Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bootlicking will not save you. 503078559
Reposted by KurtDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter. 393163105086
Reposted by KurtErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US. 251802422
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti 156161605495
Reposted by KurtCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/07/2026You would say, "they pointed a gun at my head and said 'your money or your life' and so I gave them the money." And almost nobody would say "oh, so it's 'he said/she said'" or "well, so there's no EVIDENCE he was a thief." 260645
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I wrote about the irony of Platner and his campaign trying to convince journalists, commentators and voters that they had outsmarted the trappings of traditional masculinity, only to come crashing down as a result of it:thehandbasket.coWe didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfitDespite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed. 692619588
Reposted by KurtMatt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Dom: Tolkien fought in the bloodiest battle in human history, and he wrote The Lord of the Rings, which is very idealistic. Martin fought in...no battles. And wrote Game of Thrones, wallowing in violence and sexual violence. 810212
Reposted by KurtDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026One of today's political prisoners. Cartoonist & zine maker Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn't even at the ICE protest. He was accused of "moving" a box of anti-Trump zines THE NEXT DAY. A rightwing judge sentenced him to 30 years! Just for possessing zines. The darkness is descending. 2326841628
Reposted by KurtAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE. 25976014433
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.thehandbasket.coA tale of two media womenOn Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world. 883090725
Reposted by KurtRidley Noah💜 they/them @theghostofprose.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I saw hadestown live on stage w @cursedkurt.bsky.social last night and it was beautiful. The actress who played Eurydice was the very first black wendy darling for a national peter pan musical tour 151
Reposted by KurtMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This is like 90% of American politics now, rich assholes who have no interest in progressive outcomes pretending progressive policies aren’t progressive enough. 91030110
Reposted by KurtPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Criticizing Israel and its behavior and policies, even very sharply, isn’t bigoted. Reflexively responding to any mention of Jews, Judaism, Jewish history or culture, or the Jewish community with demands to denounce Israel is absolutely bigoted and also unhinged. 332051296
Reposted by KurtMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The lab leak continues to be one of the most worrying cases of mass conspiratorial thinking in America. Zero evidence for it, but the right is frothing at the mouth to imprison anyone even remotely involved with COVID origins research and the center still thinks it's important to ask questions. 20996177
Reposted by KurtJen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media 5775297
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it. 301181073745
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026the push for impeachment needs to continue. trump’s body count grows every single day lawmakers allow him to stay in power. this is no way to live and this is no way to die. 91672296
Reposted by KurtIan Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 07/04/2026it's weird to be numb and incandescently angry at the same time 116329
Reposted by KurtLena Heffern, PhD @leenuh-hlfernan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I published a blog essay: The Seven Tenants of Exploration: The Star Trek Franchise and its Impact on My Professional Career medium.com/@lenaheffern...medium.comThe Seven Tenants of Exploration: The Star Trek Franchise and its Impact on My Professional CareerA brief overview of the Star Trek franchise and its influence on my career, resulting in a draft of The Seven Tenants of Exploration. 021
Reposted by KurtAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/03/2026When you combine this case with Skrmetti, the Supreme Court has initiated a regime where states can ban medical care to affirm trans youth while states cannot ban efforts to engage in conversion therapy on trans youth. This court is such a joke. 261618486
Reposted by KurtIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Re: my last reposts “Do not put money in the pocket of a woman who has sworn publicly to use it to disenfranchise vulnerable populations” is the smallest ask imaginable. It’s not oxygen, it’s not food. It’s television. You can do without. There are thousands of other shows for you to watch. 571402550
Reposted by KurtChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it. 25023159913636
Reposted by KurtAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.theguardian.comICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimonyUnder oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’ 216103436152
Reposted by KurtChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The apparent Scouting move announced by Pete Hegseth today is more unacceptable capitulation. It is a truly embarrassing move by the Scouts in particular. The Scouts capitulating to a lawless murderer is the opposite of the lessons I learned during my time in Scouts. 31785155
Reposted by KurtHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help" 4255872056
Reposted by KurtQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/02/2026Columbia University reporting that DHS lied to gain admission into a residential building at 6:30am today and detained a student. The government needs a signed judicial warrant to enter private spaces, and Columbia themselves admit it does not appear DHS had one. Let's be clear. This is fascism. 419779
Reposted by KurtMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026It’s not true that vaccines only reduce severity. Vaccines significantly reduce transmission, as well as the risk of long COVID. 2787876
Reposted by KurtKotaku @kotaku.com · 24/02/2026Team USA gold medal figure skater Amber Glenn rips Magic: The Gathering packs during the 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony kotaku.com/amber-glenn-mtg-2026-win… 762098
Reposted by KurtAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/02/2026The backlash against MeToo was always rich white men who wanted to avoid accountability and ensure their place in the social hierarchy. www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...theverge.comHow the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeTooThe emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability. 9553167
Reposted by KurtBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/02/2026As an Eagle Scout, let me say this is an opportunity for Scouting America to stop having a partnership with the U.S. Military. 411849404
Reposted by KurtIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it. 784403968996
Reposted by KurtArieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 02/02/2026If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry. 6549911459
Reposted by KurtJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 30/01/2026These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée 875174118
Reposted by KurtIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it. 7154142610607
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026it’s pretty insane to think about how the dumbest most violent pieces of shit in the country have been given the message that they can kill with impunity if they join this one government agency 784574800
Reposted by KurtQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/01/2026Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer. The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem. Abolish ICE. 602848980
Reposted by KurtShivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026i nearly burned my apartment down when i did this in japan. turns out they draw a lot of power! 28116
Reposted by KurtDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026"History teaches that new technologies always make possible new forms of exploitation, and this basic fact has been spectacularly exemplified by the rise of society-scale digital platforms. It has been driven by a remarkable new way of extracting money from human beings: call it 'human fracking'."theguardian.comHow can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins here 3173
Reposted by KurtCupric @cupric.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The obvious difference between college protests for Palestinians in 2024 and the seeming lack of them now is that American unis are sanctioned from working with, investing in, and otherwise openly supporting the Iranian regime. The students had *local*, achievable goals for Palestine. 429337
Reposted by KurtPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/01/2026In short, fuck this Nazi administration, fuck that loathsome Gestapo trash Tom Homan, and fuck the slobbering Nazi losers who support them. 181158132
Reposted by KurtDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation. 4027151023
Kurt @cursedkurt.bsky.social · 05/01/2026“Note that there is no acknowledgment that international law was already violated, and by whom – only that it is supported, but apparently in no ways in which it can actually be upheld.”theguardian.comTrump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine MalikIt’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 000
Reposted by KurtShivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 03/01/2026This is fucking lunacy. Unprovoked undeclared unilateral invasion of a sovereign country for literally no reason at all 3928
Reposted by KurtQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/01/2026BREAKING: The U.S. has conducted a "large scale strike” on Caracas, Venezuela. Trump says he ordered an illegal invasion and attack on Venezuela, has captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country. The “pro peace” President just started another war for oil. 22393143
Reposted by KurtThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/12/2025Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.bit.lyIsrael says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza. 871001648
Reposted by KurtQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/12/2025Trump cutting US aid has killed more Christian Nigerians than anyone else ever could. And if we don’t stop him, it will get even more deadly. He was never about protecting Christians. He was never about justice. He was always about white supremacy and oil. youtube.com/shorts/q5OeE...youtube.comNigerian village Trump bombed to “stop Isis” says Isis has never been thereYouTube video by Qasim Rashid 10427193
Reposted by KurtMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/12/2025no words.theguardian.comBondi beach terror attack: 12 people killed in ‘evil antisemitic’ shooting at park in AustraliaPolice say one alleged shooter among dead, with second arrested and in a critical condition, after attack on Jewish festival in Sydney 9780107