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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My WW2 vet grandfather was one of the most left-wing people I ever knew. Long before anyone knew who Bernie Sanders or the DSA was, he told me he'd vote socialist if he could. I miss him terribly, but for his sake I'm glad he didn't live long enough to see the destruction of everything he fought for

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The problem with AI art is that it's human only in the sense that Soylent Green is people.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"There are thousands of noncitizens voting!" "Ok, then charge them." And they charge four.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

UPMC? The real estate developers that also run hospitals? I find it hard to believe they would abandon their principles so easily.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they've been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable. I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

Materially, what banning trans folks from participation in sports, in women's spaces, in public spaces, does is create a case for doing the same thing to someone else. It erodes all of our protections, protections which folks have died for.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

*sigh* Under this justification, a whole class of offensive language may become permissible. Before we get to that, I do think that this decision (intentionally or not) chooses not to take seriously cultural context or the history of "camps" in modernity. CONTENT WARNING IN THE NEXT POST.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is stupid and you should feel bad for reporting on it.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you object to public-funded housing of homeless people, in the end the objection cannot be the cost, because we pay a premium to be cruel to homeless people. At the bottom of the objection will always sit dehumanizing cruelty and a desire for eradication.

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wood man @wood-man.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

LLMs appear useful in writing/coding for the same reason cars appear as a good choice for transportation. Because they let the users reap the benefits while outsourcing a majority of the costs to the rest of society

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Very on brand for Josh Parsons to label citizens utilizing their free speech to attempt to hold an ostensibly democratic government to account "performative displays."

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Russ Diamond sounds absolutely unhinged, not like someone who should be anywhere near decision-making.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I really feel like the issue is not having 26-episode seasons anymore. 90s Trek did genre episodes and whimsy too, but it wasn't every single episode.

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👹 Other Sammy 👹 @swizzard.pizza · 21/08/2026

the thing is about "actually AI is great at cancer screening" is 1) the cancer-screening code is meaningfully different than an LLM 2) the cancer-screening code doesn't require a data center

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So, coming back to the sign, there are two mini-conversations here, with two diffferent authors, and with two overlapping intended audiences: >>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm glad someone asked him about Gavin Wilkinson. Disappointed he wouldn't say anything about it.

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Sheba @shebainpdx.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

From The Faultline, a San Jose Earthquakes SG (posted on other platforms, I couldn't find them on here) #GWOut

Statement on the Hiring of Gavin Wilkinson
MLS fanbases expect their front office to uphold high standards of integrity, safety, and accountability.
Involving Gavin Wilkinson the Earthquakes organization, even as an advisor or consultant, sends a harmful message to supporters, community partners, staff, and players.
Wilkinson's repeated failure to prioritize the safety of women and gold abusive people accountable makes him unfit to work for the San Jose Earthquakes organization.
We call on the Quales to terminate the contract of Gavin Wilkinson. #GWOut

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Relatedly, any organization that claims to be taking a "human-centered" approach, but is only asking "How do we use [whatever tech] responsibly?" and not "Should we use [tech] at all" is in fact centering the tech, and not the people. >>

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somebody @stevemay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Can you imagine someone saying no white males at an Oklahoma City memorial event

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

the argument against Mamdani attending the 9/11 anniversary, as far as I can tell, is literally just that he’s Muslim, and reposting it is just reporting rank racism

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Why shouldn't he? Could you explain it for me real slow?

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“To breach trust, you have to have trust. And the people who were reacting to that, they didn’t have trust in our company to begin with,” he added. That is… quite a take.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What happened to "vote blue, no matter who"?

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

They're ok reading tons of hate speech on Twitter because it's not directed at them. But if they come here they might get yelled at by an annoying wokie, and THAT'S beyond the pale.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The reason Bluesky is a "leftist bubble" is because so many centrists prioritize their own comfort over other people's safety.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

(Alt text for original image: "Greatest one line in a song ever. Not verse, chorus, bridge. Just one line") Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight, gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And as other QTs have pointed out, this is the whole point of means testing

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And since the original doesn't use alt text: Screenshot of New York Times cover story "Faced with Mounds of Paperwork, People are Losing Food Stamps"

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Honestly the most infuriating part of this is the "vote blue no matter who" crowd in the replies who seem to think Democrats don't do means testing

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And guess what? Focusing on the welfare of your imaginary friends and away from the harm to actual people (and our environment, thus all living things) done in the process of building them is not improving that track record. >>

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/04/2026

Tonight in the ai reading group i was reminded of something that happened in 2006 after I dropped out of college, when I was living in a run-down old house next to jb alberto's in rogers park with a bunch of dudes. it was, as you can imagine, not clean.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026

The number of Democrats who posted bullshit about Lindsey Graham is astonishing given the givings. It cannot be that the GOP is an existential threat but also you really liked how Graham negotiated with humor and wit. It cannot be that Trump is a fascist but also you're confirming his nominees

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Doesn't sound like you're the one who ruined it!

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The use of the word “eliminate” in this context should really freak out more than just those of us he’s seeking to remove, to be honest. This should be a red flag so big that it’s visible from space.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The world actually does need more scholarship *about* conservatism, but I assume this is actually looking for a conservative pretending to be a scholar

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

this is a story about a person who fled to seattle because their life was threatened because of who they are, the other a person who fled seattle because he was a selfish and entitled person who felt out of place these are not the same www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...

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The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics

Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

(*me trying to force someone to put on the One Ring*) Oh my God, it's just a TOOL. It only goes bad for people who don't know what they're doing! Oh, you think Sauron destroying the land is bad? Digging up hobbit holes is way worse for the environment. It's actually classist you won't put it on.

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