Reposted by Susanne AllenAndrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 28/09/2026Trump is now responsible for 29% of our national debt. That's more than any President in American history. What happened to DOGE? 1912748
Reposted by Susanne AllenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time. 1108131414675
Reposted by Susanne AllenJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing. 371139259
Reposted by Susanne AllenPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073552295
Reposted by Susanne AllenOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026because the ny times wants to kneecap AOC the way they did hillary clinton. they don't do this for any other politician but her. and we must pound them into the dust for this. 271845396
Reposted by Susanne AllenMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower 712965939
Reposted by Susanne AllenRyan 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... 340127544657
Reposted by Susanne AllenBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want. 652609904
Reposted by Susanne AllenRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026TB Times editorial cartoon 6928521022
Reposted by Susanne AllenBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson. 7544211047
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! youtu.be/MdLKsH7qhI4?...youtu.bePirates Rule! – 10ᵗʰ Anniversary HD RemasterYouTube video by Annoying Noises Productions 011
Reposted by Susanne AllenRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is eugenics 301659775
Reposted by Susanne AllenSherry Krauss @sherry6767.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why is Rep Beatty the only one standing up for Kennedy Center? 031
Reposted by Susanne AllenDemocrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Why am I not seeing this anywhere else? Forklift at the Kennedy Center? 49505259
Reposted by Susanne AllenAddy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 17/09/2026To all the folks frustrated by Google and how they have ruined their own search with genAI slop: I cannot stress enough that there are other search engines out there. They offer little-to-no genAI slop*. Are they AMAZING? No, but they are passable, workable options.thewrite-direction.comSearch Engines That Don't Use AI: 8 Options | The Write DirectionLooking for search engines that don't use AI? Compare 8 private, link-first options, learn what "no AI" means in practice, and how to turn off AI in Google. 6343177
Reposted by Susanne AllenRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The world needs fewer Kennedys and more Brian Deers 522029
Reposted by Susanne AllenUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. 110432
Reposted by Susanne AllenMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE 7136141165
Reposted by Susanne AllenMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 09/09/2026This “spoon rest” is gonna have its own AO3 tag by October 1836896
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026@kalihays.bsky.social Anytime anyone in tech uses 88 they are lying. It wasn’t 88 hours. That’s secret Nazi hand signals. 88 generals. 88 ft tall flag poles at the White House. X which Musk has named his platform and child is ASCII Code 88. 88 = Heil Hitler. 012
Reposted by Susanne AllenBill Carmichael @ipsifendus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I would dearly like to know what business master-mind thought it was a good idea to a) introduce advertising into a personal space it's never appeared in before, absolutely without working, and b) make a reboot of a crazy old bigot's cash cow the first advertised product. Pure insanity. 142
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I got this ad today too. Uninstalled Bing Wallpaper which made me sad. I enjoyed the daily photos. 020
Reposted by Susanne AllenRebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🍞🌹 #LaborDay #ThereIsPowerInAUnion 031586
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I argued with people on the internet, and I need Obi Wan to tell me to go home and rethink my life. 120
Reposted by Susanne AllenMercury: A Broadcast of Hope @mercury870.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On today's broadcast, Day 3257: Max's new theory for where the zombies came from turns out to be a movie plot, but Dr. Clark thinks that something from space actually could have caused them. Radiation. Tomorrow: Movies #TakeCareOfEachOther #AudioDrama #FictionPodcast #Zombie #Hope #Survival 022
Reposted by Susanne AllenDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 06/09/2026Status report, "Just Mentioning This..." Redux: I note an uptick in recent days in Discourse on alternative YA material about wizardry. So if you're interested, please note: the 9-book package of these are on #sale! 🙂bit.ly/YWNMESETbit.lyYW New Millennium 9-Volume Box SetOur New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ... 9330203
Reposted by Susanne AllenProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Totalitarianism demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth” —George Orwell, from Orwell on Truth 6284107
Susanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@runwithskizzers.bsky.social saw posts about the lines today. Looked pretty bad. Hope you got in okay. 110
Reposted by Susanne AllenKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/09/2026nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times 312570542
Reposted by Susanne AllenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Again, I am just a man standing in front of the Democratic Party, begging them to make a bigger deal of this deeply unlikeable racist billionaire asshole who is constantly pushing things everyone loathes. 1203020785
Reposted by Susanne AllenBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 03/09/2026Hey friends, if you have any books in the Anthropic settlement, please go read @courtneymilan.com & @victoriastrauss.com's timelines! There are some publisher hijinks afoot including multiple publishers "accidentally" claiming 100% of a book's settlement, or claiming 50% on reverted titles. 3194151
Reposted by Susanne AllenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One easy way to tell they're not actually "the most transparent administration in history" is that this is the first time in five decades that the president and vice president didn't have their taxes audited and released to the public. 291508359
Reposted by Susanne AllenMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 8160481899
Reposted by Susanne AllenChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity. Rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience, and technological innovation directed by charity.” — Pope Leo XIV 2394113
Reposted by Susanne AllenThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201049876
Reposted by Susanne AllenRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴 752698760
Reposted by Susanne AllenElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.washingtonpost.comNew CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles dataThe deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D). 1231684799
Reposted by Susanne AllenDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive. 622875720