Reposted by Grumpy__DevPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These RW morons don't know or don't care that the primary substantive issue of this ruling is to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment...on the same day new Cornell allegations are being made public. The endless blabbering about protecting women is BS. 614737
Reposted by Grumpy__DevChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:lawdork.comBreaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prisonSolicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. 18506295
Reposted by Grumpy__DevTuta @tuta.com · 28/09/2026🚨🇪🇺 The #ChatControl trilogue starts on Tuesday & the EU Council is trying to pressure Parliament into giving up its opposition. We must stop them once again! 💪🏼 Because no matter the framing, the truth remains the same: There's no backdoor for the good guys only! ➡️ fightchatcontrol.eu 29454
Reposted by Grumpy__DevOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 382112683039
Reposted by Grumpy__DevFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 25/09/2026VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. With the continued global rise of social media bans and “age verification” bills, threats against VPNs have only escalated. Read the letter & take action @ DefendVPNS.com for our 2nd annual Defend VPNs Day of Action! 39283
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism. 231583547
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I guess the point of the UN now is for world leaders to brag about the war crimes they have committed. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday 372111242000
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Converse... the official footwear of the 2026 KKK white supremacist organization. Is this where we are as a country now? Boycotting doesn't seem like enough. Converse needs to be nuked from orbit. 040
Reposted by Grumpy__DevPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 349160724112
Reposted by Grumpy__DevFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/09/2026Last year, nearly 20,000 VPN users mobilized with us to demand safe and private browsing but the threat against VPNs is escalating with the global rise of social media bans & “age verification” bills. Either we win against online censorship bills & VPN bans, or we lose our right to anonymity online. 16436
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Correction: Kraft is donating $2m to "aid in the region". Israel is in the region. And what is this bullshit about buying your way out of this? A donation doesn't change what you believe or what you fight for. You're still a Zionist; you're still a coward. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026Every time one of these stories comes out, it's shown that the parents were actually abusive. There is an asymmetry where the parents are given a platform by Christian nationalist orgs and Fox News while the state cannot discuss any details due to privacy. So the narrative is set by the parents. 533625735
Reposted by Grumpy__DevChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In addition to diesel, a shortage of motor oil has begun in the US due to the war with Iran Costco is now rationing motor oil for due to the Iran war, limiting members to one transaction and a maximum of two units every seven days 55419
Reposted by Grumpy__DevLying @lying.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hey so here's the thing: That's entirely fucking wrong. "We're just regular people" was the Mattachine Society, which achieved diddly squat for nearly 20 years. "Support us or fuck you" was the Stonewall Riots, and it's what gave us gay rights today. 152
Reposted by Grumpy__Dev70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wait, wait, here's the full thing! 1432398
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026This is the world JK Rowling helped create. This is what Harry Potter is funding. All the legal challenges to enforce this regime are backed by Rowling and her Harry Potter money. 101648562
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Why is nobody suing OpenAI over this? Why are there no criminal investigations? If I did this, I would end up in a jail cell. But OpenAI gets a pass because it is AI instead of human employees? OpenAI is openly committing crimes and nobody is doing a goddamn thing about it. #ProsecuteAI 000
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Reminder that the Associated Press is not a trustworthy news source anymore. They sling propaganda with the worst of them now. (for those who don't know, Trump did not attend the ceremony in New York) 142
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We will also remember politicians coming together across the isle to strip America of everything we held dear; transforming us into an Orwellian surveillance state and paving the way for our current descent into fascism. We will never forget what you did to us. And we will never forgive. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Y2K problem but for Trump’s gas price explosion 24214
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Between Meta's pervert glasses and this, it is becoming unsafe to socialize. Why must we create a world where every single human interaction is monitored and monetized. We have to always be onguard now, always watch what we say and do in all situations. This is hell. 020
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is why I've never been big on electorlaism. Every career politician does this. They will compromise everything until there is nothing left. What he is doing now, he will do after being elected. 020
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries. 1191566716
Reposted by Grumpy__DevErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It’s the enormous failure of the medical system to be trustworthy that has *created* space for the MAHA movement to flourish. If the US medical industrial complex was ethical, moral, and inclusive MAHA wouldn’t exist. This article I wrote back in 2019 is unfortunately more relevant then ever.damemagazine.comWhy Are So Many Women Rejecting Medical Science? - Dame MagazineThis feature is part of our ongoing series looking at the inequities in healthcare. Snake oil is having a renaissance. And while it’s true that for hundreds of years dubious salesmen have been riding ... 9740223
Reposted by Grumpy__DevCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 06/09/2026The tech collective behind NoBlogs.org and a host of other free online initiatives has announced that they are shutting down as a consequence of the US State Department designating them a "global terrorist." This represents a significant blow to online freedom. keepitfree.ai/announcement... 4317202
Reposted by Grumpy__DevDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/... 11554901487
Reposted by Grumpy__DevDave @dept-of-dave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Had a younger friend say out loud “justice IS the compromise at this point, because we deserve vengeance,” and that was kind of an enlightening moment for me. 2918
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I starting to think those who cave to Trump are not cowards. They are transphobes and bigots who finally have permission to show their true colors. 010
Reposted by Grumpy__DevShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026never surrender 351627307
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In other news, 39% of Americans also believe we are living in the biblical end times and want the end to come. I wonder how much overlap there is... www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 010
Reposted by Grumpy__DevKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Someday soon hes going to be over and trans folk will continue to exist and, hopefully, thrive, for as long as there are humans on this planet. 1155225940
Reposted by Grumpy__DevMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34995894679
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Here is comes... the end of American Democracy. They will activate this system regardless of any court order. It's very existence already defies court rulings. There is nothing stopping them, except perhaps us. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026How many students were kicked off their campuses for protesting this stuff? It's not just the psychotic openly genocidal propaganda, it's that the people in power in the US made it so that if you criticize this openly, your life could be destroyed. 171723387
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026FYI: Saved posts are not truly saved; they are just bookmarked. If the original author deletes the post, it is gone from your saved list as well. 000
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Saying it is automated does not in any way absolve Google for its actions. Google is still 100% responsible for the product it chooses to publish. We don't accept this kind of responsibility shirking with AI, we certainly shouldn't accept it with traditional automation either. 010
Reposted by Grumpy__Devamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Kind of surprised not a single outlet wanted this. Maybe the interest is gone and this is just what America is now. Lots of photographers asking me about southwest Florida though! 171742528
Reposted by Grumpy__DevRita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“If we don't fight for autistici/inventi today, we will have to fight for Mastodon tomorrow. Domino effects are real with Fascists as we saw at the start of WWII.” - LukefromDCkolektiva.socialLukefromDC (@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social)To eveyone on Mastodon: The real lesson of the US attack on autistici/inventi is that WE ARE NEXT. Mastodon servers mostly do not run things like PRISM, are often based outside the US, and compete d... 04717
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I don't know this particular company, but it is a scary escalation if the US is going after service providers who focus on customer privacy. Is your favorite VPN provider next? 100
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Finalizing the rules but putting a "not really" asterisk by it will provide cover for when some USPS employees "accidentally" misinterpret those internal rules and starts enforcing them. Defying court orders becomes a simple administrative error instead of an act of deliberate legal contempt. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record. 7427461045
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026US military now drifting towards the kind of inability to process internal criticism and debate that turned the Russian military into the institution it is today 8382115
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 20/08/2026AmnestyUK and JK Rowling are aggressively trying to remove these reports on queer and trans discrimination in the UK. Don't let them succeed. Download and share. dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/amne... ia902908.us.archive.org/6/items/repo... 010
Reposted by Grumpy__DevMark Yarm @markyarm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RIP, Frank Beard of ZZ Top.rollingstone.comFrank Beard, ZZ Top's Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77Frank Beard, ZZ Top's hard-shuffling drummer who performed with the group for more than 55 years, has died at age 77. 23439152
Grumpy__Dev @grumpy-dev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Institutionalized holocaust denialism. A prime example of how while the Republicans may support Israel, they absolutely do not support Jews. 000
Reposted by Grumpy__DevAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively. 30772583804