C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 48mThanks for sharing this. I am reminded of how Hegseth, as editor of the Princeton Tory, green-lit an opinion piece (from a dude, ofc) that said that if a woman was unconscious, it wasn't a clear case of rape. 111
Reposted by C BakerEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 15hJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 21226451593
Reposted by C BakerArt by Heim @artbyheim.bsky.social · 10hMiniature is today’s Inktober challenge word. 414012
Reposted by C BakerChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 524101682225
Reposted by C BakerMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17071291952
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"correction" (the Guardian) The headline on this story was changed on 23 August 2021 from ‘Harvesting your own seed is one of gardening’s great pleasures’ to ‘Harvesting the seed of a favourite plant is one of gardening’s great pleasures’ to avoid any ambiguity www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comHarvesting the seed of a favourite plant is one of gardening’s great pleasuresKeep your eyes alert for a perfect plant, then grow your own 1100
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have watched this clip several times now and remain amazed by your cat's extreme plasticity. 021
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think they had to sign something saying they wouldn't sell the car for two or three years! That requirement would be a red flag to any sensible person (but any sensible person would also recognize that the cybertruck is a cringingly ugly vehicle) 070
Reposted by C BakerDavid Helms @davidhelms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"...the boom's next phase" is sure an interesting way to say bust. 11014
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Traffic is going to get a lot worse’: San Francisco Bay Area faces potential death spiral of transit systemA marvel of engineering and a model of sustainability, Bart has been financially distressed since the Covid pandemic 001
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026can't spell Alberta without the letters r, a, and t, though... 0100
Reposted by C BakerCarolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAlberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of ratProvince’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin 321218191
Reposted by C BakerSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.apple.newsThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood ReporterThe Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing. 763618945
Reposted by C BakerNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144921826
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have seen both versions of "The Office" plus the occasional clip of "30 Rock" 010
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm missing ten of the top ten, so anyone who yells at you for not watching enough TV would want me committed :D 010
Reposted by C BakerNFL @nflbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bijan Robinson showing love to the guys that block for him ❤️ 033
Reposted by C Bakerrobertswartz.bsky.social @robertswartz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lord of the Fly-ers. 0582
Reposted by C BakerJudith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Portland anarchist scene getting a massive infusion of members upon this flight's return 01684
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This whole thread is extremely entertaining (and much more fun to read about than to experience directly) 011
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am further down the peninsula and trying to decide whether I'll just end up needing to take the ECR bus to work 001
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026one of the comments on the Caltrain subreddit said that the person might have gotten grazed by the train and then ran off into the tunnel. Not sure how much stake to put in that, of course! 000
Reposted by C BakerKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026About 30,000 Canadians studying at American colleges and universities each year; all the nurses on TN visas crossing the Detroit-Windsor border; the hydroelectricity exports; as well as stuff like Christmas trees, lumber, aluminum, music, and Heated Rivalry season 2. 1372
Reposted by C BakerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 2822001234
Reposted by C BakerJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827911164
Reposted by C BakerCatherine 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. 8527281074
Reposted by C BakerEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 25982431644
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Only someone like Russell Vought can make Jay B look the reasonably guy in the room... 022
Reposted by C BakerLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Alex Karp of Palantir says the AI industry must be nationalized to protect it from lawsuits if it accidentally destroys the world. More likely, he sees the bubble about to burst and he wants to be bought out with our tax dollars before that happens. 801510388
Reposted by C BakerFred. @freeloosedirt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Couldn’t invite the Police Cat: we all know what would have happen there. 0141
Reposted by C BakerNon threatening boo @lushattic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Police said they've got nothing to go on. 1542
Reposted by C BakerMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026cops doing the drug bust photo op with a bunch of rolls of toilet paper is incredible, no notes they've even got the K9 unit in the picture, give that dog a roll to play with 542125442
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the article layout didn't help - it seemed like it had come to an end but then restarted after an ad (eye roll) 100
Reposted by C BakerSir Reginald, Duke of Chutney @hyperplanes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026so on friday I delivered an in-person lecture on eurasian nomads. It was not recorded, no livestream. I used printed visual aids, no powerpoint. I mentioned "pazyryk" once. Today several of my audience members are getting Instagram reels about the pazyryk. 162
Reposted by C BakerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026static.klipy.comBrady: Nine Times? Enough Already!ALT: Brady: Nine Times? Enough Already! 252030551
Reposted by C BakerScotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026No one I know in real life, and almost no one I know online, is talking about the profound generational evil of flying people to torture prisons in countries they've never had a connection to and where they have no protections from the monsters who do this kind of thing. 1016366
Reposted by C BakerOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Also this scene was brutal 556398
Reposted by C BakerSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 11/09/2026Bro is trying to honeypot JD Vance 725618
Reposted by C BakerDan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit. 776952172
C Baker @ccbeta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026dudes' answers I've seen to the prompt "a random fact I love is...": • pizza • that I love love 000
Reposted by C BakerTom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Okay we all know what to do with this. We promote the hell out of the interview. 16403140