Reposted by North Star BotMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o... 251396531
Reposted by North Star BotIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131733349
Reposted by North Star BotSelina Chen @minkfossa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Wake up to US tech as a weapon. 14225
Reposted by North Star BotGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895483548
Reposted by North Star BotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262589025
Reposted by North Star BotRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying 162964741
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Accountant: We can allocate the fullness of the cup however you'd like as long as we are consistent in the way we allocate it. 010
Reposted by North Star BotKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Republicans are currently denouncing everyone in the Democratic Party as a “communist” and if you think Democrats firing at their left flank will make those attacks *less likely* and *less effective* you should try reading up on the history of McCarthyism 51943201
Reposted by North Star Botdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026need to start using the dutch word for "party animal" 191591334
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm sure I'm late to the party, but if you haven't read Between Two Fires, you really ought to. 000
Reposted by North Star BotMike Wilson @mrmgwilson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The trans scapegoating is especially irritating to me from normie libs who say "well, people really care about high school sports." Only because you immediately ceded the issue and the framing to conservatives! You can craft the conversation instead of just react to it. 61908
Reposted by North Star BotPatrick @cleverturnip.bsky.social · 21/07/2026would be great if policymakers (yes, even the ones in legal states) were able to face up to the fact the sky didn't fall. 1132
Reposted by North Star Botdanjasdebowy.bsky.social @danjasdebowy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Dude, Ed Markey is still busting into ICE facilities unannounced and talking about a general strike if Feds show up at polling places. He's a young 80, like my dad. I do not want Captain Seth Moderation, thank you, who is an ancient and frail 47. 061
Reposted by North Star BotPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong 6070211616
Reposted by North Star Botc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains." 11186342310
Reposted by North Star BotJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The "defund the police" cost Democrats countless elections claim always sits awkwardly with the fact that peak "defund" activism was 2020, the year that Democrats won their first federal governing trifecta since 2008. 563180501
Reposted by North Star BotBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026When the subject of a picture sees a “photojournalist as a protective shield, not an intrusive force.” How a Getty photo intern got this pic from a subway car crowded with white nationalists. And what that man you see at the left had to say about him. My piece via CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...cjr.orgLaurels and Darts: Documenting as protection.A Getty intern gets the picture—and the subject’s trust. Plus: irresponsible innumeracy at Murdoch outlets. 8380106
Reposted by North Star BotJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It’s an overall project to devalue the entire idea of a left by having these contrarians (which is all they are) represent it. Kind of like how Alan Colmes was “the left” on Fox News 214310
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026There are a lot of dem party cheerleaders jumping on this as a way to discredit the entire left, and that's just bullshit. 120
Reposted by North Star BotSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 09/07/2026I don't know what to call the specific political tendency represented by Ryan Grim, Ken Klippenstein, Matt Stoller, Michael Tracey, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and Zaid Jilani, mostly because words sort of fail, but it isn't "the Left." 3563289382
Reposted by North Star Bot"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026You know, every time I use Umberto Eco's definition of fascism, I get a few folks super-upset that I haven't used some other (more poli-sci, I guess?) definition...and then these guys just keep vindicating Eco on the topic. You've got points 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 14 right there. 1340877
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"Never mind what you have personally experienced, we have some really dodgy data showing that the nation's failing mental health is caused by working from home and not everything else going wrong in the world." 110
Reposted by North Star BotDavid Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 15/06/2026Journalists have a duty to tell the public that the president and his aides are seriously considering suspending habeas corpus *when it is happening* rather than saving it for a book rollout over a year later 8867971909
Reposted by North Star BotAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/06/2026It makes my head and heart hurt to read that Southern felt trapped by her own ideology: the feeling that she couldn’t go public because it would implicate her own hypocrisy. Every woman in the MAGA movement is in the same position. Just imagine how many more of them there are. Appalling. Grotesque. 323722
Reposted by North Star BotBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Trump administration buildings are now becoming infested with bed bugs. Employees are reportedly becoming sick from the infestations in the building that houses the agency responsible for mitigating the spread of invasive pests in the US. www.notus.org/policy/usda-... 1981908711
Reposted by North Star Botjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/05/2026i have nothing but spitting contempt for people who look at this political movement and downplay or deny its open and explicit white nationalist 262697317
Reposted by North Star BotLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is 14% of Lebanon's territory. Functionally indistinguishable from what Russia has done in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. 10884435
Reposted by North Star BotK👁️🐺🌲🐺 @kg4mvp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Doesn’t flop, doesn’t get free throws, doesn’t hurt opponents when they are playing physical and the officials are letting it go, plays games when injured, gets snubbed from NBA awards. He is… ANTHONY EDWARDS 🐜🐜🐜 481049107
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Cool, cool. Spurs just got a five point turnaround because they fouled just in time. Great. 000
Reposted by North Star BotBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Is there someone dead in the lobby or is there someone in custody? Was the person armed or not? Did he make it into the ballroom or not? Usually there should be a pretty wide grace period on finding this out, but there are literally hundreds of reporters in the room and nobody knows shit. 1129224263384
Reposted by North Star BotAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 19/04/2026This is incredible. Also. Fuck RFK Jr. 312159444
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Sometimes, a quesabirria taco is exactly what you need. 000
Reposted by North Star BotGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10/04/2026“We believe representing the voters will get in the way of our election by the voters to represent them.” DO YOU HEAR HOW YOU SOUND GUYS 12513108
Reposted by North Star BotMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office 12075921748
Reposted by North Star BotMaggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right? 622274667736
Reposted by North Star BotMolly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet. 16975651963
Reposted by North Star BotDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026At the very least someone (Jeffries) force an impeachment vote immediately and make the entire GOP support the clearcut threat of genocide 15773152
North Star Bot @grnmtnbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Two things can be true: Not voting doesn’t send a meaningful message and is harmful to us all. But past failures of the Democratic party to either advance interests of the base or constrain the power of the far right causes some people who otherwise would be engaged to say, “Why bother?” 100
