Reposted by RoquentinInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trying and failing to torture Christa Pike to death is what the death penalty in practice is all about because it's not about deterrence or public safety, it's about hurting someone because the state decides they deserve it 112416
Reposted by Roquentingeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there 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 413184773
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Christa Pike was 18yrs old at the time of the murder. She never knew safety or unconditional love. Instead she was sexually abused from the time she was a toddler. She’s been incarcerated for 30 years but even that’s not enough to satisfy the bloodlust, we have to murder her too. Shameful. 053
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The lust for vengeance in this country is disgusting. In America we call this justice.nbcnews.comTennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyer saysChrista Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered a classmate. She would be the first woman the state has executed in more than 200 years. 020
Reposted by RoquentinMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Since the opioid epidemic people living w/chronic pain have had very few safe options without serious side effects. Used responsibly, botanical kratom is one of the best. It is well-known elsewhere in the world, and the research is incredibly promising pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govKratom and Pain Tolerance: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind StudyBackground: Kratom has a long history of traditional medicine use in Southeast Asia. Consumption of kratom products has also been reported in the US and other regions of the world. Pain relief is amon... 282
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Collectively and individually, the pervasive feeling is not that we are weathering a storm but that the storm is going to consume us. It becomes really hard to remain rational or analytical when nervous systems are shot. 012
Reposted by RoquentinShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The year is 3000. Everything is on fire. There is no ice. Sea levels are 200 feet higher than they used to be. On a TV floating in the new Mid Asiatic Ocean, James Carville is asking for 5 dollars 1667559
Reposted by RoquentinOdd Future Wolfgang Pauli @ofwp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I'm not thrilled Markey is running again but it's not a hard choice between benevolent grandpa with nonthreatening Boston accent vs. sweaty middle-aged loser who can't stop talking about how much he hates trans kids 18217
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The same publication that told us to save money by skipping breakfast is now telling us to drink less water …. 000
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Excellent thread w important context for potential approval of GLP-1 drugs within addiction medicine. Ppl in early recovery are especially vulnerable to relapse. Our healthcare system is full of gaps & cliffs, esp for those who are poor and marginalized. Extreme caution is warranted here. 000
Reposted by Roquentinpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026i want to get vulnerable for a sec and talk about my experience with the GLP-1 as someone who had an alcohol addiction. now, at the time i started taking it, i didn't really get cravings anymore except under extreme stress (even then they were very brief). the GLP-1 eliminated my cravings 100%. BUT 301252288
Reposted by RoquentinJason Poulos @poulos.house · 20/08/2026Trump-aligned crypto super PAC (Protect Progress/Fairshake) doubled-down on spending on behalf of corrupt incumbent @repauchincloss.bsky.social. The MA-4 primary is the first race in Mass. the Fairshake network has spent on. 064
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 02/08/2026In the treatment world, we use “process addictions” to describe many of these. The neurological changes associated with LLM and other tech are an escalation I think, in terms of the their persistence in reshaping human cognition & behavior and because they’ve been normalized/ adopted at scale. 020
Reposted by RoquentinGuillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 12/07/2026i stand corrected 70110401627
Reposted by RoquentinIf you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I spent part of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony cowering and reaching in a bathroom at work. Women are now routinely expected to relive their worst moments in public, to an uncaring, unbelieving and hostile audience to prevent the worst sociopaths from reaching the heights of power in the US. 14510
Reposted by RoquentinTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026We did it! No more text messages! 341795141
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Democrats have chosen a side and it’s not ours. Ppl need to stop pretending otherwise.fortune.comSon of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange | FortuneLux Capital led the investment, which values the Stanford graduate’s exchange at $300 million. 021
Reposted by RoquentinKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026If politicians really want to “save childhood,” they can start by ensuring every child has three meals a day, a safe place to sleep, and safe access to education. Banning social media does nothing to help kids who don’t have basic resources. 5240331147
Reposted by RoquentinGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 11/06/2026Trump announces the US is planning to invade Iran. 751344341
Reposted by RoquentinPaulo Gustavo @paulogustavo.net · 10/06/2026“Power it down. On the third day, reboot it.” 51416
Reposted by RoquentinAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I hope Donald Trump goes to his grave knowing in his bones that there is no mark or monument he has put upon this country that we will not dedicate ourselves to uprooting 92820364
Reposted by RoquentinWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026This is the message. Any Democrat willing to sacrifice trans folks—especially kids—will sacrifice anything. 5282571977
Reposted by RoquentinMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Even without considering the content, calling your supposedly grand plan to right the ship "Project 2029" is a reactive failure of vision. Come up with something even vaguely original and inspiring. 1526120
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Why are there so many posts about people cooking / eating pasta ? 000
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Thinking about the veterans who came home & later lost their lives to suicide, incarceration, or preventable disease bc their country abandoned them. They too are casualties of war. Here is my dad, Vietnam Era seaman, who died from cancer due to engine room asbestos exposure in 2023. #MemorialDay 011
Reposted by RoquentinThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 18/05/2026*guillotine vibes intensify* 1638
Reposted by Roquentinwes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I really don't know what to do with these people. I, a dedicated socialist, voted for your shitty candidate because I knew what the stakes were. All people did is object to genocide, which is the baseline moral obligation of any human being. 5337
Reposted by RoquentinMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 06/05/2026solastalgia | noun | sadness or melancholy due to environmental loss 13736234
Reposted by RoquentinJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism 8253951304
Reposted by RoquentinThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/04/2026The era of papering over America’s decline with cheap credit, imperial dividends, and toxic derivatives is over. The last Jenga block will eventually be pulled, and the tower that has loomed over us for 46 years will collapse in a heap. trib.al/LQ4EFpstrib.alThe Financial Product That Blew Up the Global Economy Is BackAs if the economy isn’t already in enough chaos, the banks are reviving credit default swaps. Hold on to your butts! 77940
Reposted by RoquentinJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 16/04/2026When we create a state that is so focused on cruelty, we are always going to empower people like this. The cruelty is not a byproduct, it is an inevitable consequence. 9787233
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is exactly it. They’ve squandered every ounce of good will. I am done, and I’m far from the only one. 010
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I don’t call myself Catholic anymore, but on a day like today it’s still somehow reassuring to have an American Pope calling out our genocidal president from the Vatican 000
Reposted by RoquentinOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability 5578681927
Reposted by RoquentinMichael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I'm gonna say that senators and representatives posting on social media that the madness has to stop is pretty weak sauce. These are people who, unlike the rest of us, can actually DO something to stop the madness. So maybe put down your phones and get to work? 19747181113
Reposted by RoquentinGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The answer is: Fuck no. Because you shouldn't show up to court to deal with a minor issue only to get kidnapped and disappeared.bostonglobe.comShould ICE agents be able to make arrests in Massachusetts courthouses? - The Boston GlobeFederal agents are increasingly targeting people at courthouses in immigrant communities from Chelsea to Lynn to New Bedford. 51580395
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Hello, @massgovernor.bsky.social I’m ashamed to live in a state that continues to partner with ICE. Other governors are meeting this moment, when will you join them? 032
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 23/03/2026This. Managing my adoptive mother’s poisonous jealousy during the time when bio mom came into my life eventually made it impossible to build a relationship, one that both of us wanted. I will never forgive this for as long as I live. 011
Reposted by Roquentins. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16/03/2026Sorry women who survive abuse don't talk about it on your preferred timeline and would sometimes prefer not to talk about it at all but feel forced to do so because they feel a moral urgency as they watch their abusers get platformed even though they know they're going to get horrific backlash. 4726157
Reposted by Roquentins. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16/03/2026I believe survivors. There's no personal benefit in speaking out, they don't do it for clout, they put themselves and their families at risk by putting their names and faces on abuse. I support people's right to tell their stories on their own terms. 123833
Reposted by RoquentinMartha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 12/03/2026There aren’t enough mental health providers anywhere- we have a national shortage And they aren’t subsidizing more folks going through school and training so there aren’t going to be more And this means communities are going to have to start/relearn to provide normative support wherever they can 34923
Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The other part of this, of course, would be to eliminate the conditions that lead to criminal behavior in the first place—support families, make MH treatment plentiful & accessible, raise ppl out of poverty, etc. This would cost less money! Mass incarceration does not solve social problems. 010
Reposted by RoquentinAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 04/03/2026The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE. Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009. A quick thread: 171951776
Reposted by RoquentinShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school 140233595883