Reposted by FlimflameAlex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much. 161893670
Reposted by FlimflameGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 810207124621
Reposted by FlimflameLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026⚠️ “AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event. These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.”axios.comScoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revoltInside the AI industry's worst-case-scenario prep. 1012673
Reposted by FlimflameCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just don’t go!! Global Affairs #Canada says the number of arrest and detention cases involving Canadians citizens has jumped 60%. The department’s annual report on consular cases, published today, tracks an increase in arrests between /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...ctvnews.caCanada records 60 per cent spike in arrests, detentions of Canadians in United StatesGlobal Affairs Canada says the number of arrest and detention cases involving Canadians citizens has jumped 60 per cent. 42503294
Reposted by FlimflameRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026He makes a good point. 455271455818
Reposted by FlimflamePissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This might be my favorite😂👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯😂💯😂💯😂💯😂 2140879
Reposted by FlimflameHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell. 801652577
Reposted by FlimflameTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch. 131104219
Reposted by FlimflameMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Can the right use misogyny and male supremacy to purchase loyalty from nonwhite men for a white supremacist project?” Was one of the questions posed by the 2024 cycle that genuinely hasn’t been answered yet. 822630
Reposted by FlimflameFlimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Farmed salmon is BAD NEWS. Avoid at all costs. Destroys ecosystems, riddled with parasites & disease, genetic roulette, carnivorous animals crowded into ocean CAFOs, polluting shorelines, industry hoovering up food fish from other parts of the world to feed corporate profits. BUY WILD or buy none. 001
Reposted by FlimflameMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9734691080
Reposted by FlimflameIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780851994
Reposted by FlimflameArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178125222683
Reposted by FlimflameKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 769286845987
Reposted by FlimflameDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Farm Aid 2026 Food not 🚫 Data Centers be smart Employ the Seven Generations Principle which teaches that the decisions we make today should create a sustainable world for the seven generations that follow. 27512
Reposted by FlimflameJon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI could well be the largest generator of internet pollution ever created. It could make the internet useless. 2831638
Reposted by FlimflameDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The task of 21st Century resistance is not only to bring down authoritarian political structures, but also undo systems of corruption that sustain those structures and move beyond a worldview that sees humans and the natural world as assets to be used and discarded." Ruth Ben-Ghiat 9304127
Reposted by FlimflameTad Stoermer @tadstoermer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@wgbh.org has posted the full video of Old North Church’s July 2 program at the West End Museum, where Vince Brown was kind enough to lead a discussion with me, Sarah George, and Kahlil Greene about resistance in American history — and what that history is for now. youtu.be/LouxcNjVmKQ?...youtu.beTad Stoermer describes the history of resistance in the United StatesYouTube video by GBH Forum Network 2277
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wow, the fake blue wave bots are absolutely out in force. This feels like a major op. 010
Reposted by FlimflameMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Seattle just became the first city to pass a ban on surveillance pricing by grocery stores. The City Council passed a proposal stopping large grocery stores and online grocery retailers from using race, gender, browsing history, employment, or AI software to change prices from consumer to consumer. 13947244
Reposted by FlimflameJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Once per year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycn...youtube.comSEPTEMBER!!! by Earth Wind and FireYouTube video by PomplamooseMusic 89415
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On Amtrak today. Anything >700ppm means I’m inhaling all my neighbours’ exhalations. A bunch of them are coughing. 121
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You know you’re in the right neighbourhood when your elderly neighbour drops off warm cupcakes because he “got too high and started baking and couldn’t stop.” 🤣 021
Reposted by FlimflameDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Push TF back against billionaire psychosis. 415333
Reposted by FlimflameKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much. You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos. Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software. 3540701431
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There's very little I can't do around the house as long as I have mason jars, clothespins, and painters' tape. I like multipurpose things. 010
Reposted by FlimflameMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated. 840119042849
Reposted by FlimflameMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Iran War has now cost the average U.S. household around $1,760, according to an analysis from Moody’s. 9359137
Reposted by FlimflameRachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In an era of increasingly AI generated SM posts, reading things that are clearly just people posting things that popped into their brains 2 minutes ago is actually nice, so I am all for this 217319
Reposted by FlimflameUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. 41423499
Reposted by FlimflameMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“AI IS INEVITABLE AND YOU BETTER ACCEPT IT AND IT MIGHT MURDER YOU BUT ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN SO WE CAN MANIPULATE THE MARKET A LITTLE MORE” this is all such bullshit. 10989154
Reposted by FlimflameKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy" 954238848
Reposted by FlimflameThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026😕🔥🌎 www.lbc.co.uk/article/augu... 427985
Reposted by FlimflameJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345163690
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I neglected these trees for 2 seasons while I was mostly in 🇨🇦, thinking I had lost them to a leaf curl infection. But the abundance right now is staggering. Yes, limbs broke due to weight (and me not thinning, buttressing, etc.) I just put 10 gallons in the freezer for winter smoothies. 060
Reposted by FlimflameDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Keith Muise @keithmuise80.bsky.social "Covid is mild".... Zero publications to prove it. "Covid is dangerous".... 492,027 publications to prove it. There is no debate. Source: x.com/keetmuise/st...ncbi.nlm.nih.govLitCovidLitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. 2389152
Reposted by FlimflameJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/08/2026y'all's is short for your overalls. not many people know this 4060563
Reposted by FlimflameChristopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Peace by Chocolate folks are quick out of the gate. Well done. 12644190
Flimflame @flimflame.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this headlined evoked a visceral response from me, and it weren't good. 000
Reposted by FlimflameEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton 24107113228
Reposted by FlimflameEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026posted in the lefty folk group chat 43246788
