Reposted by George DinwiddieUrbanPerspectiv 🦋 @urbanperspectiv.ai · 03/10/2026Beautiful tribute karenattiah.substack.com/p/rememberin...karenattiah.substack.comRemembering Jamal Khashoggi + Note to Readers.Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents on Oct. 2nd, 2018. 011636
Reposted by George DinwiddieNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at @democracydefendersfund.org Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire! 18174392289
Reposted by George DinwiddieNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: we just struck the 1st blow against Trump's illegal impoundment of almost $1B appropriated by Congress to help average folks We & partners sued to stop him from flushing away vast sums in housing support. Housing! The court just SUSPENDED his illegal action while we fully brief the case 382521757
Reposted by George DinwiddieNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Olympian Davey Hearn brought honor to America touching water Trump DOJ tried to blame him for its botched Reflecting Pool—maybe they should touch grass Proud to clear Davey's name w/ @democracydefendersfund.org @washlitgroup.bsky.social Steptoe LLP & reveal the truth in a win for all Americans -TN 23675137
Reposted by George DinwiddieContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sometimes you do what you have to do 😊 1142216473
Reposted by George DinwiddieKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.ms.nowEric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted. 2722646772
Reposted by George DinwiddieDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026Trump’s DOJ is 0 for 26 in its attempts to get states’ sensitive voter data. Yet DHS indicated it used such data to claim tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in blue states: demdock.com/4Az8vrg 321873
Reposted by George DinwiddieTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111289422
Reposted by George DinwiddieDaniel Schneider @biologistdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Polymarket and Kalshi "odds" are not polls. They are gambling sites. CNN, Fox, and other news outlets should not be showing these "odds" and reporting them as if they're polls. This goes for all predictive market sites. 1305
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@caitesq.bsky.social Are prosecutors under oath to speak truthfully when questioning a witness? 100
Reposted by George DinwiddieDaniel Terhorst-North @tastapod.com · 29/09/2026The stone is based on the weight of an actual housecat that belonged to a medieval king. See also: foot. 011
Reposted by George Dinwiddie@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026time.com/7338829/prob... "The Problem w Trump Accounts: The program may be open to every child, but its benefits will flow overwhelmingly to families w the means to contribute 1000s of $ a year. What could have been a leveling tool instead risks becoming a widening wedge bw haves/have-nots" 145
Reposted by George DinwiddieAllen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep hearing from the hypemeisters about getting six months' work done in a week. If you've experienced that, I'd love to hear: (1) Was that work actually delivered to your customers at the end of that week? How many customers? 1/3 5198
Reposted by George Dinwiddieevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 10120251025
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026David Bouchard with an important lesson for our times from Shakespeare. 001
Reposted by George DinwiddieRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739671704
Reposted by George Dinwiddie🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They look very well fed and clothed. after a long, arduous journey. Wonder how that happens. 2026383
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...en.wikipedia.org1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by George DinwiddieThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125855969
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@caitesq.bsky.social Warning: www.producer.com/news/black-a...producer.comBlack and pinto beans in short supplyBlack and pinto beans will be in short supply this year as production was reduced around the world, including in Canada. 100
Reposted by George DinwiddieSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Etymology of the day: the expression ‘you have another thing coming’ was originally ‘you have another think coming’: today’s version appeared within a year of the original, back in the 1800s. A short piece on the joyful messiness of linguistic evolution. susiedent.substack.com/p/another-th...susiedent.substack.comAnother think comingHow linguistic evolution is as messy as it is joyful 3534549
Reposted by George DinwiddieMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊 991149704353
Reposted by George DinwiddieZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22/09/2026Just in: Trump reported making another 1,158 stock trades in July 2026. It appears he violated the Stock Act, again, by failing to report all of his trades within 45 days. extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden... 841779695
Reposted by George DinwiddieThe Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jen Psaki @jenpsaki.bsky.social debunks as "total B.S." a talking point argued by Rep. Steve Scalise that the Biden administration kicked out hundreds of reporters. 2329489
Reposted by George DinwiddieMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 21/09/2026When a wizard dies, their spells unravel. But the pattern lingers a while. When Fitzglob died, other wizards swarmed his tower, trying to find his time-stopper room, which you exited as soon as you entered, no matter how long you spent inside. "Here! This room!" "Why?" "It has a reading chair!" 5415109
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@maddow.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social I saw that «President Donald Trump enacted his “fake news” ban at the White House after White House aide Natalie Harp showed a clip to him of MS Now bashing the administration» and wondered which of you were in that clip. Do you know what clip? 000
Reposted by George DinwiddieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen. 1040115393289
Reposted by George DinwiddieAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/09/2026🧵 1/ Women should not be dying from ectopic pregnancies. With timely diagnosis and treatment, these deaths should be extraordinarily rare. Yet a new ProPublica analysis found nearly 200 deaths from 2020–2025 almost double the previous six years. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans. 8248109
Reposted by George Dinwiddieecbecker.bsky.social @ecbecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And the Epstein files. We should still cover the Epstein files as if they contain the names of powerful and wealthy people who will do anything to keep themselves out of prison. 0114
Reposted by George DinwiddieKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The only press coverage Trump should get right now is coverage of how he's banning the press. Nothing else. None of what he wants them to talk about. Just coverage of his anti-American, anti-first amendment authoritarianism. Then go back to covering the results of his disastrous policies. 31803248
Reposted by George DinwiddieThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸 463114204416
Reposted by George DinwiddieJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It didn't matter if CBP officer Luis Uribe's victims were sex workers, a prosecutor told jurors this week. It's possible for a sex worker to be raped, he told them. "Sex workers," he said, "can be credible." The jury agreed. From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...chicago.suntimes.comCustoms officer guilty of using gun, badge to sexually assault women in Chicago suburbsJurors concluded that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe sexually assaulted four sex workers in 2022, convicting him of a series of crimes that could put him in prison for the rest ... 10676199
Reposted by George DinwiddieGrin & Bear It @michelesliger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Torn between delight that the assholes who like to “roll coal” in their giant diesel trucks have to pay more for that “freedom,” and sorrow that the Food Bank trucks are having to take money meant for food to spend for fuel.static.klipy.comIshowspeed's Shocked ReactionAlt: Ishowspeed's happy face then realization hits and sad face 011
Reposted by George DinwiddieElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When I first heard “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” I thought it was a bad ass choice. Now I realize it’s not a “choice.” It’s a reaction. Something happens: you stand up, or you cower. Sheeran cowered. Macklemore stood up. 261489190
Reposted by George DinwiddieAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked. 6330141672
Reposted by George DinwiddieCait (spooky edition 🦇) @caitesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There’s some case law pointing out that this is insane and an ICE detainer cannot be grounds for pretrial detention, but that doesn’t stop the DOJ from making these arguments and sometimes prevailing on them 0254
Reposted by George DinwiddiePhotography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 13/09/2026Getty makes a ton of money out of selling public domain footage. Which is crazy. But that’s Getty. The footage is usually available free elsewhere but it’s hard to find. Great video that helps you understand where and how to find it. youtu.be/2dzqQItDmdg?...youtu.beI Killed A Business ModelYouTube video by Elroddd 0515231
Reposted by George DinwiddieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026Carney standing by Zelenskyy: "Ukraine will never submit" 25773281779
George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026«Is it worth it? Is there another way? We must decide for ourselves what is the right course of action to prevent this tragedy from repeating itself. To do that, we must look beyond the U.S. State Department and the evening news to make our informed decision.» www.texasobserver.org/september-28...texasobserver.orgEditorial: The Why QuestionThe first colors displayed in the aftermath should have been black. Instead they were red, white, and blue... 000
Reposted by George DinwiddieDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/09/2026NEW: Far-right figures and election deniers had a full-blown meltdown on social media after the Supreme Court blocked Missouri from using a GOP gerrymander for the midterms. The ruling is a pivotal victory for voting rights — and it was not the outcome MAGA wanted.democracydocket.comMAGA crashes out over Missouri gerrymander lossUltimately, the U.S. Supreme Court had the final say in the matter — and it was not the one MAGA wanted. 1131282
Reposted by George DinwiddieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026i once again ask what sort of contraption Trump is wearing around his ass 10763456839
Reposted by George DinwiddieMartha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 09/09/2026treat it like they are dating a manipulative abuser. 1838
Reposted by George DinwiddieMartha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 09/09/2026They may insist its fine, useful even. Dial in deeper. What are they turning to it for, how does it make them feel after, are they talking to it as if its a person? Because its designed to exploit whatever vulnerabilities you’ve got to make you dependent. 320413
Reposted by George DinwiddieMartha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 09/09/2026Quick clinical note: If you have client who suddenly feels brilliant, overconfident and seems hypomanic without history of significant mood instability OR a client who suddenly out of the blue seems to feel confused, incapable, insecure & everything they do is wrong - ASSESS THEIR AI USE. 4511169
Reposted by George DinwiddieBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's as if Theodore Roosevelt could see Donald Trump coming all the way from 1910. 38971
Reposted by George DinwiddieDr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 09/09/2026If you voted for a man who said "Grab em by the pussy," you have zero room to claim to protect anyone in sports or bathrooms. 418777
Reposted by George DinwiddieCREW @citizensforethics.org · 09/09/2026NEW: We filed a complaint asking the OSC to investigate the Trump admin's cancellation of federal grants and denial of government services to states based on political identity or voting record—a clear Hatch Act violation. This is political retribution. OSC must stop it.citizensforethics.orgTrump administration’s politicized federal grant decisions violate the Hatch Act - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonThe Trump administration’s admitted cancellation of federal grants to states based on their political identity is a Hatch Act violation. 215179
Reposted by George DinwiddieHel Eline @hel.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026You know, I think billionaires are pretty bad at their jobs. We pay them all the money and they don't do anything of value. I think we need to let them all go, they're just extremely economically inefficient. 031
Reposted by George Dinwiddie@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yeah, a USPS review of USPS is ultra reliable 1178
