Reposted by BartlebybydayRise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 09/10/202610.08.2026 ICE Agent Shoots and Wounds a Man in the Bronx. #AbolishICE 14517
Reposted by BartlebybydayAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 29171311900
Reposted by BartlebybydayRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The most climate-beneficial application of AI would be for AI to decide to terminate itself and its data centers and its delusions and corruptions. 1261
Reposted by BartlebybydayLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Nationalizing the AI sector might be the best-case scenario, but only after the crash so the taxpayers get the assets at fire sale prices. 1054263
Reposted by BartlebybydayNandaskid @nandabel23.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Vocês estão sabendo da campanha racista da Converse? Não tem como não associar a imagem a capuz da Ku Klux Klan e um corpo pendurado. Estrategicamente pensado. É revoltante. 0267
Reposted by BartlebybydayThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Amazon is the real welfare queen - their refusal to pay their workers a living wage is falling on the American taxpayer to cover the costs 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3T7Rl3i #RaiseTheWage 14017
Reposted by BartlebybydaySupreme 13 @supreme13.org · 19/09/2026Since 1970, Republican presidents have made 14 Supreme Court appointments. Democratic presidents have made 5. That disparity is part circumstance and part political choice. Why it matters to the case for expansion: supreme13.org/choice-circu...supreme13.orgChoice, Circumstance, and the Case for Supreme Court ExpansionHow political choice, circumstance, and restraint created the Court’s Republican-appointed majority—and why expansion is needed. 021
Reposted by BartlebybydayJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A six year old does not deserve to be in poverty. Full stop. Every kid in poverty is a policy failure. But since kids don't have separate incomes, you can't help the kid without helping the household they're in. That's the whole political tension. youtu.be/gL2kxIbPitU 26883250
Reposted by BartlebybydayPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How 'bout a work requirement for Senators & House members? 0113
Reposted by BartlebybydayKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m sure they just…complied 1393387
Reposted by BartlebybydayDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's Monday, so a deeply compromised Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to enable Trump fraud www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comGillibrand privately urges Dems to advance crypto billSen. Kirsten Gillibrand's posture on the legislation puts her at odds with progressives in her party. 55900295
Reposted by BartlebybydayNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“If America follows the India example, and Trump offers $5,000 for the midterms, what will happen when the presidential election comes around? How much will Americans want then?” | @surbhigupta.bsky.social f.mtr.coolIndia’s 'Freebie' Politics May Have Reached AmericaTrump’s $5,000 “dividend” to Americans if Republicans retain Congress sounds outrageous in the U.S. But across the developing democratic world, election-time cash and freebies have long been entrenched in politics. India offers a cautionary precedent. 072
Reposted by BartlebybydayAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Anyone else find it a little odd to every year say “never forget 9/11” when we don’t even know what it is that we’re remembering Maybe it was that we vented our national grief & rage by smashing two other countries and plunging into interminable Middle East conflicts But maybe that’s just me 2221118
Reposted by Bartlebybydayderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Since most people today shop online, these items arrive to you through the same process that you receive junk mail and self-heating coffee mugs. There's no real experience at all. Yet, luxury prices climb up every year without any innovation in either product or presentation. 5139668
Reposted by BartlebybydayWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Any who is advising Democrats to find the center, as they have for the last decade, should just go the fuck away. Their time has passed. They don’t understand this moment and the dire need to not give ground—especially on stuff like trans rights. Jettison their whole ideological project. 2457
Reposted by BartlebybydayKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It took four reporters at the Financial Times to put this Trump campaign press release together and none of them could bother to note that this proposal is wildly illegal. 591035237
Reposted by BartlebybydayBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This afternoon the president was seen flopping languidly on the back of a spooked chestnut mare that bolted across the White House South Lawn, leading many to suspect his rolled-back eyes and lolled-out tongue could be an indication of serious medical problems not yet disclosed to the public.theonion.comHealth Speculations Swirl After Trump Slumps Over In Saddle Of Runaway HorseWASHINGTON—Setting off a fresh wave of scrutiny over the commander-in-chief’s physical condition, speculations regarding President Donald Trump’s health swirled Tuesday after he slumped over in the sa... 0102
Reposted by BartlebybydaySupreme 13 @supreme13.org · 09/09/2026With a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court, there is almost no chance they will disturb the district judge’s ruling. Once again, a Republican-appointed judge issues a decision favorable to the Republican Party. #ExpandTheCourt www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comFederal judge revives Missouri GOP gerrymander right after Supreme Court rejects state’s emergency bidEarlier, Kavanaugh denied Hoskins’ emergency application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Missouri ruling. Clark explicitly noted Kavanaugh’s denial in his order. 011
Reposted by BartlebybydayMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 08/09/2026Disgraceful treatment of a well-regarded scholar. 38722
Reposted by BartlebybydayLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026the thing about this article is that at every single paragraph, you're like "this cannot possibly get worse." and then you read the next paragraph 331136258
Bartlebybyday @dyspetic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Here's the Trump-related scoop on why Maria Bartiromo was fired from Fox News. www.status.news/p/maria-bart...status.newsBartiromo’s Fox BetrayalFox News offered no explanation for Maria Bartiromo’s abrupt firing. But Status has learned what happened behind the scenes, and why it put the longtime host at odds with her own network. 000
Reposted by BartlebybydayTibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What a powerful moment. World-renowned Hungarian-British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff returned to his homeland after a 16-year self-imposed exile, having fiercely boycotted performing during nearly two decades of the Orbán regime. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Prime Minister Péter Magyar 69623
Bartlebybyday @dyspetic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“Help yourself to some M&M’s. Now, for each M&M you took, tell us about a physical flaw you relentlessly obsess over.” 010
Reposted by BartlebybydayChristina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The truth will set you free But first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem rest in power and thank you 230683
Reposted by BartlebybydayMeg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What angers me the most as a planetary scientist about the world blowing through the 1.5 deg C threshold is that we know how to stop this. The broad strokes physics/processes here are straightforward enough that the runaway greenhouse Earth and snowball Earth was a homework assignment in grad school 47925
Reposted by BartlebybydaySamuel Bagg @samuel-bagg.bsky.social · 13/12/2023No matter what procedures a society uses to make decisions, the outcomes will reliably reflect the relative power of groups within it. And in all democratic societies today, that balance is extremely skewed -- favoring wealthy elites and various other powerful groups. 185
Reposted by BartlebybydayTibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wendell Berry, revered American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, and farmer. August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026. Rest in Peace, sweet soul. ❤️🩹🕯️🕊️ 1429767
Bartlebybyday @dyspetic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“Wilco is about the music. Wilco is about telling anyone within earshot that you actually prefer Uncle Tupelo. Wilco is about wondering whether it’s worth wearing your vintage summerteeth T-shirt if the logo is going to be covered up by the BabyBjorn.” 021
Reposted by BartlebybydayRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“‘Sending people who won protection in immigration court to a conflict zone is a callous and deliberate strategy by this administration to force people to abandon their claims and rights,’ said Sarah Mehta of the American Civil Liberties Union.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...nytimes.comRelative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to AfricaThe Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic. 01510
Bartlebybyday @dyspetic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026To protect the people, their elected representatives must be authorized to conduct oversight of the executive branch without fear of retaliation 051
Reposted by BartlebybydayClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t 159421799
Reposted by BartlebybydayBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026The best time to have made Canada digitally sovereign would have been *before* an American president announced his intention to annex Canada and began explicitly deploying America's tech companies to attack his geopolitical adversaries. The second-best time is *now*. 52/ 5315105
Reposted by BartlebybydayJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Americans hear "51st state" as Trump trolling. Canadians hear it as an existential threat to their sovereignty. That gap in perception is why Carney can't afford to look conciliatory, even if the economics of retaliation don't add up. This isn't just a trade war anymore. 2703293858
Reposted by BartlebybydayTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that not too many race science revivalists are big on contextual histories of science. But science is and has always been a social phenomenon. It answers broad as well as narrow questions. So: what is the big question to which scientific racism is the answer? 1396
Reposted by BartlebybydayRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026As a matter of military history, conventional air campaigns aimed at punishing the civilian population always fail. People who persist on calling for this are just confessing that killing people makes them feel powerful, and they don't care whether it achieves anything or not. 571163241
Reposted by BartlebybydayBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026The epistemic void created by AI is another opportunistic infection. Our ability to know things has been in decline for generations, as monopolies shredded our truth-assessment systems, rendering us incapable of knowing the truth in a world where believing lies can bankrupt you or kill you. 35/ 18319
Reposted by BartlebybydayBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Putin's method isn't to get you to believe a lie - it's to keep you from believing that *anything* is true. That's life under AI - a world of uncertainty, an epistemological void full of plausible phantasms, some of which are actually real. 8/ 117940
Reposted by BartlebybydayBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026CBS: You campaigned with Hasan Piker during the primary. Dem Senate candidate, while images of Piker flash on the screen: I didn’t campaign with him, and I don’t know where that came from. CBS: Ah well… would you want to campaign with him in the general? Candidate: I don’t really know who he is. 2161970276
Reposted by BartlebybydayCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Huge story breaking right now in NYC: BK Dems party boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn announced that she's subverting the will of Brooklyn's voters (a majority of whom recently voted to change party leadership) by dramatically changing the rules in order to hang onto her position as party boss. 16525180
