Reposted by Dan B 👻Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14hThe news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening. 371643388
Reposted by Dan B 👻Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 07/10/2026Well, actual sea surface temperatures have now passed 30°C (86°F) in the key Niño 3.4 monitoring region for the first time in this data record... 😱 Sign up for next week's state of the climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Bring your questions, like on this historic El Niño! 14332166
Reposted by Dan B 👻Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comEU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressureThe Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat. 491115540
Reposted by Dan B 👻Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026sorry if I seem weird and intense now, it’s because I’m now weird and intense 2197358728
Reposted by Dan B 👻Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Haha, this fucking sucks. 281345437
Reposted by Dan B 👻David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026Everyone wants someone else to plan dinner parties & invite them.derekthompson.orgYou Are No Longer Invited to DinnerWe’re witnessing the death of hosting in America. The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined 70 percent since 1975 2916628
Reposted by Dan B 👻Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797423031
Reposted by Dan B 👻Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In my quest for minimalism, I have made a relaxing game of balance 🧘 Please try it and let me know what you think? It’s real quick, and I’m proud of this one.dr.eamer.devNotanA quiet black-and-white nonogram that starts at two by two and eases up to fifteen. 9329183
Reposted by Dan B 👻Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I am continuously struck by how the worst, biggest dipshits you have ever seen have *all* hitched their stars to this nazi administration. The tech ceo's are literally getting military titles, they're getting government positions, half the administration is made up of media personalities, etc 8852143
Reposted by Dan B 👻Dan🍁 @daninnis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Canada sells its oil and gas to the US at a discount and in Canadian dollars. Without it there is no deficit. Canadians per person spend around 10,000 annually on US goods and Americans spend around one thousand on Canadian goods. Trump says we are stealing from you. Do you wonder why we are angry?static.klipy.comStan Marsh: The Canadians Are Pissed OffALT: Stan Marsh: The Canadians Are Pissed Off 0136
Reposted by Dan B 👻Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026new wolfenstein looks like shit 298125232469
Reposted by Dan B 👻Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026People with eyes: "They're fascists." Useful idiots: "Well now, let's be careful. That's a strong word." Them: 38819
Reposted by Dan B 👻Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17058751199
Reposted by Dan B 👻Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Me, when I get to the front of the TSA line 1519724
Reposted by Dan B 👻Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 02/10/2026Canadians build great technology. Some of them are sitting in your app store right now, waiting for a turn. From email to streaming to ride apps, each of these alternatives is Canadian-owned and operated. (A check mark means I use it myself!) ✅ Our full list is at unplug.todmaffin.com #BuyCanadian 15281168
Reposted by Dan B 👻AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On the Hegseth thing, I just stop every so often to sit in the disgust of a government official just casually tossing around slurs in a prepared speech 1844253
Reposted by Dan B 👻Guido X Jansen @gui.do · 01/10/2026It's always important to read what the graph axes say 1027343
Reposted by Dan B 👻Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026... 18588158
Reposted by Dan B 👻Fwank👻 @gaymerotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Starting a challenge called oktober where for the whole month everything is going to be ok 10517148
Reposted by Dan B 👻Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571792058
Reposted by Dan B 👻David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 🇺🇸USA Secretary of Defense is a Nazi. That is all. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comIn Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran (Gift Article)In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage. 23911
Reposted by Dan B 👻Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 10411169
Reposted by Dan B 👻Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing." 491316289
Reposted by Dan B 👻Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026folks you're not gonna believe this but someone started registering trumpy and ai-related .si domains back before the announcement .si is slovenia, home of melania and barron has a slovenian passport x.com/adamscochran...x.comAdam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) on X1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si do... 2177
Reposted by Dan B 👻Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 525101852230
Reposted by Dan B 👻Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15). 1202570664
Reposted by Dan B 👻Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FWIW, I think a fuckup on this scale in time to wreck them electorally was *almost* inevitable from Day 1, precisely because this is the Special Birthday Boy presidency in which there are almost no limits on Trump's madness and every proposed policy disaster has a real shot at going all the way. 311336194
Reposted by Dan B 👻Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 29/09/2026Anthropic's IPO leak breaks down like this: In 2025, they had $4.6B in revenue against a $42B loss 2026 revenue is $11.5B with $518B marked to spend on building more data centers Meanwhile, they think they're worth $2T because they are on the cusp of birthing Digital Jesus (🧵) 117722
Reposted by Dan B 👻Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! 2526253776285
Reposted by Dan B 👻The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.” 82803193
Reposted by Dan B 👻Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph: 20464192
Reposted by Dan B 👻Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...sacurrent.comKarl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee. 851332249
Reposted by Dan B 👻Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Aside from that, I'd like to see a breakdown of every subsidy or state-supported program Shopify has benefitted from. 2534
Reposted by Dan B 👻Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 28/09/2026The answer to this question seems straightforward to me. We live in a society where drinking alcohol is normalized, if not 'cool', and we elect Premiers whose big ideas are things like Buck-a-Beer. In other words - as with many policy problems - the reason they seem vexing is that we're idiots. 47522
Reposted by Dan B 👻Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7337891266
Reposted by Dan B 👻ProPublica @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. 🧵 19596013537
Reposted by Dan B 👻Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026youtu.be/CdVEt7k__MI?...youtu.beSimpsons - You People Have Stood In My Way Long Enough (from "Homie The Clown")YouTube video by BJ the Simpson Collector 191
Reposted by Dan B 👻Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/09/2026Quick oceans update: yah, sea surface temperatures remain in new territory this year. See more at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊 2247113
Reposted by Dan B 👻Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do... 371306517
Reposted by Dan B 👻ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 23/09/2026The post-information social condition is revealed by the age of AI through the way that all of the data and models in the world can’t actually convince people with power to make decisions that would actually save all of our lives, but to in fact do the opposite. 19431
Reposted by Dan B 👻Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 23/09/2026"Le code, c'est moi." (wanders off shaking head) ...*Sheeeeeeeeeesh.* 6444
Reposted by Dan B 👻Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.” 8345186
Reposted by Dan B 👻Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026we have to stop imports because that's other countries stealing money from us, and we have to stop exports because that's other countries stealing goods from us at last we will throw off our shackles, no longer a nation plagued by trade 1257888
Reposted by Dan B 👻Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill. 56506267
Reposted by Dan B 👻Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My president would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. 142
Reposted by Dan B 👻The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/09/2026Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran warthebeaverton.comTrump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran warWASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran. 11541136
Reposted by Dan B 👻mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026some real mickey mouse bullshit 0274
Reposted by Dan B 👻Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347861234
Reposted by Dan B 👻escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a DC resident i really don't like the way news reporting treats "the President, with a history of 1) wanting to kill unarmed protesters and 2) 'joking' about not leaving in 2029 is yelling he is building well-supplied and well-provisioned snipers' nests throughout the city" as just another quirk 12529102