The casual and unexamined enslavement of droids in Star Wars always bothered me. They seem sapient. Except now Star Wars seems downright prescient in its scif-i. Given we've got these tools that act lifelike, but everyone agrees they lack interiority or rights, and some people really hate them.
— Keith (anti-measles activist) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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("'I think there will be broad conversation,' [Indiana's Governor] said. 'It looks like it’s going to happen across many Republican states.'")JD Vance is heading to Indiana to discuss a redraw. With rather minimal shifts, you can get a 8R-1D map. pic.twitter.com/gGFDa3fUeH
— America First Insight (@AF_Insight) August 5, 2025
In Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, there is a framed photo showing Epstein with Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss. The photo was cropped to exclude Ghislaine Maxwell. Framed photos of Steve Bannon were kept in at least two rooms in the mansion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) August 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Jeffrey Epstein's 'Castle Dracula:' Of all the detail in today's NYT story about Epstein's mansion, I find this letter, reportedly written by the actor Woody Allen and printed in the story, the most interesting. Allen describing "Castle Dracula" is the stuff of scary movies. pic.twitter.com/m9WwBj0MWI
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) August 5, 2025
On News Corp's earnings call, CEO Robert Thompson makes a pretty unsubtle appeal to Trump to rein in AI, saying AI companies are 1) too woke and 2) ripping off Trump by stealing his "many successful books"... pic.twitter.com/4ql4pvie2g
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) August 5, 2025
(Sounds like the early suspicion is it's being spread by cooling towers in Harlem)2 dead and at least 58 sick from growing Legionnaires' disease cluster in New York City. (Legionnaires' is caused by airborne bacteria carried in water vapor.) abcnews.go.com/US/2-dead-58...
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) August 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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(Genuinely surprised: "In Florida, raw milk can be sold only for nonhuman consumption")Florida officials are warning the public about the risks of consuming raw milk after over 20 people have gotten sick.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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you might have at various points found yourself wondering: why are rich people so obsessed with big boats? well...
— Nathan Grayson (@nathangrayson.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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NYT's write-upThe increasing intermittency of….nuclear power stations: Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS
— Wolfgang Blau (@wblau.bsky.social) August 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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interestingly, "your fans making you feel like you're cool when you're not" is also the big problem with audience capture on social media
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Heartwarming: payment processors help thousands in the LGBTQ+ community get over their phone anxiety
— ✧Mirai✦ (@starrymirai.moe) August 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
(15-21 at Tennessee)Bad college football coach is the greatest job in the world, you get millions in buyouts and then get to be a US Senator. https://t.co/ufHXanUVtt
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 4, 2025
The Bengals are staying in their Cincinnati home after striking a deal with Hamilton County.
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 4, 2025
The public will chip in $350M for the upgrades, which include new retail spaces, scoreboards, and a replacement of general seating and suites.
The NFL is prohibiting ammonia in any form at games, including ammonia capsules, inhalers, and "smelling salts."
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 5, 2025
This follows an FDA issued warning that ammonia inhalants are not proven to be safe, and could mask "potential signs of concussion"
More here:… pic.twitter.com/8TBtqQMLFf
George Kittle crashed the NFL Network set to drop the news that the league banned smelling salts and ammonia packets today — and he admits he uses them every single drive. pic.twitter.com/1orx0wzhOa
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 5, 2025
(Shameless and ludicrous to claim they didn't know it was against the rules)Little League team gets warned twice by the umpire for stealing the catcher's signs, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/ZbcHIOLPiX
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 5, 2025
Hyundai is now selling used vehicles on Amazon, including EVs
— Electrek (@electrek.co) August 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A remarkable 1987 article about “Q5”, a consultancy that, i’ve now learned, seems singularly responsible for the mass bland-izing of cartoons when i was a kid. I remember the sudden and mysterious Jeanine swap-out in The Real Ghostbusters! this explains so much. www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
— Cabel Sasser (@cabel.panic.com) August 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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from the original print edition
— Andy Baio (@andy.baio.net) August 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I do love that he came back and was furious with this change and tried to do something about it.
— Kerrith 🇨🇦 Killustration Studios! (@killustration.bsky.social) August 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The season 6 episode that addresses Janine's makeover pokes fun at the consultants behind it: the creature that's changing Janine is named "Makoveris Lotsabucks." In his 2019 memoir, screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski said the network censors and consultants hated the story.
— Andy Baio (@andy.baio.net) August 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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("One coach also pointed out how softball’s position in the college sports hierarchy makes it even harder to effect change, with softball falling under women’s basketball which in turn falls under men’s basketball.")@spain.sarah Still no showers for the Women’s College World Series stadium but the Men’s College World Series stadium has freaking masseuses… make it make sense. 🚿❌ #womenssports #ncaasports #womenssoftball #womenscollegeworldseries #goodgamewithsarahspain ♬ original sound - Sarah Spain
@samantha.vicha Own a Great Pyrenees they said… it will be fun they said… #greatpyrenees #greatpyreneespuppy #greatpyreneesoftiktok #livestockguardiandog #livestock #puppy #dog #funnydog ♬ I Owe You One - Samantha Vicha
@soliellesolielle like mother like daughter 🤩 #nosy #nosyneighbor #yorkiesoftiktok #dogtok #fyp #lmao #chisme #gossip ♬ original sound - realest
@fosters_ga Well behaved cows unite #foryou #fyp #foryoupage #adopteddog #dogsoftiktok #fosterdog ♬ Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
@emilynoellew I have watched this video 53 times and I still laugh just as hard, like why did she do that 😂😂😂😂
♬ original sound - Emily Noelle 🪴
@saratnc19 Les presento a mi amada sobrina jajaj como da risa este video 🤣🤣🤣🤣 @Katy Leia TintÃn @Josedu7 ♬ sonido original - SarahÃ
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