Reposted by Atticus WestWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 6hcan't take "LLMs are people" discourse seriously when we haven't even convinced everyone that all people are people. 2366872046
Atticus West @atticuswest.bsky.social · 4h*opens up a six-pack of whoop ass* *spends afternoon steam-cleaning whoop ass out of the carpet* 😕 010
Reposted by Atticus WestDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty sure he is the only politician in history where the actual words coming out of his mouth do not matter in the least to his supporters. Coherence is simply not a requirement. 661602290
Reposted by Atticus WestMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”cjr.orgNicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest. 12050791052
Reposted by Atticus WestUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 14/10/2026“Hurry up, Arnold! The wolf just took down your brother’s house and it looks like he’s headed this way!” 823847
Reposted by Atticus WestMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Elon Musk is helping both the Russians and the Republicans. Not a coincidence.nytimes.comSudden Starlink Restrictions Deepen Ukraine’s Vulnerability as Russia Escalates (Gift Article)A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite program appeared to be curbed without warning. 761126579
Reposted by Atticus WestCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708... 32341951900
Reposted by Atticus WestMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026SpaceX’s Starlink speed cap is confirmed at 60-70 km/h on Ukrainian terminals which kills connectivity for all medium-range kamikaze drones: FP-2, Darts, Hornet, RAM-2 and others. It also impacts Ukraine’s drone interceptors that rely on Starlink to shoot down Russian Shahed-type jets. 28732249
Reposted by Atticus WestAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP. 16458552508
Reposted by Atticus WestJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026omg this is a good ad 321625303
Atticus West @atticuswest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Something something horses, stable doors something… 110
Reposted by Atticus WestSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026NEW: The US theft of Venezuelan oil resources appears to bring the Pentagon its own source of money — something that should be understood as another milestone in the collapse of constitutional government.forever-wars.comThe Dawn Of The Self-Funding PentagonIt's not like the military is cash-starved from Congress. But it looks a lot like it's going to make money off Venezuelan oil 461927740
Atticus West @atticuswest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Very few people are capable of standing at a lectern and reading aloud from a piece of paper that blondly. 110
Reposted by Atticus WestNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Really unpopular things: -data centers -overt bigotry -CSAM -billionaires trying to buy elections -Hitler salutes -stealing people’s personal data -South African Apartheid -causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of children Fighting against Elon Musk is a political winner 251661400
Atticus West @atticuswest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A clean Backwards Down the Number Line. Crisp, even. #Phish #CouchTour 010
Reposted by Atticus Westdonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Don’t blame me for how everything sucks, I voted for it to suck slightly less 0453
Reposted by Atticus Westbatkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026🎶 Aruba, Jamaica, oh I wanna claim ya Bermuda, Bahama, gotta beat da Gama 🎶 - Christopher "Kokomo" Columbus 17714
Reposted by Atticus Westemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Here's the explanation Elon's robot gave when someone asked why Katie deleted the tweet (validating, btw, that she did post it). 😎 241362250
Reposted by Atticus Westemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even. 10249361529
Reposted by Atticus WestDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open. 5046431021
Reposted by Atticus WestBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The only thing this headline lacks is the phrase, “in a chainsaw-involved incident.” 581793371
Reposted by Atticus WestJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comUS launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reportsUS authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re... 611983725
Reposted by Atticus WestMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Elon Musk has given Republican campaigns $650 million – MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS – in the last few years. He's not doing it to make Americans more free. He's doing it to make Americans his serfs.nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 591240466
Reposted by Atticus WestMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026off the fucking rails. a rogue government.apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. 16464461561
Reposted by Atticus WestJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Enjoy the “interruption” 375125261789
Reposted by Atticus Westjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC 1364874879
Reposted by Atticus WestViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 13/09/2025The Twitter folks posting angry shit about Bluesky are like a billionaire who's bitter because the guy he was hunting for sport escaped 653392
Reposted by Atticus WestAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Crazy that it’s taken a decade to officially confirm that Russia interfered with our Brexit referendum. archive.is/zyNbm 25714211
Reposted by Atticus WestWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026As I’ve often said, my first fear, on learning that the UK had voted for Brexit, was that it might even be possible for Trump to be elected. 28794139
Reposted by Atticus Westdan mentos @danmentos.com · 12/10/2026BOB THE BEER DROPPER: I make the worst decisions ME: hold my beer 430479
Reposted by Atticus WestJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/10/2026Kind of obsessed with this spooky season scene my 12-year-old painted today. 1335452539
Reposted by Atticus WestEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying. 16641141787
Reposted by Atticus WestRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump Is an Easy Mark for PutinThe president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans. 19930651350
Reposted by Atticus WestAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region." 12374032618
Reposted by Atticus WestNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 676260605530
Reposted by Atticus WestAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026An irony of this era is that Trump’s opponents and Trump share the same exact opinions about Trump supporters bsky.app/profile/acyn... 251021153
Reposted by Atticus WestRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Update on the ceasefire Trump announced this morning. 18457881921
Atticus West @atticuswest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026American Stasi. Abductions, torture, abuse, assault, and battery, all on U.S. soil. Arrogant flagrant criminality conducted under color of law. Abolish ICE, and arrest, try, and convict every last one. 000
Reposted by Atticus WestElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 11/10/2026Millions of dollars are being spent on camera towers, drones, ground sensors, and other forms of surveillance tech at the U.S.-Mexico border—all to the detriment of those who live, work, or seek refuge in the borderlands. You can learn more in our zine: www.eff.org/issues/bord....eff.orgBorder Surveillance TechnologyGovernment officials refer to surveillance technology at the U.S.-Mexico border as a “virtual wall,” when, in reality, it is a digital dumpster fire for human rights and civil liberties. Hundreds of 09932