Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3hthis really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 11976307
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 6hTech bros have always been sexual harassers and abusers • Zuck invented “The Facebook” to rank and compare his female classmates at Harvard • Jawed Karim’s idea for YouTube stemmed from his difficulty finding online video of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction” • Elon Musk…is…Elon Musk… 13414
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAmy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 5hkane has figured out why the america.gov chatbot behaves so weird when told to “play minecraft” 2125
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialOwen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 6hOnce again granting a stay with no analysis of the stay factors in a case where the balance of equities is utterly bonkers 312146
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/09/2026Ah yes, the function was fine, it was just the FORMAT that people objected to. 2538460
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I also always think about how little boys are permitted to behave at zoos. Every time I go to a zoo, I watch mothers apologize behind their sons’ backs as they push to the front of the crowd to see an animal. Or worse—they ask other people to move to the side to let their sons cut the line. 😬 458843
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 635253978789
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 6hGoogle working as intended 216224
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6hThere is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa: 1041986
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 921042455
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialDavid Frank DeLuca @davidfrankdeluca.bsky.social · 6hI called Sen. Eric Schmitt's office and asked the staffer who answered if the senator was a war hawk or a chicken hawk, or both. I told her I would hold until she got an answer from the senator. I encourage you to do it too. Here's his number in Washington DC: (202) 224-5721. 824562
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I know we are all laser focused on the countdown til the mid-terms, but in case no one told you… its 99 days until Christmas 😎🎅🏽🎄 2722713
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 8hIf you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 2243494936
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 15hthe feds accessed roughly 300 photos from flock alprs in at least five chicago suburbs that show martinez and ruiz making routine trips to work and run errands in the 30 days before border patrol agent charles exum crashed into their cars and shot martinez five times.chicagoreader.comFeds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago ReaderDuring their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras. 12716
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13hAnyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social 161181304
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialFallon | [see pinned!] @fallonturing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even just 1-2 $7 pattern sales would help me AFFORD MEDS I NOW NEED MORE OF 0814
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the biggest stories of 2027 will be the savagery of the GOP's Medicaid cuts. But the most indefensible cruelty has already begun, with disabled kids being ripped from their homes and sent to asylums, @matthewcort.land told me. 916884
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJ. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 27/09/2026This has fucked me up more than once. If you have a coconut allergy, you NEED to be careful about anything with “activated charcoal” anywhere near the label. 11638413
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed: 172246434
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 343636755
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wish I could tell you that there’s no concern whatsoever, but that would be a lie. I *think* they’ll be fine… but mostly, I’m just so sorry that this is even a fucking question. 7157676
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Like everything else Trump “fixes,” the reflecting pool (along with the war in Iran, gas prices, beef prices, and mortgage rates) is in exponentially worse shape than when he started. 26245001313
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 24/09/2024Dealing with health insurance in literally any capacity is a galling, debasing humiliation for every American, an insulting slog of unwinnable absurdity that should cause anyone unironically calling this the “greatest country in the world” to spontaneously combust. 1043877
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJohn P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Almost a dozen people spoke during Thursday's Hays City Commission meeting in opposition to the potential closing of Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History.hayspost.com🎙🎥 City hears from Sternberg Museum supporters; still no official word from FHSUAlicia Flower, Ellis Alliance executive director, speaks about her family's support along 13713
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialSkye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 28/09/2026I'm one of the scientists here. Sternberg Museum holds one of the most important pterosaur collections in the world. It is extremely important that the collection remains accessible for research, and it would be a tragedy for Kansas if it has to be transferred out of state. 18536
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAmanda Peng @amandawpeng.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have received over 150 letters of support from scientists, societies, students, and the public to share with the university administration, which we will be doing today. 0254
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialEllie, Author, Dreamweaver, Visionary Plus Actor @elessar42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Man, fuck the seven husbands of Evelyn whatever, I wanna read The Seven Wives of This One Butch 1456
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.social🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026my colleague: I have a question me: MC: yk period blood & stem cells? is it true no one has researched it because it is icky? me: OK WELL, Menstrual-blood stromal cells were first found in 2007, but the science way to say "icky" is "research is limited due to gender bias & sociocultural stigma" 251138191
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was totally baffled by this—I thought maybe I missed something. Because why would she go to police if she said it was all consensual? It turns out the DA was playing language games: Doe described what happened to her, and *prosecutors* made a legal determination that what happened wasn’t a crime. 131291186
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What about her future? What about how hard she worked to be there? What is to become of her life now? What process of justice could possibly right these wrongs? And how much more will she lose in the process of trying to get it? How much more of this are we all supposed to tolerate? 61598217
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/202650,000 South Dakotans have health care coverage because voters expanded Medicaid in 2022. The initiative passed with 56% of the vote. So this year the GOP has put 2 measures on ballot: —one to roll back Medicaid expansion —another to require future initiatives like this get 60 percent.boltsmag.org"Disrespectful for Voters": The Dakotas Weigh Raising the Bar for Direct Democracy - BoltsFrustrated that voters are bypassing the legislatures they control, the GOP is pushing two ballot measures this fall in North Dakota and South Dakota to require a supermajority to amend the state cons... 12439193
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0sshare.inquirer.comPhiladelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | EditorialThe Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable. 9538184
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialCarter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And if you aren't in Denmark and want to order it from the state-side website, check out @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... Get 30% off with discount code PUP30press.princeton.eduIf You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight 1306
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026to be clear, i said "i just want a spreadsheet with the following columns and no made up information" Gemini told me "I can not do that, I have to make up people." maybe that has changed, but it is MIND-BOGGLING that i spent ten minutes arguing with it over something I coulda done in five. 1153
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialvortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 28/09/2026The push to make it so that "websites as a destination for humans is over" is an intentional move to violate the freedom to read of individuals and move access to information into a "pay to get an opaquely intermediated version from a nontransparent source" model. 716657
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJamie S. Bowen - Harris Democrat they/he/she @jamiesbowen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why isn't the conversation about how Universities protect young men who commit rape??! 26414
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAimai @aimaiami.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know this is such a good point. 1136
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not surprised one bit. While it's not the only use, I am willing to bet nearly all people that use AI in any capacity have done prompts like this. Everyone knows it's the CSAM machine. Feature not a bug for the creeps of the world. 311719
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026between this and Medicaid and more, trump and his party have set up for so much of this country to fall off a very steep cliff starting next year. It is going to be really bad. We are going to stay on top of it at @zeteo.com 19333112
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026Exit, pursued by a fucking bear 1312711
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads. 542905158
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/09/2026I had a diagnoses for over 15 years before I got prescribed stimulants and that first week was the first time I understood that other people can apparently think "I should bring this to the kitchen" and then they can get up and bring something to the kitchen. just like that. like magic. 649929
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialSatanic Panic @thatlonerchick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If anyone could contribute or share, it would mean a lot. #help #helpsky #rent #lgbtqia #mutualaid #poc 043
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to revive the Trump administration’s expanded SAVE database for the midterms also suggests the justices may be eager to weaken one of federal law’s most important safeguards against last-minute voter purges." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comIn SAVE ruling, Supreme Court signals path to weaken key protection against last-minute purgesA crucial voter protection could hinge on whether the Supreme Court wants to narrow the definition of “systematic” as applied to purges. And there’s reason to fear that it does. 42876431
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/09/2026Eyes out, whistles up 111955
Reposted by @diartemi.bsky.socialApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 381370564
