Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2hU.S. has threatened to block arms for Ukraine over its attacks on Russian refineries, lobbying European capitals and Kyiv in an attempt to end the attacks on Russian oil refineries. - FT 3024780
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialFrank Ray Whitehouse (He/Him) @wheeltod.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I named my dog "Nature" because he abhors the vacuum. 472567355
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialAnnemarie Dooley @annemariedooley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Awful sign outside the hospital. I-638 would require young girls in WA state to have a genital exam before they’re allowed to play sports. Supporters say not so, but young girls will be exposed to all sorts of harm. If this was too controversial for Florida, why the hell is it on our ballot. 0296
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialAthul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 23hHoly shit they disenfranchised nearly ten percent of the population. It’s like a GOP wet dreamnytimes.comIndia Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against ModiPublic anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government. 161770504
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18hFar-right nationalist Jake Lang, who has made antisemitic remarks and performed a Nazi salute, and a group chant in support of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers: “Mike Rogers for Senate!” 92864265
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialJoe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 23hOne year ago today.youtube.comFULL GAME: Jorge Polanco and Mariners' ALDS Game 5 walk-off vs. Tigers to advance to 2025 ALCS!YouTube video by MLB 2313
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23hTrump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap 119467841711
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23hstatler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans 784875654
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3658891492
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 10/10/2026"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT. www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...404media.coLawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after… 20626274
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 10/10/2026this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted 1345359924
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026He also lost the Nobel Physics Prize, Chemistry Prize, Physiology or Medicine Prize, and Literature Prize.axios.comTrump rages over Nobel Peace Prize lossThe award went to former international judge and UN official Navi Pillay. 2336246
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.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. 48158285210
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor. 59392011570
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialNo Hate in WA State @nohateinwastate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians passed a resolution opposing harmful initiatives I-001 and I-638. Seeding Justice Executive Director Se-ah-dom Edmo said, “These measures do not reflect our values, and we will not stand by while our young people are used as political targets." 13520
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026🤷🏿♂️news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 181468524
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialCenter for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026$413 billion of Anthropics compute agreements are non-cancellable, and OpenAI has billions more to pay to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. @edzitron.com asks how they are possibly going to pay this money back? Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHaPfdnRoZ4 115829
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump. 3341294449
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/10/2026Only two countries currently systematically carry out capital sentences in public: Iran and Afghanistan. In 2025, the Taliban authorities carried out six such killings and the regime in Tehran 11, according to Amnesty International. Analysis from @jasonburke2.bsky.social 👇theguardian.comPete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious companyOnly Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice 84430
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris. 19068611944
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialNicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just like Exxon knew about the impacts of climate change, the beef industry knew too. A new PLOS Climate study documents how the National Cattlemen’s Association (NCA), now NCBA, responded to evidence linking cattle methane to global warming from 1986–1996 (study 🔗 at end of 🧵) 16632
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialVoteHub @votehub.com · 09/10/2026On Supreme Court term limits: Sen. Susan Collins: “Absolutely not. I’m sure that Troy wants to pack the court.” Troy Jackson: “I wouldn’t have to pack it if you didn’t put in Kavanaugh." 484185564
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026 6903676510201
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96114842667
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026(1) This is vile racism & hatred from Trump (2) Important context that Trump tried to start a race war with his initial paramilitary invasion of Minneapolis, but was stunned to see (white native) neighbors defending their (non-white immigrant) neighbors (inconceivable to a person powered by hatred). 12423101
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December. 676899293
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek. 14559091123
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialSeattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets 12674161
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This was a choice. Remember this. 8631681868
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:404media.coWatch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock." 321014582
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/10/2026With all the Republican-condoned methane leakage along the way, on top of the cost of transporting, liquefying, shipping, re-gassing, and more transport, yes, it starts to look more polluting than local coal. Polluters don’t care.lemonde.frWorse than coal? Debate intensifies over carbon impact of US gas imported to EuropeWith 60% of Europe's liquefied natural gas imports now coming from the United States, the carbon footprint of this energy source remains fiercely contested. 518576
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 08/10/2026With a trillion-dollar net worth, Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest person. But how much even is a trillion dollars? Try your best to dilapidate that fortune with our tool, developed in partnership with Neal.fun👇wired.comSpend Elon Musk’s MoneyWhat’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself. 218122
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.social🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 885118211439
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No AI for kids. Full stop. 2245269911
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialTy Dane Gonzalez @tdg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Me whenever any of the 29 other teams in MLB have a 2-0 series lead: yeah that series is over Me if the Mariners have a 2-0 series lead: oh god oh fuck they're gonna fucking blow this 1363
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3256041942
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A wild figure from the Kansas Senate campaign. In the last FEC reported donation cycle, Roger Marshall took contributions from 77 donors within the state of Kansas. Adam Hamilton took 3,000 521851
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialHemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 06/10/2026Gabe Poirot says he spent 18 days in Heaven and met a Jesus who was six feet tall, made of fire, and overflowing with testosterone. Fox treated this as news. There's no evidence of this. Just a deeply manipulative story and a book to promote. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-christia...friendlyatheist.comA Christian influencer says he went to Heaven and met a testosterone-fueled JesusGabe Poirot says he met a fiery, muscular, intolerant Jesus. Fox News is helping amplify the story. 11933051
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As Trump crisscrossed the country last week trying to help his party avoid a blowout in the midterms, two of his top political advisers — James Blair and Chris LaCivita — were in the Balkans helping a pro-Russian government looking to tighten its grip on power.nytimes.comAmid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned GovernmentJames Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice. 20604350
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(AXIOS) - Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, "I don't make the decisions," according to audio obtained by Axios #TXsen www.axios.com/2026/10/07/k... 2831973
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI has completely changed the game on calendar invite spam. I wake up every day to fake legal notices and meetings from hacked strangers that take up my entire calendar which I then must manually delete. Nothing has ever made me more #efficient than the beautiful future created by #AI. 511908181
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI has talked kids into suicide, fueled paranoid delusional that led to murder, degraded education quality in both k-12 and higher ed, run roughshod over copyright law, increased spam, fueled spam, fueled fraud, degraded the environment, put people out of work, the list goes on and on. 91343266
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Starbucks’ rollback of its climate commitments is just the latest example of why voluntary climate standards like net zero are only useful when coupled w/ credible threats of regulation or (gasp!) *actual* rules on climate action. Mini 🧵ft.comStarbucks retreats from green goals amid drive for $2bn in cost cutsEarly corporate champion of climate action scales back or reviews targets to halve emissions, waste and water use 10376119
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"At least $260 billion of data center investments were canceled this year after sustained local opposition, according to new @heatmap.news Pro data." heatmap.news/daily/260-bi... via @robinsonmeyer.bsky.socialheatmap.newsExclusive: Data Center Cancellations Top $260 Billion in 2026Local opposition has exacted a much higher cost for developers than has been previously understood, according to new Heatmap Pro survey of public records and financial information. 0128
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 1181544686
Reposted by @chairtablefloor.bsky.socialDoron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To my neighbors, and the place we call home. 1118945
