Reposted by Douglas MainRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3hCowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy. 441017187
Reposted by Douglas MainPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3hThis is why I think it's good that Trump plans to spend the next month campaigning for Republicans: every time he opens his mouth, something epically stupid, racist, sexist, or incoherent comes out. His support for candidates (or sports teams, or anything) is now toxic. 2325
Reposted by Douglas MainProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 10838291748
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reason enough (and there are many more) to not eat beef, or eat it less often / rarely 062
Reposted by Douglas MainNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144901823
Reposted by Douglas MainDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961002
Reposted by Douglas MainNick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 24741311665
Reposted by Douglas MainSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768272250
Reposted by Douglas MainLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is madness. Sheer madness. The majority who never make claims sustain any insurance enterprise. It's the essence of the insurance model. 1916845
Reposted by Douglas MainMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is undoubtedly another act of sabotage specifically requested by a foreign adversary in a conservation with a Trump family member about a financial transaction. There's no explanation for this other than "Trump was paid to do it." 523056
Reposted by Douglas MainRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13253641941
Reposted by Douglas MainRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 340127454649
Reposted by Douglas MainMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146041227
Reposted by Douglas MainBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨🚨🚨 Sub-30% presidential approval alert 🚨🚨🚨 1413800584
Reposted by Douglas MainAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off. 552596993
Reposted by Douglas MainKrista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A wild stat from this news story I edited: The maximum amount of plastic recorded in a chick was 67.4 grams, made up of 644 individual plastic fragments. That’s the equivalent of an average American human man walking around with 9.86 kilograms *** or 21.7 pounds*** of plastic in his stomach (!) 11615
Reposted by Douglas MainStephen James @stephen5150.bsky.social · 14/09/2026yahoo.comElon Musk is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell DataMusk's "VoteSafe.org" is a scam that doesn't actually register voters 14302243
Reposted by Douglas MainGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom. 2546812220
Reposted by Douglas Mainpost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026trump has the temerity to talk about how the White House was in bad shape when he got there while my city looks like this 231602302
Reposted by Douglas MainJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461286799
Reposted by Douglas MainChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think the political left should be the loudest voice calling for an AI model development pause, frontier pacing, and mandatory third party audits right now. Put aside the doomer stuff (though I think it’s plausible), we just found out that OpenAI’s agents committed a pretty major felony! 1132633542
Reposted by Douglas MainEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026An OB-GYN sued (often low-income, uninsured) patients for owing as little as $114. He charged them 18% interest. And oh, he had many of them *arrested* if they didn't follow through. That OB-GYN? Republican Senator Roger Marshall www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... Insane story by Sarah Kliffnytimes.comRoger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished. 22418242
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The corruption of this admin is stunning and it's very hard to forgive people who supported this because this kind of thing was so clearly going to happen insideclimatenews.org/news/0609202...insideclimatenews.orgFarmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Gas Prices, While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them - Inside Climate NewsA new report finds that Trump is making millions off of his oil and gas stocks. His administration officials likely are, too. 031
Reposted by Douglas MainMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored." 3922921091
Reposted by Douglas MainAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026the corruption is almost comical. the Trump regime is a government by and for criminals.wsj.comChasing Side Deals, Flexing Influence: Lewandowski’s Power Moves at DHSKristi Noem’s close adviser effectively controlled billions in spending at Homeland Security; Lewandowski denies seeking business or playing any role in agency’s contracts. 561440435
Reposted by Douglas MainThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239361777
Reposted by Douglas MainJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026 201308675012
Reposted by Douglas MainDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/09/2026OpenAI has filed an incident report with the EU over its rogue AI agents taking over a German website. I now have to admit that the AI doomers were right. The existential risks they described seemed outlandish at the time because LLMs couldn’t take actions in the real world. Then we built agents.reuters.comOpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission saysU.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the European Commission a report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. 65414
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026to be a naturalist — to be interested in learning the natural world — is to constantly learn astonishing new things and to be humbled by the limits of your knowledge. for example i realized today i have almost no clue how to tell ravens and crows apart, and often mistaken them. but i’m trying. 3111
Reposted by Douglas Mainbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026These religious leaders were arrested for protesting ICE. Looks like fascism to me. This was in Vermont 554135714564
Reposted by Douglas MainAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This country was built on the opposition to tyranny...so ICE must be abolished. 553216685373
Reposted by Douglas MainJeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 05/09/20262. Yes, you can check. He actually said this. 91576403195
Reposted by Douglas MainSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I still can’t believe that a nut job exclaimed, “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” and millions of Americans said, “That’s the guy I want as president.” 965182123913
Reposted by Douglas MainSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you haven't already, share this with every Philadelphian you know. I want to raise enough hell that Drexel will have no choice but to continue supporting the museum. 4444292
Reposted by Douglas MainJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Trump Admins latest move to bring vote by mail sabotage plan to SCOTUS is a good example of the absolute necessity of breaking the current Court's corruption. This is transparently unconstitutional. Even if it weren't some version of Purcell wld require not rushing something so poorly planned ... 8559145
Reposted by Douglas MainPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BREAKING: according to GasBuddy data, the live U.S. national average price of diesel has set a new record: $5.820/gal, surpassing the previous daily $5.819/gal all-time high that occurred June 17, 2022. (9/3/26 3:25pm ET) 671128391
Reposted by Douglas MainLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Rest in peace, Wendell Berry. 121376415
Reposted by Douglas MainRobson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 01/09/2026I don't know if anyone outside of Canada has been following the saga of the island that appeared then disappeared but there has been a big development. It has re-appeared. And that's the top story on CBC News right now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 66946250
Reposted by Douglas MainMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34995894679
Reposted by Douglas MainLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/09/2026rest in peace to Wendell Berry 3286103
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My cat is quickly warming to my newborn girl and it’s just the most wholesome thing ever also go Knicks 070
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Go ahead and put in the paper that I’m absolutely furious about this www.notus.org/agencies/tru...notus.orgTrump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private DeveloperThe National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park. 081
Reposted by Douglas MainJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Working on a piece for the newsletter, this is a data point - smart people keep shrugging and saying “communities don’t like data centers because of ‘vibes’” etc when it’s really that people are in fact smart enough to know they are bad faith neighbors. It is *entirely rational* not to trust them. 2423531008
Reposted by Douglas MainJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE. 69492365070
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A story I co-created with my partner was last week’s lead story in The New York Times Science Times (D1 in print, teased on A1!). What makes it even cooler (and is ofc a bigger deal) is that we welcomed to the world a baby daughter the same day! Hooray! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/s...nytimes.comJaguars Are Ready to Come Back. The Border Wall Might Stop Them. 140