Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 1hHe’s dealing truths and facts. 35827
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 1hIt remains odd to me The Onion has decided the thing to do in 2026 is mislead people about Democrats The DNC and prominent Democrats like El-Sayed! This isn’t even a joke, it’s a poorly controlled reflex 1417940
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 44mAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH 0124
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 45mjust secured my first round of funding for my startup! it's called OMELAS. Its goal is to make Omelas in real life 1328246
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10hoh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 161653412
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 59mThis 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 651650405
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 32mthere are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 11339111
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 11mThe point is that as a society, somewhat intentionally because the people who built the post-World War II public university system created this infrastructure on purpose, we house countless vital functions in our modern public universities. 1175
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 2hAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 0223
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 7hMy cofounder Rich and I are making a bold attempt to become the Car Talk of software (enterprise or not, AI or not) which means we need YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CODE AND CAREER QUESTIONS (anonymous is fine). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comAsk AboardOn The Aboard Podcast, Rich Ziade and Paul Ford discuss how AI is changing software development—and everything else. We're introducing a new segment, "Ask Aboard," where listeners send in questions ... 116422
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3hChuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 1432337741
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5hdo men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now 39468631024
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1h"I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw" is now understood by scholars to be a corruption of a popular Elizabethean joke about basketball teams. 0604
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1hHoly crap. Can’t make this stuff up 1930254
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 1hGood and gutting. (No, really, it is very good—you should read it) David Perry, UMN student advisor, on what the university is for and how deeply the planned budget cuts will mess with that www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta... 39935
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1hWhy does he keep talking about this? 3626725
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 1hInternational tourist visits to the US are approaching the same levels as 2020 0256
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1hAre there any old heads still working in news who can remember the firestorm a racist utterance in the WH like this would’ve kicked up. 2356787
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 1hThe state of Nebraska has released data on the 1st few months of Medicaid work reporting requirements Over 1,000 people have lost/been denied coverage Vast majority are losing not bcuz they aren't working but bcuz they can't get thru the red tape My new blog: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/09/30/n...ccf.georgetown.eduNebraska Releases First Data on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirement: As Expected, Coverage Losses Start to Mount Due to Red TapeAt a recent Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting, the state of Nebraska, the first in the nation to implement what will soon be a mandatory Medicaid work reporting requirement (WRR), shared the first d... 1914
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5hit was either malicious negligence on a Hitleresque scale or deliberate murder of as many nonwhite people as possible. I think door #2 is more plausible 1560593
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Alice Jane Grimm (she/her) @alice-j-grimm.bsky.social · 5hI am pretty confident it’s to drive Black, Muslim, and Sikh men out of the force 182
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 5hSome of the other Hegseth obsessions are more horrible, but I think the beard one is the weirdest one, right? (Especially, in my view at least, given his ink situation). 4182
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5hAt a certain point in my life, ground combat was My Thing. If you handed me an infantry company right now, I would have no idea how to employ it. If I had to get back into the game today, the last thing I'd be concerned about would be my soldiers' genitals, sex lives or height-to-weight ratios. 3384
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 5hYou cannot hack your way out of a lack of representation. 012
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 15hAir to Ground Message: WOW THATS NOT GOOD Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Boeing 737-800 A: #a1c9409ee45 F: #fc1c0a18623 0116
Carly Putnam 🦖 @cputnam.bsky.social · 13hWhat’s that line about how billionaires should be pro-taxing themselves because something is going to happen to them and being taxed is the least-bad option 000
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h"Vote for James Talarico. He has *one* house." 13955188
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Matthew Prorok @mattprorok.bsky.social · 14hIf that's your concern, I have great news! There's no evidence that trans people have any kind of physical advantage in athletics, and some evidence that they may be at a disadvantage.sf.govTrans Women in Sports: Facts Over Fear | SF.govResources to combat misinformation around trans women's participation in sports. 011721
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 20hGoogle and Apple immediately update their maps. 362416536
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 14hAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH 0182
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14hIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social says. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.”nyti.msOpinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst WaysOn the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster. 2420664
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14hThe AI bubble is even more precarious than you knew.nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 113861
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Shoutout to the 🐐GOAT🐐, respect greatness www.macfound.org/videos/2026-...macfound.orgEllora Derenoncourt - 2026 MacArthur Fellow 437378
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 30/09/2026Getting ratioed on Musk’s site as a hard-right senator takes some real skill 371223124
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it is wild to have Biden out and about doing events, giving speeches, and meeting random members of the public on planes and trains and taking pictures and what not, 2 years after leaving office, and yet there are *still* people who will breathlessly scream about how he clearly had dementia 425338
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026wake up babe, new Skynet/ Matrix/ WOPR/ robot apocalypse strategy just bounced: they're going to use the brain-rotted guy in charge of health policy to tell us to all start licking measles homeopathically. 1012740
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wouldn’t stop suing until my name was on every building the school has and every trustee had to write me a personal check. 116129
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"But perhaps the most shocking number in these records is the 9,681 accepted voucher applications submitted by families with household incomes that exceed $250,000 a year." thepickup.com/more-public-...thepickup.comMore Public Dollars Are Going To Oklahoma’s Private Schools Than Ever Before - The PickupThe closer you look at the student vouchers, the more they look like an upward transfer of wealth. 012
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 783492872
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great thread. Revive the OTA! This is also why I do not support term limits in Congress (at least not until other issues are fixed), because they would increase the churn and lead to even more reliance on lobbyists to explain complex issues. 24311
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Oklahoma Policy Institute @okpolicy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Got questions about the two state questions that are on the ballot in November? Indivisible Oklahoma is hosting a virtual meeting tonight (September 29) to help educate voters. They will break down the questions and explain the concepts in plain language. www.mobilize.us/indivisibleo...mobilize.usState Question Summit · Indivisible OklahomaThe November 3rd General Election includes two state questions. In both cases the ballot language is complicated, but we have broken it down and explained the concepts in plain language. Be an inform... 001
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley… 1645660934
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author. 762176640
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖ITEP @itep.org · 29/09/2026A new calculator launched this week by @floridapolicy.bsky.social breaks down the impact on Florida communities. amendment3.floridapolicyinstitute.orgamendment3.floridapolicyinstitute.orgFlorida Amendment 3 Impact | Florida Policy InstituteFlorida Amendment 3 Calculator. Look up your ZIP code or county to see the local government funding and services that could be affected. 002
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖ITEP @itep.org · 29/09/2026Florida voters will decide on Amendment 3, which would create a pathway for non-school property tax elimination. If passed, local governments would lose $13.7 billion in the first two years alone, jeopardizing public services that Floridians rely on. itep.org/impact-of-am...itep.orgTallying Up the Impact of Florida’s Property Tax Ballot Measure on Local CommunitiesFlorida voters will soon vote on Amendment 3, which would create a pathway for non-school property tax elimination in the state. If passed, the measure would cost local governments $13.7 billion in th... 123