Reposted by Alex 🍉David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 9hWe have armed state agents carjacking, kidnapping and murdering people, all justified by the ludicrous claim that the people they target are the danger. 19219
Reposted by Alex 🍉Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Too many polls adopt a conservative framework that ask voters *when* the government should ban abortion, instead of *if* they should. When asked the latter, as voters were here, Americans’ answer is clear 07017
Reposted by Alex 🍉JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some ppl get mad about purity tests for good reasons, but some ppl get mad about them bc they lay bare instincts that were socially convenient to keep hidden 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's vastly more comforting to believe in an imminent robot apocalypse than the truth: the things that will destroy us are extensions of the unsexy but obvious problems all around us. We are not doomed in one grand way, but a thousand petty small ways. 783181575
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another kitty sketch 😊 I drew this one upside down, but I think it looks better rotated to the side like this 011
Reposted by Alex 🍉Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think we should consider this historical example when considering the tech industry's rhetoric. 816516
Reposted by Alex 🍉Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026A challenge for legacy-press is that they plainly sympathize with the reactionary grievances of the GOP (their eager amplification of "CRT" attacks demonstrated that), but can't be seen openly co-signing them. So they launder those attacks through "Just Asking Questions" moral panic coverage. 1399
Reposted by Alex 🍉I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026And frankly this is why the push to get rid of ICE is going to face very long odds. Any justification for doing so will also implicate the police and unless something changes we’ve already seen that movie play out. 312219
Reposted by Alex 🍉Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer 11063331674
Reposted by Alex 🍉Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026weird how you never hear about police department layoffs 413487507
Reposted by Alex 🍉Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 26/08/2026All the Democrats not doing their jobs and instead attacking a YouTube streamer are ridiculous. You could have criticized him this whole time for continuing to support Platner, btw. But you actually couldn't, because you supported him too. 1638
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“In exchange for a quick return today, fundraising consultants are liquidating the party’s long-term future, turning potential lifelong donors into people who now delete Democratic messages on sight.” data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 000
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I have a pet theory about the appeal of “moderation” in politics: if you’re put on the spot about something you don’t know much about, what do you say? “Oh, I’m somewhere in the middle.” Same answer as when your English teacher asks you about a book you didn’t read and your pride is at stake 000
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The illusion of getting the smartest takes by reading the most well-known outlets crumbles upon basically any scrutiny #supportindependentmedia 000
Reposted by Alex 🍉skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026yeah man this is just racism 181211139
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Read this beautiful comic right now - I am reminded of a video I saw @janeese4dc.bsky.social post just a few days ago! 010
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I just signed up on Patreon, I suggest anyone who enjoys thoughtful political analysis to do the same! 023
Reposted by Alex 🍉Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So what I am saying here is that just claiming that AI is mid misses the political and economic project it’s being leveraged to bring about (upward wealth transfer), while only focusing on that project without noting the flaws of the tech risks missing HOW it’s carrying out that project. 12/n 715735
Reposted by Alex 🍉Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026‼️DONATIONS NEEDED‼️ It’s almost the 1st when we send $150 to recently housed & unhoused people in DC! Help us fill up our Cashap! Donate if able! Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC One time & recurring donations can be made on our Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse Thank you all! 01510
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/07/2026One of my first ever realistic sketches. This took me probably about 3-4 hours. Great way to keep my hands busy while I catch up on podcasts. I will definitely do more! 030
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This was my first time tuning into movement memos, but it won’t be the last! Very thoughtful discussion, I enjoyed it a lot 1174
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 23/07/2026tfw your opening prep pays off and you reach your peak bullet rating 😊♟️ 010
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is a great thread about the experience of being creative in the world. Many aspects of writing and playing music are the same, particularly this bit here ⬇️ 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14/07/2026Magdalene Visaggio was once in seminary, training to become a Catholic priest. Now she's a snarky online trans girl like the rest of us. In a challenging new essay for Assigned, she writes about the toll being hated for who she is has taken on her psyche. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgI Am Not Sorry Lindsey Graham is Dead - Assigned MediaHow a decade of hate made me a worse person 482608833
Reposted by Alex 🍉I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026It funny because there’s no amount of money that seems to be too much when public safety is framed as hiring and paying more people with guns whereas addressing drug addiction is just too expensive even as we can clearly see the results. 114640
Reposted by Alex 🍉Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Doesn’t matter if she texted “Come over, let’s fuck,”—if the next text was “hey actually no, don’t come over,” then that’s the fucking directive. Ryan Grim and his ilk can take a hike, jesus christ I feel physically ill 615914
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out” lmao 010
Reposted by Alex 🍉Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers. 10477511945
Reposted by Alex 🍉Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23/06/2026People keep acting like the fascists care about "crime." THEY DO NOT. They care about domination & fear. They will fearmonger re: "crimes" committed by out groups while cheering on the "crimes" committed by "their people" Meanwhile liberals keep bleating on about hypocrisy when hierarchy matters. 201627466
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I want to make this into a sign so that I can tap it when American centrists inevitably start fussing that Dems aren’t grabbing enough of the racist vote 020
Reposted by Alex 🍉Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 20/06/2026"The existence of billionaires is a threat to human civilization" used to be regarded as a kind of extreme statement but now they just say it themselves 214122
Reposted by Alex 🍉Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/06/2026the reason dsa candidates are winning is because theyre saying theyll do actual things to make peoples lives better and identifying billionaires as an obstacle to those things, its not super complicated or anything 322226391
Reposted by Alex 🍉Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This is why it disturbs me that so many influential people are still spending so much time on X, no matter how immune they think they are to it 0437
Reposted by Alex 🍉Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There was a lot of talk last year about ending the culture wars and reaching a reasonable accommodation, and what I think those people consistently refuse to understand is that *what the Right wants* is to be at war with the rest of the country. We're seeing what that looks like in the UK now. 18755145
Reposted by Alex 🍉Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The point is that just yelling at Dems to fight doesn’t do it. The Democratic Party is like a sports franchise owned by a billionaire with several other projects. Sometimes it languishes because ownership is still lucrative but it’s simply not the priority. 1409
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Can you even imagine if American media DIDN’T consciously pick a side to defend and then present their work as objective? I mean, I can 020
Reposted by Alex 🍉rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 02/06/2026it is in absolutely everybody’s best interests to develop some hobbies aside from Phone 5784482505
Reposted by Alex 🍉Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Democrats self-sabotaged in 2024 when they stopped talking about these guys as the weird perverts and assholes that they are. Most of the country sees people like Stephen Miller and think they're gross monsters. They will always respond well when leaders/institutions that affirm their gut vibes. 1393587725
Reposted by Alex 🍉A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The idea that there is something to be learned from arguing with ignorant dickheads must have been originated by an ignorant dickhead. We don't have to accept it. There's really nothing to be gained. 744195
Alex 🍉 @alexjaco.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Never feed trolls, unless you have a snack that would really hit the spot 000
Reposted by Alex 🍉👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 22/05/2026This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push 2662422237
Reposted by Alex 🍉Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The most interesting thing about a billionaire can only be their bank balance. It's the Alexei Sayle line about meeting Paul McCartney: your first thought can only be 'give me some money, ya bastard'. Whatever a billionaire does, their money is earning more than them, just sat there. 13513
Reposted by Alex 🍉Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The “good billionaires” are publicly facing liberals who say the right things, but they still grasp at undemocratic control of systems, use their wealth as a workaround to government programs, and are, still, devilishly obsessed with maintaining their own wealth and power. 28713
