Reposted by sydnorigamiVeronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you round up and expel all of the Black people out of the United States, the United States would have universal healthcare: 084
sydnorigami @curtsydnor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Goldberg Can[n]onade - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/11/g...counterpunch.orgHome 110
Reposted by sydnorigamiJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith. 4347441003
Reposted by sydnorigamiLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav... 6132691267
Reposted by sydnorigamiA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I know there are lot of people who think voting does nothing to stop fascism, but I do notice that one group who seems to think voting does something to stop fascism are the fascists, who are trying to prevent it as much as possible. 402469864
Reposted by sydnorigamiACLU @aclu.org · 11/08/20261. Flock tracks and stores every passing vehicle, not just crime suspects. 2. Flock makes huge profits for itself and its investors by trading away our privacy. 3. Flock's tech is ripe for abuse — police officers have already been fired for using it to stalk women. Should we keep going?nytimes.comWhy Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups. 39718311
Reposted by sydnorigamiDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 10/08/2026but this would mean... all that talk of inevitability... might have been wrong? or even... deliberately misleading?wired.comThe AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an ImpactPlatforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content. 1192
Reposted by sydnorigamiRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"A people that elects corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims... but accomplices." — George Orwell #RadioFreeAmerica #politics 915357
Reposted by sydnorigamiFinal Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out 4643051438
Reposted by sydnorigamiSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you 31155654217
Reposted by sydnorigamiSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/07/2026We are witnessing a failed, unstable president now trying to misuse the powers of the federal government to taint an American election, backed by his coterie of creepy billionaires. 9530127
Reposted by sydnorigamirob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 17/07/2026the smoke is natural, i.e. it cannot be bad for you 1232726
Reposted by sydnorigamiWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The way you resolve this is to ensure that very bad things happen to them, or at least a few of them. Then the gamble starts to seem like a very poor choice 1242547
Reposted by sydnorigamiPolymarket @polymarket.extwitter.link · 15/07/2026BREAKING: U.K. reveals Bluesky will be included in the under-16 social media ban, affecting dozens of teens. 4258182
Reposted by sydnorigamiPeter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Give a bunch of losers a weekend pass to murder and this is what you get 061
Reposted by sydnorigamiLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026And then...nothing. The silence of people who cannot be mad at Trump and therefore feel nothing Snippets of words amidst the audio chaos. Per my scribbled notes: "Liberty, precious like never before, safe and productive than ever before" 489146
Reposted by sydnorigamiderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter 1441382427415
Reposted by sydnorigamiTodd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We should *all* aspire to be the next Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 469221
Reposted by sydnorigamiWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/06/2026In a more civilized country there'd be a military coup over this 413813
Reposted by sydnorigamiChristopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"The students who cannot read a 20-pg article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow." The most important argument against AI in education is that it's incompatible with a free society. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...chronicle.comOpinion | My Students Can’t ReadThe generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse. 9329771039
Reposted by sydnorigamiDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Honestly, this is good because it removes any plausible deniability about the type of people Trump put in charge of his domestic paramilitary operations 442059551
Reposted by sydnorigamivibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 26/05/2026the current US regime is going to collapse - don't know when but it will. and it'll be everyone's duty to come up with a new vision of the future after that. if you're just stuck reacting to news and pundit posting now and not engaging with art and culture of those around you, you'll be totally lost 2514
Reposted by sydnorigamiJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026White America is proving that Reparations are absolutely available for Black people. The president they elected just carved out over a billion dollars to pay reparations to January 6th terrororists. Of COURSE, they can pay violent racists, but not Black people, all of whom are actually owed. 318854
Reposted by sydnorigamiWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 21/05/2026Spanberger had the shortest honeymoon of any Virginia governor in my lifetime. First she alienated the Democrats in the legislature, now she’s alienating Democrats across Virginia. IDK what her plan is here, but I’d change that plan. 115110
Reposted by sydnorigamiHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 19/05/2026It’s what LLM’s currently sound like when they’re asked to write in a ‘literary’ register. It’s bad writing but then so much supposedly literary writing sounds like this. Like each sentence is someone hitting a tennis ball to see how high it will go, and usually getting it stuck on a roof 328340
Reposted by sydnorigamiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count 313198835312
Reposted by sydnorigamiNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026American democracy is not something you ask Republicans for, and if they say no, go "ah well, too bad." 8742148
Reposted by sydnorigamiDaBean. @honeybadger10.bsky.social · 16/05/2026They should do it anyway if they have the votes since we don’t have a single fucking law right now. 17531
Reposted by sydnorigamiBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Glenn Youngkin continues to be a completely dishonest disgrace and right-wing douchebag. The thought that he was ever governor of Virginia is just appalling. bluevirginia.us/2026/05/brea... 6255
Reposted by sydnorigamiW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such. 7089234049
Reposted by sydnorigamiPsaki Bombs of Sanity @mampdx.bsky.social · 01/05/2026"Just as Hitler’s failures led him to resent the German people ever more strongly and destructively, we can expect Trump’s growing frustration to result in ever more nihilistic and destructive actions as his term moves toward its end." 7536127
Reposted by sydnorigamiJennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026No. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe 30 Greatest Living American SongwritersMore than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here are the artists they chose. 4132
Reposted by sydnorigamiNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"I was ABSOLUTELY told that the Democrats would be bringing knives to the gun fight. What the fuck are they doing bringing guns?" --a whole lot of Republicans looking at the results from Virginia right now 273791520
Reposted by sydnorigamiCheeba Jones @cheebajones.bsky.social · 19/04/2026It's been 10 yrs folks. They are not going to wake up. They are not going to emerge from their cult. We only get out of this when we decide to fight. And Im not talking about lawsuits & memes. America is broken & necrosis is starting. We must amputate the infected regions & work w/ whats remaining 1342587588
Reposted by sydnorigamiJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization. 32873011429
Reposted by sydnorigamiBRAIN @brainmeberries.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I'm a white guy that sometimes has to listen to the terrible crap that other white guys think. They assume guys that look like me think like them. It's terrible stuff passed from fathers to sons. This lady's remarks are truth. 19102344
sydnorigami @curtsydnor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Bach Artillerie, my retro classical duo with Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), has performances coming up in LA and RVA. Today we released a nice handmade music video by CC Mulligan. Album avail for preorder— all the canons from the Goldberg Variations 031
Reposted by sydnorigamimolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/03/2026which, incidentally, is exactly what was going on when those statues went up in the 1920s, 60 years after the war. the lost cause keeps losing but there's always a loud contingent of racists who won't give up the ghost. 191445233
Reposted by sydnorigamilaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026It’s cool that the highest level of our government is basically a Make-A-Wish program for middle-aged losers 291994376
Reposted by sydnorigamiA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026And every act of supremacist sabotage is aided by acts of enablement Neutrality on matters of truth and lies Compromise on matters that should allow none Exoneration without consequence Reconciliation without reparation Surrender without a fight The enablement of supremacy is the supremacy. 220629
Reposted by sydnorigamiA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Our response must counter each sabotage, every accommodation Witness in the face of ignorance Hope in the face of complacency Moral clarity in the face of denial of humanity Solidarity against all oppression Defiance against all war Against asupremacist spirit, every act of repair is a defiant act 119830
Reposted by sydnorigamiPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 15/03/2026He needs to earn votes. Or is that only for Black women presidential candidates? 4485
Reposted by sydnorigamiCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Even as a cynical scholar of rape culture, I'm shocked that this isn't the headline story on domestic politics everywhere right now. It's just an unfathomable abuse of power, in clear violation of the law. 2326511053
