Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7hRemember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy. 441696666 1.7K
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 9hWHY IS NO ONE FALLING IN LOVE WITH ME IT'S SO ANNOYING 121048 104
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirlsweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 6hwhen you laugh at your own post 82548380 2.5K
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFun @funkelly.bsky.social · 6hsomeone out there is going to cut bangs tonight because of how their day went, so be kind to everyone cuz of battles or whatever 515538 155
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlTiki Moon🌙 @tikimoon.bsky.social · 2hPreheating the oven to prepare my emotional support personal pan pizza. 2213 21
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 2hWhy do some colleagues from psych, cog neuro, etc., accept AI nonsense that all or almost all our science will be automated? I'm a bit flabbergasted. Yes, of course we'll need observations, always. But to say theory and modelling practice can be automated by AI is preposterous. Some basic points... 4335 33
Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 2hThe most important thing I know about models comes from George Box (statistician): "All models are false. Some models are useful." 110 1
Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 4h"Vivek the victim-blamer" ^^ Dropping that into every context where I see or hear his name. From now on. I want it to stick. I don't want him to outrun this shit. Ever. 0306 30
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10hOn the right, parenting is about being a petty dictator. It's not about having the right to protect a child for their own good, but about having a person you feel is yours to control, often well into adulthood. Both men and women feel this way, but for women, it's often the only power they get. 4709 70
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 20hIn MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...salon.comRamaswamy's ad exposes MAGA’s obsession with parental estrangementMany Republicans have kids who won't talk to them — and they blame their offspring 1501929554 1.9K
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlPath (seasonal)🎉 @demandavoider.bsky.social · 11hi bet the hat man switches to something a little more casual like a deerstalker or a newsboy cap when he's making love 13613 36
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirlsamantha is the spectre haunting europe 👻👻👻 @commiesamantha.bsky.social · 10hokay but counterpoint, it's funny 0101 10
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlAmien @amien.bsky.social · 11hI especially wouldn't trust this incarnation of the CIA. Revolution is necessary in lots of countries - it may be necessary here - but the US is always about cover your own ass. Especially this administration 062 6
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirl(spoo)key @lefttwix.com · 16hhaving astigmatism and driving at night feels a lot like being at an edm show 311432 114
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirlchelchell @chelchell.bsky.social · 15hMy thoughts when I follow a man back “okay, but don’t be weird please” (the bad kind of weird) 2315930 159
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 11hWe’re seizing the memes of production. #TOTP 2308 30
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlLuigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 13hA whole generation of smart people have grown up with the idea that people are something to be managed rather than individuals that must be led 22048 204
Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 11hI been sayin'. For years, that's been my MattY analysis. 040 4
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13hit is just a refusal to contest the issues of the day on the grounds that you might lose. but you'll also never win if you refuse to play the game. 512969166 3K
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirlandy vs. @im-all-id.me · 15hRoast beef and gravy scented lip gloss 2118839 188
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlCharlie Alzamora @chalza.bsky.social · 18hHaving poison ivy salad as an appetizer. It's made from scratch. 713746 137
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirl-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 19hthis is beyond fucked whether you follow any SW's or not, the fact that you are even on this platform is thanks in a large part to the SW community driving traffic in the early days. SW and trans people helped Bluesky win the clone war, and the leadership has done nothing but fuck them over since. 31043368 1K
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlHumor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 17h@thisone0verhere.bsky.social 08714 87
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlJoseph Stoltz @thehistorydr.bsky.social · 23/10/2026Plutarch emphasized the need for virtue, frugality, and grace in public life and society. He had watched Rome descend into madness and hoped to turn it back. He failed in his time, but there’s no reason his work cannot succeed in ours.thehistorydr.substack.comMake Virtue Great AgainPlutarch's Lives, Moral Decline, and Why "Warriors" Lose 1263 26
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlJoseph Stoltz @thehistorydr.bsky.social · 23/10/2026Plutarch’s Lives is especially important in the context of military theory because war is the most morally complex action a society can undertake. How it thinks about, conducts, and responds to war takes off any mask of the society. It reveals all the good, the bad, and the ugly of a people. 1193 19
Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 23/10/2026Remember when the trendy thing was to call ISIS/ISIL by the name "Daesh" because supposedly they hated being called that? 2221 22
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirl🕎The G-ddamn Unix Man, golem fucking sea mouse🕎 @theunixman.com · 22/10/2026Especially the Uber for Landlords landlords. 0122 12
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirl🕎The G-ddamn Unix Man, golem fucking sea mouse🕎 @theunixman.com · 22/10/2026What's funny is all the PHP devs talking shit about every other language and framework now like "oh yeah the adults weren't in the room when those people wrote Django" or whatever bullshit, meanwhile it's been 0-day after 0-day for PHP for decades. 0142 14
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlMicah @rincewind.run · 22/10/2026yep and now we’ve got a thousand guys with hammers who don’t need sleep 32819 281
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlBetsy Wetsy @betsyross.bsky.social · 22/10/2026my Airbnb host is your Mom 79535 95
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlUndead President Warren G. Harding @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 22/10/2026Date: I can only get aroused when those conveyer belts at the airport are overfilled. Me: This date is over Date: Why Me: You come with too much baggage. 33312 33
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlJinxtor @jintor.itch.io · 22/10/2026slept on the floor of a dojo once. no bathroom in the building, had to cross a freezing courtyard to use the toilet and go to the local bathhouse to shower. owner offered to teach us karate. ofc we accepted. one of my favourite places to stay ever 39915 99
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlRobson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 22/10/2026This morning I activated the overhead lights of a crosswalk & started crossing with my two young kids. Two cars waiting at stop signs to cross the same road took the opportunity to proceed. A Tesla driver then blew through the crosswalk, oblivious to us, almost hitting us AND both cars. 🙃 9619 61
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 22/10/2026Worrying about abortions in the water when she should be worrying about whether she still has immunity to measles 1296 29
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 19/10/2026Oceans are a radical leftist myth. God created the heavens and the earth, not oceans and magma. 2284 28
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 20/10/2026I’d also add that the “it’s a distraction” move fundamentally misunderstands fascism, which seeks power. Everything it does is a display and abrogation of power. So everything is both always and never a distraction, depending on the angle of view. 03612 36
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/10/2026I wrote for @thenation.com about why people need to stop acting as though the dramatically escalating bigotry on display in US politics is just an unserious sideshow.thenation.comWhy Calling Anti-Trans Hate a “Distraction” Is So TroublingIt’s a familiar line in the midterms: Anti-trans attacks are a “distraction” from “kitchen-table” issues. That sends a chilling message about whose rights are worth fighting for. 11809309 809
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlBillie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 20/10/2026This is so great. One of many killer lines: “There is no ground the party can cede that will satiate fascism, and a party that espouses equality but fails to defend it is morally hollow.” 212015 120
Reposted by Reverse Clowngirljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/10/2026the routine, pay for play pardons are all by themselves one of the worst corruption scandals in american history! 10989322208 8.9K
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 22/10/2026“I understand if you don’t answer legal questions from students who aren’t in your classes.” I consider every student of our faculty to be my student. Just like I consider all my past students to still be my students after they graduate. All my future students are also my students. 0372 37
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 22/10/2026It’s also plainly full of shit — the IDF imposes restricted military zones at will to drive out solidarity activists while allowing violent settlers, many of whom have already committed acts of terrorism on camera, to stay. 0222 22
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 22/10/2026“Metatron” is such a Transformers-ass name for an angel. 1217618 176
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlWhatACunningHat @whatacunninghat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It's very hard to see this as panning out as anything but more of the same in that environment. Just loads of people stacking ever-increasing solutions onto other devs' work to try to get something actually useful out the other end while also producing acceptable burn-down charts. 061 6
Reposted by Reverse ClowngirlPutnam @putnam3145.bsky.social · 10/10/2026how many times do people have to learn the lesson that more software is bad actually 191 9