Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7hPrecisely. 10 years ago - 5 years ago, really - it was possible to interact with an entity and be nearly 100% sure it was fully conscious and human. (Obviously you could never be sure something WASN’T, but that’s a different question.) Now we can’t. That’s a big, big change in our place on earth. 10817
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6hNo lies detected.comicsands.comTrump Just Dropped An Accidental Truth Bomb About His Presidency—And Democrats Hilariously Pounced 1229734
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 20hPeople are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory. 19581372
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4hWow. Just wow.comicsands.comTrump Ripped After Openly Lusting Over MAGA Sisters With Tone-Deaf Joke Following Cornell Sexual Assault Allegations 2328475
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7h🚨Our new research reveals the UK could rejoin the EU within a single Parliament. Reports that accession would take a decade are wide of the mark. Read more in the @financialtimes.com 👇 www.ft.com/content/3aa9...ft.comUK could be fast-tracked back into EU, pro-Brussels group arguesBest for Britain says alignment between London and bloc would speed up any rejoining process as Andy Burnham prepares ‘options’ 39502155
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h23 days until we vote to end this nightmare. 1782659626
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3hRoger Vadim's Barbarella was released 58 years ago today. "In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to unleash a powerful weapon upon the galaxy." Such a 1968 movie. 1212326
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 2hThis is bloody massive! We knew it, even back at the time, but excellent to have the PM confirm it! 817336
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 2hCrazy that it’s taken a decade to officially confirm that Russia interfered with our Brexit referendum. archive.is/zyNbm 917757
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialrimidar @rimidar.au · 9hAlso, in seriousness: this is why you cannot trust the far-left on LGBTQ+ issues. They will sell it all out for the slightest point of appearing slightly more clever than liberals 210414
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8hPotentially nothing whatsoever, but a lot of people have connected them. Like, for millennia. Quietly dumping 3000+ years of thought about the fundamental nature of humanity into the trash, because you don’t want to make an embarrassing admission of uncertainty regarding LLMs, seems foolish to me. 5696
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 22hMusk is doing everything he can to shut this down before it reaches your eyes. On behalf of all those who lost their careers or their lives because of Musk, please share. 5149106
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 22h"When someone is gang-raped, there appears to be something to defend, and it’s not bodily autonomy; there appears to be something to protect, and it’s not the victim." Life in this predator's paradise and the problem of shameless people. www.the-reframe.com/the-good-guys/the-reframe.comThe Good GuysRaising uncomfortable answers in a predator’s paradise, and the vast gap between being ashamed and living in shame. 532996
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it 573939553
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you could use a pick-me-up, check out the Smithsonian’s live cheetah cub cam. The five-day old cubs are beyond adorable, and an important addition to the captive breeding program for this vulnerable species.nationalzoo.si.eduCheetah Cub CamThe Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. 11851354
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialJuliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 10/10/20261. This software did nothing 'on its own'. The human who approved its programming and release is responsible. 2. These programs are based on scraped government website instructions and millions of illegally obtained novels without any attempt made to distinguish between fact and fiction. 825585
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026ONE WEEK FROM TODAY IS NO KINGS #4 (Details at: nokings.org) We must turn up in MASSIVE numbers to show the world we don't support this Administration or a criminal president who has enriched himself to an obscene level at the expense of everyday hardworking Americans! #GettingReadyToDump-tRUMP 🟠💩 👎 10133241096
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialAnn LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026friday is for kafkaposting 4769731651
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialNick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A reminder Thiel actually does look that bad in person. 1513416
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Democrats dominated debate stages this week, the map keeps expanding into deep red territory, and election forecasters now predict Democrats winning 52 Senate seats on November 3. All while Trump’s approval hit a new low. With two weeks until Election Day, the momentum could not be clearer.thinkbigpicture.substack.comOur Wins Of The WeekThis week we saw many top tier candidates take to the debate stage, and it did not go well for Republicans. 2552462
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 10/10/2026It’s cool, and not incredibly demoralizing, that the last ~25 years (? more?) have been an increasingly flagrant demonstration that The Rules, as we were brought up to understand them, just do not apply to a lot of people 352051295
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them. My latest for The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…theguardian.comAI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert ReichLiability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this th 13757284
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/10/2026Everyone in your circle of trust spinning out is the most dangerous thing that can happen to you, information-wise, and it’s why you have to be on guard for it in a way that many global elites just don’t seem to be. I really do think it’s one of the defining issues of the 2020s. 110614
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 7075593034
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Katelyn and I had a really good conversation about why Dems won't do this, and there are reasons!, but they definitely still should.patreon.comWhy We Must Cancel Elon Musk | LOLGOP StudiosKatelyn Burns on why Democrats won’t do what defanged Musk in Wisconsin last spring. I can only try to tell you how happy I was when I saw 111324
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now. 11635198013523
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialNash @radiodeadair.com · 08/10/2026I see people confronted with facts like this become apoplectic and say that they simply won't follow the law, they'll do whatever they want, etc, etc. Yet none of them think through the implications of what they're saying: that the law is completely dead and there is no longer a country. 814344
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists. 513666626
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There's no need to read the latest Joseph Kahn article. In short he: A) Properly identifies the only types of indie movies people are watching these days B) Fails to mention he's made those types of movies & failed with them C) Insults everyone D) Fails to understand why everything is how it is 917932
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The cruelty is the point. 3632845
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Charlie Kirk gets his wish. He said, in earnest, that executions should be televised and mandatory for children as educational. 3329685
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All that money and still can’t afford a spine 4755092
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialAstronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph 311190390
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dark. The people (Republicans) who did the right thing to protect our country on 1/6 are now being punished. A clear message to anyone who stands against what they have planned next. We are so far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 851435578
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🤣🤣🤣💥🙄 595195534396
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.social🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 362181315202
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 810206614617
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialPaul Leigh -Some Rascal on the Internet @pleightx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 228107822248
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialNoah @noahotter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wise words from Spidey 🕸️ 221247303
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Words don’t mean anything. 8688
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026You do not hate these people enough. But it's worth underscoring that this media environment is *the* epistemic challenge for every liberal or leftist dream that is trying to greenshoot its way through the dead concrete of our times. 1121171
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Father of our Country: "A good moral character is the 1st essential in a man..." Honest Abe: "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." The Orange Atrocity: "Nothing bad can happen, it could only good happen." #26DaysUntilTheMidterms 🌊 2423597679
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's because they can't afford to live. 521583238
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How to de-shittify America A republic cannot be brought to ruin if the people have integrity. But America's prime directive is me me me. That's the reason we commited "superpower suicide," as Timothy Snyder put it. @editorialboard.bsky.socialeditorialboard.comHow to de-shittify AmericaFirst, bring back "moral sense." 22811
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialSusan of Hell @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026They must have him on enough blood thinners keep a retirement home in business. If he had any more carapace bolted onto his body he’d be Gregor Samsa. The only organ left functioning in his body is his gallbladder, which is working overtime supplying him with bile. 1124226
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:nytimes.comOpinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment (Gift Article)With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality. 10500129
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialEllsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 197102621780
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/10/2026"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers. 121494359
Reposted by @blessedhawk70.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The next Dem president must neuter him. I would suggest by taxing him, breaking up his companies and/or taking his money. 138624