Mike Hovis

In Kentucky, People Blame Ford More Than Trump for Lost Factory Jobs

Why not both? You couldn't even buy an F150 Lightning off the lot that was less than $100k when the supposed starting price was $70k. There was 0 incentive for the dealers to carry those cheaper versions, and this was in 2023 when we were looking. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

Another reason to never trust the ridiculously unbaked interpretation of a solid red light in direct sunlight. This would have killed someone if it was in self driving mode. #tesla

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

More good news like this in our timelines, please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

Ghost (@ghostintel_) on Threads Footage of Charlie Kirk being allegedly shot in the neck during an event at the Utah Valley University. NSFW.

No doubt. www.threads.com/@ghostintel_...

A parody of a jeans ad showing the mutated guy from "The Fly" and the text: "American Eagle Seth Brundle has fly jeans"

Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse

30 million year cycle? Makes as much sense as 'end times,' except for a correlation of course. www.astronomy.com/science/dark...

U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers

TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29

Tsunami watch... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Good old canine paralysis.

Indoor Monarch caterpillar

I remember that very well, Colbert was the first I'd ever heard of the Decemberists and they did very well soon after. Great exposure.

Warning issued as life-threatening floods hit California Meteorologists issued urgent warnings for parts of Southern California amid heavy rainfall that flooded the region.

I happened to watch an episode of Nova from a couple years back... the Carnian Pluvial Episode... it changed things from being hot, dead, and dry to warm and wet - right before the dinosaurs evolved. Warmer weather, wetter weather. Oh look another flood. www.newsweek.com/flash-flood-...

Man wearing metal chain enters MRI room without permission, gets sucked into machine, police say A man is in critical condition after getting sucked into an MRI machine in New York, according to a police report.

Final... Darwination? www.kptv.com/2025/07/17/m...

Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy Seagate’s heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.

Big time storage... but I'm not sure I'd trust it with anything irreplaceable for any period of time until the market proves it out. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

ERCOT predicts the risk of rolling blackouts in Texas this summer The state’s grid operator cites the boost in battery storage in forecasting lower chances of power problems compared with 2024.

When you look at the ERCOT dashboard and have a lot of operating reserves and 52% of generation coming from renewables. Some things are getting better, at last. www.expressnews.com/business/art...

Arctic ground squirrel looking cute on its hind legs

Arctic ground squirrel is the thiccest. Taken at Denali a couple weeks ago

New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.

In other news, especially in Texas right now, the sun is a big asshole. www.yahoo.com/news/8k-reso...

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For those who like a 9 hour timelapse near Palmer, AK in 18 minutes starting at 10pm. photos.app.goo.gl/jPpvmP53h299...

Scientists solve the mystery of ginger cats – helped by hundreds of cat owners Discovery has implications for ‘all cells and tissues’ and research bridged gap between scientists and non-scientists

Similar to red hair in humans, but no explanation for the single brain cell. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Latest episode of Black Mirror.

This episode of Black Mirror never ends.

Two teens and 5,000 ants: how a smuggling bust shed new light on a booming trade Two Belgian 19-year-olds have pleaded guilty to wildlife piracy – but the raid that caught them has shone a spotlight on a booming global trade

That's how you get ants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨

Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:

Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer

Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.

Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

Detective accused of weighing down laptop keys to pretend to work at home DC Philippa Baskwill of Avon and Somerset police faces hearing over alleged gross misconduct

Simpsons did it first. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Flamstead man catches hawk that had been attacking villagers for weeks Steve Harris, 40, throws cage over Harris hawk in his garden after it stalked him while he was out jogging

Yay, more medieval headlines, please! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Sen. Cory Booker protests Trump’s agenda in marathon Senate speech

History being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...

Absolutely. It's all about power for 'them.' The whole reinterpretation of aid as a liberal point of power is... Misunderstanding empathy?

Opinion | What is DOGE’s Real Goal? (Gift Article) Santi Ruiz, a senior editor at the Institute for Progress, examines what DOGE has been trying to accomplish in its first few months.

NYT opinion caveat (unlocked,) but this is one of the better 'deeper delves' into what's going on at the upper levels of DOGE-iness. It's not hopium/copium, but there is still a lot of room for total authoritarianism... or not. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...