Jeff Pettiross

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

People getting stupid horny for a fridge magnet poetry game with ambitions, that feels about right for AI fans

In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.

Done. H/t to @jerthorp.bsky.social for the referral.

So exhausting..

This isn’t hysteria or alarmism, and it’s certainly not an incitement to violence. It’s clarity in the face of real and escalating danger.

Reading the Old Man’s War series through @snoislelibraries.bsky.social. @scalzi.com’s narrators feel like breathless spectators, always catching up to the characters and the events they make and feel. Love all the books, great escapes from the world.

(& 👍 for thoughtful forewords in new editions!)

Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."

No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.

It doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

Take 2 mins to call your rep now!

We are SO close to reaching the 218 House rep signatures required for Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s bipartisan measure to pass, which would force a vote to release the Epstein files. But we're still just short and in need of one last push. app.sosha.ai/s/I1dW5qDu

Done ✅

Release the Epstein files. Now.

Read Ranking Member Robert Garcia's full statement here:

🧵 We have a rare healing opportunity 🧵

Many who defended Charlie Kirk as “nothing more than a good Christian” are being forcibly exposed to his hateful bigotry - a side of him algorithmically omitted from their social media diet.

People with a conscience are likely expressing shame and regret.

A caricature of Trump’s Epstein drawing next to pieces of Lady Liberty

Professors can no longer talk about “gender”—but it’s fine to lust after, objectify, and exploit pre-pubescent and underage girls in Trump’s America.

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

I'm in there somewhere...

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In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.

In the face of threats to basic medical facts, women voting, kids using the bathroom (or just being at school) safely, and other horrible things going on, this is relatively minor. But the relentless pace of loss just numbs my soul sometimes.

Why countries are suspending postal service to the US The ‘de minimis’ exemption allowed packages worth less than $800 to enter the US duty-free

Counting the days until Etsy gets shuttered. Most of the things I see there are individuals shipping from overseas to the US. I just had my recent order for a Kobo e-reader case from Lithuania cancelled. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Thanks for posting. This wasn’t on my radar and I’ve been missing the creative-artistic-tech intersection from Eyeo.

I’ve missed the Eyeo Festival, but I might have a new must-go.

Can we talk about that headline? If it’s true, you don’t need “Democrats say.” If it’s untrue, don’t put it in a headline. Either way, you’re fucking reporters. Find out what’s true, and write that.

Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91

"You can always tell ambitious women by the shape of our heads — they’re flat on top from being patted patronizingly."

🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

The Cells That Breathe Two Ways | Quanta Magazine In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time.

“This kind of dual respiration may have evaded detection until now because it was considered impossible.”

When you assume, nature makes an ass out of you.

www.quantamagazine.org/the-cells-th...

Looking for another reason to go local with your morning coffee stop? Starbucks has caved on DEI. Follow the link for a dozen companies that have stepped up support despite pressure from the Trump administration.

Tedious to point this out, but:

- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.

-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.

Bothell's downtown is one of the most pleasant places to be a pedestrian and surrounded by businesses. Interesting article about some of the policy changes that have created it.

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.