Reposted by BoomstickDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 8hIf zelesnky is so corrupt, why did we buy Donald, not him? 2157262
Reposted by BoomstickNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Beijing once again proving it doesn’t understand then Streisand effect. They didn’t have to remind people there’s a genocide and forced labour going on in XJ but they did by saying ‘we totally didn’t’ 1166
Reposted by Boomstickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them 973670431
Reposted by BoomstickBratKnits @bratknits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can we just not with this? The Departed was a shitty fucking remake of a Hong Kong action flick Infernal Affairs painted over with Whitey Bulger and bad accents. Watch the original, it's better and doesn't have hate crime commiting trash Wahlberg in it. 163
Reposted by BoomstickPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 03/10/2026NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound) DAY 02 OCTOBER 2026 WHEN A SEXUAL ABUSER AND PEDOPHILE SPEAKS Cornell 7...Facts don't lie The RAPISTS have been identified EVIDENCE IN PLACE Write an essay that's all Cornell wanted NO BRING THEM TO TRIAL Here you haveTrump, he feels bad It's Shameful America 4113590
Reposted by BoomstickJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Vance tried to come for Angie Nixon telling her to go back where she came from. Does he remember that his wife is the daughter of Indian immigrants from Andhra Pradesh, India? Can’t escape that fact couch boy! #Pinks 24568311
Reposted by BoomstickPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One of the most gutting things - maybe the most gutting thing to me - of the past decade+ had been my collapse of belief that most people are trying to act from good motivations. 2431
Reposted by BoomstickPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The disheartening part is that if gas was $2, for whatever reason, they'd all be fine with fascism. 1531648
Reposted by BoomstickLiberal Librarian, Son of Cuban Immigrants 🟦 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No really. Get off of social media for a while. Calm your mind with reading and music. Don't be terminally online. Because it will be, well, terminal. 1191
Reposted by BoomstickMeta is the Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 02/10/2026Europe needs this now. And it needs to streamline the classification, investigation, and enforcement processes together to start approaching the big tech's extensity problem holistically, not piecemeal. insights.priva.cat/p/how-big-te...insights.priva.catHow Big Tech Becomes UngovernableBig Tech companies like Google, SpaceX, and Meta aren't just monopolies—they're becoming ungovernable through tech extensivity. Why €4B in fines went uncollected. 0145
Reposted by BoomstickBrian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Shocking, but the military vehicles amassed in Shenzhen did seem to be a sign. The memory of Tiananmen has had a constraining effect--both on authorities in terms of military escalation and on protesters in terms of escalating violence to what might prompt a military interventionenglish.kyodonews.netDocuments show China weighed military action in Hong Kong in 2014Documents seen by Kyodo News have revealed that high-ranking Chinese military officials in November 2014 considered military intervention to suppress a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, raising que... 02810
Reposted by BoomstickCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571682055
Reposted by BoomstickFuturism @futurism.com · 25/09/2026"Does it matter?"trib.alNvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to PayThanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said. 64020
Reposted by BoomstickMike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026For years we've heard that Biden created a "Ministry of Truth," which didn't actually happen. But, I still hear people talking about it. But then Trump directed his FCC boss to be a literal Minister of Truth and the story disappeared within a day or two. What are we even doing here? 6585173
Reposted by BoomstickAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026New @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad just dropped. 58968681937
Reposted by BoomstickRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Conservative commentator Ann Coulter: “Republicans are about to be completely wiped out in the midterms. This is going to be a bloodbath like we haven’t seen before.” 5328552
Reposted by BoomstickBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 28/09/2026Across China, tax officials have gone into overdrive to boost receipts from the country’s richest people and biggest companies: bloom.bg/4ylDpSH 9212723
Reposted by BoomstickNils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’ve been saying this for years: the difference between (western) billionaires and (eastern) oligarchs is that the billionaires enjoy complete impunity, whereas the oligarchs do not. This is the financial dimension of that. 13110
Reposted by BoomstickPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, see, "tangible outcomes" has never been a thing Trump is particularly good at. 5436
Reposted by BoomstickRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And to add insult to injury, Nury here sells a wholesale lie, claiming that the "majority of protestors were let free with cautions"; the truth is over 10000 people were arrested, including peaceful protestors, street medics, legal observers and journalists. [Shakes head sadly] 061
Reposted by BoomstickRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What Nury the failson omits here is key to understanding why the comparison falls apart , the UK man was caught on camera throwing a water bottle, many were convicted in HK with circumstantial evidence such as the color of their clothing and/or the location of their arrest. 3111
Reposted by Boomstickkerry ✨ @kschwenky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026‘Messaging sucks’ says messenger who sucks 428338
Reposted by BoomstickRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026AI is being used to plan mass shootings and nudify our children and help me understand how saying no to the whole damn thing isn’t the immediate reaction. 324690
Reposted by BoomstickRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Meta wil niet dat je deze video ziet. Ik herhaal: Meta wil níet dat je deze video ziet. 341038523
Reposted by BoomstickMatthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham implored President Donald Trump to bring up the case of imprisoned Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai at a Thursday summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to two people familiar with the situation. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comBritish PM asks Trump to bring up Jimmy Lai with XiThe British delegation said the Hong Kong dissident could live in the United Kingdom, a person familiar with the situation said. 063
Reposted by BoomstickChina Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 23/09/2026Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet” "When someone is unhappy with something they think is unreasonable or unfair, they ought to be allowed to ask, 'Why?' What’s scary is if society reaches the point where no one dares to ask why."chinadigitaltimes.netTranslation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet”In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in 056
Reposted by BoomstickYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“If he is not freed imminently we may see this remarkable man die in prison, simply for his views — for believing in a democratic Hong Kong — and for his work — for founding, owning and running a successful newspaper” -- lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher, KC.dominotheory.comHong Kong Is Torturing Jimmy Lai - Domino TheoryThe 78-year-old political prisoner is held in what is effectively solitary confinement, in roasting heat. The health of Jimmy Lai is deteriorating. 063
Reposted by BoomstickYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thinking about Jimmy Lai and other Hong Kong political prisoners who have been in solitary confinement for YEARS now. 😢 1127
Reposted by BoomstickYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yet another reason to hate/not use AI. "We might expect AIs built in China, such as DeepSeek, to produce pro-government responses because they’ve been ordered to do so. But these responses were also found in US-based models including Claude and ChatGPT." 044
Reposted by BoomstickBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 23/09/2026Despite years of failed efforts, Trump officials still don’t seem to get that Washington can’t force China to reorganize its economybloom.bgThe US Is Badly Losing Its Trade War With ChinaXi Jinping’s arrival at the White House on Thursday will be the first Chinese state visit to the United States since 2015. It thus makes for the perfect time to judge the radical changes to US-China trade policy that President Donald Trump unleashed in 2018. After eight years of historically high tariffs, export controls, industrial policy, and more, we can conclude the policy has been a failure by its own objectives. 1143
Reposted by BoomstickMatthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026‘China’s State Council issued a new regulation on exit & entry administration…It is a nineteen‑article text that expands the authority of immigration & visa officers & introduces new layers of control over Chinese citizens who want to leave the country. The regulation is public & binding’.bitterwinter.orgChina’s New Exit Rules Reveal a State That Fears Its Own CitizensA system where exit is a privilege that can be withdrawn burdens ordinary travelers, while criminals (unfortunately) and dissidents (happily) will continue to buy their way out. 112
Reposted by BoomstickCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527291075
Reposted by Boomstick𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaaaahaahaaahaaahaahaaaaa 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ 2282
Reposted by BoomstickNevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I just wonder why Google decided to destroy its flagship product. The results are typically wrong, and now typically "cite" YouTube videos and Reddit comments. The only crowd-sourced information that is actually reliable is Wikipedia. 4188
Reposted by BoomstickRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spending these days fact-checking and endnoting, I've been Googling at industrial scale, which has given my a brain-melting lesson in how fucked we are as a civilization. In today's installment, a quote from Geo W. Bush's 2nd inaugural in 2005 is depicted—why not?—as one from Obama's in 2013. 920453
Reposted by BoomstickThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think we need to take seriously that ordinary folks aren't meant to have audiences in the tens of thousands or more. This is novel and disruptive in human experiences 221528189
Reposted by Boomstick[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'd go further: at this point, the NYT and other mainstream journalistic outlets -- given their business-related need to continuously ship both-sides polarization porn -- are doing way more than El-Sayed is to keep Piker relevant and make him a more influential figure than he otherwise might be 450092
Reposted by BoomstickMad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Watch as this rat 🐀 changes his tune. Did you know Joe has been left-wing this entire time? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-ro...huffpost.comJoe Rogan Calls Trump Fans 'F**king Nuts' And Says He's Been 'Left-Wing My Whole Life'The podcaster disputed people’s perception of him in an eye-opening show. 3515267
Reposted by Boomstickpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026theonion.comRFK Jr. Hosts Meet-And-Greet With Infectious DiseasesWASHINGTON—Hailing the exclusive gathering as an opportunity to usher in an era of peace and goodwill, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosted a lively meet-and-greet Thursday with a variety of ... 18016
Reposted by BoomstickNils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Entirely obvious: bsky.app/profile/donm... 031
Reposted by BoomstickPatrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック．プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“National Security” Crackdown Spreads from the former British Colony to the former Portuguese Colony fleursbleues.substack.com/p/national-s...fleursbleues.substack.com“National Security” Crackdown Spreads from the former British Colony to the former Portuguese ColonyNational Security becomes the effective means to silence the dissent. 011
Reposted by BoomstickJay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In Hong Kong, Chow Hang-tung is a political prisoner who refuses to live by lies. A brave and great woman, she is. I begin my column today with her and move on to our own United States. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/living-in-...jaynordlinger.comLiving in Truth, &c.On a political prisoner in Hong Kong; ugliness in Texas; principles for a new party; and more 0114
Reposted by BoomstickPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026JD Vance keeps feeding stories to the NY Times about how he's the only one in the Trump admin who knows the Iran war is a disaster. It isn't going to work. The war will be an anchor tied to him when he runs for president in 2028. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/jd-vance-i...publicnotice.coJD Vance will never escape the albatross of the Iran WarNo matter how many stories he feeds the Times about all his doubts. 29645115
Reposted by BoomstickYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Herein lies the core of Hong Kong’s tragedy... Britain never gave the city the right to elect its leader, but it had the superstructure of a democratic society: marches and demonstrations, a free and competitive media, a pluralist political culture with opposition parties and so on... 02215
Reposted by BoomstickJoel Chan @kjoules.org · 11/09/2026The Economist on the death of Tung Chee-hwa www.economist.com/china/2026/0... 191
Reposted by BoomstickA.J. Wilden🏳️⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message" 52144945761
Reposted by BoomstickJay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hong Kong is off the front pages. The city is now an "ordinary" Chinese city -- unfree, totalitarian. But remember its political prisoners, including Jimmy Lai and Joshua Wong. I have written a piece on the latter. He turns 30 next month. A great man. www.thenextmove.org/p/remember-h...thenextmove.orgRemember Hong KongAnd remember Joshua Wong: political prisoner, democracy champion, braveheart. 03920
