Reposted by Andros StarbornWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 9hFun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute. 351648320
Reposted by Andros StarbornBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 11hLatest: Two charities associated with the world’s largest far-right Hindu group have raised more than US$24.4 million over a five-year period through US grants that allow the donor to be anonymous, Bellingcat can reveal: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/10...bellingcat.comUS DAFs Donate Millions to Groups Linked to India’s Far-RightDonor-advised funds allow individuals and foundations to give money to charities while remaining anonymous. 5177106
Reposted by Andros StarbornElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11hSo... "cable"... we're just doing cable again. 932134311
Reposted by Andros StarbornApril of the Beast Coast @spaghettisauceress.bsky.social · 10h“Capitalism breeds competition” suck my fucking nuts 12010
Reposted by Andros StarbornMike Masnick @masnick.com · 14hThe history of big companies excitedly acquiring Warner Bros and then trying to hastily dump it a few years later gives me hope that this latest acquisition will also be a total clusteruck disaster for the acquirer 2025934
Andros Starborn @andros-starborn.bsky.social · 21hHonestly, this has echoes of antebellum America. Northern states bent over backwards to appease the South and its "way of life". The South sneered at them and said they were the enemy. And as soon as Lincoln was elected, they seceded. 1223
Reposted by Andros StarbornK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026chat is this good 6553061194
Reposted by Andros Starbornvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026microzine #5, pirates of the soft seas, screenshot, apple II (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/148317/... 225082
Reposted by Andros Starbornvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026WOULD YOU PEOPLE STOP VOTING FOR FASCISTS FOR FIVE GODDAMN MINUTES 21659
Reposted by Andros Starbornbsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 06/10/2026Hello from the birthplace of SimCity (which explains some things) 3545
Reposted by Andros StarbornHannah Lee Stockdale (LOOKING 4 WORK) @hanoodles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He destroyed careers, he destroyed peoples’ livelihoods. I hope he sleeps well with his golden parachute knowing he’s had a major hand in turning the US animation industry into the desert it is today. 211111312
Reposted by Andros StarbornAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's been such a long few years, I'd forgotten this particular rape accusation against Hegseth. The woman told police she may have been drugged. Hegseth, who was married to one woman and had just had a baby with another, said it was consensual but paid her $50k to settle. He was confirmed anyway. 25891299
Reposted by Andros StarbornAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026We've reached the open use of anti trans slurs phase by Trump. Dems haven't done shit to call out Pete Hegseth and Nancy Mace doing it so now it's become normalized. 1692961655
Reposted by Andros StarbornGeraldine Moorkens Byrne @germoorkensbyrne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Had a great time chatting to other @moonbooksci.bsky.social authors @morgandaimler.bsky.social Lora O'Brien and @rachelpatterson.bsky.social about Samhain myths misinformation and real Traditions youtu.be/8iBtpuKcAbI?... #pagan #witch #samhain #Halloweenyoutu.beThe Real Irish Samhain w/ Morgan Daimler, Lora O'Brien, Geraldine Moorkens Byrne & Rachel PattersonYouTube video by Moon Books Publishing 073
Reposted by Andros Starborndon Elías (como los buses) 🥨 @donelias.mastodon.cr.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026Every damn time #Brasil #Brazil #Colombia #DiegoHitlerioDeLaJunta 412376
Reposted by Andros Starbornworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026we're not beating the "anything but the metric system" allegationsgadgetreview.comGoogle Is Accused of Destroying Nearly 500 Football Fields of Forest for New Data Center ProjectGoogle's Finland data center cleared 300 hectares of forest before environmental review concluded, now under regulatory investigation by LVV. 2132
Andros Starborn @andros-starborn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Shyeah, "allegedly" like a nine millimeter brain haemorrage... 000
Reposted by Andros StarbornCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5156002124
Reposted by Andros StarbornElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/10/2026Despite its name, the DEFEND IP Act would instead incentivize censorship, overblocking, and bad faith attempts to block access to a website. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgSite-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s NameThere has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the 110754
Reposted by Andros Starbornmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6162322398
Reposted by Andros StarbornTamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 05/10/2026Continuing to fail to beat the "probably going to die trying to pet something I shouldn't" allegations. 2171
Reposted by Andros StarbornMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The religious right is steadily expanding its definition of what is sexual — and restricting what it deems acceptable in public spaces. Tech companies, in want of less oversight, are taking the hint. The deplatforming that started with sex workers / kink / trans has come for gay bars. 3354227
Reposted by Andros StarbornAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like more people should be talking about this part 3849872087
Reposted by Andros StarbornSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah the biggest human trafficking bust in 21st century US history went down in 2021. Operation Blooming Onion. They took down a $200 million slavery ring in Georgia. 100% H2A visa workers who immigrated legally. This was HUGE NEWS for anyone who was paying attention to farm worker & labor issues. 5341110
Reposted by Andros StarbornBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5254892418
Reposted by Andros StarbornDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The President is unable to stay awake during Oval Office press conferences 821564294
Reposted by Andros StarbornCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos" 933397529
Reposted by Andros StarbornAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Reminder: Cosplay Patton here is 0-1 in wars and he took an L to a B-level power 1862696457
Reposted by Andros Starbornvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026geekgirl, online zine, sticker (circa 1998) web.archive.org/web/19980110... 219763
Reposted by Andros StarbornFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026We maintain that there's no way to implement age verification without compromising sensitive data. Those who choose to opt out of this get a censored experience. A reminder: the leaders pushing for age verification broadly aren't doing so for child safety. Their aim is information control. 2409142
Reposted by Andros Starbornmödemlooper @modemlooper.net · 29/09/2026This muse mascot looks creepy. Like it would be in a black mirror episode. At night it sucks the blood of children. 131
Reposted by Andros Starbornjosh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 29/09/2026here's a section of rafah pre- and post-israeli bombardment 539552
Reposted by Andros StarbornLady Aranea @ladyaranea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Do I even have to point out how fucked almost everyone would agree this was if it was applied to practically any other marginalized group? 04713
Reposted by Andros StarbornMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131395542
Reposted by Andros StarbornThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort. 10270921628
Reposted by Andros StarbornDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/09/2026"What we have is a lot of furious people." The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain's rising cost of living. 511501600
Reposted by Andros StarbornJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461544567
Reposted by Andros StarbornJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years. 7845681065
Reposted by Andros StarbornBen 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." 11859501283
Reposted by Andros StarbornQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/09/2026The Liberal Dems have voted to reject the EHRC Code of Practice - which recommends the segregation of Trans+ people from most single-sex spaces Read more in our newsletter 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the… 16812
Reposted by Andros Starborndonoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026now here's an alarmingly common sentiment among engineering students 2138144
Reposted by Andros StarbornAmbassador G'Kar🏳️🌈 @ambassadorgkar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We have got to win at least 52 seats so we can make this ogre irrelevant 520341
Reposted by Andros Starbornkopper @w.on-t.work · 26/09/2026llama therian with a pain kink: man i love winamp 314257