Reposted by Working BootsKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds. 541142570
Reposted by Working BootsJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is an excellent primer on the brutal history of post-13th amendment prison labor. As the need for workers to do backbreaking work continues to increase, this is only going to get worse. You better believe this is part of why the administration keeps boasting about new prison construction. 39361
Reposted by Working Bootsjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/08/2026has anyone unpacked christopher nolan casting a trans person to be the distraction sacrifice for a trojan horse to enter, and then destroy, civilization 271419213
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 03/08/2026One nice thing about being an attorney: You may have moments when you second-guess your approach to practice, but you will definitely also have moments when you think "well at least I'm not THAT asshole" 🤣 150
Reposted by Working BootsMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026“There is so much money right now in detaining people.” As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle.motherjones.comAs for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle"There is so much money right now in detaining people." 815790
Reposted by Working BootsChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026DOD’s actions here are an appalling disgrace. 527989
Reposted by Working BootsLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 06/07/2026"Employers and schools are bracing for a surge in sick days and plummeting productivity after millions of England fans stayed up overnight to watch the decisive World Cup match against Mexico." [Times front page] 313521
Reposted by Working BootsJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one. 35384902046
Reposted by Working BootsJorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 05/07/2026My tax dollars paid for this shit show, and I intend to extract as much entertainment as possible 755556
Reposted by Working BootsJordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 05/07/2026Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News 29681731506
Reposted by Working BootsEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The security guard at the door: 5581341430
Reposted by Working BootsCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The weather on Juneteeth was incredible. Make of that what you will. 03163478
Reposted by Working BootsLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Ha ha I hate it here 625110742092
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Today I watched friends learn that some older queer folks want same-sex marriage to tank We both kind of looked at each other like "Wait, what?" 100
Reposted by Working BootsAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded. 17144962553
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Me: ::exclaims 'Foooooooooood' at Ecta for a solid 22 seconds:: Me: You have to admit that was mildly impressive Ecta: It was mildly impressive and that's the best you're getting #BootsAndEctaShow 040
Reposted by Working BootsCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026wake up babe the white house is a six flags 1622173753673
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Megabit: OH WOE IS ME I'M DYING Me: you're not dying, goober Megabit: YOU CAN'T WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS Me: I'm not even working, I'm eating lunch Megabit: Oh okay hang on Megabit: *goes to his spot under the table* Megabit: I'M DYING Megabit: AND ONLY YOUR GNOCCI CAN SAVE ME 030
Reposted by Working BootsKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/05/2026"This court has no jurisdiction over Northern Texas" bitch why does Northern Texas have jurisdiction over Rhode Island? 3568103
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Y'all ever think about all the high INT low WIS shit you did as a kid? Anyway shout out to the time I got mad at a cartoon for saying bananas don't have seeds 050
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Literally every day my work inbox is like "The administration announced they're going to eat four more babies and your PIs have shaved a poodle bald" No, I do not know why. I suspect neither do they 020
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 05/05/2026*Weezer voice* 🎶 I'm tired, so tired I'm tired of having sicks 🎵 120
Reposted by Working BootsStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If I had a nickel for every distant island full of penguins Trump dragged into a geopolitical crisis, I would have two nickels. Which is not a lot, but it’s still weird that it happened twice. 1050873
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I complained about putting 'Still Alive' in my own head so my wife very helpfully and loudly started singing 'I Shit My Pants in the Middle of Aldi' I regret all the life choices that led me to this moment #BootsAndEctaShow 250
Reposted by Working Bootsemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Let's sum up Trump's tariffs. 1) They were illegal and also corrupt and arbitrary. 2) They did real damage to economy, esp farmers, small business. 3) Lutnick cheerled them while his spawn prepared to $$. 4) Corps (& some small businesses) finally getting refunds. 5) Consumers will get squat. 28819277
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My New Annual Hobby, In Three Easy Steps: 1. Sneaking up behind wife 2. Gently chomp her on the forearm 3. Yell "I have birthday immunity!" and retreat before she knows what happened 150
Reposted by Working BootsWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/04/2026This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina) 198155522703
Reposted by Working BootsChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026NEW: We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it. It's past time for Trump to be removed from office. This is a global crisis. It's time for J.D. Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now, at Law Dork:lawdork.comWe have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it.It's past time for Trump to be removed from office. This is a global crisis. It's time for J.D. Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. 33683159
Reposted by Working BootsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If you’ve never called your congressional reps before, do it right now. 12433391065
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 07/04/2026So far today has involved a strained back, snow, Passover, and Cheeto genocide threatsmedia.tenor.coma man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair .ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting in a chair . 010
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 06/04/2026A conversation elsewhere caused me to realize today that there has been a grand total of six months in my life when both a) I really liked my job and b) the world was not obviously on fire. I can't help but think that I deserved better than that. Everybody post-Gen-X did. 160
Reposted by Working BootsMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 31/03/2026A friendly reminder for this and all Supreme Court decision days 3681171
Reposted by Working BootsKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Between the conversion therapy ruling and the efforts to ban kids from the internet to “protect them” from “transgender influence,” we’re right back in a culture of violently enforced closeting. And the data around self-identifying as trans and queer already reflects this 151744448
Reposted by Working BootsRíon_Ann🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇪🇺 @redjade.bsky.social · 31/03/2026A completely baffling decision today that seems to directly state that a medical professional’s “free speech” is more important than a patient’s life and safety. Far as I can see this decision means it might now literally be perfectly legal for a therapist to tell you to kill yourself. 217772
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 31/03/2026So are we gonna talk at all about the fact that they released Chiles on TDOV or Because that shit was 1000% on purpose 120
Reposted by Working BootsSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Conversion therapy is one of the most harmful practices targeted at young people. As a result of today’s decision, those practicing this anti-scientific, scam therapy may become more emboldened. @democracyforward.org will continue to do everything in our power to protect LGBTQ+ youth.cbsnews.comSupreme Court rules against Colorado's conversion therapy ban on First Amendment groundsThe Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a law banning conversion therapy for minors, ruling that lower courts failed to apply "sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scr... 35619
Reposted by Working BootsEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Does a doctor have a First Amendment right to tell you that ingesting arsenic will cure your athlete's foot? Why would that be different from this? 1445095
Reposted by Working BootsEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I think this court's overall approach to medical outcomes as a matter of partisan opinion is really concerning, and something most people are missing because so many of the cases have to do with trans people. 542969
Reposted by Working BootsSexy Devonian Stone @devonianstone.bsky.social · 31/03/2026also is licensing no longer allowed that really interferes with speech, even who is allowed to speak 4933
Reposted by Working BootsDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 31/03/2026Banning a harmful practice that is directly tied to deaths and self-harm is not "suppressing one side of the debate." 522659
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Trans Day of Visibility is cool and all but I wish I were celebrating Trans People Get to Go Back to Bed Day 0245
Reposted by Working Bootsecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social · 31/03/2026what about like. a Trans Week of Free Massages. Have we considered that as a holiday 15410
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Okay I get that the new big thing is shitting on white organizations who are visibly doing symbolic actions, but like, maybe double check what else the org is doing before you complain that they're useless? 141
Reposted by Working BootsThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/03/2026Thunderstorm squalls can bring destructive winds and tornadoes and can cover hundreds or even thousands of miles. Here's how they work:washingtonpost.comWhat a squall line is — and why they’re so dangerous during thunderstorm seasonSome squall lines can produce tornadoes, too. They’re often wrapped in rain and move erratically. 1158
Reposted by Working BootsHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026These 52 people could have stopped a national and a world catastrophe any time they chose to. They confirmed Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, et al, okayed DOGE and tariffs, and green lighted Trump’s military attacks. The country and the world reels. Fifty-two people. 17033651757
Reposted by Working BootsThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/03/2026Crab Just Happy To Be In Bucket With All His Friends theonion.com/crab-just-happy-to-be-… 4159381085
Reposted by Working BootsThe Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Stoker: you can't just genderswap renfield! Mary Shelley: shut up bram Shelley: let her cook Stoker: you wouldn't like it if someone genderswapped igor Shelley: that's different Stoker: see? Shelley: CUZ IGOR ISN'T IN THE FUCKING BOOK Shelley: WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS 519822
Reposted by Working BootsThe Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Mary Shelley: sup fuckers Poe: dawn just genderswapped renfield Shelley: oh yeah? Shelley: i bet bram is being real normal about it Stoker: I AM NOT!! Shelley: yeah wow that's a shocker 318214