Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialking's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 19ha nobel prize is cool i guess but Anne Carson also received a Sappho finger puppet from yours truly and just look at that smile 246855
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialking's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 15hRussel Crowe’s character in @netflix.com’s Unabomber is a brilliant man who loves Moby Dick and yet I’m to believe he hangs his Rockwell Kent illustrated print from the 1930 Lakeside Press edition on his wall sideways??? boy, i really hope somebody got fired for that blunder! literally unwatchable 1183
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialChatham House @chathamhouse.org · 22hThe decision by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call a snap election in Spain is a risky move and fires the starting gun on a year of vital and polarizing elections across Europe.chathamhouse.orgSánchez’s gamble: This ‘all-in’ election will have international impactAnnouncing the election, Sánchez set himself in opposition to President Trump and Javier Milei as well as Spain’s populist right. Much will depend on the prime minister’s ability to rally a fragmented... 052
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 773798947
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialking's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026king’s co-op bookstore: won’t judge your buttocks 36313
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This story from Last Week Tonight stopped me in my tracks. Cole did everything right. He had insurance. He took his medicine. Then the inhaler he'd relied on for years suddenly cost over $500. Cole should still be alive. I'm fighting to make sure this never happens again. 2021675
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322939639
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 05/10/2026Carney sucks. 87727
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Trump is getting ready to lift sanctions on Russia so his family and oligarchs can make billions by purchasing Lukoil's profitable overseas assets for less than they are worth. This sale would be a bribe from Putin. That is all Trump wants. 30747313
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1498230766522
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 68747357
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.forbes.comKushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity FundKushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies. 1801442981
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 03/10/2026We're gonna set fire to everything but don't worry we are also gonna spend money to polish a few fire extinguishers. 311333
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)propublica.orgNative American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix. 91086445
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Except that in no way does it boggle the mind. 1024339
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Bafouer les protections environnementales, les consultations autochtones et les droits des travailleurs et travailleuses, ce n'est pas bâtir un pays. C'est plutôt tracer un pipeline direct vers les tribunaux. 0183
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Un autre été d’incendies dévastateurs, qui ont forcé des dizaines de milliers de personnes à évacuer leur foyer, aurait dû servir de signal d'alarme pour que ce gouvernement fasse passer les intérêts des Canadiennes et Canadiens avant les profits de l’industrie pétrolière et gazière. 1203
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Les conséquences environnementales et climatiques liées à la construction d'un nouveau pipeline pétrolier sont extrêmes, notamment pour les épaulards résidents du Sud, une espèce en voie de disparition. 1367
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Running roughshod over environmental protections, Indigenous consultation and workers’ rights is not nation building. It’s building a pipeline to the courts. 015136
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Another summer of devastating wildfires that forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate from their homes should have been the wake up call this government needed to put the interests of Canadians ahead of the profits of the oil and gas industry. 214936
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026The environmental and climate consequences of building a new oil pipeline are extreme, including the threat to endangered Southern Resident orcas. 1037496
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end 816532788
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3 95157639
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768471117
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30698752381
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialPaulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man. Perfection, Angie. 18417
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Les projets qui servent véritablement l’intérêt national permettraient plutôt de réduire les coûts, de créer de bons emplois, de protéger notre environnement et de nous préparer à l’économie verte de demain. 0101
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026L’industrie pétrolière refuse de financer ce pipeline parce que même elle sait que le monde est en train de délaisser les énergies fossiles. Avec ce projet, les Canadiens et Canadiennes se retrouvent à assumer tous les risques d'un mauvais investissement, sans aucun des bénéfices. 1182
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Projects that truly serve the national interest would lower costs, create good jobs, protect our environment and prepare us for the green economy of the future. 116231
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026The oil industry is unwilling to pay for this pipeline because even they know the world is moving away from fossil fuels. This project leaves Canadians bearing all the risks of a bad investment without any of the rewards. 10410147
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Ce n’est qu’un cadeau de plus pour une industrie pétrolière déjà en voie d'engranger 100 milliards de dollars de profits de guerre cette année seulement. C'est nous qui payons, c'est nous qui prenons les risques, et c'est elle qui récolte les profits. 091
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Injecter des milliards de dollars de fonds publics dans un pipeline en pleine crise climatique – tout en faisant table rase des protections environnementales, des consultations autochtones sérieuses et du droit de grève des travailleurs et travailleuses – n’est pas dans l’intérêt national. 2163
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 462219778
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026This is just another gift to an oil industry already on track to make $100 billion in wartime profits this year alone. We pay, we take on the risk, and they reap the rewards. 216132
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest. 6601201
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026NEW: A little-known effort to bring an AI learning tool into Texas public school classrooms began about a year ago, with the help of the state’s top education official. with @texastribune.orgpropublica.orgTexas’ Education Board Raised Questions About an AI Learning Tool. The State Then Helped Pilot It in Public Schools.Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch... 213257
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Gambling is about losing money. It's not about winning." — Nigel Turner (@camhnews.bsky.social) says sports-betting ads need more honesty about the odds. He joins Robin Campbell of Ban Ads on Gambling to discuss the risks, tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social 2144
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is just state barbarism. Nothing less. 28772162
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths. 371711278
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today I wrote about the age of billionaire consumption, all the proofs that what they are consuming is humanity itself, and the use of human expression as the best countermeasure in response. www.the-reframe.com/thank-you-fo...the-reframe.comThank You For Your SupportThe increasing need for independent writing in the age of billionaire slop. 725067
gothicsynthetic.bsky.social @gothicsynthetic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I despise a.i. and this is no exception, but am I the only person for whom this video manages to portray Pierre Poilièvre as exuding far more intelligence than he actually has? I find that aspect to be hilarious, awful though the video is. 000
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026Louisiana’s AG has pushed back against almost all compensation claims brought by the wrongfully convicted, even in cases where men were exonerated by DNA evidence. “She knows people are innocent but she doesn’t care,” one man said. with @veritenews.org propublica.orgHe’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore... 35855441
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Russia says the quiet part out loud at the UN-- they reject a ceasefire because they don't want Ukraine to rearm. Why? Clearly, because they don't want Ukraine to defend itself from their aggression. Their goal remains Ukrainian capitulation. Never forget that… 423071
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Donald Trump's "deal" with Belarus on potash was an obvious (and empty) bluff. And yet, Pierre Poilievre's MPs were more than willing to believe it -- and blame the federal government and a non-existent carbon tax instead. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/23/o...nationalobserver.comPierre Poilievre’s Conservatives can’t wait to buy Trump’s bullshitDonald Trump's latest economic threat involves replacing Canada's potash with imports from Belarus. The official opposition decided to blame ... the carbon tax? 40351143
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Makes sense, as who actually loses their insurance is immaterial. The point is that Vance gets to fulfill his dream of denying hundreds of thousands of people access to potentially life saving medical care. 325144
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared) 20854480
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/09/2026Newsom is now the nation’s most prominent Trump Democrat — a governor aggressively using his power to empower & enrich Trump’s billionaires. If a Dem candidate successfully spotlights this in the 2028 presidential primary, they will have a shot to defeat him & win the nomination 43563182
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends. 24948401997
Reposted by @gothicsynthetic.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So notoriously anti-LGBTQ Lauren Boebert had a sexual relationship with a woman on her staff and then paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep quiet? Republican hypocrisy is so shameless.rawstory.comLauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush paymentAn explosive sworn complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee alleges Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) carried on a sexual relationship with her district director in the office, in a car and in campaig... 48649021697
