Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 11hShoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving. 714115545
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 16hSleepy Hollow High School (in the very real town of Sleepy Hollow, NY) has the best mascot I have ever seen at any level. 23755192
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJessica BOOOOlin: Preorder Getting Hairy, out October 31! @olinj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026omg look at this baby!!!!!!! 116046
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/10/2026Elon just blasted his home address to his 240 million followers along with his order number and last 4 of his Amex charge card while shilling grok bot. Someone else canceled his order. 244106612400
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it. 351459433
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'd be curious to see what happens immediately before that video; I wish the NYPD had made that public as well. But I have to say... on initial view, that looks indistinguishable from a carjacking, and if I'd been the driver I would also probably have floored it. 342904295
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026I’ve seen Black people across social media platforms talking about picnics at lynchings and so many white people are in our mentions insisting that the last public execution was 1936 and that lynchings were “mob murder” not state sanctioned. So confidently loud and incredibly wrong. 211277244
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50167055479
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This looks like a carjacking. I think any reasonable person would hit the gas. 381954363
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing! 91002591
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/10/20262026 just keeps taking 1457765
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026Vote early and in person, folks. If you're in a "vote by mail" state and can deliver your mail-in vote directly rather than relying on USPS this year, do it. Otherwise get it into the mail at the earliest possible date. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comThe Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes. 42965422
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAnthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Scholastic sent me a whole box of paperback copies of Sorcerer’s Stone that I sure didn't order. When I asked why, my rep told me they're sending complimentary giveaway copies to random schools that do Book Fair. 1941307166
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is AWFUL — it’s exhausting being an author in the age of mass AI copyright fraud. If you can, support Alex (a real historian) against the fake copy 👇 1019975
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialA secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"chatGPT thinks I am a genuis" is just the modern version of "I think this stripper is in love with me" 251995395
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026what are other versions of "bless your heart"? i've heard "oh do ye, aye?" used the same way (esp when i was in York) and i maintain there's got to be other gentle "well aren't you a moron" sort of phrases that have passed me by completely over the years 50555
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAnt @agramuglia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Horror remakes where everyone but one actor is replaced by Muppets. Starting with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 11729433
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 18/07/2026 1511143
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Looks like someone actually got a $500 Trump ACA bribe check... 022
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialrobert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"to piss in her face" should suffice in its own right 213119
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialrobertmihaly1.bsky.social @robertmihaly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Won't be long till a camera looking into your bedroom window will get a green light with this #ExtremeCourt. They're TRASHING the Constitution. Too bad voters don't think about more than the cost of gas! 😠 002
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 03/10/2026About 10 years ago I found out that the first person had gotten a tattoo based on one of our book series. And I swear to god my first thought was, "Dear God let me never do anything that makes them need to get that covered up." Being a public person (even in a small way) is very complicated. 21201
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialDiedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!” 924105707
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialS. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 01/10/2026Here for the minimalism and the fact the alt text really has this spot on. 76618
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialA. Lee Martinez @aleemartinez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We placed a hungry bear den in the middle of this college. If you’re stupid enough to walk by it, that’s your problem! Why did we put the hungry bear den there? Tradition. 0112
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAndy Carvin @acarv.in · 29/09/2026In case you were wondering where the america.gov AI chatbot stood on the matter: "Who won the 2020 presidential election?" "Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 U.S. presidential election." 1020331
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning...” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h... 391417524
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAndrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 82132253658
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialM. Newton @ridelee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh my god. OH MY GOD. XD 221058306
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 330189923987
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A flatteringly comprehensive portrait of our show. They consulted experts! www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...poynter.org‘The darker times get, the more important it feels’: The enduring joy of NPR's ‘Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!’ - PoynterThe NPR news quiz has survived nearly 30 years of media upheaval by staying funny, familiar and surprisingly adaptable 2649859
catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.social @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another celebrity has revealed themself a proud bigot. 000
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The pentagon ships sensitive military components over the ocean by UPS? 1101775361
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialAl Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026nytimes.comWeird Al Never Grew Up. Neither Did These Fans (or Their Dads). (Gift Article)Sons and fathers bond at the accordion-wielding pop parodist’s concerts. 581458167
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/09/2026When they dub the Star Wars films in other languages do they fuck up Yoda's sentence structure in a manner reflecting the dubbed language, and also is there a language where Yoda's fucked up sentence structure is the one that's correct and it's everyone else's sentences that suck 10692461
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 162169354738
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Themgizmodo.comFBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date ThemICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them. 1662709646
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Finally saw that Converse ad. My dudes, I'm the whitest of white people and even I saw what the fuck that looked like (don't post the ad in my comments, thanks) 1603456297
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion “This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse" - Senator Patty @murray.senate.govnytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 210566
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129162820
catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.social @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The new Medicaid restrictions aren't set to go into effect until Jan 1, 2027, after the midterms, trying to shield GOP from being held accountable. Medicaid has been doing mass mailings about the changes for over a month. The constituents are aware, and they will likely still be aware 11/03. 000
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341837794
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The one reason why you should make me your Senator for all 50 states: 15605133
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 12/09/2026she deleted this once she realized that based on the time difference she was implying that schoolchildren in Scotland knew about 9/11 before it happened 704738702
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialNikes | AlexLeeDee @alexleedee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026 40150384979
Reposted by @catdad-mjtorchwood.bsky.socialGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Honoring 1 year 5448118
