eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*of course* the tech CEOs don't care if the next generation needs their technology to wipe their asses. They don't care about you, *they* have the basic skills and I'm sure their kids have the basic skills, they want captive drones to serve them 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026sigh....inc.comA New Study Proves Jamie Dimon Is Wrong Yet Again About Remote WorkNew data from a University of Colorado Boulder study found that remote workers had the highest level of well-being. 001
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026*Everyone* in the current admin should spend the rest of their days looking over their shoulder for someone come to drag them off to The Hague, as a bare minimum 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026lol AS THEY SHOULDaje.newsHegseth cautions that ICC may investigate US boat strikes in Latin AmericaUS defence chief vows to continue campaign against drug cartels, says Colombia has joined regional military coalition. 121
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"theconversation.comNew tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable carsLicense plate readers are widely used in the US. A new product marketed to police departments promises to add the ability to sense phones and other devices in passing cars. 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026But let's hear again about how the GOP cares so deeply about antisemitism... "In a 2022 video, Herrera and a buddy in sunglasses and a balaclava tested a Nazi-era submachine gun, then goose-stepped to a Nazi marching song. Herrera called the weapon “the original ghetto blaster.” "nytimes.comOpinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. (Gift Article)Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level. 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026And thenyoutu.beLenin: History Will Not Forgive Us | Historical Documentary | LucasfilmYouTube video by Lucasfilm 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Since people seem to be conflating communism and socialism againyoutube.comThe Russian Revolution: All Power to the Soviets! | Historical Documentary | LucasfilmYouTube video by Lucasfilm 100
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Maybe the real Chernobyl were the tentacles that had their way with us along the way 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Their regrets are worthless. Regrets are for missing a party. They chose to ignore and enable and aid in genocide despite millions at home and around the world *begging* them and the other people we expected to govern with moral clarity to act 050
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It is just a fully captive tool of the clowns running the show, a puppet acting out the day's political chicanery 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Lol. Once upon a time I believed there were actually people who believed in justice and the rule of law at the FBI. But knowing that hundreds of agents spent thousands of hours redacting the Epstein files for Trump, and that none of that has seen the light of day... This is just par for the coursenytimes.comFBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)Officials surveyed the newly drained pool, where the floor began peeling soon after a $16 million repair job. President Trump has blamed vandals. 121
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Hahahahahahaha hahahahahaha <wipes tears> hahahhaahhahahahahHa ... I mean, it's terrible that we have someone so stupid in charge of the military, but if ever there were a more strong sign of how deeply insecure he is, it would be this. He could hardly look more pathetic loltheguardian.comPete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiencyUS defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’ 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026If ever anyone merited a Code Red, it would be this foppish fauxfighternytimes.comOpportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I can dream that one day I or my kids will live in such a world as that. I want that for us, I want that for every human in every country on the planet. No one should be immune from being held to higher standards 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I hate that those in power want to actively make the world a worse place for everyone. They think they're just making it a worse place for everyone but themselves, but really they're just making it a worse place for everyone including themselves.theconversation.comHow redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitatThe majority of endangered species listings over the years have involved habitat loss, from Chinook salmon to island foxes and many birds. 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Insane. Anyone who paid attention when the bribe-jet was given saw reports it would take years to bring it up to standard, and so we also knew when it was "done" faster, in less than a year, that they hadn't done so. I don't need anonymous sources to know it lacks normal AF1 security measuresnytimes.comTimes Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” 021
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Yeah, I'm sure it's a host of things like that, it was supposed to take years to bring it up to standard, so, the rush job was probably just giving it the bare minimum of upgrades, nothing close to the actual requirements 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026that attention is being paid, that this isn't just being winked-and-nodded away. Whitmire doesn't have Houston's best interests at heart: all he cares about is his personal petty grievances and gripes & those of his well-heeled neighbors and buddies. I wish him nothing but the worst, as he deserves 010
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026And instead of getting HPD involved, instead of ensuring that evidence and witness testimony is taken quickly and preserved; he's throwing his hands up and doing absolutely nothing. *EVEN IF* he were right that HPD would be stymied in investigating, there's value in the effort, value in showing ... 110
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Mayor John Witmire is the most feckless, cowardly, despicable, pathetic excuse for a leader that one could possibly imagine. We have seen ICE and DHS transparently lie about their crimes & misdeeds time and time again; we know that they're pressuring the witnesses to this homicide to deport quicklyhoustonchronicle.comHouston mayor backs federal probe, won’t launch city ICE investigationHouston Mayor John Whitmire declined to seek a city-led investigation into the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. 192
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Manufacturing consent for lethal force. "tHEy DrOVe aT mE" 0270
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This mental image is hilarious to me. “We did not conduct any experiments to see if it is attractive to cats, but given that the active ingredient [nepetalactone] has well-known cat-attractive properties, I would expect they would quite like it”theguardian.comCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findsResearchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Meta is fundamentally evil. I think it's unconscionable at this point that so many people still blithely use *any* of its platforms, largely uncritically. And even when people complain, it's largely, "yeah they suck more now but what can you do? 🤷🏻♂️" LEAVE! Don't buy their myth of inevitabilityobserver.co.ukSilenced Facebook whistleblower could be fined for merely...The aggressive pursuit of those seen as exposing Sillicon Valley’s secrets is fast becoming an industry norm 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026On the one hand: I know this is serious misbehavior by the feds; but on the other? it has the same energy as "This is going on your permanent record!"www-newsnationnow-com.cdn.ampproject.orgICE critics issued written warnings by fedsFree speech advocates warn the DHS notices are attempting to chill protected speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What the actual fuck? I can not abide all these milquetoast leaders in politics and business who throw their lot in with the fascist maga government. They need to be dealt with like the Vichy leaders when all is said and donenytimes.comColorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier 160
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I dearly wish our US media would treat our own bigots with this energy instead of platforming them uncriticallytiktok.comDestiny Church leader Brian Tamaki admits he has not been threatened by any Hindu people after police confiscated his weapons and temporarily suspended his gun licence over violent anti-immigration re...TikTok video by nzherald 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...act.standupamerica.comDon’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ... 000
Reposted by eyrieowlJayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Maybe I'm not like you. I physically feel pain for these people who came her for a better life for their children and they get this. My sorrow is profound. They lose their homes, cars and everything. I'm seriously embarrassed to be an American citizen. 671461231
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The US has no business hosting this World Cup. We understand nothing about what it means, about any sort of brotherhood of nations. We are a pathetic, piteous, diseased nation to our core. :(share.googleDR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World CupMichel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied. 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Are you...seriously suggesting that people can't tell that a political cartoon isn't documentary evidence? What's the AI slop? Trump drove across the pool - fact. Trump has blamed vandals for issues with pool - fact. If you don't like political cartoons, go off, I guess, but find a better criticism 210
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026are you not...a main character on this website? is this a subtle plea for comment-section-zero? 040
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This is one of the most fucked things I've heard in a sea of wildly terrible things from this administration. Gift linknytimes.comPostmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 23/06/202686 SCOTUS. 86 POTUS. Tear the whole corrupt edifice down ✊🏻npr.orgThis man is a bus driver and grandfather. A Supreme Court ruling could reimprison himAnthony Bailey's case is one of about a dozen that could be directly affected by a Supreme Court ruling limiting how prisoners can use the compassionate release program to get out early. 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Heartbreaking, tragic, and beautifully told.theguardian.comI called her Joybell, my soulmate since I was eight. Then her partner killed her and blew up their homeTogether my best friend Annabel Rook and I worked to support victims of gender-based violence – until she became one herself. Now I feel like a part of myself has been erased. Why aren’t more people o... 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Yeah I realized after the first like I'd mistyped, but no edit 🤷🏻♂️ 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Hilarious, and brilliant, as seen in the Velvet Taco restroom 000
eyrieowl @eyrieowl.bsky.social · 20/06/2026There's a tragic aspect (in the Greek sense) to how oblivious the Israeli leadership is to how they're sewing the seeds of the nation's destruction 140
