Reposted by CricketAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down... 724358643
Reposted by CricketAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...reason.comTexas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphletsThe case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights. 4052372448
Reposted by CricketThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AOC is propagating dangerous nonsense about MAHA: That it’s “not partisan,” driven by legitimate concerns. No. Stop it. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right, channeling vague grievances into a radical project. I spelled this out here:steady.pageThe Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a NationMAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it 17702180
Reposted by CricketWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare. 311554409
Reposted by CricketDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/08/2026Elon Musk should never be able to show his face in public again without getting asked about this. 11600185
Reposted by CricketNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.erininthemorning.comLandmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding TreatmentThe review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits. 142353789
Reposted by CricketMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Hundreds of federal food-safety staff have been cut, and last July the CDC narrowed FoodNet — the sentinel network that provides early warnings of foodborne illness — from eight pathogens to two, dropping cyclospora altogether."statnews.comWhy we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace. 13809287
Reposted by Cricketstate song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026i had no idea this would become so literal 105108572327
Cricket @cricket33.bsky.social · 01/05/2026www.rockpapershotgun.com/attempt-to-g...rockpapershotgun.comAttempt to get copyright on wholly AI-generated art gunned down by US Supreme CourtAs game developers continue to argue about the value of generative AI tools, some genAI inventors are trying to claim for copyright on their generated work. 000
Reposted by CricketPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026My latest newsletter is about how the media defines "political violence" as something that happens exclusively to politicians, and ignores its primary victims: everyone else.stringinamaze.netWhat's Political Violence?When the media talks about political violence, they're only telling part of the story 171819336
Cricket @cricket33.bsky.social · 01/05/2026www.thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-rep...thehandbasket.coHow Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holdersSB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community. 010
Reposted by CricketRhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Leqaa Kordia, who spent a year in ICE detention because she protested for Palestine, is free today. 152759517
Reposted by Cricketmady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️ @mady.cat · 06/03/2026Remember how Joe Rogan was "just asking questions" about trans women and sports and didn't have a problem with trans people otherwise? He's now a full on anti-trans genocidal fascist. There is a reason you hold the line at sports.lgbtqnation.comJoe Rogan calls trans people "f**king perverts" & blames them for school shootings - LGBTQ NationHe's the world's most popular podcaster. 411534406
Reposted by Cricketdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026About every 57k miles driven by Musk’s robotaxis one gets into a wreck. That’s four times the rate of humans.fortune.comBy Tesla's own math, it reveals that its robotaxis are 4x worse at driving than humans, with redactions hiding even more details | FortuneBy NHTSA standards, the Tesla Robotaxis are 8x worse than human drivers. 261942694
Reposted by CricketDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/02/2026Art is life; reactionary thinking is a death cult. 18711
Reposted by CricketDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/02/2026Here's a story about all the kidnapped children we are holding in torture prisons.nytimes.com‘I Just Want to Get Out of Here’: ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children 112475
Reposted by CricketDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/01/2026Thanks to everyone who helped stoke the trans moral panic. The inevitable next chapter has arrived. 5293102
Reposted by CricketJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/01/2026Appears this is also true for fascism. 143495965
Reposted by CricketMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough. 16890203296
Reposted by CricketGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could 215145322777
Reposted by CricketPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I wrote about a fake child care scandal, the connection to the murder of Renee Good, and the right-wing vengeance ecosystem.stringinamaze.netThe Moral Panic Machine in MinnesotaFrom a child care scandal to a state-sponsored murder 292089484
Reposted by CricketMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food! 332038532