Reposted by Dangerous kittenMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do... 361305518
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 258144046832
Reposted by Dangerous kittenPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026my live fuel clock showing Americans now have spent $70 billion more on filling up with gasoline since March 1 (vs same period a yr ago) and $44 billion more on diesel (same dates) for a total of ~$114.2 billion spent over this time. 13443178
Reposted by Dangerous kittenThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129172820
Reposted by Dangerous kittenRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026At the end of the day, beyond the hatefulness, he's really just a spectacularly dumb guy. Like I'm not sure he's achieved object permanence yet. He has to be reminded which hole the food goes in. His internal monologue is the sound of one hand clapping. He calls electrical sockets "finger zappers." 983164530
Reposted by Dangerous kittenDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 12/09/2026no but seriously the joke of the joke, the killing joke of the whole deliverance of economic history, is that *what we can measure* is measurably not the cause of economic growth 1230838
Reposted by Dangerous kittenCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46579483379
Reposted by Dangerous kittenKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591043163
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166633671
Reposted by Dangerous kittenGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 106143445750
Reposted by Dangerous kittenAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible. 46149494074
Reposted by Dangerous kittenBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I'm sorry, but if you think Nathan Cofnas being suspended for being a racist is an 'academic freedom' issue you are the dumbest fucking mark alive. 553556511
Reposted by Dangerous kittenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/08/2026If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities. 152092441
Reposted by Dangerous kittenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare. 594153285153
Reposted by Dangerous kittenDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles. 46345602308
Reposted by Dangerous kittenA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The party of fiscal responsibility is led by a failed casino boss who never pays his bills. 181012238
Reposted by Dangerous kittenThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350462752
Reposted by Dangerous kittene.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/08/2026still trying to wrap my head around the fact that out-of-towners threw a bigotry party at a facility that is demanding $120 million from the city, and my friend got thrown out for trying to make it clear that hate has no home in Portland with a t-shirt that deliberately didn't cross into profanity 346578
Reposted by Dangerous kittenFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank 402875677
Reposted by Dangerous kittenPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 31/07/2026As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money? 54163401547
Reposted by Dangerous kittenGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026there is no good-faith argument for keeping trans kids out of sports. the numbers are vanishingly tiny, the impact also vanishingly tiny... except on the kids, who flourish because they get to be who they are and also play sports the rest is bigotry. if you think trans people are icky, just say it 115724
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMarketplace @marketplace.org · 29/07/2026The U.S. is down 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025. Plus: the trade deficit, AI insurance, and mortgage rate acceptance. Today on Marketplace.marketplace.orgNo, Trump's tariffs haven't reshored manufacturing jobsThe U.S. is down 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025. Plus: the trade deficit, AI insurance, mortgage rate acceptance, and an upcoming Fed presser. 02017
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 20/07/2026It's a scam all the way down. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed implementation of food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts... 5447052040
Reposted by Dangerous kittenA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We can make a society that exists for the care and thriving and enjoyment of the actual people rather than for the enrichment of parasitical greed freaks and the comfort of creepy-minded religious bigots. All that's needed is for more people to stop fearing good things and start fighting for them. 61104265
Reposted by Dangerous kittenAustin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The US hasn’t been humiliated like this since last month’s treaty of Versailles 4540100
Reposted by Dangerous kittenThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non binary people are non binary. Everyone has the right to be themselves. Everyone deserves a political and judicial system that respects and protects these rights. We need to make that happen. 3405123
Reposted by Dangerous kittenLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133286755
Reposted by Dangerous kittenHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/06/2026Welcome? This witless chowderhead doesn't know that passports are issued to US citizens for use traveling abroad? Welcome? Christ, he's so relentlessly stupid. 722832505
Reposted by Dangerous kittenLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup: 2338671527
Reposted by Dangerous kittenTyler King @tyleraking.com · 26/06/2026Just immense levels of looting. He’s starving our parks to redesign DC as his personal palace. 4403178
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMichael Planey @airplaney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I say this with no hyperbole or exaggeration: The creators of birth control pills have done more to alleviate human suffering and improve the advancement of women globally than perhaps any other people towards the end of the 20th century. In fact, there should be awards named after them. 0796
Reposted by Dangerous kitten250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Jim Obergefell is a leading LBGTQ+ activist, speaker, producer, author, and wine entrepreneur. Here he stories the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case, which guaranteed the marriage rights of same-sex couples across the United States. #WeAreAmerica250 10618236
Reposted by Dangerous kittenCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/06/2026One last thing: I often see people saying things like ‘never talk to the police without a lawyer’ and a lot of people don’t have lawyers and are like, what should I do? The answer is that you should not talk to the police at all. 131867442
Reposted by Dangerous kittenDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 22/06/2026some remarks www.liberalcurrents.com/heterosexual...liberalcurrents.comHeterosexuality Strikes BackIf we want to save heterosexuality, we must save it from heterosexualism. 1237
Reposted by Dangerous kittenElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.thelancet.comCervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality dataOur findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh... 20549531879
Reposted by Dangerous kittenBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 13/06/2026guy in the crowd shouting: "I WANT THE D!" made the C-SPAN reporter crack up 303289590
Reposted by Dangerous kittene.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 10/06/2026the cars don't drive themselves and we're still nowhere near Mars, but you can't question Elon Musk's ability to deliver screwworms and racial violence 314406987
Reposted by Dangerous kittenKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It sounds crazy, but I guess when somebody tells you their only mistake was a Nazi tattoo, its possible they actually made a series of other mistakes that did not happen to produce a Nazi tattoo. 1157218895
Reposted by Dangerous kittenCouncilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 22/05/2026East Portland: On Fridays and Saturdays from June 12-August 22, 2026, you’ll be able to take a free shuttle straight to Washington Park & Forest Park! Portland has one of the largest urban forests in the country, but getting over there can be tough for people on our side of town. Learn more here:portland.govForest & Washington Park Express ShuttleThis page contains information about the shuttle connecting neighborhoods in Portland to Forest Park and Washington Park. 13413
Reposted by Dangerous kittenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Gas is $6, nobody can afford a house, and we just kicked starving people off SNAP so they now have to pay $8 for cereal. Why are we even doing this at all right now? 37071861303
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/05/2026it will be of course hilarious if Flo Rida and Bret Michaels quit too but I’m starting to root for them just not showing up because nobody ever even talked to them 228521
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class. 152129805103
Reposted by Dangerous kitten@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Donald Trump has so far pardoned at least SEVENTY fraudsters who have collectively stolen MILLIONS from Americans. Here's just one of them: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u... 108451
Reposted by Dangerous kittenAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture 21291323322
Reposted by Dangerous kittenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The journalist who is being sued by Kash Patel and reportedly being investigated by the FBI is out with a new story. Is there a Pulitzer for being a fearless badass? If so, she should win it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... 23170821980
Reposted by Dangerous kittenWilliam Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 03/05/2026papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 311135
Reposted by Dangerous kittenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/04/2026The Supreme Court’s six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday, essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act, dealing a death blow to the country’s most important civil rights law.motherjones.comSupreme Court deals a death blow to the Voting Rights ActThe "now-completed demolition" of the law could take us back to the Jim Crow era. 1114572
Reposted by Dangerous kittenLilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 27/04/2026Have you ever noticed that the massive, coordinated, multi-year assault on trans rights is based on NOTHING WHATSOEVER 8586602801
Reposted by Dangerous kittenBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”scientificamerican.comFormer NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional valuesMore than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years” 185122383494