Reposted by astraea❤️🩹🇯 🇼 🇮 🇮 🇳 🇬 🪽 @jesswonderiing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026DAY 9 - RAM Random Access Meowmories #art | #inktober | #mspaint 081
Reposted by astraea❤️🩹🇯 🇼 🇮 🇮 🇳 🇬 🪽 @jesswonderiing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026DAY 8 - STINKY The stink of durian is actually very comforting to me. It reminds me of all the times I'd go to the Asian supermarket with my grandma as a kid. The smell might be offensive to some, but to me it feels like home! #art | #inktober | #mspaint 191
Reposted by astraeaCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140251015
Reposted by astraeaQuest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#SpookyMonth64 5839471126
Reposted by astraeaEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comEU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressureThe Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat. 491133549
Reposted by astraeaGrady Booch @booch.com · 07/10/2026Ms Hamilton coined the term “software engineering”. 8660209
Reposted by astraeaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 342091873
Reposted by astraeaJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"you have to give up your daily coffee because we're losing the dumb illegal war we started and now you can't afford groceries" is a hell of a closing message 1331384
Reposted by astraeaCrimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Say what you will about Wish but it took a century for a black female lead to stay human in the entire film and that should be applauded. 516745
Reposted by astraeaMomo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Did you know you only need a small brain to make silly little drawings? 2974301896
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words. 453320243
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026the other thing is that this is a totally incoherent and arbitrary standard for deciding who has rights and who doesn't. you could say the same, for instance, of alito's vision of inviolate "religious liberty" or expansive gun rights. 132575144
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 843494630
Reposted by astraeaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797663045
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026the thing about LotGH is that it really does steelman the argument. the Free Planets Alliance has a *terrible* government and Reinhard von Lohengramm is the best possible autocrat. 1063134
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026for a minute @hurricanexyz.bsky.social has been saying that Legend of the Galactic Heroes is his favorite piece of political theory and now that I am 15 hours into the series I get it. i’m totally Yang Wen-li-pilled. 501866223
Reposted by astraeaDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026you know if the power of the purse includes the power to fund agencies, it surely includes the power to say "on absolutely no condition may you spend any monies on this bullshit" 833760
Reposted by astraeaMysterious Z (DATE OF BIRTH AUGUST 2ND) @mysteriousz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not kidding 282185900
Reposted by astraeaTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 04/10/2026Happy Evangelion Airing Anniversary Day to those that celebrate. Here’s a video of restaurant goers surprised by an employee turning out to be the title theme singer. 323153
Reposted by astraeajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026someone call up will smith we need him to do something 190101601132
Reposted by astraeaWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do think this should put some of the hand-wringing over the uniquely sinful American electorate, uniquely feckless institutions, etc in perspective. The truth is that there is a large trans-national constituency of people who actively want this. They aren’t deceived. They want this. 542523376
Reposted by astraeajamelle @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 973726438
Reposted by astraea🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them 30998271
Reposted by astraeagwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business. 401801760
Reposted by astraeaCharles Sumner @charles-sumner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The rights of the civil power are limited; there are things beyond its province; there are matters out of its control; there are cases in which the faithful citizen may say,—ay, *must* say,—'I will not obey.'" 13615
Reposted by astraeashauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this is why Veep had to go off the air. it couldn’t compete with real life anymore. 431012123
Reposted by astraeaAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On the Hegseth thing, I just stop every so often to sit in the disgust of a government official just casually tossing around slurs in a prepared speech 1844253
Reposted by astraea"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Liberalism's 'clever trick' is that it doesn't attempt to set perfectly equitable society-wide rules for all of these questions, it just removes the questions entirely by reducing the communal claim on the individual, creating a 'sphere of liberty' covering most of our day-to-day lives. 2873
Reposted by astraeaellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 27/09/2026I'm a liberal not because I think that socialist revolution is impossible, but because I *know* that socialist revolution WILL involve the total destruction of public queer existence, because most people (the people who would take power in socialism) hate queer people 411921
Reposted by astraeaMicah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026yes if the democratic socialist does a good job governing people will feel like they can elect other democratic socialists that is generally how it works, good job 111065112
Reposted by astraeaWings of Silver @silverwingprime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The importance of harnessing the power of legacy brands to deliver maximum shareholder value 61241377
Reposted by astraeaghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026just gonna note that none of this stuff I’ve seen from Jackson this far has him using anything like a slur. he works blue but he doesn’t work dirty 1335530
Reposted by astraeaトンチキチキ（原稿中） @tigyotaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026新しい静丘が発売されたので静丘入りウェイを再掲しておきます。 🫲ｽｯ ※クリーチャー⬜️さんがいます。 05722
Reposted by astraeaMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 24/09/2026Separating the art from the artist (complimentary). 313616
Reposted by astraeaTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Susan Collins has voted to confirm 60+ anti-abortion judges in her time in the Senate, and now she's voted for 3 more just since last week. Nice to see Senator Collins was able to take a break from lying about corruption to give a lifetime appointment to another anti-choice judge. 262014665
Reposted by astraeaTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...texastribune.orgDPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to countiesCounties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar. 4119461415
Reposted by astraea🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 23/09/2026city/state auditors should require an audit of these logs on a scheduled regular basis and filing criminal charges for abuses should be the norm 1145079
Reposted by astraeaPatrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is excellent. Grim that Labour is such a cautionary tale, but it is, and this is a powerful telling of it. 0163
Reposted by astraeaDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"...Vance not only briefed POLITICO on the state of the Iran deal talks, but spoke to a group of reporters from several news organizations. In exchange for the information, those outlets agreed to grant Vance anonymity. Status, which did not participate in the briefing, is not bound by those rules." 4453180
Reposted by astraeaghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026so even the ~worst guy Dems have in the House on trans issues is better than than the best Republican, and *also* he’ll get spanked in a primary over it 422835
Reposted by astraeaghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026also I think this is instructive: Moulton was on the correct side of “McBride should be able to use the Capitol bathrooms”, which 1) is a real low bar but 2) ~every Republican was not 425026
Reposted by astraeaDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026i think it is worth noting that one of the first actual elected democrats to prominently call for underbussing trans people, seth moulton, just got crushed in his primary 65-35 241029192
Reposted by astraeaTopher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My wonderful father, who instilled in me the love of computer and comics and weird cartoons, has passed away. Any support you could give to help our family would be appreciated. gofund.me/a724331e4gofund.meDonate to Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs, organized by T. FlorenceWe are heartbroken at the passing of William Florence at the age of 7… T. Florence needs your support for Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs 31587623
Reposted by astraeaellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 22/09/2026This too is patriarchy btw The driving motivation here is “I am a man and I believe that everything that happens is through manly fighting in the streets” 4654
Reposted by astraeaellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 22/09/2026Republicans don’t think Talarico pivoted against trans rights. You should know who your enemies are 0416
Reposted by astraeaintracranial aneurysm (spooky, scary) @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026okay so this company makes useless defense products so that they can be awarded massive government contracts and they ensure that they receive these contracts by making comparatively minuscule payments to susan collins's reelection 1124
Reposted by astraeaMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443461334
