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Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle have collectively announced plans to spend more than $1 trillion on data centers in the next several years.

Nearly 70% of Americans believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Fannie Mae survey.

Side Story: 14: Melancholic Murder Bug The ocean is draining. Where is it going? Is there a drain down there? Is someone drinking it? Wouldn't they be getting very thirsty? I guess there are lizardly astrologists and coral-covered automato...

New Side Story! Austin, Dre, and Keith played Endless Legend 2, the follow up to one of the all time great fantasy 4X games. And then, after talking about that for almost a full episode length, they just keep talking.

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Workers harvesting hops in Washington State

Martin shared this pic of his coworker in Grandview WA working in the hops. Hop vines are hung upside down to remove the cones before the clean hops are moved to a hop kiln to be dried until they reach an optimal moisture content needed for making beer. #WeFeedYou

One Woman's Fight Against Texas' Medicaid Estate Recovery Program Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."

Our top story, from @juliepoole.bsky.social: After suffering a stroke, their mother, Marilyn, spent two and a half years in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now the state wanted its money back.

“It was like wild animals pouncing on meat.”

Another example of a UBI adjacent experiment working for the benefit of all people. Imagine what would happen if straight up UBI happened… universally.

Trays full of just harvested strawberries

"Juan" works long hours harvesting strawberries in Vista, CA. He shares with us: It's a very difficult job. I must bend down all day long to pick the ripe fruit. But my hard work ensures there is always plenty of strawberries in stores for you to eat. #WeFeedYou

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

‘I Got a Lot of People Believing in Me’: Robert Roberson Stares Down Death, Again Set to be the first U.S. person executed based on the controversial “Shaken Baby Syndrome” diagnosis, Roberson told the Observer last week he hopes his story will mean something.

“This can happen to anyone. You can be going about your normal life and be accused by your government of something so horrific that has complete medical explanations and find yourself in a battle like this. That’s a battle for your life, for your family.”

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country | CNN The impact of the government shutdown hit travelers across the United States Monday, as air traffic controllers called out sick, closing a control tower and leading to delays at major airports.

Twelve Federal Aviation Administration facilities saw staffing shortages Monday night.

Burbank, Phoenix and Denver had the worst staffing problems.

Newark, Jacksonville, Chicago, DC, and Indianapolis and other locations were also short staffed due to the government shutdown.

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s

Learning from history: In 1944 when Homer Rainey was fired, students went on strike and 8,000 of them marched in a mock funeral procession carrying a coffin with a banner that read “academic freedom” from campus to the Capitol and the governor’s mansion.

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BREAKING: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted to let BlackRock buy Allete, the company that runs Minnesota Power.

the republicans shut down the government and they out this on the white house website lol

Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk

Article:

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

The median nationwide cost of a regular hot cup of coffee has hit $3.52.

The median cold brew now costs $5.47.

it's still just as easy to steal from a walmart in 2025 idk what else there is to be nostalgic about

ICE is one of the most well funded military force on the planet, entirely used internally on it’s own citizens, and completely loyal to a far right fascist dictator. if democratic politicians are not on board with abolishing ICE, they must be replaced

babe wake up it's the 20th year in a row the democrat legislature gives republicans everything they want in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown

Call you reps. Do it now.

Every. Fucking. Time.

Also, fellow red- and purple-staters, this script can and should be adapted for our own politicians. I've not done a Red State Scripts edition in a long time for capacity reasons, but I'm still calling Cornyn and Cruz to holler at their asses every week. Don't let 'em think their constituents agree!

yeah this is what gets you a 20 point spanberger landslide

It took literal decades for the anti-abortion movement to weaponize "Defund Planned Parenthood" messaging successfully at the federal level. The speed with which this transphobic fuckery is proceeding through this administration is built on those lessons, and will be weaponized accordingly.

Wanted to repost the minicomic I made in 2023 for the second Ava's Demon book 🦋 #avasdemon (1/3)

A Slice of Life in Watermelon Country The annual Watermelon Thump has been a Central Texas staple for more than 70 years.

From @michellepitcher.bsky.social in the archives: Bubba is a realist, but he’s also a devotee. He grew up working in watermelon patches. His wife and daughter, both former Watermelon Thump Queens, are bustling around the adjacent pavilion preparing for this year’s coronation.

The Trump administration has illegally moved to end collective bargaining for federal prison workers.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Director has written to nearly 35,000 employees outlining plans to illegally dismantle their union contract.