Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 11hFinally got time to go through the full report and it knocked my socks off. Cohesive argument that housing, insurance, energy, and transportation costs should be thought of as one interconnected issue, and we should tackle as a package by building smarter in low hazard areas at SCALE. 16118
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 886251245925
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don’t think impeaching Trump would result in removal, but if Dems take back the House I think a good case can be made for impeaching and removing this asshole and RFK jr. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this is remarkable 628242
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You know what bugs me? Any Democratic President making a move to try to align the US with the metric system would be met with fierce, fierce resistance. But if Trump just said we should switch, those *same people* would be saying it’s long overdue and treating it as the most important thing. 001
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With how many things he’s redefining he’s probably gonna sell dictionaries next. 000
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lolol this is the GOP in a nutshell. Just completely incompetent and wrong, but so confident and performatively angry about it that they are willing to make you pay! 010
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social 305006751
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not the point, but also for your company to have any “Profits” it needs to take in more revenue than it is spending, which certainly does not apply to the US at this point. 010
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialMike Rifer @thelifeofrifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is such a profound, patriotic, and moving response. *This* is the answer to Trumpism and Stephen Miller. Let’s f’ing go. 3283
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I thought he showed promise on the Lakers in a deep bench role. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/09/2026Oh for gods sake. First, while it’s true that Florida has the highest ACA enrollment in the country, no, there are not "5 x more people enrolled in Obamacare in Florida than live in the state." Around 19% of the total population is enrolled, which is high but hardly over 100%. 1/5th =/= 5x. 911376362
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hell of a story from @propublica.org 7546107
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Credit where credit is due: since Trump banned the news orgs from covering him they have been broadcasting a lot less fake news. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialMJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Your husband worked for a convicted felon who committed crimes including Jan 6th Insurrection, stealing classified records. He has continued to commit crimes, he's repeatedly violated the Constitution, he's fighting an illegal war, he's the most corrupt president in United States history. 65649301187
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As Eisen explains, an insolvent company can go to bankruptcy, but an insolvent non-profit foundation goes to receivership, meaning the court appoints a new fiduciary. The exact opposite of what they wanted! 101532437
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump’s cycle of “Fuck things up” followed by “Declare victory and walk away” and leaving us worse off than we started is undefeated. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not. 12247251142
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Paying ten bucks for one dollar is easily the most accurate metaphor for his entire economic agenda. 562508461
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 17/09/2026I just think it’s bad that we only have consequences for people who don’t have any money or power 4986162
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I get why, in trying to push back against fascist or quasi-fascist movements, there's a lot of reverse trolling and using their own tactics against them. But, it does suck. In general, I don't like having my views repped by someone doing internet clapback in the style of a 14 year old. 91379
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"rump will not support the institution unless his name is on it. Well, so be it. The trustees should let it close, declare bankruptcy, and come to a sad end—all on Trump’s watch. Allow the Kennedy Center to fail in full view of the American public, and let them decide whether such things matter." 729747
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I disagree with this view. Either AI ends up useful, in which case it *will* be built out and I’d rather it be powered by renewables, or it doesn’t in which case having a bunch of built-out renewables will help reduce carbon output. Either way, spending ai money on renewables ends up a good thing. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them." 442225406063
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is an awful characterization. I’m not saying it didn’t happen in some quarters, but for me and the vast majority of my contemporaries that felt the Islamophobia that followed 9/11 was terrible, the “shared bond” was about the trauma we witnessed and wanting to help each other. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026Trump pays tribute to Medal of Honor recipients: "The thing I really want is I want is, myself, a congressional Medal of Honor. And I've studied it. I'd give it to myself, I'd have no problem, but I'm not allowed to." 3741346385
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For the love of god someone please ask him when he thought Germany was great because I’ve got an idea. 642314390
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Largest Republican donor (by far): we should have a race war against non-whites. Corporate Media: Democrats really need to answer some hard questions about this Twitch streamer almost no one has ever heard of. 211123313
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Normalize calling out people on their bullshit even if it’s impolite. 011
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialStephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery falsifies the history of slavery and the Civil War. The recent effort to call it a "Reconciliation" Memorial falsifies the history of the Memorial itself. 9314121
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 08/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialJane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Ramaswamy claimed leaving Ohio for Vegas was a rare exception. 4 days later, he is sitting VIP courtside at the US Open. Between spending $700k on private jets & being gone 40% of the time, his biggest talent is pretending Ohioans cannot count. Amy Acton-D is the clear choice for Ohio Governor! 5319179
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I follow way too many science communicators to tag them all but @hankgreen.bsky.social and @philplait.bsky.social I think you’d probably enjoy this thread. 100
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We had <ten> Benghazi investgations 251577363
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026Trade xkcd.com/3290/ 56113672492
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The extent that the craziest people have taken over the DSA moniker from Sanders/AOC and are publishing things in their name has to be something pushed by conservatives or others that don’t want Democrats to be elected. The mix of arguably-mainstream ideas and craziest revolutionary shit is insane. 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gonna' have to figure out a way to process the rage. Because these stories are going to continue. And we can't ignore them. 111008273
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Trump is absolutely not going to give up the presidency willingly in 2029. 000
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On today’s edition of “Imagine if a Democrat had made the same comment” 011
bigt383.bsky.social @bigt383.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As someone on here who is relatively pro-ai (there are nuanced qualifiers to my position), this is absolutely the worst way to try to convince anyone to change their mind on data centers. And from an idiot who purports to be a branding expert! 000
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialMikell Taylor @mikell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Fun fact, you do not actually have to use 9/11 to frame discussion about every single Muslim American in 2026. You can simply choose to treat them as different unrelated topics, because they are. Hope this helps, media! 731856291
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026 24595292153
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Damn, dude. You're telling me that when you join a fascist movement you run the risk of having the state apparatus turned against you in a factional dispute? This is the first I'm hearing of this. 143385494
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation. 440107123484
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I remember learning in kindergarten that HOMES was a useful acronym for remembering the five great lakes. A bit on the nose to change it to SHAME, isn't it? 401627266
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It would be nice to have people in charge who weren’t totally insane 481686178
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We knew *exactly* who RFK Jr. was years ago. Cassidy caved and put that dangerous crackpot into a position of huge authority over American health. This is on RFK Jr, of course, but I hope Cassidy loses a lot of sleep over this. 15595120
Reposted by @bigt383.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026the famous line about how michael caine treated the muppets as fellow actors and tim curry treated himself as a fellow muppet keeps running through my head we have a lot of brilliant actors, but how many of them can really pull off 'unhinged muppet' the way curry could? what a tremendous lossstatic.klipy.comTim Curry Laughing as Pirate CaptainAlt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island laughing 2465881442