I thought the banjo also had African roots yet isn’t thought of an African American instrument.

Everybody needs to lose their minds all at once about this ok. This man has a week left before being executed for being black

Can we hook up Grok to this thing and wait for the explosion, just like on Star Trek where Kirk convinced the AI to blow up?

In before the lock!

Like after all school shootings, I've already seen calls for "more mental health screening." So sadly need to repost this again. 1. Mental illness predicts being a victim more than an injurer. 2. We CANNOT determine risk factors for shootings by looking AT SHOOTERS. It's a core stats fallacy:

Mass Shooters, Mental Illness, and a Critical Statistical Mistake

A study tells us that 70% percent of mass shooters have blue eyes. That might not mean that having blue eyes helpfully predicts mass shooters. There's a big, often overlooked, statistical pitfall so m...

New to Bluesky? Bluesky handles moderation differently than you might be used to. With loads of toggles and settings to change, it can be hard to wrap your mind around it. Here’s how it works: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

How to Clean Up Your Bluesky Feed

In our recent comparison of Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads, we detail a few of the ways the similar-at-a-glance microblogging social networks differ, and one of the main distinctions is how much

wrote a thing idly after the kids went to bed

Here’s my hot take: I don’t care if USPS loses a boatload of money every year until the end of time. We need to stop thinking about these things as businesses and start thinking about them as SERVICES. Your tax dollars are an investment in honestly one of the coolest things in our country. I ❤️ USPS

I went to the actual web site for this thing and have seen horrors beyond human imagining, if you value your sanity please I beg of you do not click the link I have helpfully provided below trumpytrout.com

Leading @tnr.bsky.social this morning, I explore why the national media is short-circuiting over Democrats right now, how Trump burst their bubble and how the gap between their stage-direction political analysis and reality is rendering them pointless at the exact time our democracy needs them most.

Beware the Pundit-Brained Version of the Democratic Convention

As everyday Americans tune in to watch Kamala Harris receive her party’s nomination, they should trust what they see with their own eyes—especially as D.C.’s chattering class tries to gaslight them.