Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026After reading this all the way through, I think her kid already is, and will always be intensely grateful. She needed NHJ to truly hear *her* and only her first, though. 120
Reposted by Bassey EtimProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The basic premise of the Trump Administration is that everyone hates people of color—indeed the multicultural, polyglot Omni-American—as much as they do, and so it is a confusing time for them. 319046
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The biggest problem MAGA bots online are facing is they don't know which lies are literally believed and which MAGA only pretends to believe. 100
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Gift link -- finally seeing some useful research on algorithmic trends break through to the mainstream www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Truth About Brain Rot: It’s a Cry for Help (Gift Article)Maybe consuming meaningless content is the only way to be free online. 000
Reposted by Bassey EtimAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026With the new Politico story, some folks are gonna have strong reactions to it, but my personal take is: a) it’s not like it’s her main outreach effort and b) the strategy of fight the right everywhere, turn influencers against their coalition to sow chaos in their ranks…. not the worst idea 718711
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'm sorry, love you Ben + many of the commenters, but I am afraid you have simply become addicted to losing and cannot imagine living any other way 111
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This new Open Mike Eagle album feels like a turning point for hip hop culturally. Also, WHY IS THE MUSIC VIDEO SO GOOD? Seriously, someone explain it to me youtu.be/Mkz3oQvJyIg?...youtu.beOpen Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal - Out to Lunch (official music video)YouTube video by Open Mike Eagle 000
Reposted by Bassey Etimdeus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Go. You don't have much time. 0157
Reposted by Bassey EtimAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now 826507913
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I grew up in the same neighborhood as David Crowley. We were the poor Black kids they liked to call animals. He's a great dude, the most progressive Milwaukee county exec. in a long, long time. Franchesca Hong is awesome too, though, so I'm mostly rooting for everyone to have fun tonight 041
Reposted by Bassey EtimErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I love you all but you are incredibly (understandably) reactive. It’s making you SO easily manipulated by rage baiters. When you see something without context, a headline or a snippet of a quote, take a deep breath and look into it to see if you really should be upset. Please protect your hearts. 91333358
Reposted by Bassey Etimdeus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Yes... a New Age. Too bad you will not be alive to see it. 1258
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is a gift link... man, this article is really, truly great. Mostly because it doesn't try at all to twist itself into a clean or satisfying narrative, so every word feels alive with reality www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...nytimes.comWhy I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought (Gift Article)First as a Marine and then as a journalist, I spent years tied to Afghanistan. I returned one last time to speak to a former enemy in search of answers, and perhaps closure. 265
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is a basic thing that nearly all humans do subconsciously -- mimic the people that surround them! news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...news.cornell.eduWe mimic each other, like it or not | Cornell ChronicleMimicry appears to be a fundamental behavior that helps people understand each other, not just when they get along, new Cornell psychology research finds. 110
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Any field where there are a disproportionate number of Black people attracts fanatics who will stop at nothing to destroy or devalue it 000
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Great win for Mamdani and DSA last night, especially in my district -- my only note is that with a bit more candidate vetting, the closest race would not have been so risky. I always worry abt internet bully types interacting with power, but I also know ppls brains can temporarily break online 000
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Yeah, this is super disgusting -- there is no greater footsoldier for elite capture of society than the "unpaid internship" 000
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Gift link to the NYT interview w/ Scott Pelley -- his quote on her "hardened preconcieved notions" are the best possible three words to descibe Bari Weiss and her career. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...nytimes.comScott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ 121
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I try to remember that this world has ghosts inside it. Hidden, they will turn. 010
Reposted by Bassey EtimIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/06/2026People forget this but they think this stuff is going to work. They really honestly do. They think the problem with everything is wokeness and if you eliminate that, things will suddenly be awesome. I know it looks like deliberate destruction but I think they're genuinely surprised this doesn't work 1129519
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026IMHO Magdalene Taylor has always been a great culture writer, and this is a good column if you aren't looking for ways to hate it based on the headline! (By withholding this unpopular opinion yday, I contributed to a monoculture and I regret that😅) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There’s Nothing Wrong With Wanting Men 000
Reposted by Bassey EtimJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Sources tell me that Scott Pelley got into a heated back-and-forth with new '60 Minutes' executive producer Nick Bilton and managing editor Charles Forelle in today's meeting. He demanded to know why his colleagues were fired, prompting Bilton to say he wouldn't be intimidated and quickly leave. 922275412
Reposted by Bassey Etimderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/05/2026They should do that Jubilee show with the Pope. Like "1 Pope vs 20 Conservatives Catholics Who Just Converted." 726058619
Reposted by Bassey EtimJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026There we have it - you have to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces (so maybe avoid having them if you can). A bathroom ban from people who recognise that they’re doing a bathroom ban, and feel guilty about it. Shameful. www.gov.uk/government/p... 14479140
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Did the DNC actually pay someone to write a major report that would have gotten a C- in an undergrad class? Their incomptence goes beyond what I imagined... 010
Reposted by Bassey EtimNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I don’t think Americans with hypertension and various other treatable conditions deserve to die. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel. 1593362736
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 06/05/2026My only question is: How could you say something so brave, and yet so true? 000
Reposted by Bassey Etimjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026very funny that this guy is literally like “tax the rich? that is the n word to me, personally” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...nytimes.comIn Attack on Mamdani, Vornado Chief Likens ‘Tax the Rich’ to Hate Speech 49987751645
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Pulitzer Pablo! Holy shit congratulations @pablo.show !!! 000
Reposted by Bassey EtimDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 02/05/2026a key to understanding the reactionary right, for me, is the realization that there are pleasures in cruelty "and no you are not immune." there's something in the human soul that delights in having someone to look down on--or at least, the capacity for this exists in us 501850283
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Basking in the simple pleasure of knowing no one at the public basketball courts could guard me today 100
Reposted by Bassey EtimShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The Stancil TikTok thing is super illuminating because it tells you how excitedly jumping onto whatever makes you feel good about disliking a person without bothering to do a basic logic or fact test because it validates your existing vibes is most certainly not a right wing phenomenon alone 632027
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I'm not even anti-Platner, but yo, its obvious some of y'all think the polarization that resulted from our subjugation gets on the way of your leftist utopia. We (Black people) are never going to apologize to you for that. 150
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Gift link -- I thought this was a great essay, one of the best canonical work for the moment www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass 000
Reposted by Bassey EtimIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is what Du Bois meant when he said Black America stepped briefly into the sun and then fell under the veil. 241196262
Reposted by Bassey EtimIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 22/04/2026Coming down from the mountain with this written on stone tablets to give to bluesky 7817
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Seems like the strategy of killing every influential political leader doesn't work so well once you're forced to negotiate peace with traumatized war generals www.axios.com/2026/04/22/t...axios.comTrump gives Iran days to end power struggle, return to peace talksThe supreme leader is silent. IRGC generals and Iran's civilian negotiators are openly at odds. 000
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Magyar's stance that Netanyahu is invited to Hungary, but would be arrested if he sets foot in Hungary, opens fascinating new possibilities in the world of international diplomacy 010
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Good argument or not, getting up on stage and yelling at your own voters is not a strategy I would recommend 030
Bassey Etim @bassey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Just finished editing my novel Ruby Av! I think its actually pretty good, so the only question is whether anyone will want to rep. a coming of age story about a teenage rap star who becomes a revolutionary fugitive 010
Reposted by Bassey EtimAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026People don’t wanna put two and two together with what he did to usaid and him putting up those maps of global birthrates and saying white people are being replaced 5667261219
Reposted by Bassey EtimDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Humanists: Chasing the latest tech fad has not worked out well for other generations NC: But it might work out well for us! Humanists: The most reliable path to ROI is to study things you're good at and learn both broadly and deeply and the data supports us NC: I asked Claude and it said it's alivecnn.comOpinion: Tips for picking a college major | CNNPressure to pick a college major based on earning potential isn’t the best choice for many students, argues David Perry. Not only will students be happier following their interests, they’re more likel... 413729