Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 04/04/2025the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor 14298632024
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialmakena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 28/03/2025SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me. The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...wired.comDOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseSocial Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months. 61937811639
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/03/2025y’all are wild 309179123617
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialOrange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025 5695913315988
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialLynn Teague @lynnteague.bsky.social · 18/03/2025This isn’t just anti-DEI, removing people they think were celebrated only because of their color or gender. It is saying that no matter how truly important one’s achievements, if you aren’t a white male you don’t matter. www.axios.com/local/salt-l...axios.comNavajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump orderAlso vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner. 41566260
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/03/2025If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe. 845209276445
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This makes me ashamed to be an American 020
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Perfect 283108102655
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22/02/2025"Meta and X gave the green light to AI-generated ads that called for the gassing of immigrants in concentration camps and the burning of synagogues ahead of Germany’s federal elections on Feb. 23, according to new research from corporate accountability group Ekō." www.adweek.com/media/meta-a...adweek.comMeta and X Approve AI Ads Referencing Nazi War Crimes Ahead of German Elections, Research FindsThe ads promoted extremist hate speech. 45939
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/02/2025One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTrump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-upThe Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda. 36732192
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Welcome to affirmative action for white male mediocrity, which has a long, long history but is all ramped up and shouty and sulky right now. 181317267
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialDorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I expect many of you have seen this article. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic... A few thoughts - a thread 1/ndailymail.co.ukTrump team makes radical U-turn on Covid vaccineDr Jay Bhattacharya is one of the signatories of an online petition that claims there is a 'casual link' between the mRNA shots and an alarming rise in excess deaths worldwide. 22210
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 12/02/2025@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Listening to your conversation with Nick Kristof and wondering why no one is saying the quiet part out loud? A common denominator among many people impacted by the US Aid cuts is that they are black and brown. And that’s why this racist administration couldn’t care less. 000
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialMarko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 12/02/2025. Well, here's a cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social . . . ... by the way, @washingtonpost.com 🖕 💠 🤥 💠 632075
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 10/02/2025If it looks like a cover-up and quacks like a cover-up … What are we doing about this, @democrats-judiciary.house.gov?nytimes.comTrump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws (Gift Article)Government watchdog groups say they will challenge the Trump administration’s decision to put the initiative under the Presidential Records Act, which shields its work from public disclosure. 021
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Hold them all accountable for their votes. Some really disappointing judgment here from Dems www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Each Senator Has Voted on Trump’s Nominees So Far (Gift Article)The Senate has confirmed each of President Trump’s cabinet nominees that faced a vote to this point. 110
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Holy shit this cartoon. 282188226443
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form. 11572986610824
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now 358140523247
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵 9947692483
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Hear, hear! “Over the last decade, big tech chief executives have seemed more adept at reinventing themselves to suit the politics of the moment — resistance sympathizers, social justice warriors, MAGA enthusiasts — than on pioneering new pathbreaking innovations and breakthrough technologies.”nytimes.comOpinion | DeepSeek Serves as a Warning About Big Tech (Gift Article)The arrival of DeepSeek shows us the competitive weaknesses of America’s tech giants. 000
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder 14135470510212
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/02/2025i think it's super cool that the government is run by the klan right now 38289002004
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Best deal, ever. 😆 332181537
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 02/02/2025@jamellebouie.net is spot on. “What does D.E.I. mean to the president and his administration? It’s the presence — in a skilled or high-status role — of anyone who isn’t white, male and able-bodied, regardless of qualifications or abilities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Don’t Fall for Trump’s D.E.I. Dodge (Gift Article)The president doesn’t care about merit. 000
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass 46875981116007
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 14/01/2025@hirono.senate.gov is having none of Pete Hegseth’s bullshit. Thank you, Senator. 010
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Maybe this will finally make him fall out od love with #Elonia. wapo.st/3VLjlI6wapo.stSee Elon Musk’s unmatched online reachThe tech billionaire’s X account blasts his political messages to an audience far bigger than Trump reaches on the platform, data analysis by The Post shows. 010
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialPatrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.comPatrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive DecemberI keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design 38467138
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Damn, the darkness feels especially bleak on my @bsky.app feed today. Hard not to feel a sense of doom. 000
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 09/12/2024@thebulwark.bsky.social is Sarah’s NYT DelBook Summit panel video ever going to be posted? Hope NYT doesn’t sit on it. 100
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Has there ever been any greater hubris than that of the spectacularly unqualified bunch of largely white men chosen to serve in the next administration? What an amazing thing to wake up every day thinking you deserve or have somehow earned this privilege. 000
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Incroyable!nytimes.comHow Notre-Dame Was Reborn (Gift Article)It took about 250 companies, 2,000 workers, about $900 million, a tight deadline and a lot of national pride. 022
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Thank you @jamellebouie.net. Needed the inspiration this week.nytimes.comOpinion | Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow. 000
Reposted by @bogwitch88.bsky.socialKay Reindl @ruefrex.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Well this is too real thanks a lot 1323
bogwitch88.bsky.social @bogwitch88.bsky.social · 18/11/2024@leahlitman.bsky.social thank you for the gift of Pee Wee German - a grateful fangirl 120