Reposted by Andi Siderlarge language marge @mcdonalds.help · 6hI think most of us intuitively understood how disgusting the livestream aspect of this is when it was first announced. It's only a day later that we try to recuperate this as nothing new, merely continuous with white American violence. We can trust our gut here; this has a novel menace to it. 111
Reposted by Andi SiderJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20hIs there a work of art that was created well before the current era that you feel explains Trump and MAGA and everything better than anything contemporary? For me it’s Assassins (1990) but I’m curious if other people have one. 24832124
Reposted by Andi SiderLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 18hYou’re right. He’s a fascist. But the conservative movement gives cover, AS IT ALWAYS HAS, to fascists because they share the same social goals. It bypasses the cognitive filters in your brain and leads you to in-group identify with fascists. It’s deliberate. 15414
Reposted by Andi SiderAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23hI think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8246351717
Reposted by Andi SiderAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 331787546
Reposted by Andi SiderMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1959611885
Reposted by Andi SiderMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026this is what happens when one side polarizes against "virtue" as a concept 11324
Reposted by Andi SiderHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The most important political task in America is clawing back wealth from the very rich. The most important ballot measure in America is the California billionaire tax. Oligarchy is at the front door. Time to stop fucking around. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-war-ag...hamiltonnolan.comThe War Against Accumulated CapitalEither pass wealth taxes or learn to love digital feudalism. 530685
Reposted by Andi SiderOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Today is the 30th anniversary of the launch of Fox News, one of the worst things that has ever happened to to human beings. I will have a piece on this later. 20593107
Reposted by Andi SiderLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 07/10/2026This goes back to the Founding (probably before) and became most pronounced in the Antebellum South. 1214
Reposted by Andi SiderJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stop caring more about sexual predators’ wellbeing and happiness and potential more than you care about their victims’ 11112107
Reposted by Andi SiderBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The loss of living memory of the Second World War is absolutely catastrophic 572846398
Reposted by Andi SiderHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all. 202207481
Reposted by Andi SiderDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 I’m just as interested in every discipline’s pursuit of knowledge and art — practical or not — because to learn and create new things is what civilization is for. 113416
Reposted by Andi SiderFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“ME TOO went too far” said the country that re-elected a rapist. 101432279
Reposted by Andi SiderAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030931087
Reposted by Andi SiderGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 30/09/2026God I'm so tired of seeing rapists everywhere. I hate these fucking braindead pigs, I hate watching them gorge on power and money for no reason except that they want it, I hate knowing they're torturing women with impunity, I hate seeing their smug stupid fucking faces on the news. 41655224
Reposted by Andi SiderKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions 123182395
Reposted by Andi SiderKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming 312256421
Reposted by Andi SiderLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I do not have children but I would like the lives of parents to be made easier with the abundance of wealth we have in this country because, say it with me now, we live in a society. Thank you. 868695
Reposted by Andi SiderMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that. 10064711102
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Seem like everyone should be brushing up on PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN… 030
Reposted by Andi SiderKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just a remember of what rape can entail after the fact: permanent psychological damage. Permanent physical damage and disability. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care, relocation fees, lost work, lost educational opportunity. A marred reputation. Broken trust, lost relationships. 21218128
Reposted by Andi SiderAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7835861377
Reposted by Andi SiderMike Meginnis @mikemeginnis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you don't respect yourself enough to not vote for Trump for any reason short of violent coercion you are a profoundly weak, immoral person and I have no interest in anything you think about anything. None. Nor do I care why you do what you do. 1445
Reposted by Andi SiderSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026PLEASE SHAREyoutu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 41974728
Reposted by Andi SiderMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249235522
Reposted by Andi Siderae @aelkus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026that's why we have to survive as long as possible. because someone has to call bullshit when a historian airhead does their usual chin-stroking "trump was not a real person, but rather a metaphor" routine 719425
Reposted by Andi SiderBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026as I‘ve gotten older I’ve become more of a civil libertarian. I don’t need some complicated explanation of how someone’s oppressed. just people should be able to do what they want unless it causes big negative externalities 741628
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@clairewillett.bsky.social Julia Stiles is really having a moment and she’s *perfect* for bsky. I hope we don’t fuck it/her up. bsky.app/profile/clai... 000
Reposted by Andi SiderClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I saw a FASCINATING Instagram post about the nuance of getting social media right which used as an example — stick with me — Julia Stiles on this season of “Dancing With the Stars” 129565
Reposted by Andi SiderLane Moore @hellolanemoore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026PSA: I just inherited HUNDREDS of teen magazines from the 1990s and 2000s and the y2k goodness is so abundant that I’m gonna deep dive into all of them right here so if that’s something you’re into, HI I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU!!! substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comI Inherited Hundreds of Y2K Teen Girl Magazines That Need To Be SharedI cannot keep this nostalgic treasure-trove to myself. 710724
Reposted by Andi Sider🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026I’m gonna keep saying it. It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump. It’s cishet white guys. you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise. 672700522
Reposted by Andi SiderBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267006703
Reposted by Andi SiderSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not to get too gender about it but this is a major driver behind most reactionary mindsets because ultimately it is about the ability to control your wife and children 10571101
Reposted by Andi SiderSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026woke 2 arriving in november after a vibe shift blowout: 629926
Reposted by Andi SiderMike Masnick @masnick.com · 15/09/2026How does it seem to get even dumber every day? 1731350
Reposted by Andi Siderjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons. 1045972951
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I would love to see one (1) active legacy media member show but a fraction of this bold contempt for any of the currently on-going *in plain sight* crime, corruption and name tarnishing (if such a thing is possible for that name/family). Too much, poor taste, yuck all around. 021
Reposted by Andi SiderAndy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social · 08/09/2026also a bunch of misogyny—women Israeli soldiers were mostly given the task of watching Gaza because it was considered not really a threat, the IDF ignored their warnings prior and then was slow to react at the actual attack.pbs.orgAmanpour and Company | IDF Ignored Female Soldiers’ Warnings Pre-Oct. 7. Then They Were Massacred | Season 2024WSJ reporter Anat Peled discusses intelligence failures by the IDF regarding Nahal Oz base. 26712
Reposted by Andi SiderA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Republicans and other supremacists are shameful because of the inhumanity of their supremacy; because they are my fellow citizens—human beings within our shared human community—and because they will not be ashamed of themselves, I will be ashamed of them." www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...the-reframe.comThe Death of ShameModern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age. 225256
Reposted by Andi SiderJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5851241738
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not really a follower of the NBA but this seems like a hugely symbolic + material lesson in the power of truth-telling, accountability, persistence vs bullshit. Pairs well with @karenattiah.bsky.social’s redemption and victory. Very heartening to see some good guys winning again *publicly* 000
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Have felt this way for 20+ years and am happy to welcome others to the club 010
Reposted by Andi SiderIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 02/09/2026Even aside from Rowling being an insane monster, Jesus fuck I am sick of hearing about Harry Potter 733560563
Andi Sider @ajsider.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I’m a Grantland-deadender and generally a longtime fan of The Ringer/their talent/their cultural content but this clarifies my queasy feelings about the whole outfit that have been growing for the past couple of years. Maybe not exactly when Spotify acquired but soon after. 000
Reposted by Andi SiderWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026These men shouldn’t be able to walk into a room without being spat on, shouted at, having their teeth knocked clean out. They’re THAT bad. They cannot be part of a civilized society. But instead so many with power have accommodated them, either with support, or simply the presumption of regularity. 954587
Reposted by Andi SiderSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 31/08/2026Between the Bezos Met Gala last year and her attempt at Galliano this year it's pretty easy to figure out where Anna Wintour stands on things. I know, I know, a Nazi in high fashion, the mind boggles 610718