New iOS game from Iconfactory (makers of Twitterrific, RIP): Ollie's Arcade. It consists of 3 retro-style mini-games: Ollie Soars (a Flappy Bird-like scroller), Tranquility Touchdown (lunar lander), and Snake (er, Snake). https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/08/welcome-to-ollies-arcade/
United Airlines issues nationwide ground stop due to computer issue
All flights have been halted.
@TonyStark @qotca we are trying to emulate Michigan in Ohio. Working to get a truly independent commission rather than our politician led commission full of unaccountables.
'Dangerous hold': Military secretaries urge Tuberville to stop 'politicizing' senior officers
Earlier: Senior #Politics Writer @justinmiller dug into 4.000 pages of evidence released in the Ken Paxton #impeachment trial, which began today. He found more evidence of #corruption and misuse of power:
https://www.texasobserver.org/impeachment-ken-paxton-documents-evidence/
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse files ethics complaint against #SamuelAlito https://www.commondreams.org/news/ethics-complaint-alito
🥥 If it walks like a #Nazi, talks like a Nazi, and looks like a Nazi, it must be #ElonMusk blaming Jews for X's failings and threatening to sue the #AntiDefamationLeague for his loss of advertisers at the site formerly known as #Twitter. 🥥
'I need more ammo': GOPer who predicted 'civil war' whines that Republican lawmakers want to expel him - Raw Story
Meta-study for prevelance of Post-Covid Condition (aka #LongCovid aka #Disablity) in children and adolescents. N=80071 over 21 studies. 25.24%.
1 in 4 kids.
Under Japanese law, religious corporations can be dissolved if they are "substantially detrimental to public welfare," which can, among other things, cost them their tax free status
I fucking dream of a world where cults get shut down and churches have to pay taxes if they spread conspiracies or get into politics.
"When Democratic elites look at Biden, they see the second coming of Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Democratic voters view the president, many see an old man."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-elites-struggle-get-voters-excited-biden-2024-rcna102972 via @nbcnews
Wow, both sides of #Paxton impeachment trial get 24 hours to present evidence in their case.
And another 3 hours each for statements and closing arguments they can bank it for evidence.
This will go for a long time.
Also, the #Texas Senate gallery has empty seats. This turned out not to be the hottest ticket in town.
(edited to add a screenshot of the gallery)
Savantrepreneur Elon Musk, Who is Definitely Not an Anti-Semite, Claims It's Jews that Are Poisoning the Well of Twitter/X's Ad Revenue #imaginaryheadlines
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