Sign in

emsartings

@emsartings.bsky.social
280 followers 504 following 13 posts

Human meat bag who cannot stop thinking about The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. And wondering what do we owe to each other? they/she

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by emsartings
Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
86176746294 0
Reposted by emsartings
Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
23335621998 0
Reposted by emsartings
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
134106552498 0
Reposted by emsartings
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )
962479712 0
Reposted by emsartings
Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Video obtained by @cnn.com shows part of the incident on Sunday in Evanston where ICE agents attempted to detain the wrong man before leaving him lying in the street and driving off
38619375 0
Reposted by emsartings
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Apologies for the earlier technical issues. We're now live. Join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com
LIVE NOW: Live with Robert Reich
Robert Reich on Substack
323465 0
Reposted by emsartings
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At her 22-week ultrasound, Amanda Jablonski learned their daughter had developed without a skull or a brain. There was no chance for survival, and every day Amanda stayed pregnant was a threat to her health and life. Under TN law, she was denied an abortion. www.wbir.com/article/news...
wbir.com
23336851851 0
Reposted by emsartings
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
91121672104 0
Reposted by emsartings
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s funny, but also not funny at the same time.
15381052436 0
Reposted by emsartings
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
gizmodo.com
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
1397266976695 0
Reposted by emsartings
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ya don’t say
36648222 0
Reposted by emsartings
PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/09/2026
Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to force the release of more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are all being left behind, blocked from votes. to.pbs.org/3USoIaQ
to.pbs.org
Speaker Johnson recesses House early, blocking Massie's push to impeach Hegseth
Massie’s resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran and his bipartisan effort to force the release of more files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are all being left ...
1112756 0
Reposted by emsartings
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
523183195388 0
Reposted by emsartings
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.
15569422003 0
Reposted by emsartings
Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
19thnews.org
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
730277228072 0
Reposted by emsartings
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
517153135865 0
Reposted by emsartings
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/2026
7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 8 a.m. I go to my corner bodega for a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese. On the way, I get mugged. 9 a.m. I get on the subway and immediately get murdered. buff.ly/puREmHa
mcsweeneys.net
A Day in the Life of a New Yorker, According to My Fox News-Watching Florida Family Members
7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed.
30813137 0
Reposted by emsartings
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The creepy weird billionaire dork who funds a worldwide white supremacist movement, runs a CSAM website and destroyed our government thinks that there must be some kind of grand (((Jewish-funded))) conspiracy to make people hate him. Sure, man. Sure.
921442327 0
Reposted by emsartings
Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Helena Bonham Carter reading Rumi's poem "The Guest House," at Belcombe Court, England. This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.' The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors. #poetry
18468132 0
Reposted by emsartings
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."
28963641539 0
Reposted by emsartings
Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
044 0
Reposted by emsartings
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026
Even the crickets were embarrassed.
692252775416 0
Reposted by emsartings
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...
newrepublic.com
What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals
The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.
61779063078 0
Reposted by emsartings
Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
124126983240 0
Reposted by emsartings
Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨 Yet ANOTHER study finds "NO evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime." There has NEVER been evidence to support this racist BS❗ Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
nature.com
Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds
Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.
7684267 0
Reposted by emsartings
Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
13280191432 0
Reposted by emsartings
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
9654761908 0
emsartings @emsartings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My friend sent me this article because of the rant I went on after we saw the film. Great article. And 😂 I feel incredibly validated.
000 0
emsartings @emsartings.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I mean, this is 100% what it is like to search in my work email (Microsoft Outlook).
000 0
Reposted by emsartings
ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/06/2026
NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
propublica.org
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
28241222134 0
Reposted by emsartings
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
looks good to me 👍
A screenshot from Fox News’ Ingraham Angle

On the left 1/3 of the screen Laura Ingraham is talking outside while holding a microphone. 

On tge right 1/3 is a graphic titled “Janeese Lewis George’s far left policy agenda.” It includes polices like “universal childcare,” “end cooperation w ice,” and “create car free areas in dc”
1724315601 0
Reposted by emsartings
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
easily the most censorial time of my life right now, no one in charge really seems to give a shit though
592876545 0
Reposted by emsartings
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/06/2026
a post of mine from november 13, 2024:

one day you're going to see elon posting "we just cut 200 million dollars going to bull weevil outbreak prevention" and then a couple months later the entire midwest will be decimated by the first mass bull weevil outbreak since 1884
112109783498 0
Reposted by emsartings
leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
congratulations, graduates. i'm honored to speak at your commencement. this is a proud moment for you, your family, and your friends. the future is in your hands. and the most important task of the future is to feed the Gaping Maw (students start booing, one student yells "fuck the gaping maw")
253408773 0
Reposted by emsartings
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
...45 years of neoliberalism has sapped our collective faith in our capacity to do big things together. This plagues political leaders, but it is often true of civil society leaders and organizations within our own movements. Our curse is that our sense of possibility is contained by what we know...
1145 0
Reposted by emsartings
Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This has always been true—but as the Hantavirus outbreak sparks concern—it feels even more true now: We should be canceling everyone's medical debt. Every single dime. We cannot have a system where sick people are afraid of going to the hospital because they're avoiding debt.
04120 0
Reposted by emsartings
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone many times over. Overpopulation arguments ignore the elephant in the room, which is the unequal distribution and consumption of resources. The earth can support billions, but it cannot support billionaires.
216363 0
Reposted by emsartings
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"The Parasocial Style in American Politics" is an incredibly good title. Deserves one of my highest compliments: it's amazing someone didn't think of it sooner. @aselrod.bsky.social's full argument about the internet and social media's societal impact is good too.
liberalcurrents.com
The Parasocial Style in American Politics
Our screens are two-way but we can easily forget that the people on the other end exist as more than characters for our enjoyment.
215049 0
Reposted by emsartings
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace
MS NOW cap of polling showing 66/30 positive/negative for "REACTION TO POPE LEO URGING PEACE, REJECTING WAR"
2043190974526 0
Reposted by emsartings
Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
John Coltrane performing "My Favorite Things" in the early 60s
1345898 0
Reposted by emsartings
Large Johnson @flytyingguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We are in a recession caused by by policies and people the über wealthy supported. Maybe it’s time to get rid of the über wealthy.
2724744881 0
Reposted by emsartings
Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We have so many amazing candidates running this primary season, and it has been really hard deciding who to vote for this cycle. But, it's an amazing challenge because it shows the deep bench of talent in our party! Here's our ballot guide for the 2026 Democratic primaries and nonpartisan races:
2205 0
Reposted by emsartings
damasterchief @damasterchief.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact
545249994926 0
Reposted by emsartings
Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 26/04/2026
Remember how less than three weeks ago the president threatened to kill an entire civilization
8892122124 0
Reposted by emsartings
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Someone told me to watch this SNL sketch about America’s “media-opoly.” It feels eerily prophetic given today's media environment. Watch.
602578859 0
Reposted by emsartings
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/04/2026
lol
449160652965 0
Reposted by emsartings
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
“Everybody needs to turn down the rhetoric.” -supporters of a guy who threatened to destroy an entire civilization of 90 million people
111110122572 0
Reposted by emsartings
I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The coolest thing about solar energy is that you don't need to invade
another country to go get it.
GREENPEACE
295199525474 0
Reposted by emsartings
The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 22/04/2026
Watchdogs say the previous CEO model suspiciously started slowing down immediately after the announcement chaser.com.au/business/app...
Apple announces new CEO, deliberately slows down old one
774059556 0