Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 6hThis is how the new CBS keeps people from remembering that the longest serving GOP Speaker of the House ultimately went to jail for covering up child rape. Which is apparently always in season. 38665225
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 4hExactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it. 101230346
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4hThis is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 7356851822
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5hpedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 732863517
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialfunctional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 22hsort of feels like every election everywhere in the world is divided equally between a faction of normal people a faction of open evil fascists and gets decided by 5% of the voters who are kicked in the head and completely lose their memory of anything that's happened every two weeks 517232
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture. 771930751
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19hThe biggest democratic/liberal mistake of the last 50+ years has been operating like the right has anything to offer America. It was the fundamental problem with Bill Clinton to Obama and everyone in between 22977195
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 19hProfessional Republicans have given us fascism, murder, and corruption and have robbed us of money, health care, and decency. 337373
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 10041291441
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialedeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 20hHot girl shit is protected under the first amendment actually Angela 1111767
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialzenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup. 241354358
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialReason Magazine @reason.com · 04/10/2026It's been months since Alex Pretti was killed. Across Minneapolis, however, it can feel as though little time has passed. buff.ly/UqwIjHrreason.comMinneapolis activists used encrypted group chats to outmaneuver ICE. Now the feds want to prosecute them."I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason. 111333
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 20h#BlueWaveIn30Days 🚨 SHOUT OUT TEXAS 🚨 TOMORROW IS THE DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE TEXAS PLEASE CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION LISTEN TO WILLIE Y'ALL VOTE GINA HINOJOSA FOR GOVERNOR VOTE JAMES TALARICO FOR SENATE VOTE BLUE UP AND DOWN BALLOT GO TO Iwillvote.com @ginafortexas.bsky.social 15542261
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What is failure in impeachment? You know what Russ Vought can’t do when he is sitting an impeachment trial: f**k with the budget. He will busy being under the white hot lines of impeachment. 6873144
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJulio Peña III @juliopenabk.com · 04/10/2026The former chair of the BK Dems is trying to call a meeting at 10pm tonight to pick a new chair, in defiance of a judge’s order and using rules that the court struck down. No one should attend this meeting. Democrats respect the results of elections and the rule of law. 1026357
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 04/10/2026This might seem like a difference of opinion. It is not. It is among the most impeachable things a President can do. If the President can just choose to violate the budget Congress passes, Congress doesn’t have any power. 67535
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026TN-9 candidate Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “Gas is too high. Groceries are too high. Wages are too low… and blaming immigrants is part of the problem. The reality is people are struggling because the billionaire class is greedy.” 572892905
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026and if you want to stop this @MarshaBlackburn and the Republicans will call you a communist How much longer will we fall for this? 481227578
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 04/10/2026Olivia Rodrigo hosted a festival that raised $20m for abortion access nonprofits Macklemore sold out a Palestinian benefit tour after being forced off Ed Sheeran’s tour Zach Bryan released a new anti-AI song touring with a band that has multiple trans members Taylor Swift sang about Cleveland 634735
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026such that the impeachment votes could be held seriatim on day one of a new Congress. There could be fifty different charges against Trump. Let the Senate try ' em all. Establish that violations of the War Powers Act, the Budget and Impoundment Act, or the Antideficiency Act are impeachable. 2870112
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 1013133636
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/10/2026Yale College Council president Alex Chen and Yale Student Body President Michelle Jimenez at the Democratize Yale rally. Lot of respect for these and the other student leaders. Putting themselves on the line, pushing back against the inexcusable actions of the admins. Be like them when you grow up. 110817
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cavan Sullivan you magnificent bastard #USMNT 19674146
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialDefector @defector.com · 03/10/2026The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is real and it is my friend: defector.com/the-wupperta...defector.comThe Wuppertal Schwebebahn Is Real And It Is My Friend | DefectorWUPPERTAL, Germany — When my friend in Cologne asked me if I might want to take a day trip, thanks to Cologne’s proximity to various other notable cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bonn, among others), I… 1477
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end 816518788
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3 95148640
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768301110
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30698562376
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...alternet.orgKennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianosPhotos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week. 14916941005
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The most honest post, the realest post. I'm SO FUCKING TIRED of dickheads telling me I need to show grace to a bunch of people who voted for a guy they KNOW is evil and a party that is trying to be Nazis. I'm not showing grace to people that voted for Nazis. I'm not an idiot. Maybe you are 1433135
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/20262 Illinois residents say they were detained at Broadview, released without charges, then branded domestic terrorists to millions by Johnson. It appears to be the first such suit against one of the admin's corps of MAGA creators who make propaganda in exchange for access. www.ms.now/news/benny-j...ms.nowMAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media. 735280
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...ms.nowMAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media. 662047406
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When job growth was 5-10x this per month under Joe Biden, we were having a nonstop National Conversation™️ about the imminent recession & being told that only the unemployed cared about jobs, but everyone cared about inflation. 9431136
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I ask again today, because I just saw one of the country’s leading economic journalists just describe 29K jobs last month & rising unemployment as “not catastrophic,” & I’m sorry, but that simply is not the way we talked about job growth 5-10x as strong, for ~an entire presidency, under Joe Biden. 520949
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25661341141
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 02/10/2026JUDGE: How would you envision that looking, then? PROSECUTOR: What part? JUDGE: The part where I appoint an independent person in the interest of justice to investigate the Department of Justice, and that person is being supervised by the Department of Justice www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...chicagotribune.comJudge to begin inquiry that could lead to criminal contempt charges in ‘Broadview Six’ caseA federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether potential criminal contempt charges are warranted against prosecutors in the “Broadview Six” case. 6584110
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialMichael Rabbitt @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Judge Perry was locked in yesterday: “Training does not fix willful or institutional misconduct. It is quite clear to me that several aspects of this prosecution were very flawed…the mistakes were impactful. It affected not only [the former defendants] pocket books, but their lives.”evanstonnow.com'Tables have turned' in Broadview Six case - Evanston NowJudge leaves door open for criminal contempt charges against prosecutors, asks government to hand over evidence. 432458
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amazing work by @propublica.org and partners illustrating the lack of regulations around microschools in some states. www.propublica.org/article/prop... 9581154
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's what Tucker Carlson is up to when he talks to his own audience, instead of interviewers from NPR or NY Times: Explaining that white people are facing extinction and the ADL is trying to cover it up. He concludes, "Noticing is hate. Noticing is violence." www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls... 40715215
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialDoug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party. 336107713313
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026what's crazy about this premise is that local businesses in minneapolis hated the ice raids, made it clear they hated the ice raids, lost a ton of money because of the ice raids, and were generally quite sympathetic to the people telling ice to get the fuck out bsky.app/profile/will... 21956187
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialTheDevinTeam @thedevteam.itch.io · 02/10/2026Obviously everything about this is a trainwreck but naming it “Skydance” is the shit cherry on top of the shit sundae. As if David Ellison’s trust fund studio has more prestige than two studios that have been around basically as long as movie studios have been a thing. 1419044
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next. 581612265
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There is criminal exposure everywhere you look in this administration, from the obvious of ICE murdering civilians in the streets, to more discrete stuff like insider trading or agencies funneling tax money into pro-Trump ads. This is what wanton corruption looks like, and the hammer must fall. 417969
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A... 16497214
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce." 86328361799
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . . 39557081607
Reposted by @49b.bsky.socialTW @twesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026there are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans women athletes in the entire ncaa. But tell us more about how you want to protect women. 013139
