Reposted by Brian WooleyJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Good advice - New York City #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸 0446
Reposted by Brian WooleyMJ Dean @dirtydovefilms.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Imagine if we enforced a similar policy against cruelty to living beings? 061
Reposted by Brian WooleyRight Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Can't emphasize enough that "Bring Back Public Executions" has long been a fundamental tenet of radical Christian nationalists. 57799205
Reposted by Brian WooleyDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026Very VERY glad to see Jon Ossoff leaning all the way the fuck away from the centrists trying to tell dems to "reconcile" or "tone it down" or "find the persuadable republicans." This is the shit, right here. Hammer down and make them have to say on live TV that they love Nazis. The end. 10950169
Reposted by Brian WooleyDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've just been reading Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich for a thing and Trump definitely resembles late-stage Hitler: surrounded by sycophants, rejecting all criticism, denying facts about the war he's losing, making mad declarations, seeing enemies everywhere. Not great 2038982
Reposted by Brian WooleyProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term. 3622331164
Reposted by Brian WooleyJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10894822978
Reposted by Brian Wooleymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312299600
Reposted by Brian WooleyThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185110391840
Reposted by Brian Wooley🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That Kristol is making this point shows a sensitivity to how the right perceives rape—not as a crime but as a bonding exercise. Who do they worry about? Not the survivors, their own kids, or their spouse, but a son who might be accused. I'd agree that's mostly about declaring loyalty to misogyny. 39225
Reposted by Brian WooleyBen Hart @pavlovforgoths.com · 04/10/2026"I caught someone posting this bigoted thing to Twitter but not on Bluesky" yeah, that's why you shouldn't trust people who are still on Twitter and haven't moved yet 1377
Reposted by Brian WooleyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All you have to do is talk about these things and the public becomes politically inspired and active. It’s called leadership. That’s what you do instead of rushing to follow the polls and endorsing horrible shit while salivating over votes 540677
Reposted by Brian WooleyNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thank you Pete Hegseth for getting rid of the weirdos and beardos. by Elon Musk and JD Vance 171057142
Reposted by Brian WooleyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 10041591265
Reposted by Brian Wooleyℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome. 1123710537
Reposted by Brian WooleyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66166292561
Brian Wooley @brianwooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Learned his presentation style by spending a weekend in an airport-hotel ballroom hearing about MLMs 1130
Reposted by Brian Wooleygeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 413187772
Reposted by Brian WooleyMollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No, really. Good question. 15714
Reposted by Brian Wooleyshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026two doses of lethal drugs and still alive. heartbreaking and barbaric 239563
Reposted by Brian WooleyJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm aggravated by the outrage over the Cornell SA case. Women have been telling the world for decades that this is happening. Instead of being believed, we get harassed, threatened, and doxxed over it. Now (some) people have the gall to be shocked. WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU. 2748
Reposted by Brian Wooleyutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 30/09/2026destroying Greek life would be useful for stemming an entire mode of social reproduction which, as I must remind everyone, was born of the confederate south. Greek life prides itself on keeping the tradition of rape alive in more than one form. Sometimes literal. 12889166
Reposted by Brian WooleyGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 9840081006
Reposted by Brian WooleyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Buying fast food for my family, it’s over $50, which feels like a lot. Not unreasonable from the restaurant, but like going out to dinner, not grabbing something cheap. So I looked up fast food prices, and they’ve risen faster than inflation. Add that to the why people say stuff’s expensive list.crews.bankChart of the Day: Fast Food InflationToday’s Chart of the Day shows the inflation of fast-food prices over the last of 10 years vs. actual inflation of everything else. 1926790
Reposted by Brian WooleyKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." 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. 663025992
Reposted by Brian WooleyNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026absolute impunity to do random self-destructive shit with taxpayer money. 2507
Reposted by Brian WooleyJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026This feels too on the nose. Has the script writing this season just become lazy? 2138367
Brian Wooley @brianwooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Odd. Yes. Quite so. Do let us know when you’ve proceeded from chin-scratching to brow-furrowing. 020
Reposted by Brian WooleyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile lots of recent stories about cops using Flock cameras to stalk women and plenty more about domestic violence and assault are a reminder that the criminal justice system is often far more part of the problem than the solution. 261172
Reposted by Brian WooleyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem. 402411525
Reposted by Brian WooleyWonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Is Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out! www.wonkette.com/p/is-writing... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.socialwonkette.comIs Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out!A former student has filed a lawsuit against the university for the way they handled her assault. 1118877
Reposted by Brian WooleyJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 26/09/2026They shouldn't have wasted the name Skye Rizzy on some drug that does whatever it does. That was meant to be the name of a teen celebrity who's famous for reasons I understand as little as I understand that drug 1556458
Reposted by Brian WooleyDamnit Janet @damnitjanet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Someone at work complained about me shouting the c word (cunt) yesterday and then a wasp stung me in the face and I yelled motherfucker, cos I can take a hint 28032
Reposted by Brian WooleyGuy Bundestrivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A good third of the problems in this admin stem from reporters asking grandpa Roomba something he has no idea about and him just freejazzing in the answer 325925
Reposted by Brian WooleyBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 26/09/2026The president just runs his mouth like he always has as a person, but because he’s the fucking commander in chief everyone has to try to align with what he says. It’s actually kind of a marvel it hasn’t been even more disastrous than it already is. 1505
Reposted by Brian WooleyBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 26/09/2026The entirely of the second Trump administration is unserious people in leadership saying very serious things and then the machinery of the federal government creaking to align itself with what they’ve said 111410
Reposted by Brian Wooleykim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026trader joe’s can literally package anything and people will buy it. pickle flavored pancake mix? it’s a fall favorite. pumpkin anchovies? sold out sorry. watermelon infused pork roast? great for your next bbq. elf cum hand lotion? perfect stocking stuffer 3437
