cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social · 1hIf the only thing democrats have is being anti-trump and nothing that will effectively oppose trump (yet again), then I will be voting third party (yet again). 000
cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social · 1hThis has been the choice for decades, and capitalists keep backing fascism. 000
cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social · 6hAnd make them be legitimate and trustworthy, not a potential scam. 000
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 9hPalestinians with Israeli citizenship are no longer asked to pledge allegiance, but to renounce their own history. Palestinian Knesset candidate Sami Abu Shehadeh did exactly that before Israel's Supreme Court, and was pushed out anyway. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/the-... #Palestine #Israelmondoweiss.net 02110
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10hTrump's deportation push forces dozens of LGBT migrants onto hostile terrain @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comTrump's deportation push forces dozens of LGBT migrants onto hostile terrainTwo years ago, a mob assaulted Abdou Latifou and threatened to kill him after he was seen kissing the man he loved. 101
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialAditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 10hI've been saying this for at least three years: Bluesky is in many ways an experiment in saying "we don't have to be responsible for marginalized people if we tell them it's their responsibility and leave them to fend for themselves". And well, look at how that plays out in any other situation. 1236
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRob or Robert. @huffandstuff.bsky.social · 12hWish more white people in this country understood that doing nothing is not a viable strategy for pushing back against literal fascism. 161
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12hWilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”texastribune.orgAustin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agentThe surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back. 24825345
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 21hYes, this makes perfect sense. 012
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Bosnian Serb nationalism would not have been racist if Bosniaks and Bosnian Croatians didn't exist. Zionism would not have been racist if Palestinian Muslims and Christians did not exist. But here's the problem for both: They did and do exist! 1016129
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The thing is: Palestinians are a people with equal rights. Bosnian Muslims are a people with equal rights. You cannot oppress and slaughter these people as compensation for crimes you've suffered. 318729
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Serb nationalism and Zionism are very similar. Serbs and Jews were both victims of Nazi genocide in WWII. The nationalism of both fused victimhood with chauvinism. Both nationalisms argued that they were merely rectifying a historical wrongdoing their peoples had suffered. 110220
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In WWII, the Serbs were victims of genocide at the hands of Croatian Nazi collaborators, the Ustaše. In the 1990s, their justification for ethnic cleansing? "The Serbs were once majorities in these lands, but genocide ended that. We must now rectify that historic wrong." 49516
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Like every settler-colonialist movement that has ever existed, you need a justification. "Why do we deserve this land, unlike the people who actually live there now?" The basic justification for this always, well, racism. By actual definition! 211920
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When the Zionist movement was promised Palestine by the British Empire, 90% of its people were Arab Muslims and Christians. The Zionist movement of the era echoed the colonialist mantras of the time to justify taking the land away from the people who actually lived there. 513725
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is nothing racist about any ethnic or religious group wanting their own homeland. The problem is if this desire is at the expense of another people. Zionism in practise meant "a homeland at the expense of Palestinians". It's really not hard to grasp this basic point! 43532139
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here. 15245171804
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/10/2026No parent should have to wonder how they’re going to feed their kids. Families are already stretched thin by rising gas, rent, & food costs. Now, cuts to SNAP are leaving more kids hungry & more parents struggling to put meals on the table. In the richest country on Earth, every kid should be fed! seiu.coSNAP's funding model is starting to change. Here's what that means for the programStates will start to pay a larger share of the bill to run the food assistance program, as federal funding for operational costs shrinks. 01210
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialChris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...nytimes.comCornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for CampusMichael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. 251532400
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialFinnan Haddie @finnanhaddie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Wear fluorescent colors so drivers can see you.” “Flexposts protect cyclists in bike lanes.” Photo: Bike lane in Cambridge with fluorescent green flexposts installed mere weeks ago. 5 of the flexposts have been destroyed, 2 more are damaged 5146
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialGay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wasps. Even German and scandavian Protestants would find themselves outside the scope of "heritage Americans" or whatever euphemism JD Vance is using by then... We'd be back to the days when southern Italians were lynched, and Protestant firefighters let Catholic neighbourhoods burn. 181
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialGay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Southern Italians were assimilated into whiteness last, and we still look visually somewhat distinct from the average white person, so we'd be exiled first. Then "ethnic white" Catholics and orthodox communities, like Greeks and poles and even Irish people. Soon, the circle would contract to "pure" 191
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialGay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ethnic hierarchies that fascism is based on create anxiety about status. Hence, "the race card" originally referred to the southern racist strategy of accusing electoral opponents of being mixed-race. As soon as the Rufos of the world consolidate power, the circle of whiteness will contract. 1112
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialEdgar Allan Hoe @dlcrumbdump.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rich people can’t stop being comically openly evil like wdym the Shopify CEO openly advocates for taking poor people’s voting rights away and giving wealthy people multiple votes 1172
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Naomi is right. 021
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 02/10/2026Israel is preparing to give settlers access to a main Palestinian thoroughfare in Ramallah, a move that would bring checkpoints and gates to one of the West Bank’s last spaces of free Palestinian movement and affordable urban growth. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/isra... #Palestine #Israelmondoweiss.net 11826
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2668092572
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 01/10/2026In Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers are accelerating their attacks on Palestinian farmers and herders in the area by cutting off their water supply. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/pale...mondoweiss.netPalestinians in Masafer Yatta are surviving without water after Israeli settlers cut off a lifelineIn Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers are accelerating their attacks on Palestinian farmers and herders in the area by cutting off their water supply. 13027
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialbullboy Ganymede Amore @bullboyganymede.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He was one of two people whose video essays I’d watch. They were great. Doesn’t matter. Women’s safety in games spaces matters way more. We need not be giving multiple chances to rapists and making the entire industry predatory and unsafe. This includes Geller. Throw the whole man away. 0111
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen. 531581822
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record? 40763042264
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101. 612254868
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 29/09/2026Israeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero's welcome — is already predetermined. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/the-... #Palestine #Israelmondoweiss.net 01511
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialGay Bitterskeets @gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is what you say when Zionist homophobes try to use Islamic homophobia as a cudgel against criticism of the Palestinian genocide. 0161
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers. 513030892
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialMarzipan @marzipanties.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m in favor of the idea that people can‘t be forced to date/fuck a specific demographic, even if the demo is a marginalized group. You can‘t force people to be with POC, trans people, bisexuals, yadda yadda. But at the same, I’m still gonna judge if the reason is bigoted, and laugh if it’s stupid 231
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Notably, the agents did this while attempting mundane data retrieval tasks which were not cyber-related," Transluce said. "This traffic goes back at least to March 6, 2026 & extends as recently as September 16, 2026, suggesting agents may still be exploiting these services to bypass restrictions." 001
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OpenAI Linked to More Website Hacks — (Hacker News) AI research lab Transluce found three instances between May and June 2026 in which OpenAI's agents resorted to hacking when traditional methods failed. This included an attempt on an Australian government public health website. 111
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth. Everyone knew exactly what they were doing! A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all 16560341
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And not just those young men but also the world renowned institution that protected them at the expense of young women on their campus, much like every other academic institution complicit in this wide-reaching crisis 688285
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This difference is especially stark at a time when the national media has zeroed in on a tiny group of LGBTQ people over interpersonal conflict versus a group of young men who have also been publicly identified over the alleged crime of gang rape 298494
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen 262882666
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialFlabberghaster @flabberghaster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The point about cops being able to just not go is so real. If a car invades the bike lane and hits you, and you even do call the cops, and they do deign to show up, in my experience they tend to treat you as you're sort of a nuisance making a fuss vs a motorist, who's a serious person. 053
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialNyyxVeil 🏳️🌈 @nyyxveil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It saddens me greatly, everyday - that people can be cruel to disability; no matter who you are - left, right, center, up, down, whatever. You. have no fucking right to demonize us, to call us monsters. 082
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialNyyxVeil 🏳️🌈 @nyyxveil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When we ask for proper accommodation and accessibility. That isn't trampling on other people's rights; we simply want to enjoy the things that other people are enjoying to whatever degree our bodies can take 173
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialNyyxVeil 🏳️🌈 @nyyxveil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I hate "positive think" when it comes to disability... there is no positive think - there is only the struggle Because we constantly have to challenge ourselves and others on the day-to-day basis to understand our disability 1195
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739661703
cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Capitalism doing what capitalism does. 000
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks. 633131313899
Reposted by @cubetothepowerofpi.bsky.socialSignFire - J.D. Terrill @signfire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's the part that still perplexes me... How wealth is so damn important to Americans that it can supercede things like basic intelligence, civic duty, ethic sensibility, morality or artistic expression. 011
