Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 6hBeing GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity. 6776732253
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 9hI wrote a profile of Ted Cruz six years ago and it was the first and only time writing a profile I'd ever had people proactively call me to talk shit about a person. *Republicans* called me bc they hated Ted Cruz. It's a terrible and awesome thing to imagine how people hate Paxton *even more.* 317121
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 13hGive Harris credit: he was awful before awful became the Republican norm. 0131
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 5129621359
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/10/20262. The White House responded to a detailed request for comment, but did not provide any evidence Zacharia was licensed to practice law, referring Popular Information back to a Truth Social post where Trump calls her an attorney.popular.infoTrump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any 361181229
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialthe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"Why are you criticizing the democrats, when the republicans did this??" Here's the thing: there's no need to call out the ominous evil hole in the ground. It's an ominous evil hole in the ground. You need to call out the guy guiding travelers into the hole instead of putting a fence around it 1025333
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In which settling a war and winning a war are both represented as gestures of peace. Not that he’s done either, of course, but even apart from the delusion, such sogginess of mind. 140
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Have thoroughly enjoyed all seasons of Ted Lasso including the current one. 0220
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialRFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability. 621546345
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 25868334593
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Live your life in such a way that when you die, Public Enemy dedicates a show to you. (Power to the People festival reference. I know, if you have to explain it. . .) 021
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is there anything short of human extinction that will cause these people to shut up? I’m desperately hoping so. 040
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165185567
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Perhaps in her religion this requires the sacrificing of an elk. 271
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com. 12333155
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I completely understand both r feelings. ❤️ 010
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m longing for the day when his “we” doesn’t include me. 0120
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And I don’t know it, but the title alone could get me going. 110
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Such a constant and damaging exclusion. 000
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Never stops hitting me the way everyone in mainstream discourse agrees that if we want to help people, we first have to convince Republicans, while everyone in mainstream discourse also agrees that Republicans do not have to convince any of us before they hurt people. 121159323
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Agree completely. He is simply more than he’s ever been, but not different. More because he’s insular, surrounded by sycophants, and has now spent a very long time getting away with bending reality to suit himself. 030
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am sympathetic to Silicon Valley guys ascribing human-level consciousness to AI because if I had to talk to people from Silicon Valley all day I’d probably have a real low bar for sentience too 383136621
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Same. I’ve always thought I was a linguistic outlier. 🙁 000
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Curious, too, how many headlines called Dolly Parton a feminist. I don’t recall a lot of counterclaims that feminism was, in fact, dead. 030
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way 5544171914
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I got to interview Gloria Steinem once--and it was because she had been the girlfriend of a man I was writing about (Mike Nichols). I was mortified; I hoped she wouldn't feel insulted. She couldn't have been more good-humored about it. What a remarkable life, what an endless legacy, what a giant. 446514
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026Oh this is so great 111439
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialWill Chisholm @skibumwill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026People talk about “public transit” like it’s some abstract policy debate, but it’s literally the difference between someone getting to work or losing their job. A bus that runs on time isn’t a luxury. It’s dignity, mobility, and a shot at stability. #transit 472130425
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialFlyersfan1129 @flyersfan1129.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Orange girls are really rare. And crazy. 152
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There is nothing a chickpea cannot do. 061
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hear me out: The John F. Kennedy and Dolly Parton Memorial Center for the Performing Arts 545033812
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Righte now the greatest danger to the future of universityes ys universityes. Remembir the missioun, remembir the studentes, remembir those who have come bifor and will arryve aftir, remembir teachinge and learninge and dialogue. A universitye ys much more than a corporation wearinge a mortarboard. 113334
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record. 7427481046
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Exactly right, Ben. This is just stupid. Harp is an unhinged weirdo in thrall and service to an older unhinged weirdo who is also the US President. Suskind’s view continues the project of normalizing the dangerously abnormal. 020
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager. 1051181263781
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialJQP @bendtowardjustice.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Increase in activity this week: 1. Seattle, Washington 2. Springfield, Ohio 3. New York City, NY 4. Long Island, New York 5. Santa Fe, New Mexico 6. Greater Binghamton, New York 7. Rochester and Mankato, Minnesota 8. Baltimore, Maryland 9. Chicago, Illinois 10. Raleigh, North Carolina 15036061939
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 21/08/2026How does someone “forget to sleep”? Among all the other aberrations here, that one seems to suggest a serious psychological condition. She’s clearly not well, but I don’t think I appreciated the scope of the illness, whatever it is. 1190
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialCAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Both sides? Explain your nuanced approach 400134983168
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower. 13385562076
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialEmily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"Culture wars aren’t a natural phenomenon. They’re shaped by bad actors with agendas like Nathan Cofnas and enabled by the affordances of the platforms where we consume our information. These don’t just find new audiences for old prejudices, they monetise them. This is the engine of the internet..." 212937
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Proof 300 million that Republican’s claiming to support the troops is never about supporting the troops. 0130
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialPaul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Delaney Hall is a for-profit gulag death trap. It should be shut down immediately. End the bigotry. End the sadism. Restore due process and basic decency. #AbolishICE www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/n...nytimes.comDeaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical CareImmigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere. 13314
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Vote Blue No Matter Who!!! Except Abdul El Sayed and progressives. Look at the glee that some in the Dem establishment are showing over a Fox poll that reveals he's down 4 points. They'll gladly lose Michigan to tell everyone to their left, "See? Go centrist!" Everything to hold on to power. 2251551314
Reposted by @debshaller.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Where there exists no penalty for telling shameless lies, save the shame of conscience, there also exists a significant advantage for people without any conscience at all. 12486113
debshaller.bsky.social @debshaller.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is what it’s like living the opposite of a taco truck on every corner. 010
