Reposted by Bobbi WickhamBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 30/09/2026I wrote about iced coffeetheringer.comHow “Can You Bring Iced Coffee to a Job Interview?” Became Society’s Ultimate Litmus TestAmerica is divided. Generations are at war. Where do you stand on the most urgent debate of the past week? 910020
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you're wondering why schools like Cornell sweep this shit under the rug it's because they are afraid of opening up the rape and sexual assault can of worms at a place where the faculty itself is often packed with pedos and perverts 29421
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ok, new headline donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-happe...donmoynihan.substack.comA crock of Schmitt at the Jack Smith hearingA guide for the perplexed. And yes, it does say something about the state of the Republican Party 1524050
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDr. Christine M. Slaughter @cmslaughter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The figures in this post are sobering! 085
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 30/09/2026The guy who proclaimed the Iowa Hawkeyes are the Atlanta Hawks also said a month ago that anyone who thinks Michigan fans say "beat Ohio" doesn't know ball. The absolute goat in the crowded "Republicans don't know ball" marketplace. Yes he voted for his govt to control college sports, why do you ask 91053158
Bobbi Wickham @bobbiwickham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Check out Maniac Pixie Dream Girl on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...backerkit.comManiac Pixie Dream GirlFrom Nathan Rabin, author of Weird Al: The Book (with Al Yankovic), former head writer of The A.V. Club, and the man who coined the phrase Manic Pixie Dream Girl, comes the ultimate parody of the trop... 010
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145821297
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026Susan Collins doing big crimes while acting like an overwhelmed and helpless person is big Gotham City energy. 550079
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamJon Green @modestholdings.com · 22/09/2026Gov Reynolds signature higher ed initiative collapsing in the twilight of her term due to power struggles and ego driven kremlinology is as predictable as it is delicious. 47310
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhamdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm really sad about the death of one of my favorite wikipedia editors so here's a thread of some of the greatest articles he wrote 81665314
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thanks—original graphic I made for the Nature feature was substantially trickier (had to grab agency staffing numbers from several places), but changes to OPM have made it substantially easier to get the data and continue tracking it. Now anyone can watch the federal workforce be whittled away.data.opm.gov 0174
Bobbi Wickham @bobbiwickham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The technical stuff about how he is blending the two genres is really interesting too! 1252
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!! 152534620
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is bleak. And at the same time, totally preventable with policy that prioritizes the public interest and public service roles of media. Ack. 111433
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...dailyiowan.comUncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual FreedomIn the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape... 22663234
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhammaya kern @mayakern.com · 07/09/2026hi all! this is really difficult for me to talk about, but the store is in danger of closing before the end of the year. you can read more about what happened here: www.mayakern.com/blog i'm at a point where i need to ask for help. 👇 2312891455
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm admittedly not an early child development expert but it does seem the ideal scenario for any baby is being collectively raised by a traveling women's professional soccer team 271499259
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhamjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026oh we should regulate the supplement industry out of existence. we’d knock out half of right wing podcasts in the process. bsky.app/profile/hamm... 402461230
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The article names three men, students at UF, who spread the (nonconsensual) video: Kamran Ahmed and Brendan Pitfield, members of the Theta Chi frat, and Jacob Gomberg, a pitcher for the school's D1 team, who has since transferred to Indiana University. I wanted their names to be searchable on here. 416333
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamEj Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For months, the burners who posted Maddie’s video remained anonymous. They even made a cryptocurrency out of her name, valued at $11k. So she hired a lawyer to unmask them. And what she learned stunned her. Read my investigation for @wired.com, out now: www.wired.com/story/burner...wired.comA College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to WorkMaddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back. 10830178
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113221303
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026People’s steadfast refusal to treat bigotry as a serious concern of material importance assisting bigots in forcing their targets to experience more and more material harm. 6563184
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sorry about that - I just updated it. More are on the way from my manufacturer, so I set up a preorder listing. www.etsy.com/listing/1769...etsy.comPREORDER the Original You Are Safe With Me Pin - EtsyThis Pins & Pinback Buttons item by PinPenMerger has 1907 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Round Rock, TX. Listed on Sep 9, 2026 113660
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups. 3735311894
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026horrendous dailyiowan.com/2026/09/08/u...dailyiowan.comUI student, Hawkeye Marching Band member died collapsing in heatThis is an ongoing report. Check back for updates. A University of Iowa student and Hawkeye Marching Band member has died after being removed from life support following an incident during the Sept. 5... 1223845
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In case anyone is wondering about the current state of food safety in the US: an older woman flagged me down in Costco today to tell me I needed to tell my husband to put back the apple juice, because of an ongoing expanding recall 3683125
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamElizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Great photos of the "Game On!" cake competition at the MN State Fair on @boardgamegeek.com:boardgamegeek.comA Delicious Interlude: The Minnesota State Fair - Game On! Bakes | BoardGameGeek Blog 0438
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026New from me: The NY Times piece criticized Mamdani for using influencers to share his agenda. But negativity bias means that legacy media like the Times does not cover substantive government stories about Mamdani trying to make the government work better. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/publish/post...donmoynihan.substack.comMamdani, media, and negativity biasIs it possible to get credit for focusing on implementation? 421315318
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Texas is really such a great place to be a reporter. Case in point: The latest Paxton story via @zachdespart.bsky.social @kaylaguo.bsky.social and Alexandra Glorioso www.propublica.org/article/ken-... 99646
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"You should write about take no-shit women like me. Girls need to know they can break the rules." ― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road 425982
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 01/09/2026👇 reinforce the binary and lose your primary! 239176
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m not perfect. There are stories I should be discussing more (candidly, ones involving domestic violence, not coaches’ sex lives). But I know bad faith bullshit when I see it, and goddamn does it get tiring to see it in so many places these days. 40226355
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“The US Department of Defense has told leaders of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in recent meetings that the administration is not planning to renew an expiring agreement that provides security assistance to the Peshmerga, the Kurdish security force.” www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUS plans to cut off military aid to key Middle East ally, BBC toldIraqi Kurdistan fears the Trump administration's plan will make the region more vulnerable to further attacks from Iran. 163
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamWashington Nationals @nationals.com · 26/08/2026an angel in the infield 🥹💖 71744242
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1194326356226
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I found two other Kruk classics just trying to record this one, so this will be a thread... 620235
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamSERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D. @djmosfett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Essential reading and fantastic work by @jenramose.online and @thefrankiedlc.news 072
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhamkat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The chaos is escalating 1102
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhammtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It's just fascinating which stories of alleged academic misconduct merit dozens of stories and which kinda vanish into nothingness, I'm sure the main criterion is an objective evaluation of the story's news value to our education system and not something else. 585489
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit. 20678001428
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026think it's one level more than that- the missing of it proved they are fundamentally not qualified for the job so doubling down became imperative because the alternative is admitting they were never fit to be here in the first place 628952
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamTruthout @truthout.org · 12/08/2026General Dynamics received $533 million to build a Texas artillery-shell factory for Ukraine, but produced no usable shells. The Army has not publicly penalized the company or recovered the money.truthout.orgWeapons Maker Was Paid $533M in Taxpayer Funds to Produce Shells. It Made None.General Dynamics has neither been held publicly accountable nor had to repay any of the money. 1317691
Reposted by Bobbi Wickham#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The cast for Fish Police is WILD. You know, the cartoon about fish...who are police. 74018
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamBolts @boltsmag.org · 07/08/2026NEW in Bolts: Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.boltsmag.orgMaine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - BoltsMaine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process. 05616
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamJessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 04/08/2026ICYMI on Friday, @propublicaguild.org ratified our FIRST union contract! We got a ton of support over the past three years from our readers and listeners and we're so grateful. Find out more here: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prop...propublicaguild.orgProPublica Guild Ratifies First Contract — ProPublica GuildMembers of the ProPublica Guild, which represents more than 150 workers across the nonprofit investigative newsroom, overwhelmingly voted to ratify our first contract on Friday, exactly three years si... 18517
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The challenge, for those of us teaching either Introduction to International Relations or Introduction to American Politics now, is that we have to teach both how the system is <supposed> to work under our constitutional republic & how it <actually> works under competitive authoritarianism. 1021064
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If you send me an automated zoom/teams invite without having communicated with me in advance to arrange schedules or to see if I’m free or interested in meeting with you, I will assume you want to be my enemy. 1202
Reposted by Bobbi WickhamCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I'm not kidding when I say this could be the thing that pushes normies over the edge. This is the kind of story that if it hit local news stations across the country would light up and activate the Facebook set. Every "I don't pay attention to politics" parent would lose their mind knowing this 1323046
Reposted by Bobbi Wickhammtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026NYT wanted to write a story about "moderate Dems go to war with DSA," looked around, and the best they could find was a *proposal* by Third Way to spend $15M against left candidates. The story is not evidence that *Democrats* and the left hate each other... it's evidence that the NYT hates both. 633607691
