Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialDavid C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale. 8791891953 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSenate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midtermsObservers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting. 415126724224 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Gavin Newsom: -Pushed state AGs to accept a weak Paramount merger settlement -Opposes Prop 40, despite 65% support from California Democrats -Supports Prop 42, which cancels out Prop 40 and makes it impossible to pass future wealth taxes Is he really that desperate for billionaire campaign cash? 1441796651 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialAskme @askme99.bsky.social · 14/10/2026You have to appreciate the fact that these idiots always make these comments and never realize the context and facts. 13850201331 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Lol he's such a turd. He'll look terrible in prison orange. 010 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'm curious who released this. If it was bessent, it's giving even bigger childish, middle school bully vibes. 000 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I don't want them to just stop. I want my money back 1243 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 11/10/2026Is there a cleverer way that Ukraine could have hit back at Trump doing a dirty oil deal with Putin to help him with gas prices in the midterms than turning off the army of Russian propagandists posing as heartland Americans with concerns about trans socialists? 91797336 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 801195609 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialHelen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 08/10/2026Happy #WorldOctopusDay! 5381117 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialAltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 08/10/2026There would have been no successful Apollo program without the brilliance & dedication of Margaret Hamilton, who built the software from nothing. "We had to find a way, and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers.” Godspeed, Mrs Hamiltonnews.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 522156 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 241176584904 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 207100373665 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialLoulan @loulanwest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“…DHS contractors are toppling the last of four ancient cottonwoods to build double border walls across the San Rafael Valley. The wall cuts through the key remaining wildlife corridor for endangered jaguars between Arizona and Sonora, where human border crossings are seldom seen.” 064 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was definitely sad when Sean "Spicy" Spicer was canned 020 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349921155 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ken Paxton is a corrupt con man who has used his office to enrich himself and live a lavish lifestyle with his various mistresses at taxpayer expense. 10130071072 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America. 30754661897 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense. 43374502796 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialErin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Begging anyone who opposes hyperscale data centers to refrain from elective genAI use. Like. I get that it's embedded in a lot of things. But don't go actively using the thing you want to curtail the growth of!! 2429 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026irony is dead -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders is on Fox & Friends decrying "manufactured" conservative outrage 1502001326 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So, actually! Fun fact 🤓 ⬇️ The correct spelling is UNITED States, not “Unites States.” Thank you for your attention to this matter! 55944192 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialnick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 6453642147 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialAlt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 29/09/202636 days. #Vote 1438 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal. 31811362 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With little more than a month to go until Election Day, my job is to worry. I am paid to look around corners and see what might go wrong, not simply to assume that everything will go right. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/just...democracydocket.comJustice Jackson found a bright side. I am not sure I see one.When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a te... 20956294 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I missed Hegseth’s announcement and press conference on this. 411501419 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)propublica.orgClarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP DonorIsland-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha... 1072106902 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation. 20538281627 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Is there a statement from WHCA yet? 4085093 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135212188 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off.” - Gloria Steinem To the incomparable Gloria Steinem—a giant, a guiding light, and a fierce advocate who left the ladder down—may she rest in peace and may we continue the fight for justice and equality ✊🕊️❤️ 291201318 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialr/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 28/08/202666 Days to Midterms - If you’re told you can’t vote at the polls, your LEGAL response must be: “Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law!"reddit.com66 Days to Midterms - If you’re told you can’t vote at the polls, your LEGAL response must be: “Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law!"r/protectUSelections 096 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Big Oil profits have skyrocketed since Trump launched his Iran War — leading to a $93B windfall for the eight biggest oil companies in Q2 2026 alone. Meanwhile, Trump himself has raked in up to $15.5M from his fossil fuel investments since January. Don't forget what this was really all about. 8821091075 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I was thinking the other day how those not in DC (I'm not) aren't hit as clearly with how Trump has turned the White House grounds into something between construction site and waste dump. Genuinely upsetting. Far from the worst thing he's done but among the most tangible and graphic. 602158662 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It turns my stomach the amount of $ put into campaigns. Years ago I had a work trip to Korea around the time of their presidential election. I remember my Korean POC describing how their elections have strict limits on how much money and time can be spent campaigning. Sigh... 000 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialJørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9136761735 0
birkmireone.bsky.social @birkmireone.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I understand "praying it away" is at least as effective 1163 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/08/2026Pete Hegseth wipes his nose, then runs his hand through his hair 11523604901 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/08/2026#Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced today that it completed an investigation into the death of #wolf 2504. It determined the wolf was accidentally shot by a coyote hunter. #Wolves have already died in leg traps in CO. This shooting highlights why the state’s wolves need stronger protections. 23713 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 04/08/2026I shouldn't have to convince adults that science is real. 441523262 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialr/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We have a criminal president.reddit.comWe have a criminal president.r/protectUSelections 491154735812 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialPierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Yup. You did. And cancer research for children was first to go. 5392573845 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Tillis said Blanche had to meet with Epstein survivors. The survivors said he was condescending, rude & constantly interrupted them. They said he was just checking a box. Tillis wants slush fund order modified & IRS settlement gone. Blanche creates a sham order. Tillis wants performative nonsense. 26165601571 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialStephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The Hubble space telescope takes a new photo of Uranus. 45596762047 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialscha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026 10551721415 0
Reposted by @birkmireone.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/07/2026I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds. 341667851 0
