Reposted by Chris in AustinMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17hMerriam Webster out here fighting for its life 1715418993 4
Reposted by Chris in AustinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics. 1123132553747 1
Reposted by Chris in AustinLiz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026THE SUPPORTER SECTION IS WALKING OUT. THE POLICE MADE THEM TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. All the normal signs are gone. No "y'all means all." No "trans lives matter." Nothing. It is now quiet. No music, no drums, no chants #AustinFC 191040324 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free. 730161255 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026nice. Nice! 15887151 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/votenpr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. 13662529 0
Reposted by Chris in Austinmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 05/10/2026no....no!!!!! 4974571464 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."cbsnews.comThe Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justiceJustice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet. 5352276661 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Abbott ads blaming the democratic nominee for the (very high) Texas property taxes Abbott is responsible for are pretty impressive in a shamelessness way. 1042445 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Make them crawl. This is now our American republic. We are the shithole nation. 823375 0
Chris in Austin @cwmatx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Damn. Didn’t see this coming, and clearly neither did Robert Kraft. 020 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet. 864220539 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI 932511665 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275902510 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance... 1862479901 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hard to imagine what that would be like 23775241267 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions. 11838621018 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...npr.orgHow unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 citiesAlternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well? 5755270 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinEvil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There are basically two types of humans out there: people who reflexively support ICE whenever they shoot someone and people you want in your life 011120 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV 854795900 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Hotty Fucking Toddy" Trinidad Chambliss 27924129 0
Reposted by Chris in Austinthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026skipped a pretty key step in the movie review process here 111112181907 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Judging from his eyebrows at the end of this video, incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall expected a different response from Kansas state fairgoers when he tried to defend Trump’s tariffs. 53749121 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34676174462 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.transiticsnews.comI’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids. 9064232557 0
Reposted by Chris in Austinsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...austinchronicle.comTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin ChronicleTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms 20438492140 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... 1352352429 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Protect trans kids. 6996851827 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinSickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 08/09/2026Jeff Sagarin has some opinions. 924239 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239591781 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just imagine the collective meltdown that would have occurred at Fox News if Obama said anything close to this. But, of course, nothing matters LOL. 661241341 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026NEW: Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.propublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” ObjectionsA prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T... 541689929 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153108912682 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinJane Horton 🇺🇸 🇦🇩 🇺🇾 🏳️🌈 @janebhorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Five clay dogs buried under a palace doorway at Nineveh around 645 BC. Each one has its name written on its side in cuneiform. Expeller of evil. Catcher of the enemy. Biter of his foe. Loud is his bark. Don't think, bite. That last one is an instruction, written on the dog, addressed to the dog. 161043324 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Fellow Texans: verify that your voter registration hasn't been suspended without your knowledge. I just double-checked mine following a link in the article; it took all of 1 minute. Make sure your voice can be heard in November. 3016971363 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that 289278823812 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183022647 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Lots of headlines on SCOTUS mail-in ballots ruling are wrong. A different injunction blocking the executive order still holds and the Post Office's proposed rule will probably be enjoined too. It ain't over yet. Steve Vladeck sets the matter straight: www.stevevladeck.com/p/246-making...stevevladeck.com246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots RulingThe Supreme Court’s grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it’s also not the main event over whether Trump’s patently unlawful executive order can take effect. 4386171 0
Reposted by Chris in Austinfolukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We are told to ignore the racism of Hegel, Kant, Locke etc because they were just "men of their time". So what do we do with the racism of current academics? Are they too just "men of their time"? What is this "time" that seems to make racists of men? 332393486 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026James Baldwin on why he did not join the Nation of Islam also offers one of the most cogent explanations for why political Zionism in its current ultranationalist form has been so damaging to Jewish culture. 522453 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in which the world's richest man appears to endorse a post calling for "shooting migrants" and "sinking boats with refugees" 882052466 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinMitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 24/08/2026It's sad, disappointing and dangerous that some people still support this incompetent felon and serial liar. 45273313591 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 24/08/2026This flip in priorities for Texas voters is pretty astonishing. 34815166 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374392806 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/08/2026How it started/how it’s going 833416607 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 06/08/2026GOOD PARENTING RIGHT HERE,!! 484383644 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026cardsagainsthumanity.comWho wants to help Cards Against Humanity f*** with Elon Musk?We got Musk off our land. Let's build a monument to remind him he's a sad little b**** with no friends. 151530312 0
Reposted by Chris in Austinpaigepfleger.bsky.social @paigepfleger.bsky.social · 12/08/20261/ I first heard the name Jason Crews in 2024. A bill to add outside oversight to the juvenile justice system failed. A lawmaker said Crews’ lobbying was a factor. “I can’t think of a reason for not wanting oversight unless there’s something to hide,” an advocate said. 🧵 216964 0
Reposted by Chris in AustinJennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Texan here. The bipartisan anger over this in our state is truly incredible to witness. Meanwhile, current GOP state leaders say and do nothing. Remember in November, folks. 58529 0