Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3hThe people who run our government are are obsessed with appearance, unfamiliar with blue collar work, and worship President McCheese 1135338
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026wake up babe the Trump administration chatbot is crashing out again 128416
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026also not getting enough attention: these texts are between one of the lawyers on Jack Smith's team and a US Marshall tasked with keeping people fueled by Republican conspiracy theories from murdering Jack Smith in public because he tried to prosecute the president for crimes that he did 6503100
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 341439519
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4930461071
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940211045
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is” 303182679
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i guess if anyone knows about despicable racist republican scare tactics 1353367
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026FBI fires two stars: “Both Burgwald, a West Point graduate, and Rae have served in high-profile posts in which they received attorney general’s awards over the past two decades. Rae supervised the FBI’s response to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comFBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s FamilyFBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr... 11262131
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026Called it again 303248553
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️ 28930621094
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195122198
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19595963538
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad: 141215592
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialCOYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 24/09/2026Gavin Newsom, who has spent the past year courting billionaires and the right wing, is "a political juker — an advocate for nothing but his own ambitions as the Democrats’ best boy," writes @soleilho.com. www.coyotemedia.org/what-is-the-...coyotemedia.orgWhat Is the Point of Gavin Newsom?You can’t build a movement around a person whose only commitment is staying uncommitted. 718370
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case. 412098715
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421664465
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271467749
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This straight up personalist propaganda, paid for by American taxpayers. Trump has more than $400 million in just one PAC. He can pay for this himself instead of stealing from us. 23629184
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188103855
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103444408
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lots of good polling for Democrats right now. Keep in mind, however, that polling in the last few cycles has been significantly off (~4 points in big races), generally to the benefit of Republicans. My sense is that this is because voting for Trump drives shame. So respondents simply lie. 19517112
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...status.newsThe Source Behind The BanThe anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. 952538909
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:finance.yahoo.comOpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million giftThe super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle. 491576674
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The DOJ is intentionally drawing attention to this incident of mail dumping to sow distrust in mail-in voting, suppress votes, & motivate changes to the law to make it harder to vote. If you're amplifying and feeding that frame, even from the other side, you're a pawn in their information operation. 29624
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Researchers have been asking, why are pedestrian deaths going up, particularly driven by a spike in the dusk period? Well, right now it's 8:30 pm and I'm walking the baby to sleep, and every other driver I have seen is staring at their phone while rolling stop signs. Just a thought. 4269182
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once. 2314504603
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo... 281237445
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Russell Vought wants to kill the NIH In case you didn't know this, Vought's daughter has cystic fibrosis & has benefited from a combination drug treatment (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that was developed by NIH-funded research By @juliametraux.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comProject 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kidIts architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking. 21465210
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 22/09/2026The theme of Trump’s second term is his using the power of the presidency as though it’s his own. That manifests in tantrums booting media outlets from the White House. More harmfully, it also manifests in blocking federal funding to states that didn’t vote for him. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 9347136
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialCarter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jason Benetti gets roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. #DNMW #Tigers 121203322
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 21/09/2026Genuine question: why are they pretending to give a shit now, when Trump calling for journalists to be killed didn’t inspire this kind of pushback? I know why they didn’t care when he dehumanized journalists who are Black women. 1323437
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comProject 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kidIts architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking. 45988468
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDavid Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026static.klipy.comSean Connery as James Bond in Dr. NoAlt: James Bond says trans rights. 48614
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Her family also raised a shit ton of money to create America First Legal to sue others. Her husband has helped weaponize the DOJ to sue others. Using the legal system to intimidate and threaten people or force them to adopt MAGA views is a core tactic of these people. 8481120
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDavid Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rose was a gem We miss her already www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...npr.orgEditor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide. 331107141
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 349160734126
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail 371668359
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868363716
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18/09/2026 341624443
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialDan Johnson @sudocrushms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My heart uncle had polio. Right before the vaccine was prevalent. He's needed leg braces and a cane his whole life. A huge baseball fan that hasn't run or even walked without assistance since he was a small child. I can't fathom the rage if someone suggested his 5 grandsons not be vaccinated. 38214
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio. 16637121037
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor. 1002991849
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026it's actually insane how terrible AI executives like Alex Karp here are marketing their products. he sounds like a complete lunatic on CNBC right now. 3772020473
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026 Candidates need to be much more straightforward than this: “You know republicans keep getting convicted of child sexual abuse. Now my opponent is making up an excuse to look in your kid’s pants. I won’t let them.” 427162
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026that's a lede 328990
Reposted by @curmudgely.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Brennan Center published a nice article about the dual strategy of disputing established polls and putting out low-quality or biased polls to muddy the waters on leading candidates. One worry is how this might mesh with GOP efforts to contest election results if/when they lose. 313863