Reposted by farwingCornbread Countess @breadbae.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026Kids just be doing shit 691170180
Reposted by farwingMother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.motherjones.comIn a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer. 613748
Reposted by farwingPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 02/10/2026As always, @boltsmag.org has the go-to, authoritative guide to the year's important elections. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...boltsmag.orgYour Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - BoltsCongressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo... 517153
Reposted by farwingMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 01/10/2026Pre-sign ups for the kickstarter for the Murderbot graphic novel! 520168
Reposted by farwingDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026Letting two-bit scammers and thugs run the government is bad. 120558
Reposted by farwingIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lichtenstein’s entire oeuvre was offensively shallow and profit-motivated from the jump. His original premise of recontextualizing “low art” was done better, earlier, and with way more joyful subversiveness by Marcel Duchamp, AND he lacked the skill to even render the work he supposedly “elevated.” 434455
Reposted by farwingAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also, Jews were still able to speak Hebrew out loud prior to the introduction of n’kudot. Vowel sounds existed in Hebrew prior to the creation of a formal standardized notation system for them. Jews weren’t just silently reading the Torah & prayers & poetry with no idea how to pronounce any of it. 5886
Reposted by farwingGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 29/09/2026News is bad. Vibes are bad. WHO NEEDS A TEENY TINY FROG?! (A Wood Frog baby so little it could sit on a quarter) #herps 🌿 1135469
Reposted by farwings. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 28/09/2026"Over the past three years, a small camp has taken shape [in Israel] that opposes genocide, fascism, and Israeli militarism while also trying to redefine what it means to remain in this place."972mag.com‘The Gaza Holocaust won't be forgotten’: An Israeli musician screams into the void‘Super Sparta,’ Regev Baruch’s new album, is among the most blunt works of Israeli art since Oct. 7 — using provocation to insist on a different future. 05316
farwing @farwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Someone on the same award selection committee as my boss won’t be able to attend an important meeting as he will be in Sumatra “hunting (with camera) some of the last 60 Pygmy rhinos in the world” Needless to say this is not the usual excuse for missing a meeting. 010
Reposted by farwingFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/09/2026like this is not the website for non-neurodivergent people! that's tiktok and threads! this is the website for weirdos who still enjoy text-based media in 2026! 2359940
Reposted by farwingAlicia @heyalicia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People handle tasks so complex and with so many shifting variables as part of our day-to-day existence that the complexity is underestimated. It’s like how knitting machines have existed for over 400 years but there still isn’t a machine that can crochet, though we think of those tasks as comparable 119128
Reposted by farwingFrancis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lie-based party. 2655068
Reposted by farwingChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026We need to be clear with ourselves and each other that this is most pronounced when rape is involved but it‘s everything … women are told to always put men’s potential first, ahead of everyone’s well-being bsky.app/profile/susa... 230538
Reposted by farwingChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Part of the testimonial injustice in the situation is believing that the harm to accused men is worse than the rape and worse than the harm caused to advocates and survivors everywhere when men are let off easy 240357
Reposted by farwingChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026I’ve been thinking quite a bit about my experiences with being trashed in the media, and I think it’s interesting that the scientists who believed the bad press about me never noticed that the only colleagues who said bad things about me were men And they didn’t question why that was 6749130
Reposted by farwingChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026And when I say bad behavior I mean no, you should not be fucking your students and I mean that broadly. Not a student in your department, not a recent graduate, not even a student in another department. Not someone you’re mentoring. Some of the men who like to talk about me have done these things 135436
Reposted by farwingTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I can’t say strongly enough that these are not realistic scenarios for the people I observed and, based on data about family lives, almost anyone else we might consider normal and/or not rich. 2986076
Reposted by farwingCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026(2) People do not talk enough about the fact that we have a pretty good idea of how to train dogs and there are a lot of prominent dog trainers giving advice who are just wrong. Scientifically wrong. Extremely wrong. 452529
Reposted by farwingJohn "Not That John Bolton" Bolton @opus59films.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I’m afraid that this small clique of all-too-human dorkwads are trying to gain even more mind-boggling wealth and even more political and regulatory control over powerful AI technology, in ways that will allow them to further fracture democracy, privacy, and human flourishing.” 0156
Reposted by farwingEdmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Changing seasons can trigger a change in your own life. Choose a new form that suits you. Grow your most elaborate antlers yet, or a frightening exoskeleton. Replace old forest folktales with new terrifying legends of mossy gloom and malevolent splendor. 07914
Reposted by farwingPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026new favorite baker just dropped (I am finally watching the new ep of Bake Off) 12962101
Reposted by farwingThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391004416
Reposted by farwingCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026Literally this, so much, forever, in so many ways that are hard to articulate and reach facets of life I never imagined. 422945
Reposted by farwingLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Also don’t let them take your benefits without a fight because you are & will continue to be taxed like a motherfucker. 354128
Reposted by farwingLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us 281176283
Reposted by farwingKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026You, weak, bringing an iced coffee to an interview Me, strong, answering the first question right as the beat kicks in and singing “it’s time for the percolator” 347553
Reposted by farwingTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026me, strongest: showing up eating a gigantic raw elk steak, my jaws dripping with blood 61348
Reposted by farwingTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note. 543306752
Reposted by farwingFunranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jess rips off the Band-Aid of Knowledge about academia and sticks it to you. It's a little gross but now it's yours. 3263
Reposted by farwingAlice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026my favourite typo is, & will always be, ‘the literary cannon’ 4943349
Reposted by farwingTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Age of the Great Dessication is upon us 919239
Reposted by farwingStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 25/09/2026The actors playing pedophiles in PRIMETIME being credited with just the screennames is so fucking funny 431078210
Reposted by farwingHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 25/09/2026upshot to running errands in the rain: 1783369
Reposted by farwingMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026NEW: Republican New Mexico governor nominee Gregg Hull is facing renewed scrutiny over court records showing he twice fell behind on child support and health insurance obligations for his daughters.meidasnews.comCourt Records Show Gregg Hull Fell Behind on Child Support as He Now Campaigns on Protecting Health CoverageGregg Hull, the Republican nominee for New Mexico governor and outgoing longtime mayor of Rio Rancho, is facing renewed scrutiny over a decades-old child 39791299
Reposted by farwingKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@knowtheory.net pointed out the original TikTok video about Gen Z job candidates and iced coffee was from a recruiter working at "buttoned up Fortune 500 companies" and her specific observation was about "coming off as too casual". This is important context! www.instagram.com/p/DdhMd0XvW7N/instagram.comchescaleigh on Instagram: "the Tiktok discourse surrounding iced coffee & job interviews is an example of the literacy crisisView all 706 comments"the Tiktok discourse surrounding iced coffee & job interviews is an example of the literacy crisis 321822
Reposted by farwingKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642833635
Reposted by farwingKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If the arguments about iced coffee include "first impressions still matter" and "it can be distracting" then I would push back and ask about that company's (unwritten) dress codes, open office layout, as well as its recruitment and retention of staff members who are BIPOC, disabled, and/or parents. 550546
Reposted by farwingMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/09/2026it’s true what will the AI agent think of your professionalism if you bring an iced coffee to your 57th zoom interview 516119
Reposted by farwingSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government: 37814398
Reposted by farwingFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026Help mariners bring their big oil-tanker employers to the bargaining table! actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...actionnetwork.orgPetition for OSG and ATC to come to the table.Dear Fellow Licensed Deck Officers, The Licensed Deck Officers (LDOs) at Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and Overseas Shipping Group (OSG) have chosen to be represented by Masters, Mates, and Pilots (MM&... 2349
Reposted by farwingCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"You're just saying that because you're friends with artists." I'm saying it because AI storyboards are BORING AF. 1392
Reposted by farwinge.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 25/09/2026so cool how "cybertruck owner commits horrific crime" is just part of our cultural landscape now www.syracuse.com/crime/2026/0...syracuse.comUpstate NY driver killed pedestrian, then tried to hide Cybertruck in woodsThe man was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. The crash took place in 2025. 620140
Reposted by farwingMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/09/2026But but but!! that's a minority of people!!! (25% of Americans have a disability) But but but!! they should just say something!!! (volunteering that you're disabled / medically complex / a cancer survivor is often an effective way to not get hired) 119629
Reposted by farwingMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/09/2026Heat intolerance - due to something like MS - can require the use of a very cold beverage to lower core temperature quickly in order to avoid MS symptoms getting worse. Chronic cough, laryngopharyngeal reflux, and vocal fold disorders all can mean needing a beverage to sip on in order to talk 314523
Reposted by farwingMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/09/2026People w diabetes who take insulin/sulfonylureas can have a blood sugar crash, four ounces of juice or soda or a dunkin extra extra is a standard treatment for that. People with IBD - a high-output ileostomy, short bowel syndrome etc - can dehydrate quickly & may need continuous oral hydration 315224