Reposted by joy meadsWaggtoon (Commissions Open) @waggtoon.bsky.social · 10hThis feels like the meme I edited ages ago. 821262
Reposted by joy meadsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10hnot that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 24456031047
Reposted by joy meadssascha benjamin cohen @saschaben.bsky.social · 20hI have many gripes and differences with the SF Dem leadership, but man oh man I never thought one of them would be "you've gotten too rapey” but here we are.missionlocal.orgAn ugly day for San Francisco — and not just for Manny YekutielDistrict 8 front-runner pulls the plug on his campaign after more on-the-record sexual assault allegations. And, today, misery loves company. 021
Reposted by joy meadsSax! ⬇️↘️➡️➕🏳️⚧️ @saximus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026On a related note, 1437051083
Reposted by joy meadsKitty WH 🚺 @kittywashere.bsky.social · 21hI’m grateful there is a serious, experienced prosecutor on this case for the sake of Jane Doe and for the sake of women at colleges across the nation. 0138
Reposted by joy meadsThe Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 22hIf you want to understand why I'm not remotely worried about Newsom winning a Democratic primary, it's because he's about shoulder deep in these kinds of idiotic vetoes. 26414
Reposted by joy meadsGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 21hThings Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 290108133942
Reposted by joy meadsmound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 21hPretty ironic for the current Republican US government, which “misplaced” billions during the occupation of Iraq, to cut off American University over accusations of financial mismanagement. Not that I would expect this admin to support the education of women, in Iraq or anywhere else.nytimes.comAmerican University of Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Amid Funding Cuts 011
Reposted by joy meadsKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Everyone involved with this, except a dozen or so already very wealthy people, will lose. 22947211
Reposted by joy meadsMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When white nationalist are a part of your voting base 23560781206
Reposted by joy meadsMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026this doesn’t actually make any sense 6568103
Reposted by joy meads Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22hNewsom took it as a challenge to make every new action shittier than the previous. bsky.app/profile/tech... 19922
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Imagine being JD Vance’s child, knowing you are not white, and seeing him tell brown people born in this country to leave America because they don’t belong here. 181
Reposted by joy meadsAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3 95023622
Reposted by joy meadsAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30195852312
Reposted by joy meadsAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4766931085
Reposted by joy meadsJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is getting the kid glove treatment a little bit because it's an entertainment venue, but if the president can unilaterally shutter government entities we're an authoritarian state. Full stop. 25410
Reposted by joy meadsJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If this is the precedent, what's to stop the president from shutting down the EPA when it turns him down for a permit? The FDA when it shuts down one of his restaurants for not being up to code? The FCC when it fairly declares a Democrat won an election? 2437
Reposted by joy meadsJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah so if a president liquidates a government entity created in legislaiton passed by Congress & funded by congressional appropriations that's super-duper unconstitutional. In normal times he'd be impeached by close of business that day. 511036
Reposted by joy meadsJesse Mac @jessemackinnon.com · 01/10/2026Men seem uniquely bad at recognizing “this wasn’t made for me” without turning it into a quality judgment. We spend adolescence as one of the most relentlessly catered-to demographics, so many of us mistake “not my preference” for “objectively bad.” 111
Reposted by joy meadsMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gavin Newsom is simply a piece of shit, no 2 ways around it I don't have to assertively declare "I won't vote for him for President" because he is simply not going to survive the Democrat primaries 4358
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is wild that the man most famous for the perversion of law that made Abu Ghraib possible has been put on television to comment on anything at all, much less the human rights of the incarcerated. 110
Reposted by joy meadsI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026We got to fight for adequately funded and maintained public housing and co-ops fr fr 313127
Reposted by joy meadsMatt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We also are seeing what fills the information vacuum when news organizations disappear: partisan propaganda sites funded by dark money and AI slop. If that's not the future you want you need to support your local trusted news outlets before they fold. 1113
Reposted by joy meadsMatt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think people really appreciate the gravity of what is happening in the news industry. If you value getting reliable information from the news orgs you depend on, you need to support them with your dollars or they could disappear. This isn't hyperbole. It's happening right now in real time. 55322
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Also, beyond age-related factors, surrounding yourself with toadies and sycophants leads over time to a kind of cognitive impairment in and of itself. It’s easy to become cognitively lazy when nobody challenges your thoughts or opinions.  210
Reposted by joy meadsKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The way the Cornell victim is being publicly disbelieved by a lot of journalists, officials, and online posters is also a warning shot to every other victim not to dare to actually pursue a case against your rapist lest you suffer the same fate. It’s a means of protecting the status quo 221833361
Reposted by joy meadsKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In the legal system and in these mainstream commentary spaces, victims’ post-assault behavior is positioned as evidence of them lying, so that any feminist response to the crisis of sexual assault brought on by these high-profile cases can be deemed hysterical and unnecessary. 31257125
Reposted by joy meadsKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Socially and in the legal system, our understanding of responses to sexual violence is purposefully uninformed and therefore limited to only “perfect” victims (who don’t really exist), so that we don’t have to actually combat sexual violence or believe victims or hold perpetrators accountable. 31417165
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Incorporating the reality of being a rape survivor into your perception of self is incredibly difficult, and the mind can work hard to protect itself from that pain. 120
Reposted by joy meadsKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 844964970
Reposted by joy meadsDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 01/10/2026Just want to note that the @propublica.org story on Susan Collins got front-page play in Maine's largest newspapers, which *also* republished the full article on their own websites. Here's the @pressherald.com the day after the piece broke. It was on their FP the following two days as well. 0214
Reposted by joy meadsOtto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Jesus fucking Christ 3255
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you feel yourself inclined to loudly proclaim your contempt for something popular that you have no firsthand experience of, take a moment to stop and think if the audience it is popular with is mostly women. 121
joy meads @capnjoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A lot of people are remarkably confortable publicly saying pig ignorant shit about subjects they know nothing about, when that subject is something primarily enjoyed by women. 030
Reposted by joy meadsElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026theguardian.comDemocratic senators accuse Trump administration of worsening childcare crisisSix lawmakers demand information on childcare center closures, cost changes, Head Start and government grants 016733
Reposted by joy meadsElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026What happened after Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to federal child care programs? 400+ day cares shut down in Oklahoma. 300+ programs shut down in Indiana. HUNDREDS more have closed nationwide. Our families deserve better. 25884255
Reposted by joy meadsPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 311325345
Reposted by joy meadsOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026see thread here for another example of why i keep pushing the idea that the dems in washington know better than us is just fallacious garbage. they have no idea what they are doing and we have to bully them from the outside. 49516
Reposted by joy meadsA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Me (emerging from a tank I have driven through your house) people, now is a time for healing. 456888
Reposted by joy meadsAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare. 351238505
Reposted by joy meadsVictoria Stewart @victoriangothic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I could not pick Hasan Piker out of a line-up and I know nothing about him except the the GOP keeps trying to make him the face of the Dem party. 021
Reposted by joy meadsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Enten: "Congratulations to Ken Paxton. You are the least popular Texas Senate GOP nominee this century. No one was even in the negative, and you're at -16." 1003096716
Reposted by joy meadsBen K. @benjaminkabak.com · 01/10/202654% want to man the guillotines themselves 27323
Reposted by joy meadsありゃ 🎃🌈 | COMMISSIONS OPEN! @saryaart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026✔️HOW TO TAKE DOWN STOLEN WORK ON ALIEXPRESS✔️ For some time I have noticed that there are artists that don't know how to take down their stolen work from AliExpress, hence why I have created a quick guide on how to do it. SHARING IS CARING✨ #AliExpress #ArtResource #ArtistResource #StolenArt 02529
Reposted by joy meadsJess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is October. Everything is awful but it is October. Maybe it will happen this month. 3574
Reposted by joy meadsIt's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One huge problem with AI is that it was designed to have the ethics of a billionaire 6436104
Reposted by joy meads12justme.bsky.social @12justme.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly double in states with abortion bans. Is the intent to kill women?propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 021