Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit. 91748129
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9hNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 6751322189
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572214814185
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason. 15412194
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Jailed for violating banking laws", much like Hitler met his end after losing a battle with suicidal ideation. 231186158
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846951399
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8952661022
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women. JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault. 17748101
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797593041
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168144254765
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialPól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Suella Braverman, consider Walter Tull. Born in Folkestone to an English mother and a Barbadian father. A footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. A British Army officer who led soldiers into battle and was killed serving his country in 1918. 772945643
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1499230866523
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold 1742001421
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Austerity 2.0 is it chaps? I’m always amazed at how these guys derive genuine excitement at the idea of slashing public servicestheguardian.comTories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak revealsExclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election 2624791
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026How many local models do you run? 2312629378
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026you can’t be doing a “i guess i’m the only real journalist left” thing and then fall for the fake website 682616
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialQueer Satanic @queersatanic.com · 01/10/2026these direct comparisons can be overdone, but hers is not a novel line of thought once you’re willing to see some children as just future bloodthirsty savages who’ll try to kill you — therefore its self-defense to kill those kids now — you are already lost and there’s no transgression too far 36123
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialBrooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right-wing Canadian men have the same access to the history of what was done to Indigenous children as we do, but many refuse to care. I decided to tell them that history as if the children had been white instead. 524939
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026being a “team player” 😒 513130
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialKat 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 123183395
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialSteve Emmo @steveemmo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All these people demanding City get kicked out of the league. Why should we get punished too. Thats 6 points we need to finish 17th. Their punishment should be to play us every week 2377
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.social🎃 Dustin Gore-Killer 🔪 @george-miller.org · 29/09/2026God I'm so fucking glad Spurs finally dumped Manor Solomon, and to West Ham no less. 410211
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialForza Bahab @forzabahab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THIS IS HOW YOU STOP THE BOATS. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOW YOU STOP THE BOATS. 2185
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 363732791
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.” 561204325
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471186353
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ALL men benefit from male violence, because it allows you to think you’re a good person because you haven’t assaulted a woman. That does not make you a good person, but you have collectively put that bar in hell. 2850217
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“It’s not ALL men.” Thousands of men in group chats about how to drug women and rape them (#eyecheck, #sleep, and #zzz trends), and a woman had to expose them. So out of all the men who came across this, none of them cared enough to try to expose it. wearethemeteor.com/the-women-wh...wearethemeteor.comThe Women Who Exposed the "Rape Academy"The Meteor spoke with Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy, and Kara Fox, about how their extraordinary investigation came together. 1686157
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT? 352041662
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anus mascot at the Brazilian Congress of Coloproctology (CBCP 2026) 17979320
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i am growing very close to convinced that Andy Beshear actually Believes in Things. 402890246
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialBen Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason." 11759501282
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socials. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026This industry prides itself on denying consent EVERYWHERE YOU GO and these are people influencing policy and culture, creating the architecture of the technologies we all use. This is not a do first, ask for permissions later culture, it's a do because they think they don't need permissions ever. 112730
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socials. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026There have been a lot of jokey jokey about this but it is actually not funny. EA and AI bros are scummy and trying to destroy the world and coercing people into sex is very much a core part of their ethos. 740498
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... 3634561023
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My daughter asked why different berries have such inconsistent English names: Blueberry, black current & blackberry — named for colour. Easy! Grape — named after the old grapper hook used to cut them from vines Raspberry — named after a type of 16th century rosé wine TBC… 👇 1316624
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites. 711037175
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad 9313121
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802001
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette) 422775
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Others will have their say about this, but I think it’s worth pointing out that this - or laundered versions of it - are accepted wisdom amongst a big chunk of our political and media classes and it is simply bad for society when the elites have little or no understanding of *the systems they run* 1427174
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Without gambling sponsorship, our clubs are dead!" But Brazilian football's oxygen is poison gas for the country's most vulnerable people. Lula is doing the right thing.share.googleBrazil's Lula bans online gambling ahead of presidential electionLula, who is currently in a tight presidential race against Flávio Bolsonaro, said the industry was a "cancer" that he must "remove". 312110
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialLeftback @leftback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Obviously all lists are subjective, people like what they like, no point getting worked up. ... The Shield 30 places beneath Peaky Blinders?! Get to fuck. 652
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189072560
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it. 8280124
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Personally I think it's fine to point out that policies intended to harm minorities also harm the majority! People respond to messages rooted in self-interest and it also emphasizes that we're all connected. "Trans bathroom bans harm cis people" isn't the only argument, but it's true & worth noting 521194114
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Without due process, you'll have no way of showing ICE that you're a citizen" is pretty effective messaging for normies! Do I wish everyone cared about undocumented migrants as much as they care about themselves? Sure. But they don't, and it's fine to have different messages for different audiences 776647
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12771111697
Reposted by @albertalbert.bsky.socialJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is what they wanted, what they explicitly asked for. Disgusting 19112
