Reposted by BB StormLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4023338110116
Reposted by BB StormAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8348821779
Reposted by BB StormKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 201122013028
Reposted by BB StormTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381194690
Reposted by BB Storm🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026I swear I will vote for any person who runs on revenge and court reform. That’s it. Those are the two planks of your campaign? You got my vote 331362205
Reposted by BB StormPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal. 101079271
Reposted by BB Stormdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if you don't know your own address it's because you specifically don't have to know it. people that detached from reality shouldn't be in a position to drive social policy for those of us living in reality 331809351
Reposted by BB StormMicah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it 303184899
Reposted by BB Stormflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds 81492676
Reposted by BB StormDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is utterly enraging and I gotta be honest, I have no idea how to fix it. It’s a symptom of a much, much deeper problem. The next two years are just going to be a slog. 39855146
Reposted by BB StormMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The real worry is not the next two years, but the 2-4 after that. If this is a bellwether, we are never going to get the real, serious, major institutional reform that we need to make sure that this era of lawless authoritarianism doesn't happen again, even if we get a Democratic president in 2029. 27748143
Reposted by BB StormI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026“Let Donald Trump save face” is how you got January 6 *and* why faced no consequences for doing it. 521622323
Reposted by BB StormMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026this administration illegally shut down federal agencies, impounded money from Congress, set up for-profit concentration camps and sent children there. They dismantled our public health infrastructure and children died of measles. Doing accountability for crimes against our Constitution is the work. 142195298
Reposted by BB StormMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 38047331061
Reposted by BB Storme.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026to start: -a decade of Clean Air Act violations at Tesla's Fremont plant -multiple stealth recalls and other auto safety law violations -a long record of systematic workplace abuse -blatantly buying votes to throw the last presidential election -DOE loan fraud -interference in US foreign policy 1175081
Reposted by BB Storme.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026investigating Elon Musk, subpoenaing him, making him testify under oath, and working toward significant prosecutions should be one of the leading Democrat campaign promises right now not just for DOGE, for a decade of self-driving fraud that has killed more than 60 Americans, and many other crimes 171237194
Reposted by BB StormKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2026Also this piece I wrote for The New Republic in January 2021 is one of the most prescient pieces of political punditry this decade. newrepublic.com/article/1610...newrepublic.comThe Republican Retreat From GovernanceThe direction of conservative “thought” since Trump left office suggests that the party’s future is limited to brutal voter suppression and culture-war conflict. 0459
Reposted by BB StormKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2026Here's my piece from a year and a half ago come to life in a Republican politician's tweet. www.patreon.com/katelynburns...patreon.comTrans people are MAGA's shiny object | Katelyn BurnsSomething funny happens to a conservative whenever trans people are mentioned. It's like their brain shuts off, logic is no longer possible, 211122
Reposted by BB Stormlittle john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Imagine what would be possible if we funded education. Adequately, fully, publicly, in proportion to its importance in society and all the burdens that fall to it. Really: imagine. People in power and on the far right have, and that's why we're in this mess. They don't want that to ever happen. 19231
Reposted by BB StormKat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We are not talking about this enough. Trans "issues" are a foot in the door for all sorts of bad actors. "[Musk] wants the election to be a referendum on how you feel about trans issues while trying to make your local community louder, more polluted, and more expensive with nothing in return." 06528
Reposted by BB StormWylder 🏳️⚧️♿ $163/$800 Needed TODAY @wylder.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026Yes I wish more folks understood this, I dont understand how it's being missed tbh. 223836
Reposted by BB Stormonion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports 7375782172
Reposted by BB StormJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341835794
Reposted by BB StormJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And of course OpenAI and Anthropic are running with it too. Rogue AI narratives easily let them off the hook for their sloppy (and embarrassing) development decisions. While also making it look to their eager investors like they're inventing god... 251083
Reposted by BB StormJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In recent cases, it's not that AI somehow "escaped containment" or "went rogue." That's anthropomorphizing at best. It's more like if a Boston Dynamics robot dog nudged open an already open door and walked in. 5850152
Reposted by BB StormJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks. 221378280
Reposted by BB StormRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 13/09/2026Please do this, please let the chatbot run wild with your credit card ordering parts for imaginary gear that will probably burn your house down when you try to turn it on 441290209
Reposted by BB StormAyo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Transgender people deserve to have a nice life. That is the entirety of the argument. If you disagree, you’re saying that you do not believe in liberty or justice for all. 8352231243
Reposted by BB Stormgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026two years ago, i was allowed to use the women's room at the airport no problem. now, the texas state government can fine the airport thousands of dollars if i use the women's bathroom. 101767433
Reposted by BB StormTracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 14/09/2026every day i think “we can’t get more end stage capitalism than this” & then openai goes & hosts a LuXuRy iNfLuEnCeR eVeNt to… what, try to make everyone excited for the worst job market in a decade & AI shoved down all our throats?? 3634
Reposted by BB StormGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you 8980982032
Reposted by BB Stormgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026this. do you know how embarassing it was to watch a sporting event on tv in a room where you're the only trans person? and that "kamala is for they them ad" comes on and everyone knows it's about you? and they all just kinda laugh nervously or look uncomfortable? because it wears on us. 4637120
Reposted by BB StormNight of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths. 3945601520
Reposted by BB StormIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 04/09/2026I have been a 1Password customer since 2006! My whole family is on it! I have moved multiple enterprises to it! Let me just tell you how stoked I am to move 20 years of shit because these people insist on being fascist assholes 1944741
Reposted by BB StormGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895453545
Reposted by BB StormKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/09/2026We should build data centers next door to the homes of every editor who commissions one of these pieces. 925745
Reposted by BB StormSebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future. 8957071551
Reposted by BB StormMicah @rincewind.run · 01/09/2026a remarkably effective life hack: just be nice to people it's incredible how much goodwill people will extend to you if you're pleasant to them 7353341053
Reposted by BB StormJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026SCOTUS is entirely corrupted and must be completely reformed Expansion 18 year terms Thomas and Roberts impeached and removed Enforceable code of ethics End the Shadow docket. 16463115
Reposted by BB StormThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201339890
Reposted by BB StormStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 03/09/2026Just got outta the TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY 35th anniversary rerelease and Jesus Christ, man. What a movie. They had to do all that shit for real. They had to fly that helicopter under an overpass. They had to blow up that building. They had to find an actor who could turn into liquid metal. 1457082837
Reposted by BB StormTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/09/2026MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renamingtechcrunch.comMapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renamingThe once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days. 852651665
Reposted by BB StormAlice @nolas-socks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Every one of those brave and inspiring people you hear about on the news was exhausted and terrified the whole time. They were sad and angry and wanted to crawl into a hole and not come out. They wished they could have stayed in bed. Then they did it anyway. But they did it scared and sad and tired. 4656218
Reposted by BB StormMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comTeen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle SchoolsTeen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools. 43036101761
Reposted by BB StormMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026IMO this is something that schools + parents really need to be aware of. I have a hard time believing that most kids with $300-$400 smart glasses are buying them themselves -- if your kid is using expensive tech to facilitate their harassment of peers for clicks, you should probably know about that 261120170
Reposted by BB Storm💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 30/03/2026As I have been saying for a while...if the AI companies didn't want to face a huge backlash, then maybe they shouldn't have gone on a press tour saying stuff like "AI will cause 20% unemployment or higher and all jobs will be obsolete in five years" and acted like that was fine. 517733
Reposted by BB StormIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 17/08/2026It turns out that when your marketing plan is “hahaha, we’ll destroy humanity and your future” people don’t like that very much 12717136