Reposted by AkrasiaJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2918473841
Reposted by Akrasiabijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i think about this post all the time. you might too 3269511756
Reposted by AkrasiaRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano 11768681651
Reposted by AkrasiaRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Karen Bass’s LAPD is openly defying a judge’s order to hand over moonlighting records, and it's obvious why. They are desperately hiding a shadow workforce where cops moonlight for ICE contractors, creating blatant conflicts of interest. It's time to enforce the subpoena and demand accountability. 17066502313
Reposted by AkrasiaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026America is free only when the media is competitive, independent, and accountable to the people. apnews.com/article/warn...apnews.comStates settle lawsuit over Paramount-Warner merger, clearing key hurdle for $81 billion dealTwelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the mega merger. 211101192128
Reposted by Akrasiahammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So is openai not doing an ipo because cortana is going to launch a nuke or because the financial disclosures of an ipo would reveal some deeply disturbing things about their business model Who can say 518243
Reposted by AkrasiaKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Possibly the most American news of all timelocal12.comPrison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debtResidents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457. 280173794948
Reposted by AkrasiaLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The last time we nominated a candidate to Joe Biden's left was the only time we held the presidency for consecutive terms this century. We're over a quarter of the way through this century 1319115
Reposted by AkrasiaMicah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026we have had extensive ratfucking campaigns run by foreign countries in support of the republican party and it is high time the world's liberal democracies got in on the ratfucking in the other direction it's an existential issue for them 131462319
Reposted by AkrasiaBen (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026They call him Batman Beyond because he's made entirely of plant proteins 201623317
Reposted by AkrasiaNovelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: *totally calm after throwing a hit man over a railing into a mall atrium, where he smashes through a table where people are playing d&d, causing them to scatter in fear* encountah table 131657477
Reposted by AkrasiaStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Alien Wikipedia entry that's like "Earth Civil War, 8,000 BC - ongoing," and the most incomprehensible and lengthy belligerents sidebar imaginable that when you untangle it really does show the United States and Ur are on the same side in a longue durée sort of way. 1959777
Reposted by AkrasiaStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026All the people who want blood and guts are playing OSR where fighting is basically a fail state and all the people who want Hello Kitty Island adventure are playing what is essentially a skirmish game. What are we even doing here, you know? 41187
Reposted by AkrasiaStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"To make our game less morally problematic, we made there be less people worth killing. Yes, all the rules still revolve around longswords, fireballs, and so forth. Why do you ask?" 1020416
Reposted by AkrasiaColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law" 8980420
Reposted by AkrasiaRobt Eggers' Uncle Fester 🍉 @pinknoise.northsky.social · 20/08/2026Harris was/is a dogshit candidate who sucks up to rich ppl & can’t answer a direct question to save her life. Oakland, CA resident during her ‘Top Cop’ years 🤮 , btw, she was hated for a reason Ever consider a basically honest, decent candidate? It’d immediately change the dynamic 0231
Reposted by AkrasiaEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you. 75123712999
Reposted by AkrasiaJkpancake @jkpancake.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Look there is a lot of red tape, we can't change things over night" Zorhan: Hey so I just pushed the "Stop being shitty" button and it stopped 229616
Reposted by AkrasiaIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/07/2026Every time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years" 9984442471
Reposted by AkrasiaJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed. 4792111879
Reposted by AkrasiaJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory 6292372070
Reposted by AkrasiaMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A man who publicly was doing something which, when done wrong, can cause graft-vs-host disease, an autoimmune disease which can attack, among other things, your GI tract, now has an autoimmune disease which is attacking his GI tract. What a coincidence.the-independent.comMillionaire biohacker reveals he has incurable disease amid mission to ‘defeat death’‘My stomach is eating itself,’ the tech entrepreneur announced on social media 379100672984
Reposted by AkrasiaMichael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"The Pope is the puppet of the Chinese authoritatian government" is a take you would make if you made billions by drinking paint.cnn.comPeter Thiel: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’ by criticizing AI | CNNSpeaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the billionaire tech investor said the Vatican’s concerns could discourage America in the AI arms race, warned of a democratic-socialist takeover and explained wh... 3923556882
Reposted by AkrasiaJacson A. Bevens - XLVIII, LX @jacsonbevens.bsky.social · 03/07/2026*sigh* 433395441
Reposted by Akrasiahammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Pope : with mercy and love and deep regret, i must call this a schismatic act Half of bluesky with their shirts off and earrings out ready to brawl outside applebees : GET THEIR ASSES WOOOOO 333693637
Reposted by AkrasiaRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 30/06/2026The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem. 4866612032
Reposted by AkrasiaTred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Almost missed it but I made one this year! #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026 2507151
Reposted by AkrasiaFoucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This entire coordinated freakout over some DSA wins, even by pols that have people going "I don't understand why she'd do this," are a perfect example of why working within the system rarely achieves substantial results, and yet the system can't even let that happen without airing grievances first 18112
Reposted by AkrasiaExistential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 23/06/2026Cowardly of them to delay the soccer game because of lightning. I would very much like to see French players struck by lightning!! And I do NOT feel I am alone in this. Give the people what they want. 312217
Reposted by AkrasiaSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 20/06/2026the American emu war but its against algae blooms enthusiastic & uncritical support to our algae comrades in their valiant struggle against American imperialism 11671166
Reposted by AkrasiaJohn Small @smalltorquer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Great recognition for the R development team at UoAuckland stats dept. Ross Ihaka & Robert Gentlemen changed the world.... phys.org/news/2026-06...phys.orgNew Zealand scientists working on 'R' win major global awardScientists working on the revolutionary 'R' programming language invented at the University of Auckland have won a top award intended to be a Nobel Prize for statisticians. 210634
Reposted by AkrasiaEmmeryn 🏳️⚧️ Medusa Terminus Out Now!! @gamemakerm.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Rhetoric [Heroic: Failure] - Alright, here we go. We're devoting all your available brain cells to coming up with a question about communism. Scratch that, to coming up with *the* question about communism, the alpha and omega of communism questions. That question is: "Are trans lesbians bourgeois?" 327756
Reposted by AkrasiaMicah @rincewind.run · 18/06/2026the correct way to sell dredd to people: it is, like the raid, a die hard movie fighting your way up or down a building is its own genre and that genre is die hard and it is always, always awesome 1850954
Reposted by AkrasiaRory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Never understood the use your real name thing online to limit abuse, especially since 2016. People are openly hostile and anti-social using their real names. It does however expose people who have valid reasons to hide their names due to a need for anonymity for safety. 1102
Reposted by AkrasiaPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Honestly the impression I'm getting is that people think the issue is that Brianna was able to access online support networks that made her feel able to come out as trans, and that getting murdered is just what's to be expected if you let that happen. 7369100
Reposted by Akrasiacusoman 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cusoman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Like Kat said, the process IS THE PUNISHMENT 238035
Akrasia @akrasia.bsky.social · 16/06/20262 and 5 here are pretty awful for reasons that amount to 'it's just being judgemental about the form of content' for 2 and 'anonymity is good actually' for 5, but the others are good ideas 010
