip to visit Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch on Tue. of this week.

Someone should tell Trump that the call might be coming from inside the house.
apnews.com/article/jd-v...

curious whether Murdoch defied Trump or WSJ defied Murdoch.

one does not often see charts like this tbh

Trump's approval hits new low as Epstein pressure mounts The news is all about tariffs, deportations, and Trump's Epstein Files shenanigans. He's underwater on all three

Re: Trump's Epstein files approval, I can't remember a presidential policy this far underwater ever. Having a hard time wrapping my head around the 20:1 ratio between the percent of people who want him to release the files (79%) and those that don't (4%).

So which battles are they winning