According to Equality Ohio and TransOhio, the Ohio BMV will now only accept an updated birth certificate as proof of gender change. Read more ⏩ tinyurl.com/3fc45nr3?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

— The Blade (@toledonews.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T19:00:10.215Z

Breaking News: Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to new roads and logging, removing protections that had been in place since 2001.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2026-08-18T16:54:24.234503Z

Gas prices are up 30%, diesel prices are up 48%, jet fuel is up 73%, AND we are at our lowest level in emergency oil reserves in 40 years thanks to Trump's illegal war in Iran.Are we great again? #gasprices #costofliving #diesel #trump #jetfuel

— Defiance Dispatch (@defiancedispatch.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T18:30:58.390Z

"The US will sanction the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza."

— John Autry (@johnautry.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T18:34:34.571Z

Rubio just imposed sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane, a woman who is currently wanted in Russia because she issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes 1/2

— John Hudson (@johnphudson.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T17:53:44.891Z

Rubio also imposed sanctions on ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. The press release only says Seye engaged in efforts to arrest "officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction." Left unsaid is Seye's work led to Netanyahu's ICC arrest warrant 2/2

— John Hudson (@johnphudson.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T17:53:45.756Z

Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now. BULLSHIT!#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

— Democracy Matters! (@democracymatters.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T21:04:26.480Z

An AirTag hidden inside a rare book was tracked to a training facility in Las Vegas that houses a team focused on tearing books from their spines and scanning pages.

— Ars Technica (@arstechnica.com) 2026-08-18T13:55:24.685Z