Reposted by D E McCoskeyGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 290109764002
Reposted by D E McCoskeyCasey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 30/09/2026Just a reminder that you can have a PhD and also be an idiot 2953673
Reposted by D E McCoskeyDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real” 6864493905
Reposted by D E McCoskeyWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026laughing so I don't cry because colleges really be moving like this 😭theonion.comCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The FutureITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri... 323644
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope they have their essay-writing pens ready. 000
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Athens. The power of Rome . . . "static.klipy.comJulius Caesar Laughing in CartoonAlt: Julius Caesar Laughing in Cartoon 040
Reposted by D E McCoskeyEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke 621953390
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As a Cornell alumna, this thread is . . . something else. 110
Reposted by D E McCoskeyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid 1343704487
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026More of this please. Democrats pushing shitty Democrats on us is a huge problem. 020
Reposted by D E McCoskeyJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743487677
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a Cincinnatian, I'm SO happy with the way Sherrod Brown is running his campaign this time! Take no prisoners. 040
Reposted by D E McCoskeyJim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Why We’re Going to Springfield www.thebulwark.com/p/why-were-g...thebulwark.comWhy We’re Going to SpringfieldThere’s honor in this fight. 0335
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Completely dismantling state-by-state the public education that helped build this country. It used to be the envy of almost every nation in the world. Now an absolute clusterf*ck of censorship and AI slop. 020
Reposted by D E McCoskeyThe Rooster @rooster.info · 24/09/2026The sad reality is that progressive backlash against Marcy Kaptur’s transphobic ads is the kind of advertising that money can’t buy in her R+11 district that includes the most conservative part of the state. www.rooster.info/p/marcy-kapt...rooster.infoOhio Democrats’ trans panic, explainedOr why Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur won’t be taking down her transphobic ads anytime soon. 488515
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026TFW you realize how academic institutions are actually run these days👇 000
Reposted by D E McCoskeyThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23/09/2026Sen. Jon Husted: “The war needs to come to an end as quickly as possible so that we can lower gas prices” Sen. Jon Husted when he could've voted to do just that: 501028356
Reposted by D E McCoskeyA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What I can't get over is the Dems out there trying to transphobia their way out of these numbers. Just out there riding the crest of the wave, doing morally unsupportable pandering to bigotry at a time when it is also strategically foolish, just for love of the capitulation game. 361730398
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is disgusting--only the ODP would see what looks to be a Democrat wave in November and be craven enough to start picking on trans-Ohians. This should enrage every Democrat of conscience. 020
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Joshua Katz!static.klipy.comAnnoyed Cat's Side-Eye StareALT: Annoyed Cat's Side-Eye Stare 020
Reposted by D E McCoskeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim" 201649811809
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And here we go . . . (still, I love the way student newspapers are exposing these clowns and reading them for filth) 110
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Did he say "please" once? www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-despe...thedailybeast.comTrump’s Desperate Plea to World Leader Is Leaked as His Crisis Hits New RecordThe president doesn’t want diesel prices to rise further ahead of the midterms. 010
Reposted by D E McCoskeyOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026imagine trying to write innocently about Your Struggle in the midst of today's cancel culture 945917
Reposted by D E McCoskeyCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThese Black Los Angeles residents may soon receive environmental reparationsA $5 million pilot program could serve as a model for further efforts to compensate families harmed by toxic industrial practices. 1136
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They know how sh*tty these consultants are and still shove their garbage down our throat: truthout.org/articles/unp...truthout.orgUnpublished DNC Autopsy Chapter Slams “Self-Enriching” Consultants for 2024 LossThe document describes them as insulated “from the realities many Americans were encountering in their lives.”… 021
Reposted by D E McCoskeyXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2117073300
Reposted by D E McCoskeyFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“Students told us the temptation was greatest when they feared they would miss a deadline,” the report reads. IMO the underlying issue here is the labor practices these students are being fed into as they near adulthood. Learning is not about volume of output, but do these students understand that? 16881306
Reposted by D E McCoskeyJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again 504057634
Reposted by D E McCoskeyineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is why the world needs humanities majors—people well-versed in the creation and interpretation of messages by human beings. Some actual designs: 9872
Reposted by D E McCoskeyElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches. My newsletter is up. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comWe Need to Protect College Sports from Ted CruzIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over. 32958289
Reposted by D E McCoskeyGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Themgizmodo.comFBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date ThemICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them. 1662711646
Reposted by D E McCoskey5chw4r7z @5chw4r7z.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is how ai is going to kill us.gizmodo.com'Almost Started a War': US Military Nearly Boarded a Chinese Ship Based on Bad Intel From AIOne source told CNN that the "hallucination" was part of a trend in the U.S. military, not an isolated incident. 011
Reposted by D E McCoskeylastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why didn't Odysseus simply secure a mutually beneficial exchange with the Trojans through the blockchain? Was he stupid? 2041339
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Brought to you by the people who lost twice to Trump 020
Reposted by D E McCoskeyJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 18/09/2026It’s really bad. Red states are systematically destroying excellent university systems for very very ugly reasons and it just isn’t a topic of public debate. 0225
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Democrat running for governor in my state absolutely dragged. Rightly so. Her campaign has been wild (not a compliment). 000
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I can't think of a better way for the elite to describe themselves when it comes to the American project: "We were on the Vineyard or in Greece." 000
Reposted by D E McCoskeyOut of Context Mickey Mouse Comics @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026 1336
D E McCoskey @denisemccoskey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/s...static.klipy.comStar Trek ShockedALT: Star Trek Shocked 000