Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 308122512242
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 24/06/2026See a crab, post a crablivescience.comIn Your Face! Male Crabs Gloat with 'Victory Dance'Mangrove crab males perform a special dance for males they've just defeated in combat, to discourage them from coming back for more. 0153
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026These assholes back down when we push back. We should push back more often. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring 602696816
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026FFS If only he was in a position to do something about it. 546441
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialVictor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Early-morning thoughts: if the tension between providing medical care and making a profit off of illness seems problematic to you, consider for-profit prisons. They make money when there are more prisoners - and they lobby politicians to create new crimes and lengthen sentences. This must stop. 062
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialGibbertyWitchet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 24/04/2026the carcinization of all things continueth 216247
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialNational Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 18/04/2026Contractor today referred to his dogs as squirrel alarms and that's gonna stick with me for a while ngl 0547
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Okay CTA. This is a good sign. 90242964518
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/02/2026SO GOOD! "the idea that my political ideology is synonymous with hating technology is confusing. Every leftist I know has a hard-on for high speed rail or mRNA vaccines. But the “left is missing out” blog positions generative AI as the only technology that matters." -- @xoxogossipgita.bsky.socialaftermath.siteThe Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being ExploitedTechno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists. 10998312
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. 25306663615871
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact 108101442906
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Just donated, please do likewise if you can. Reposting this helps too. Thank you. Link: www.miwrc.orgmiwrc.orgMIWRCThe Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC) works with clients and partners to deliver a comprehensive array of services and maintain an extensive referral network to fully meet the needs of ... 6204165
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity. 30387604189
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 05/10/2025A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o 964159247515
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialSteve McPherson @steventurous.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way. 2766631525
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025i do not think it can be overstated at this point that we do not know who killed charlie kirk or why they did it. 1175565893
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025There’s a colloquial French way of saying “zero fucks given” that translates to “I’m painting my balls with the brush of indifference.” A Finnish version is “it interests me as much as a kilogram of shit.” But my favourite is from old Greek slang and it goes “flowers on my dick and bees all around.” 431078286
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I told you we’d be back 15674306612661
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/05/2025A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts. 19899242660
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/05/2025🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 1453226199761
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialExistential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 24/04/2025Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good. 97107672186
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/03/2025“Trying to appeal to a voter who will congratulate you for scolding a member of your own party for peacefully protesting fascism is a losing game because that voter does not exist.”thehandbasket.coThe time for a spineDemocrats who censured Rep. Al Green are as clueless as they are feckless. 12980641628
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialWillow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025This is why we pick the bear. 047597
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAlex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need 114105991795
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialWill Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 18/02/2025The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefiringsdemocrats-science.house.govWere you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and TechnologyThe House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 7580456
atarisan.bsky.social @atarisan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Here's a picture of Mark Hamill with his dog Millie. Why? Because we all need this that's why. 090
atarisan.bsky.social @atarisan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This right here sums up a lot of what is currently driving U.S. politics right now. 050
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 07/02/2025One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment. I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face. And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose. 85201242697
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us. 14782512604
atarisan.bsky.social @atarisan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Adorable and problematic all at once. That poor kid is in danger the whole time. 020
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comOf course it’s a coupMiss the obvious, lose your republic 5822812210725
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialJonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67. The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth. But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon. Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)media.tenor.coma picture of the earth and an asteroid with the national geographic logoAlt: a picture of the earth and an asteroid heading towards it 95805325
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialSally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Hear me out — If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is. Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone. 7185213825
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 04/02/2025Stromatolites xkcd.com/3046 7795751241
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialJoy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.media.tenor.coma drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around itALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it 10195813613203
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽 316911870113328
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇 7003867113286
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialSoSnI' Get In Good Trouble ☮️ 🖖 @bluewave1906.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The "5 Calls" app is super easy to use, if you want to contact your representatives 031
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found 2073615458892
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialMare Pan @paarsec.com · 16/01/2025One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹 26110563560
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades 495166955319
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024When reactionary centrists say "echo chamber" what they really mean is "non-violent community." Everyone needs a non-violent community, and there is nothing bad or shameful about wanting a place where you won't be harassed, judged, or vilified. 120441
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialLiam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 13/12/2024"When the night seems dark, we can still make it darker and profit from darkness arbitrage markets. When the world seems to have died, it is possible to extract significant economic value from its slouching corpse. And no matter what, transnational global capital always wins." 115421
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇propublica.orgUnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With AutismLeaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’... 935226569962
Reposted by @atarisan.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/12/2024I honestly believe all LLM results should come with a disclaimer reminding people that the thing doesn’t (and absolutely cannot) know any facts or do any reasoning; it is simply designed to *sound* like it knows facts and frequently sweeps some up accidentally in the process. 1313022647