Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7hI’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do. 7592136
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialRevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Cornell 7 we’re all talking about? That story was broken in the work of Cereese Qusba, who is a reporter at The Ithaca Voice and a news editor at The Cornell Daily Sun, two independent newspapers. She is still herself, a student at Cornell University. 7492151
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1439151074
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialAdam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 3hEveryone demanding Senator Schmidtt apologize to Jack Smith are again setting the bar too low. They should be demanding his resignation from the Judiciary Committe. He's unfit to serve Pound the table. Make some noise. Turn this into a multi-day story 525750
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 1hSometimes good things still happen. 05911
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1hChi Phi alum doxxed the Cornell Jane Doe in case you thought fraternities served any other purpose than to uphold the patriarchy. 09825
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2hI mean, yeah, the book and mail bans are a two-bird-one-stone thing for prisons, because they're "doing something" about contraband and also further degrading incarcerated people. Three birds, actually, because mail and books are replaced with third-party tablets and kiosks they can monetize. 0219
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13hThis is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone. 619659
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 5hLast week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...kgw.com 811990401
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialUnicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 2hMinnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation 📹unicornriot.ninjaMinnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation - UNICORN RIOTMinnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison has decided to "eliminate" the state's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) less than six years after he created it. The closure is a devastating blow to around 160 ... 12513
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 23hSend Stephen Miller to The Hague. 19969252231
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialSara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 4hYes, let’s continue to decapitate our military leadership until we have no one left with combat experience 🤷♀️ 85111
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 12hTheir performance was indescribably beautiful. It might be God’s favorite rendition of all time, but especially at a time like this.thegodshow.comBless The Mariachi Band Driving MAGA CrazyDear Humans, 843515669
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 3hI think that what Blacksky is doing is very cool and I enjoy seeing a platform thoughtfully walking through the trade-offs involved in hosting adult content. 15710
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows. 19489265343
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialHayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 13hnew from me: i dug into the White House’s “uh these are just public service announcements” defense for the taxpayer-funded propaganda ads. it’s all bad but the wildest part is them using LITERAL WARTIME PROPAGANDA as a historical precedent to say this is all finems.nowOpinion | The White House says these propaganda ads are PSAs. They’re not.Government-funded ads praising President Trump are the opposite of “educational.” 29635
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 6hI mean, sure, if he’s unqualified for one position, why not double up his responsibilities with another area where he’s unqualified?! www.axios.com/2026/09/29/a...axios.comTrump floats Jay Clayton as AI czar as he looks to fill the position in daysTrump says DNI Jay Clayton would be a good AI czar 4286
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6hA fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately 782409378
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 5h"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thieltheonion.comCreatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev... 191215170
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 6hAnd we get to finally leave the goddamn Middle East much faster, because the green energy transition makes it easy for us to let them sort it out themselves. 321511
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 6hAnyway, the Iran conflict is probably one of the less destructive ways Trump could detonate his political power. Albeit still hugely destructive. But at least we're getting a forced green energy transition and electrification (much stronger than any politically viable federal incentive). 431822
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 5hI mean we saw this in the first term where people were doing “oh he would have won if not for COVID” - COVID was good for incumbents everywhere else! The issue wasn’t COVID, it was the admin response to COVID, which was the entirely natural result of how Trump operates 421124
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 5hYup, absolutely. I think it’s wrong to treat the Iran War as simply one bad error that happened to the Trump Admin rather than the entirely logical consequence of the way it operates. If it wasn’t Iran, it would almost certainly have been something else 5973134
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialSnitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 4hSound up for full caturday benefits 1188
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 4hGrateful for the firefighters & first responders who worked around the clock to contain the fire through the historic Edison Building in Nubian Square. I'm sending my heartfelt support to the small businesses & workers who have been displaced from this tragedy. 1546
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 8hI have refrained from purple condemnations of this SC. But the irreversible inhumanity that it had green lighted here will be a permanent stain on it www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for NowThe court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own. 063
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialCity of Somerville @cityofsomerville.bsky.social · 9hCommunity members are invited to complete the PorchFest survey to give input on what’s working and identify areas for improvement as the event continues to evolve. Photo credit: Carlos Ly, Porchfest 2026. 264
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8hyou have to understand that all ICE does is lie literally 100% of the time 14784148
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9hMaking fundamental due process rights a nullity with the emergency docket (again) 13705189
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 9hPeople really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks. 25027
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9hFBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 281127407
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialJennyB @iheartmaps.bsky.social · 11hI don't know how to deal with you if you read these and don't feel an immense ache for the lack of humanity we are showing to our neighbors. 06521
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11hBalko's remedy is not to "heal and move on." Prosecute agents who kill and abuse people, hold Stephen Miller accountable, and invite back everyone deported without due process. And don't reform ICE. Abolish it. It functions as Trump's paramilitary force and is rotten top to bottom. 031
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11h5/ Now the rot is spreading. Trump is paying local police departments to partner with ICE. That imports ICE's culture into local policing and lets officers dodge the state laws meant to hold them accountable. 111
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11h4/ The administration's lies after ICE shootings aren't cover-ups, Balko says. They're a flex of impunity: "We know we're lying, you know we're lying, and we know that you know we're lying, and there's not a damn thing that you can do about it." 131
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11h3/ ICE now arrests people who show up for their hearings. That punishes them for obeying the law, and it scares immigrants away from reporting crime. "You've turned the courthouse from a place where justice is administered … to now a place that people fear." 121
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11h2/ Obama deported huge numbers of people, but he targeted those with criminal records and investigated them first. Stephen Miller told agents to raid Home Depot and community centers instead: grab as many as you can and sort it out later. He assured them they won't face consequences for abuse 141
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialShikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 11h1/ You should check out my sobering and compelling conversation with @radleybalko.bsky.social about ICE and why it must be abolished before its abusive tactics spread to the rest of American law enforcement at @theunpopulist.net . 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...open.substack.comAbolish ICE Before Its Abusive Tactics Spread to Other Law Enforcement: A Conversation With Radley BalkoThe agency has gone rogue and cannot be reformed 16017
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20666143317
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialPhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 16hThat saying about how the people in power actually want you to go thru the proper channels because they created said channels and they know that the system will never actually work for you. It's called systemic discrimination for a reason. 14825
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12hFor people who don’t read much, they keep nailing the literary references. 03210
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 10hI will never stop fighting for healing and accountability for every survivor. You are not alone. I am so sorry for what you have endured. You should be heard, valued, and met with support. 14215
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialSteve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 10hit doesn’t replace testing the plane and the parts and simulations and keeping the passengers off till it’s certified. Anyway, if ai crashes the economy, the human race or the planet, it’s too late to bring a liability claim. 6809
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialSteve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 10hImagine if we regulated aircraft the way it’s proposed we regulate AI: thru the apparent restraint of liability. Fly the planes. If it falls out of the sky, we’ll fix it. And the manufacturers will be motivated to make good planes by fear of liability cases. Sure, it plays a part but 67213
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialAnita ⚡️🌈 @anita.link · 28/09/2026Europeans! Chat Control 2.0 is around the corner and it could mean that all our chats will be monitored even without a warrant. Sending emails to your EU representatives takes only 2 minutes. Do it NOW (I did) fightchatcontrol.eu/?level=national… 057
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3243651034
Reposted by @dcovin.bsky.socialPolicy at Play @policyatplay.com · 11hThe backlash is more revealing than the ad. USDA data show 54% of Arkansas SNAP households had a non-Hispanic white household head. So portraying a white recipient is hardly unrealistic. Complaining that the “wrong race” was cast says quite a bit. 213616
