Reposted by Angela MOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket 10097373083
Reposted by Angela MMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50168965537
Reposted by Angela MShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mindnews.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 792465911
Reposted by Angela MBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's World Homeless Day, and I'll just say: Homelessness isn't some great unsolvable mystery. People are homeless because they don't have homes. This suffering persists not for lack of solutions, but because enormous wealth and power are invested in maintaining the very structures that produce it. 212345926
Reposted by Angela MSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21692741701
Reposted by Angela Mmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6164052448
Reposted by Angela MIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331190023987
Reposted by Angela MSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147831743
Reposted by Angela MEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 25782371639
Reposted by Angela MKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591013162
Reposted by Angela MTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh that’s not all, folks. Antifa Waldo, beatifications of ICE martyrs, ICE agents slipping, and more—all from the likes of corn, barley, and alfalfa 181947489
Reposted by Angela MClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich 44603834
Reposted by Angela Mcharles (west coaster) mcdonald @fourverts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026is everything just completely insane and incoherent now 1445017738
Reposted by Angela MSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 14/08/2026🌌 Hubble has taken well over a million and a half observations to date. Many of these have become iconic images that are now embedded in our pop culture. A select few have been made into a series of posters that now hang at STScI. Download and print your own Hubble posters!science.nasa.govHubble Posters - NASA ScienceThe Hubble Space Telescope has taken well over a million and a half observations to date. Many of these have become iconic images that are now embedded in our 05827
Reposted by Angela MKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 181142502637
Reposted by Angela Mjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126197999
Reposted by Angela MMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03... 16154692514
Reposted by Angela MAndrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The anti-data center movement is like "I don't want to pay more money for a thing that will not benefit me at all and will actively make my life measurably worse in a bunch of ways" and the pro-data center movement is like "We want it to be illegal for you to not like us." 2147901840
Reposted by Angela M"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Just going to say here, I think I've said this before, a 'historically accurate' version of the Odyssey is not possible because the Odyssey does not take place in a historical setting - it takes place in a fantastical pastiche of four centuries, mixed in with gods and monsters. 773597603
Reposted by Angela MHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"Perceptions of city crime levels appear 'closely tied' to social media exposure, with those who reported having more frequent encounters with crime-related content online being more likely to believe crime is increasing, according to the poll. 016877
Reposted by Angela MJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools. 237122224100
Reposted by Angela MJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14/07/2026An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination” 10082392155
Reposted by Angela MJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026As much as 40 percent of longform posts on LinkedIn and X that users actually see are fully AI-generated, according to new research Particularly notable because we know these platforms are flooded with slop, but this studied what the algorithm actually shows people www.404media.co/linkedin-and... 321306509
Reposted by Angela Mescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND 312149824233
Reposted by Angela Mmojito friend @mojitofiend.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Type of shit I’ve been on lately 581940413
Reposted by Angela MMichael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 4722031169
Reposted by Angela MKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2026We are social creatures, hard-wired to give attention to people when we’re in conversation with them. If the person isn’t present, we use some of our mental energy putting ourselves in their place. Doing this while driving is about as bad for attentiveness & reaction time as being a little bit drunk 2247372
Reposted by Angela Mjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/05/2026this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa... 206110443975
Reposted by Angela MMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study WarnsA new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications. 4821631176
Reposted by Angela MMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect. 886275316161
Reposted by Angela MPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship. 56149555265
Reposted by Angela MMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t... 241687369
Reposted by Angela MContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Every year, hundreds of people walk silently through the streets of Minneapolis… looking at the windows of the houses. It's the Wedge Cat Tour: the residents put the cats in the window and the crowd stops to admire them. Yes. This exists. 😹 33297332294
Reposted by Angela MNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI. 352157690
Reposted by Angela Mlibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026We need to dream of a future. Not just passively believe in it, we need to actively shame people for formulating the position There Is No Alternative. It needs to become socially disadvantageous to promote that kind of thinking. Build models of the world you want to live in every day. 327091
Reposted by Angela MAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy 299261368797
Reposted by Angela Mtamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 22/02/2026In 1993, Octavia E. Butler wrote a defense of public libraries. “Public libraries in particular are the open universities of America. They're free; they're accessible to everyone… I'm a writer at least partly because I had access to public libraries.“ 1511179
Reposted by Angela MKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 448202057424
Reposted by Angela MAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver." 677240797243
Reposted by Angela MRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Minnesota is the best of us. 651421509578
Reposted by Angela MMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life. 25150943103
Reposted by Angela MRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22/01/2026People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars 9749491718
Reposted by Angela MJeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 11/01/2026From the June 24, 1933 bulletin of the Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism 0195
Reposted by Angela MPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The proposed Chicago city budget has a $5 million line item for a ShotSpotter replacement. Abandoning this failed pursuit would free up the funds needed to maintain 2025 funding levels at our city libraries, which would still leave the libraries underfunded but would avoid disastrous proposed cuts. 4373130
Reposted by Angela MRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong... 4489542542