Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him 110492833684
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"I'm running for congress to bring business sense to Washington" Yeah you aren't qualified then Government ain't business Step aside 382268397
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Blocking means nothing more than tuning out a random stranger. Maybe they said something mean to you, maybe you saw them being weird to someone else, maybe they just seem odd or annoying. But you've seen enough and are turning your attention elsewhere. That's it! 3466948
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialffrf.org @ffrf.org · 05/07/2026There is no American republic without the Constitution. It guarantees freedom of religion and freedom from religion, not government-imposed faith. True religious liberty means protecting every American's right to believe or not believe, not elevating Christian nationalism. 519145
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Something I really want folks to know about organizing is that if you find a community that fits and supports you (big if, I know), you can set down roots and build out from there. You don't have to start big. It can be a block, your preschool, your church. 1459
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This might be hard for Americans to hear, but the USA getting humiliated by its abject failure as a power during this Iran War might be the best thing possible at this time. The country needs to understand there are consequences for electing a crook. 29972691215
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026"Can tech save the world?" is the wrong question. The right question is "what kind of world do we want to build?", and then the tech can help us get there. It's the re-invented worldview that the tech gives you access to that matters. The tech needs to support that worldview, not dictate it. 851485361
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country. Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale. 30180701872
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it. 25023160313636
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.social𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13123614516660
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social ) 639288089944
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452182637
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it." 8634494914049
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 20/01/2026When MLK Day comes and goes without acknowledgment from the White House, that omission tells you everything. 1439173
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/01/2026He really is doing all of it. 14864291967
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you. 109134052788
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Murder at sea. Murder abroad. Murder at home. SAY IT LOUD AND CLEAR. 23841316
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialPolly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions. 4863704619
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."thehandbasket.coMayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hopeHis victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have. 302576609
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/10/2025If you're looking for somewhere to give your money over the next couple of months, your local food bank is about to be absolutely walloped. I'd either give local or steer your donations to Feeding America, which is the main nationwide food bank network. www.feedingamerica.orgfeedingamerica.orgU.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding AmericaFeeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America. 3368161
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 25/10/2025Given that 42 million people are about to lose their SNAP benefits, that is to say assistance with the most basic of human needs, I’d recommend donating money to your local food pantry or a mainline clergyperson’s discretionary fund if you have any cash to spare. 58321
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ... 510125784554
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/10/2025President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom. East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center. 49735371288
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Yes your taxes should support disabled people. They should support homeless people. They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly. This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite. 310134953912
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 06/10/2025As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that. 31436384
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 8181432341
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.social~ Alison Peace @irishali13.bsky.social · 16/09/2025It's important to realize that no matter how good you are to people, it won't make them good to you. But —You can still be a good person. You are still capable of so much more. ~ apb 0264
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved. 16638161
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days 6644115
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Education is for liberation, not control. 424740
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2025Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today. 971219216790
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025If youre feeling down, I cannot evangelize on this more: go for a walk. Its actually nuts how much it helps clear the mind and to center yourself. 1826733
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAriella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 13/08/2025There is so much breaking news today which means there is so much disinformation. This is a reminder to not trust a headline read the full article or read the analysis of someone who has. Being accurate matters more than being the first 49826
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple. 20998132684
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025A corollary to this is that if you want people to be able to sit with this realization, it’s important to make them feel understood, not stupid. Providing an empathetic off-ramp (“that sucks that you were lied to”) is better than lecturing or shaming (“duh! how did you not see that?”) 2/ 261238202
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialKen Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 03/07/2025"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'." MBA-brain is real. 13676013160
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2025Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five… Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it. Share it with family and friends. #VoteNo 22958643339
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Warnock: A budget is not just a fiscal document. A budget is a moral document. Show me your budget and I'll show you who you think matters and who doesn't. And if this awful budget were an EKG, it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery 273159944492
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet. 1036336589778
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.social🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control. "We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side." #wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build 1292393532
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/06/2025We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest. 200100672036
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...joycevance.substack.com"We are a democracy. But we can lose that democracy."This afternoon, Washington Senator Patty Murray, who has been in the Senate for more than 32 years, rose to condemn the treatment of California Senator Alex Padilla, who was manhandled out of a press ... 23872222269
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialAriella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 12/06/2025DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 137 This is gonna be messy. This is not gonna be organized and this is gonna be long. This is something you’re gonna wanna turn on notifications for because it’s going to be continuing throughout the day. 🧵 621782
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT 18474832453
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 04/06/2025The speed of writing code has never, and will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck, the limiting factor, is always in the thinking about the code and how it works, understanding it. People who use chatgpt to write code are literally removing the only part of programming that is actually useful. 162082421
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025As stupid as this is, it’s easy to explain. To the extent he succeeded in business, it was by acting chaotically, mixing insults and flattery, screwing over partners, and manipulating the bankruptcy system. That doesn’t work with countries and trade, which need steadiness and reliability. 1627259
Reposted by @fractalguy1974.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear. 14194373613736
