Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialLuke Baumgartner @lbaum94.bsky.social · 7hInsanely good writing by @patrickobrienstrickland.com that I’m proud to have helped contribute to. 083
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialSecretary Of Diarrhea @senorgreygoose.bsky.social · 8hOne of the best takedowns of the "rationalists" and Libertarians is in Fargo, season 5: Roy: "I want freedom without arbitrary rules.” Lorraine: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son, there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal." Roy: "The President?" Lorraine: "A baby.” 426952
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22hAnd, look who is promoting this campaign. Also, there is a name floating around X. No one has any idea if the name of that person is truly this Jane Doe. 2026153
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10hIf you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal TaxesMeta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 13461226
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6hKlobuchar on Schmitt: "He's not aware that there's also women's sports ... because they wanted to do this to distract everyone, I would say they got their comeuppance" 15150521101
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h"Dual-class shares should be banned outright, or even better, heavily taxed in proportion to their control over the company." prospect.org/2026/09/30/h...prospect.orgHere’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market. 29230
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialNicolas Addington @naddington.bsky.social · 7hGuys I’ve been holding out on you — we got kittens like a month ago and I haven’t posted any pictures. 113179791
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialNils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 12hMost historians today argue that the key policies that made possible the US’s economic resurgence under Reagan were mostly initiated by Carter: military buildup, deregulation, taming of inflation, support for the strong $, etc. Reagan’s main policy innovation—tax cuts for the rich—was a net negative 24220
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialA Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 21hIf you think my trans daughter wanting to stay connected to the camaraderie and benefits of team sports is a greater threat to your daughter than 50 young men in a group chat doing NOTHING while she’s gang-raped then you’re a fucking idiot. 10702149
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 22hI wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521803594
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialEmpty Bag of Ducks📎 @emptybagofducks.bsky.social · 21hHegseth’s Pentagon reminds me of the 80-20 rule (or pick your ratio). 20% of your troops would take up 80% of your time. They’ve put the bottom 20% in charge. 2273
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 723434658
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialRay Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 20hThe Naval Academy faculty has been roughly 50% civilian and 50% military since its founding in 1845. I was a Chemistry major (1972) and part of the military faculty as a Chemistry instructor from 1975-1978. Civilian profs were the core and foundation of the department. 25422
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 18hExhibit F. 0314
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialProgressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 18hFederal appeals court rules in favor of motorist searched after fabricated traffic stop. “The officers... claimed Rosales had ‘failed to signal’ his turn. ....dashcam video showed... [the] Mustang’s left-turn signal was blinking as [he] waited at the intersection." reason.com/2026/09/28/t...reason.comThe 5th Circuit rejects qualified immunity for cops who searched a driver after a bogus traffic stopDashcam footage contradicted the officers' claim that the driver failed to signal before they questioned him about drugs and searched him. 20628152
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17hEric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron. 43194241387
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 18hLikely that 75% of Repub Hill staffers now know the names of the Schmitt staffers who fucked it up. 47610
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22hThree Florida counties have declared emergencies over Dengue Fever because the state is experiencing the most locally-transmitted cases since they began collecting the data 17 years ago.cbs12.comFlorida counties declare local emergencies as dengue cases riseDengue fever is here in Florida, prompting several Florida counties to issue a state of emergency for the mosquito-borne disease. 1111859
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialCK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 23hNiche skeet. I’m horrified to learn that Senator Schmitt graduated from Jesuit schools at the secondary and post doc level, and proceeded to show the world his whole ass by not double checking his staffer’s work. Saint Iggy is giving him some massive sideeye. 3705
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 273127582099
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is hilarious - you can't make this up. Sen. Eric Schmidt (Missouri) just humiliated himself alleging falsely that Jack Smith was in Atlanta at an NBA "Hawks" game. Smith was in Maryland at a women's "Hawkeyes" gamestatic.klipy.comMan Rubbing Eyes with HeadacheALT: Man Rubbing Eyes with Headache 761331310
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026how many countries in the entire world do u think trump could actually name lol 981628116
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%.... 7261341662
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026swearing aside, the strategy of just making the right stand by the things they say to each other seems pretty good. that was the secret sauce behind the "weird" messaging way back when (that they abandoned for whatever reason) 29883139
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/09/2026an 8-figure budget for a documentary about a senator should tell you a whole lot about how and why warner bros has killed better men than this idiot and his idiot father 31746
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/09/2026go ahead, faellison, put a bunch of fucking money into shit no one wants and no one will watch, keep telling yourself that bari weiss knows what she’s doing, ledgers don’t lie 72259
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialJasmine @feistybunnygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remember when they kicked an entire girl’s softball team out of the championship game because a player posted a private Snapchat where she was flipping off the camera? It’s funny how they never worry about ruining girl’s futures. 7361411386
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialtomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 28/09/2026DHS used a Brian Dawkins highlight to hype ICE raids on a migrant caravan and got a takedown notice from the NFL before Eagles fans even finished cursing them out. They stole a beloved player's legacy to sell a deportation dragnet and didn't even ask permission first.rawstory.com'Scumbags!' Eagles fans unleash profane takedown of DHS after using player footage in adThe Department of Homeland Security put out a highly charged social media post in response to reports of a migrant caravan approaching the U.S. The post said "our time has come," accompanied by video ... 1182287856
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 28/09/2026Even the finest modern scientific instruments are incapable of measuring the levels of sweaty, pick-me desperation in the blog posts Josh Blackman is about to uncorknews.bloomberglaw.comTrump Gets Fifth Circuit Vacancy as Bush Appointee Steps BackPresident Donald Trump will have another opportunity to appoint a judge to the influential US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 211830
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialPatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s. The. Little. Kitty. and she’s evidence of being spectacular. As she napped during my Evidence class. 844212
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's kind of crazy that the Natalie Harp news cycle raised some extremely valid questions about the extent of her influence on our octogenarian narcoleptic, none were answered and the press just stopped wondering. 331875328
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's something special about a man falling asleep on live television three minutes after calling his predecessor "Sleepy Joe." 21989332080
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026Half of Obama's own party threw a tantrum over his novel "don't do stupid shit" doctrine in relation to Iran. Trump then immediately tore the JCPOA up to little resistance. The next president did next to nothing to try and revive it and instead spent 3 years begging Saudi to be friends with Israel. 21050109
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.social#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers wrote a House Intelligence Committee report which had false information in it about Iranian nuclear power *in 2006*. He was condemned by the IAEA twice. He is now the Republican nominee. Brett McGurk, Biden's top MENA aide, fought against reviving the JCPOA and supports the current war. 1106096
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialBob Elliott @bobeunlimited.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Some signs the hoped for a Milei miracle is starting to face macroeconomic realities, with inflation still elevated and growth collapsing in recent months. h/t @thedailyshot 814540
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialSydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026we know because data, EV batteries last as long as the car itself. Even with this data and real world evidence. My MiEV is 17 yrs old this yr on its original battery, the stupid myth of EVs needs battery replacement (insert timeframe here) still persist. insideevs.com/news/809604/...insideevs.comThese Battery Cells Were Tested After 14 Years Of Hard Work. They're Good For Another DecadeCATL supplied the cells for the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. Fourteen years later, not one of them has been replaced. 34819286
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 25/09/2026Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns that emergency appeals are becoming a "special avenue" for "certain privileged litigants."bit.lyJustice Jackson says Supreme Court intervenes too quickly on Trump's sideJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns that emergency appeals are becoming a "special avenue" for "certain privileged litigants." 12446146
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The United States government killed another innocent person.👇 601436674
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It seems like Todd Blanche and Mike Waltz got to tell lies about CNN on the Sunday shows, as a reward to them for banning the press. 20709178
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thanks to everyone who has gifted us with such kind words about Champ. 0262
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialNothing @nothingofvalue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That Rolling Stome article on “Choosin Texas” complaining about how people who haven’t heard the song are siloing themselves is hilarious to me. Popular Country music in the US is possibly the MOST siloed genre in the country, especially in the 21st century. 1963646
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Also, the Nashville suburbs are just crawling with these creeps. 1954860
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026"china is charging their cars in less time than it takes you to fill up your F-150" is the kind of banal jingoism i always assumed would get us finally kicking it up a notch on serious infrastructure buildout but we were a lot more directly addicted to gasoline in addition to racism than i thought 794363852
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialChris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”houstonchronicle.comTexas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable. 352246763
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound. 642334457
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialStevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just a Reminder... 26964531997
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensNevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens. 694155506359
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026i feel like everyone is being quite unreasonable toward zendaya’s character in THE DRAMA 81159258
Reposted by @bobbiebud.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026- I saw Fran Lebowitz speak earlier this year & she talked about how Oprah might have encouraged a lot of people to get into reading but she did so by referring to books as mirrors where you should see yourself reflected RATHER than viewing books as windows into the experiences of others. 212239182