Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672344410
Reposted by Rocko's PersonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026abolish the death penalty 383128517
Reposted by Rocko's PersonRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163835519
Reposted by Rocko's PersonChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 833195146146
Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's frat culture. Period. Nice to get a look into *one* of them, but this is widespread. 020
Reposted by Rocko's PersonSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 37890282824
Rocko's Person @agninri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026from 2018 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comWhat's the Difference Between a Frat and a Gang?They’re both blamed for predisposing their members to violent acts, but they’ve sparked radically different public-policy responses. 011
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Planning dinner is, for many many many people, about what they have on hand, what they can afford, how work schedules change day-to-day, kids’ complicated schedules, individual preferences. The idea that this just a series of tasks is a huge cultural blindspot — which was my original point. 1885862
Reposted by Rocko's PersonJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hangtime is the study of the time interval between first public notice of a rising right/MAGA/manosphere influencer and their first rape/sexual assault indictment www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...thebulwark.comSCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, DruggingThe manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor. 431668406
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hell of a story from @propublica.org 7546107
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026this is Argentine dirty wars shit right here 35614
Reposted by Rocko's PersonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026imagine if the WH press corp had banded together 18 fucking months ago 1315509802
Reposted by Rocko's PersonProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office 70488842581
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I repeat 125329
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ed Sheeran is proof you can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars — and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists. 281406214
Reposted by Rocko's PersonElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macklemore has put out an incredible statement about being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour. His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine. 55917306
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macklemore has been dropped from the Ed Sheeran tour for advocating for a free Palestine, which a growing majority of Americans support. Meanwhile unrepentant abuser Chris Brown was just presented with a congressional honor on his tour 482773549
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Holy ish. 620331
Reposted by Rocko's PersonChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives... 7022761250
Reposted by Rocko's PersonAlex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 13/09/2026You could run three football fields to the left of McKee and not even dip your toes in the highest tide of Marxism 1112
Reposted by Rocko's PersonHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344044793
Reposted by Rocko's PersonGeorge E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s 232746736
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026(nervously) what the fuck 80858129
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room. 312701666
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We saw the poster in the theater and immediately tagged it as white savior propaganda. 1767
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Eat shit, Moulton--and everyone else who thinks selling out trans folks is "sensible politics" 325624
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I will shout this from the rooftops. UNIONS MATTER!! 340763
Reposted by Rocko's PersonLiz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"In private, people who understand how good this stuff is, and how much better it’s getting, they’re very worried." Bill Gates is scared af about unchecked, unregulated AI development. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...nytimes.comBill Gates Is Warning That A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit (Gift Article)In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. 44399209
Reposted by Rocko's PersonThe Spooky Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026I'm not the first to say this, but it bears repeating: Independents, moderates, and centrists are just Republicans too scared to call themselves Republicans. 1168
Reposted by Rocko's PersonOpinionated Terran @opinionated-terran.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you cannot see the pantomime that this is, you need to just listen to your betters and recognize that this is just a permission structure for other slurs 4396
Reposted by Rocko's PersonBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She 1852311403
Reposted by Rocko's PersonAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Buckle up, chuckle fucks. We're all about to get a hard lesson in the logistics of Potash. 619840
Reposted by Rocko's PersonGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 25/08/2026Is it possible to be more juiceless than this 1114238592
Reposted by Rocko's PersonVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We’ve entered the “degenerate art” phase of American fascism.nytimes.comTrump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait. 620882
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026They are trying to win without winning with enough power to hold Trump admin accountable like the vast majority of their base will want them to do. They love surveillance and ai and data centers and stock trading, actually. 421426
Reposted by Rocko's PersonJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/08/2026Silicon Valley billionaires didn't invent misogyny. But they do seem to love inventing things that make misogyny easier (and more profitable) to do. 310533
Reposted by Rocko's PersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House. 473964600
Reposted by Rocko's Person𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 17/08/2026There are many reasons to pay attention to this. One is that private charity is not enough, not even Bill Gates money. Real problems take government. 061
Reposted by Rocko's PersonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is the way. 0436
