Reposted by A Singular MonkeyJD, you can’t eat comics. @lostcity.bsky.social · 8hThere are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people. 19922237
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13hThis would be the equivalent of sports coverage devoting itself to reporting on gambling markets instead of the game. Because real reporting on real stories is hard. 2051297
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15h"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...wsj.comFive Takeaways From Hegseth’s SpeechThe defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va. 70873232
Reposted by A Singular MonkeySemafor @semafor.com · 16hVisitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 5162665942
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 13hSo much winning! Who would want to visit this shithole country? Worldcon attendance was massively down because so many foreign folk stayed home. 117915
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyJennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 18hHe's trying to do George C. Scott from Patton but is mostly doing George C. Scott from Strangelove. 21054172
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hHegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors." 22782637615
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio 572567515
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h Blanche defends appearing at Trump rallies 👇 Q: Wherever you go, you are the attorney general-- BLANCHE: I don't agree w/that. We are allowed to do things in our individual capacity. There have been AGs who were blatantly partisan and never spoke at a single rally. Is that right? Of course not! 140626165
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22hWrote about the National Design Studio a while back, and two things worth noting. *It is led by a white nationalist *They do skins, not services. America.gov is a chatbot with a .gov skin. They are promising to make services work better but its all TBD. 412124
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22hgrandpa is talking crazy about the TV again 2252132403
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 22hNew reports reveal Meta has been classifying gigantic data centers as "pilot models" in order to secure a tax credit from the 1980s. The loophole has allowed Meta to avoid paying nearly $4,000,000,000 in taxes last year alone. 9209136
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAntarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses 06438
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyJames Hutson @jameshutson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Come the fuck on. This is some complete and utter bullshit. Have governments just dropped the pretence of acting to prevent climate change? (Answer: yes) 086
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyDrCrlsnPEJD @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Described by the director of applied science at Microsoft, another defendant in the case, as the 'largest theft of labor in human history.'” OpenAI’s co-founder and president: “Ah nice.” 16641
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In case anyone was wondering how the U.S. has lost the war it started with Iran Embarrassing 1922351
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/202685% of those detained in MVPC have no criminal record. Eighty-five percent.motherjones.comTrump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system." 4219117
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics 12450158
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAdam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute 121762293
Reposted by A Singular Monkeymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper 181015186
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hegseth plans to axe a fifth of generals and admirals. It’s clear he’s planning to cause so much damage it won’t be repairable by whoever comes next.apple.newsHegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military’s top ranks — The Washington PostThe defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said. 119541262
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Trump starts twitching in anger when a reporter tries to ask him about ICE 2411173263
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” 38980320
A Singular Monkey @finitemonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They are not sending the best and brightest 010
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026GOP SCOTUS okays human trafficking, 'cause it ain't "deportation" when you're not sending them back to their own country 1195
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Trump says Democratic concerns about AI are a hoax like global warming 🥴 115670173
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.youtube.comStock Buybacks, Explained | Robert ReichRobert Reich explains that Trump's corporate tax is going to stock buybacks, leaving most workers behind.Watch More: Tru 361063402
A Singular Monkey @finitemonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026While saying that they are against Communism and Socialism 020
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the real life legion of doom just doesnt have the rizz of lex luthor, sinestro, and solomon gundy 4678
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026Okay, just so we have a record: The Facebook Fake-Out, a record of Meta's tactic of transgressing, getting caught, waiting for things to blow over, and then breaking the rules again. I documented the pattern so we have a link to share for the next time they do it. www.anildash.com/2026/09/29/f...anildash.comThe Facebook Fake-out - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 518972
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop 2681962445
A Singular Monkey @finitemonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In decent countries someone would go to jail for this. Here they probably got a raise! 000
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAAPTHQ @aapthq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Physics Department of the Naval Postgraduate School invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor levels. Visit the #AAPTCareerCenter to learn more and apply. ow.ly/bIPj50ZSKoG #PhysicsCareers #PhysicsJobs 011
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 769533306
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 29/09/2026Even after last year's H.R. 1 boosted Pentagon spending to historic levels, Congress is considering spending $73 billion more to underwrite Trump’s war on Iran. On @nationalpriorities.bsky.social, our analysts break down how far that $73 billion could go funding SNAP and Medicaid instead. 211331
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5440981104
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026They are shutting this down by the end of the day. 131303284
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2631209275692
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17241421394
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyW. Brian Lane (he/him), PhD @wbrianlane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Vaccines 🤝 hugs 011
Reposted by A Singular MonkeySam Stribling @samstribling1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026newrepublic.com/post/214615/...newrepublic.comWhy Is the DOJ Working With a Man Convicted of Hacking Election Sites?David Michael Levin appears to be involved in a Justice Department election-monitoring operation. 036
Reposted by A Singular MonkeySenator Peter Welch (mirror) @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us · 28/09/202610 years ago, David Levin went to jail for launching a cyberattack on Florida’s election database. It appears that the Trump Administration just hired him to monitor elections. I want to know why. 035
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyKimberly Beatty @beattylab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please share: OHSU is hiring an Assistant Prof. in the Dept. of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry. We are looking for a chemical biologist who will apply novel chemical tools in physiological systems. Apply online: www.ohsu.edu/human-resour... (Job # 2026-41667).ohsu.eduOHSU Faculty, Physician and Academic Jobs in OregonFind higher education faculty, physician and research jobs and build your academic health career at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. 04260
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672164715
Reposted by A Singular MonkeyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026“The clearest example of that is George Santos." David Flippo was required to file a financial disclosure in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Instead, the Nevada Republican has turned in nothing while running for Congress.motherjones.comThe mysterious millions powering a Nevada Republican’s bid for CongressDavid Flippo, who has reported funneling nearly $2.5 million to his campaigns, has repeatedly failed to file financial disclosure forms since 2023. 1217682