Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 11/10/2026What I hear every time there’s a new “rogue ai” announcement is “once more we’ve unleashed malware into the wild to see what would happen. We’re not sorry and we’ll do it again.” 5588166 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote 1754221248 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Funny innit? The risk of misdiagnosing a single neurotypical person is worth dragging each and every ND person back to the 90s where they were 'difficult,' 'thick' or 'disruptive' 211120211 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.en.wikipedia.orgGeneral Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia 542585816 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112436082 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23/09/2025From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses. 1762274853 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialcarmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Why are they destroying the books?futurism.comAI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies RemainAI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare. 1715170 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 22/06/2026One of the only things Trump has ever been actually good at is knowing when something has the stink of loser and, in this case, he has absolutely figured that out, but cannot get out of it 1762671 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/06/2026"Either way, the concentration of wealth at the very top is much higher now than it ever was during the Gilded Age. And these are numbers from last year, before the SpaceX IPO. The robber barons were pikers compared with today’s oligarchs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-n...paulkrugman.substack.comMeet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old BossesThe second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first 241590599 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 12/06/2026This ocean-monitoring system was built over the past decade, and planned for decades before that. It cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. And Trump is dismantling it. It's fucking obscene. It's the moral equivalent of shooting a missile to blow up the Hubble Space Telescope.thebulwark.comTrump Just Gutted A Major Line of Oceanic DefenseJust in time for hurricane season, the Trump administration is defunding its global ocean-monitoring system. 415366 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The lesson Hegseth draws for D-Day is that Europe has allowed too many Black people from Africa and swarthy people from the Middle East to immigrate to its shores, betraying its white heritage. Pure racism. 70486207 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/06/2026BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.rpc.state.gov 5820551155 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/06/2026wtf did i just read, am i having a stroke 751554324 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Incredible thread. I had no idea where tipping came from. Whew. 47217 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every other week, I see a viral post about "tipping" and visceral responses as to why it's not required and "it's not my job to pay you" regardless of the bill. And again I keep saying.. we're having the wrong conversation. You're punishing poor people to make an under educated point 52948327 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/05/2026They left out admin keys for govcloud accounts for 6 months in a public github repo in a file called importantAWStokens. Any script kiddie could have compromised critical government systems with that. Who knows how many state actors did so. gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...gizmodo.com‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHubPasswords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository. 31979404 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/05/20261. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good. 15842811882 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialNick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New: @costsofwar.bsky.social research shows extra fuel costs to consumers since the start of the Iran War, top $40 billion, or more than $300 per household costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/IranWa...costsofwar.watson.brown.eduResearch Brief: The U.S. Energy Cost of the Iran WarThe costs of war with Iran extend well beyond the missiles, bombs, and deployment of personnel and munitions that have totaled upwards of the Pentagon’s estimates of $29 billion. As summer travel seas... 12812 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary. 233168305156 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026This is basically harassment of scholars willing to question the Trump administration’s targeting of Chinese colleagues. Innes already had the FBI investigate his lab and was given the all clear. Now USDA is shutting down the Lab, which focuses on making fungus-resistant plants. 20765316 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/05/2026the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history 179120153657 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Hello everybody, I want to believe just as much as anybody else does but I really need to tell you that in my 10+ years of experience as a disinformation expert, the only reason UFO shit gets put out by the government is to distract you from other really bad things 1054512965 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026another huge W for Brazil 27975171 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This kind of info is helpful because it reminds us there’s a floor and that floor is way higher than it has any right to be. 37814 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Sure looks like Republicans redrew the map in Tennessee to stop Memphis from sending Justin J. Pearson to Congress, who is/was poised to win the primary after fighting like hell against Elon Musk's methane-spewing data centre monstrosities in South Memphis. Craven, desperate and racist as hell. 512531952 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What is especially galling is that this saved zero dollars, since the cruise ships pay for the inspections. And now their industry is less trusted because of perceived health risks. Amazing lose-lose policymaking. 743139958 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru... 1596203639323 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Imagine asking Washington for permission to read a book. Hard pass. Sign the petition against the Federal Book Ban Bill. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social #read #reading #library #libraries action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661action.everylibrary.orgPETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your ReadingNot one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books. 02615 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/05/2026BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.rpc.state.gov 8835601993 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 05/05/2026What's notable to me about the Alito-Jackson spat on Monday is how little Alito's opinion bothers with anything resembling legal analysis. He doesn't respond to Jackson, in any meaningful sense. It's just an angry blog post about how she really ought to be more respectful to him.ballsandstrikes.orgSamuel Alito Had No Answers For Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Latest DissentThe more transparently political the Court’s work becomes, the more fiercely the conservative justices insist that there is nothing political about the Court’s work. 621640423 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 05/05/2026In which the Defense Secretary insists that when two countries shoot at each other and literally sink ships amid a ceasefire, it’s a “separate and distinct project,” not a continuation of the war said to be stopped by the ceasefire. 1451619374 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Alito doing Republicans another midterms favor 1431073 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Blue-collar employment. No bueno. (via JPM) 22536227 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Wait you’re telling me prediction markets are just a tool for a small number of well placed insiders to claim other people’s wealth? 0318 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026In the nation’s capital for wrongful convictions, you’d think public officials would want to do their best once someone is exonerated and released. Not so: a new investigation shows how Chicago prosecutors fight tooth and nail almost every time an exonerated person wants a certificate of innocence.boltsmag.orgIn Chicago, Prosecutors Fight to Keep Exonerated People from Clearing Their Names - BoltsUnder State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, Cook County prosecutors have tried to block nearly every exonerated person who has sought a court declaration of their innocence. It's another stark sign o... 426199 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialKeith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.apnews.comLouisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take officeLouisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat. Republican Gov. 1071870904 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job 5637011708 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Google co-founder Sergey Brin — the third-richest man on the planet — is reportedly spending $57M to defeat California's proposed billionaire's tax. So he and his fellow oligarchs can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem... 443131674866 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Remember not long ago Alito said you couldn't make changes on the "eve" of an election when it was like a year away. Now an election has already started but suddenly that doctrine doesn't apply. #CorruptCourt #CriminalAlito talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republi...talkingpointsmemo.comRepublicans Celebrate Landry’s Decision to Suspend Active Election, and Dems SueIn the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling this week that struck... 22536179 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/05/2026CNN investigation finds "unprecedented destruction" at 16 U.S. bases in the Middle East, leaving some "virtually unusable." www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/w...cnn.comMajority of US military sites in Middle East damaged by Iran, CNN investigation reveals | CNNAt least 16 American military sites have been damaged in Iranian strikes, making up the majority of US positions in the Middle East, a new CNN investigation can reveal. The damage includes high-value ... 32379199 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026May Day started in Chicago. Not as a holiday, but as a fight for the 8-hour day and basic dignity at work after the Haymarket Massacre of 1886. That fight didn’t end, it went global as International Workers’ Day. This May Day: Strike. Boycott. Disrupt. 171136386 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 01/05/2026By 2040, it is projected that 70% of the U.S. population will live in just 15 states. This means 30% of the population—disproportionately rural, white, and conservative—will control 70 Senate seats. 441227318 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 30/04/20261/People always ask me: when the Supreme Court creates bad law what do you do? Well, we can start with amending the Constitution. Between 1909 and 1920, we amended the Constitution, 4 times. We have not amended the Constitution since 1971. We might want to figure out some new amendments. 241400351 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026It's such a breath of fresh air to see @aoc.bsky.social stand against gutting our tax base. 382950528 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/04/2026Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power? 24263032779 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialUnicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026NEW: Israel has banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from working with Palestinians in Gaza & the occupied West Bank. Despite this ban, MSF says it “remains committed to providing services in Palestine” & has resumed medical activities at Nasser Hospital. UR visited MSF's Gaza HQ in January. 🎥unicornriot.ninjaDoctors Without Borders Continue Humanitarian Work in Gaza Despite Being Banned by Israel - UNICORN RIOTSince January 1, Israel has blocked all aid and new international staff from getting to MSF in Gaza. And as of March 1, Israel forced all MSF international workers out of Gaza. 12409203 0
Reposted by @bomatkin.bsky.socialDamon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 27/04/2026Congratulations to the U.S. for building an educational and economic powerhouse envied around the world and then dismantling it because colleges were so bold to give lip service to non-discrimination efforts. academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca... 6434137 0
