Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialyour pal uly @uscocksman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026got this mailer today and i can’t stress enough that this photo is intended to be flattering, like they picked it from several presumably worse options 8370569
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My take on what Democrats should do in the majority  newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comThe Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the HouseIf House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. 43341108
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin 6667160754
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 1013153643
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/10/2026a completely forgettable episode followed by this guy who, makes his debut like a human jack in the box, and is probably our current surgeon general or something. 4792
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026rewatching “9 to 5” for the first time in probably 12 years and if there really is a heaven I hope it’s just getting stoned with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin I love women so much 1116066
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/202653 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.youtu.beMayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYCYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 15178801486
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 777174613998
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 894255246038
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialJoe Reid @joereid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He looks like he's trying to ensure the future of the Weyland Yutani corporation. bsky.app/profile/arto... 2413
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialjdpalops75.bsky.social @jdpalops75.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Zuck looks so uncomfortable back there. Oh well. Suck it Zuck 92346
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2638210065726
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124972677
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co 723031562
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 346124914631
damonsilver.bsky.social @damonsilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not to mention a sighting of the elusive mariachi harp. 001
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight 17124572613
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/12/2025I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things. 1342953629
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialkottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” [pitchfork.com]pitchfork.comStevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder 8484167
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialMatt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We actually don't hate this administration enough 12476452388
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wanna see the most Oregon thing ever? 23677139
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026one of my most sacred & cringe book release rituals is to buy something that matches the cover and honestly i crushed it this time 49139162
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year 36866184
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 28/09/2026Many lawmakers are still talking about AI regulation like people who have already accepted limited agency in what happens next. News flash: AI is not out of our control, people just don’t want to control itcontrarian.substack.comThe Other AIs"Superintelligence” may be new, but the ways its makers are dodging accountability aren’t. 35216
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026 479141643631
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 204190535438
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialandy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026It's really comin down out there (civilization) 262371465
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialsky @iamspacegirl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024If you cut the roof off of Baba Yaga’s hut it can still run around for several minutes, but this is only a reflex action of the house’s nerves, not magic (as previously believed) 311968421
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.social L A R S 🕯️🦉👁️ @underalls.bsky.social · 06/07/2023When my mother told me “anything is possible,” I didn’t realize she was making an existential threat 3813215
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 26/09/2026A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since yesterday would have been the 90th birthday of the late Jim Henson, and since today marks one month since Dolly Parton died, here they are singing a duet (with Henson voicing Kermit the Frog) on Dolly's variety show in 1987. See you around.youtube.comDolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” from 'Dolly' episode 5 (1987)YouTube video by Jason Kottke 6486123
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialDonna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mary Peltola stood in Valdez with prices every Alaskan understands: $5.25 for gas, $6.75 for diesel. Dan Sullivan voted 12 times to continue the Iran war, and each vote drove fuel costs higher across Alaska. He chose the war. Alaskan families, fishermen, and truckers got the bill #momsky#sheshed 12699277
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 390198456369
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 9928651193
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialChris Adamson @invalidname.me · 25/09/2026There isn’t one. It’s just an incoherent cashgrab. There’s better-written and better-structured fanfic out there than this. 033
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow 21488341166
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884015697
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill 25053831292
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026god this is giving me such trauma flashbacks to how all of us who worked at twitter felt when the acquisition finally went through. just abject despair. 412269424
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191493869
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialPeggy Shinners @pshinkicker61.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Americans taking to the streets to stand up to the malignantly narcissistic megalomaniac. #HandsOffTheKennedyCenter #VoteBlueNoMatterWho 326111213009
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialJim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As a long-time technologist who has built many software products: If your software does something you can’t control, you are a shitty software engineer. You have not birthed an alien intelligence. 11872197
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread) 7049501258
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026Trumpism is like climate change: it's already here, it has done irreparable damage, and even if we take action now we'll be dealing with it's impact for the rest of our lives. 28282511975
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Whenever I meet someone who supports the Oxford comma, I find myself encouraged, delighted, and hopeful. 541474133
Reposted by @damonsilver.bsky.socialJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115791941
