Reposted by IPresident Werewolf G. Harding @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Me: The existence of a champagne supernova implies the existence of a champagne red giant and a champagne pulsar Neil Degrasse Tyson: Oh hell the fuck yeah 57425
Reposted by IYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 02/07/2026i text’d my wife that i was having a bad day and to cheer me up she sent me a picture of our cheese drawer in the fridge 621975172
Reposted by IBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning. 236127482769
Reposted by II support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner. 233672548
Reposted by IDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Watched a James Baldwin documentary the other day and felt like sharing this little snippet 713333
Reposted by IMicah @rincewind.run · 16/02/2026AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating 5753971019
Reposted by IWoopsly @boopsly.bsky.social · 11/02/2026In other words, interchangeable techbro with a theory of mind on level with a concussed toddler thinks the Beep Boop Man what lives in their computer is sentient. Truly a philosophical juggernaut of our time 092
Reposted by Imike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Letterman (tapping notecard on desk): laBOOboos, Paul, you heard of these? Laaa BOOboos. Shaffer: (leads band in five second snippet of Outkast’s “Roses”) 0628
Reposted by IElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Okay. One kid/Harvard story. Me: That library has every public speech given by every president, ever. 12yo: Can’t you get that on the Internet? 9yo: (mocking my voice) “That library has… a computer.” Me: No. you don’t understand. 12: (also mocking) “That library has WiFi!” Me: :( 51153661
Reposted by IEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This list is like the Avengers for people who only read airport books called something like "Leading Leadership for Leaders" 572097256
Reposted by IMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I will never understand why the media feels the need to whitewash RFK Jr constantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 2153707519
Reposted by IRaysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 04/12/2024Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it! 1224373923
Reposted by IJoe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · 24/05/2025Some quotes are too good to cut on.ft.com/4jkssZ0 9370501211
Reposted by INY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I am a staunch free speech supporter. But after ten years of freaking out about woke students deplatforming right-wing speakers, I don't have the energy to pivot to criticizing a fascist president for launching an all-out attack on free expression at universities. 352354432
Reposted by IIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Fucking THANK YOU. Like, for real, I need a lot of you to dispense with the fantasies of objective, impartial tech. You are watching the intended purpose of this shit on display as we speak as Grok is hammered into compliance behind the scenes. 346121668
Reposted by Ithe autumn and the scarlet 🍁 @marcy.beneprism.rip · 13/05/2025Trump could roast and eat a baby on live TV and NYT editors would carefully type out "Trump's Unorthodox Diet Raises Ire" 481818338
Reposted by IAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/05/2025Good thing the Washington Post has already completely torched its credibility. It's a right wing rag running cover for this administration. No one is otherwise taking this seriously. 381827252
Reposted by Imtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/05/2025I suppose the New York Times will run daily stories on this until he resigns, unless Secretary of Defense is a less newsworthy job than a college administrator? 664991982
Reposted by IHector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope 37285858051
Reposted by IKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Per @thorbenson.bsky.social, I will now be calling her "the Vanna White of shitters" 4857148980
Reposted by IEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Former Death Star employees condemn new Emperor's plan to use Death Star for death star stuff 14816184
Reposted by Ionion person @junlper.beer · 01/05/2025the media is going to assist in making youth transgender care illegal and then they’ll move onto their next goal of making it illegal across the board. anyone going along with this is a fascist 4654891556
Reposted by IDavid Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Y'all, I promise you that it's possible to defend trans people without conceding "legitimate concerns about sports" or similar bs. 1) No, there aren't. It's all just bigotry and propaganda. 2) Cede no ground to fascists. None, ever. Reject the question and just fight them. 182133735
Reposted by IMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/04/2025"Abolish ICE" and "defund the police" are both reasonable and correct on the merits but were absolutely neutered by centrists smearing them as radical activist overreach. 9988261913
Reposted by II Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/04/2025Also, did the reform work? Did the trainings work? Did funding the police work? Are we living in the success of your efforts? 181586288
Reposted by IBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 24/04/2025This is true in the same way that everybody with an iPhone got a shit U2 album 352979462
Reposted by IJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The Trump administration is effectively undermining trust in elite institutions by appointing the stupidest, drunkest Ivy League graduates to some of the highest positions in government. No amount of defunding could damage Princeton's stature the way Pete Hegseth's group chats have. 21259
Reposted by IChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 19/04/2025"Trans people have always existed" That's simply not possible because people haven't always existed. There was a time before people, and so therefore, there was a time before trans people. And in that time, there were trans dinosaurs. 391134204
Reposted by INY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/04/2025If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans. 268226194661
Reposted by IJohn Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2025NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position. Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what?? 653850805
Reposted by IVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 19/04/2025It is not a “DEI” rollback it is the resegregation of American universities. Headline writers could at least be honest about this. 111414414
Reposted by Ibrian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Scotland managed to get “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” to number 1 following Thatcher’s death. I’m just saying we should agree on a song now so that we’re prepared 3275408761
Reposted by IEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Here’s “Creep” but it’s about using two factor authentication (2fa) on all your accounts 27980210
Reposted by IKasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 15/04/2025Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/vote.escvote.comREI Board of Directors Election 27567277
Reposted by IOsita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 13/04/2025Historians are going to remember The Atlantic as the most important magazine of the early 21st century. Just not in the way its editors hope. 131153125
Reposted by ILiam @cleantechliam.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Trump has lost hundreds of fights over his lifetime both in and out of office... its mind numbing watching these universities and law firms cower in fear to a perennial loser 0163
Reposted by IMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025You are completely fucked up as a newspaper if you think RFK Jr deserves praise for anything he has done so far in his new role- which is really nothing except pushing anti-medicine and anti-vaccine propaganda. 1676599
Reposted by Ithe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I am apoplectic about this. The first thing you say about Ted Bundy is that he killed women, and then if you really feel like it you can talk about how charming he was or whatever. The first thing you say about RFK is that he’s pro-measles. 362538419
Reposted by IAnil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Louder, for all the would-be capitulating university presidents at other institutions in the back 522402720
Reposted by IJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 08/04/2025this is straightforwardly concentration camp stuff. just in very plain terms: we send people to camps now if we, the government, deem it necessary, without due process. you can file a habeas petition in the united states district court with jurisdiction over el salvador, i guess. 2150711641
