Reposted by Peter Hrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026whenever anyone says "watching a genocide in realtime," i know that they're one of the people who made a virtue of watching the eqiuvalent of LiveLeak videos and boiled their entire brain 2269666
Reposted by Peter HBenjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett 6048971140
Reposted by Peter HHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026respectfully tapping the “talk to your boys, not me” sign again, with rapidly decreasing levels of respect 254258
Reposted by Peter Hdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 14hthe problem is there is no mass demand for this. you didn't have to sell email. the sole demand is by loathed corporations who are either: (a) trying to fire you; or (b) trying to make a trillion dollars getting you fired. and for (a) they are having a hard time doing it still 1155375
Reposted by Peter HBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 14hThe BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 211904355
Reposted by Peter Hjam-orbital @jamorbital.bsky.social · 17hWent to respond to an email today and found that Gmail had already pre-filled the box with an AI-generated reply that I had to manually delete. Genuinely mind-blowing how hard these companies try to beg, coerce or deceive you into using a product you don't want. 632438
Reposted by Peter HTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20hKansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month. 171559391
Reposted by Peter HJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question 1252049392
Reposted by Peter HMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12hTrump's lawlessness is more pressing, but let's not forget: the GWBush admin was also overflowing with incompetent, corrupt Republicans who were pathologically hostile to the rule of law. None of this was necessary or helpful, but it made them feel manly and it was good money for gov't contractors. 430884
Reposted by Peter Hrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 15hi would not go into a truck stop looking like this, much less appear on TV. there are like nine things i do in the morning which he apparently did not do before going on TV 1438710
Reposted by Peter Hrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 15hi dislike this thing where people on the left keep saying that people are only ugly because they are evil. michael tracey is ugly because he is apparently trying to grow combover mullet dreadlocks 35101868
Reposted by Peter Hlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10h"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes 482315374
Reposted by Peter HH.D. Gregg @hdgregg.bsky.social · 20hThere are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for social equality, justice and human decency. The state of Tennessee’s attempted execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday night is such an event. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...wsws.orgAn American horror story: The failed execution of Christa PikeThere are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for social equality, justice and human decency. The state of Tennessee’s attempt... 56433
Reposted by Peter HMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13hthis reveals SO MUCH about legacy media 741544300
Reposted by Peter Hghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 11hthis seems like a direct response to the Muse thing from the other day, no? 1629428
Reposted by Peter HMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21hGreat episode. I had no idea Canadaland had gotten so bad.podcasts.apple.com328: Canadaland Platforms Antivax GrifterPodcast Episode · Conspirituality · October 1 · 1h 13m 1322917
Reposted by Peter HJosh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 12hAlcoholism is a terrible thing. apnews.com/article/cbs-...apnews.comCBS announces Tony Romo's permanent exit following arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicatedCBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 11743
Reposted by Peter HBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8hOne thing you can say about Michael Caine is that Michael Caine is a political conservative who made 70 movies where the entire idea was to make Michael Caine money but he never did this bullshit 2678268
Reposted by Peter HAlexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 02/10/2026If your reaction to Wemby saying this is a hearty “hell yeah”, it behooves me to let you know that @theguardian.com does not take business from betting companies, we have a great sports section, no paywall, and a great app. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...theguardian.com‘It’s sad seeing players promote it’: Wembanyama says he will never endorse gambling companiesSpurs star says it is ‘very sad’ to see NBA players promote gambling companies and insists money no longer drives his sponsorship decisions 482177372
Reposted by Peter HJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 16hSort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 452539674
Reposted by Peter HGeoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 9hThe response from right-wing political figures has been grotesque. John Yoo former Justice Department lawyer told Fox News that lethal injection is “the most humane method,” and asked, “Why not use the firing squad?” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...wsws.orgAn American horror story: The failed execution of Christa PikeThere are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for social equality, justice and human decency. The state of Tennessee’s attempt... 276
Reposted by Peter HMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10hI have never heard of any newsrooms with alarming practices like those described in this thread. If you have, I’d like to hear from you. Contact in bio. 101128250
Reposted by Peter HIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 8hThis thought is really nagging at me. A generation or more brought up to be so alienated from the moral lives of their communities and nations that all that's left is pictures on the screen, which ones get popular, which creators get wealthy and famous. 614418
Reposted by Peter HIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11hIt's YouTube, you can go watch whatever cancelled person you want, no one is going to know. But that's not enough, right? People need to be reassured that doing this counts as being a good person, mainly because there's probably not much else to count 534236
Reposted by Peter Hpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 14hSad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy 11975731586
Reposted by Peter HFlora 🍓🏳️⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...epiloguegaming.comWhat Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue GamingEarlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for... 2172711684
Reposted by Peter HHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young... 501607371
Reposted by Peter HSam W @somethingeasy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This one was a perfect descriptor 017017
Reposted by Peter HBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think they'll ever recreate what it was like to be on twitter in the 2010s. Soap opera stuff happening constantly. Poster you were vaguely aware of involved in federal fentanyl bust. Poster whose jokes you occasionally liked posed as his aunt (or wife?) for 6 years. Pastor who steals jokes 1665167455
Reposted by Peter HBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14hEveryone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 21889732869
Reposted by Peter Hceej @ceej.online · 16hthe DOJ “reviewing watergate” has the foulest stink of desperation. trying to rewrite history to rescue nixon’s name from the mud as if he’s not already a sitcom punchline. I wonder if there’s another historically corrupt executive suddenly worried about his own legacy? probably just a coincidence 2771177
Reposted by Peter HJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 17hwow. plagiarism is a serious crime 820419
Reposted by Peter HPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20hAt a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience. 321380251
Reposted by Peter HDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19h"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31067424
Reposted by Peter HDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19h"In other words, the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists." 2674175
Reposted by Peter HDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 20hWriting something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 8804258
Reposted by Peter HPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 19hThis story is great but man I am laughing at how much this guy looks like Michael McDonald - did any other genes even make it in? If you told me that he’d been the result of asexual reproduction by Michael McDonald I’d believe you 892645353
Reposted by Peter Hryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20hgreat speech. FDR had Stephen Miller and his blustering bullshit dead to rights 90 years ago www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...presidency.ucsb.eduAddress at the Annual Dinner of White House Correspondents' Association | The American Presidency Project 422452
Reposted by Peter Hdial “m” for marlo @marlo.ooo · 18hlol im anti-monarchy but i learned that the crown princess of norway got conscripted and she’s a gunner on a tank. tank princess. love it when things happen and then i get to form sentences about them 1224334
Reposted by Peter HKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20hThere's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this? 1213408714
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