Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialPEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/10/2026For #BannedBooksWeek, author Patricia McCormick — whose SOLD was the most-banned book of the 2025-26 school year — visited our office to talk to us about the consequences of repealing young readers’ access to stories about sexual violence. 24949346
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8537172222
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 97128622810
historicallysick.bsky.social @historicallysick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Fuck Keitel and Trejo, looks like. Who knew they are fascist sympathizers. 000
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN... 126686464600
historicallysick.bsky.social @historicallysick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The reality of Huxley meets Orwell 010
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialBluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026 427119723841
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 233134033437
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 443190855363
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We live in a police state now 30599200
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026😕 🌎 🔥 5644081513
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialRebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 04/10/2026 432757820
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption? 702236498554
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 522311837
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7954262376
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 663025992
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have zero sympathy for the Mueller people who were gigantic babies at the end of the day, but we should let this Jack Smith guy get a second crack at it. 963766292
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026“Sure, it’s true that many Black people have reclaimed the word. But the lawsuit is about non-Black Tesla employees and managers abusing Black workers — including allegedly hurling the slur at them in ways that don’t sound like anything resembling gestures of ‘respect and endearment.’”futurism.comTesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain CircumstancesAn important trial in California kicked off with Tesla's lawyers arguing that the n-word is a term of "respect and endearment." 761210357
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ABC: “A 36yo immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in ICE custody… Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena marks the 55th such case during Trump’s second term… second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year.”abcnews.comCosta Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency saysA 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday. 531005611
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with. 8443511336
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 6226691083
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on 8685442215
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1400266996702
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social: "It's not conservative vs progressive vs moderate- It's the rich trying to wipe out the middle class. As we fight each other, they pad campaigns to end Social Security, steal from public ed to subsidize for-profit schools, kick 440000 Floridians off ACA coverage." 18623222
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.nytimes.comOpinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity. 5032471228
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg vaccination—telling them that they’re wrong is treating them with respect. The condescending thing to do is indulge them, act like they have a point, as if the thing you know to be wrong might be at least somewhat right. 561925302
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Apartments designated as affordable are sitting empty as the poorest of the poor in the U.S. cannot afford themnbcnews.comThe poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty“I just keep trying to swim uphill,” says Mathew Davis, 49, of the few hundred dollars he earns a month. 411476574
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/09/2026 186155083606
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Not only is that a very real tweet from Mike Davis -- a former Gorsuch clerk and Grassley's chief counsel for nominations -- but he's been doubling and tripling down on it. 1120776
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tech companies don't even tell you what they do anymore, they just look at you like this 26819899
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 384129915474
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/09/2026Ok here we go: It DOES look like a major purpose of this NIH funding transfer to NIH is to circumvent NIH’s peer review processes so political appointees can have control. Check out the redacted agreement @maxkozlov.bsky.social released: 1/ 11441245
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialWallenstein Appreciator @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 05/09/202648% actually. I keep this graph on my phone 161545363
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wow, the Trump EPA is proposing a change to the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” that would exempt moving boats and ships from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program requirements. Let the dumping begin*! *Let’s not. Please comment in the Federal Register.eos.orgEPA Moves to Redefine “Discharge of a Pollutant” - EosThe EPA is proposing a change to the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” that would exempt moving boats and ships from pollution regulations. 7365206
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Just got off an organizing call for this day long conference on fighting technofascism that is happening in Chicago on Sept 19. If you are in the area, you don't want to miss this. It's going to be extraordinary, connecting all the dots. givebutter.com/fighting-tec...givebutter.comFighting Technofascism: Power, Surveillance, and ResistanceJoin us in Chicago, IL on September 19th 317662
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026oh ok so it’s full blown democracy-ending stuff 7410109
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialLate Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Some of the most well-known NoBlogs sites belong to researchers who solely report on far-right hate and radicalization, never doing anything aside from showing you what exists. Using speech to to shine a light and hold people accountable IS effective. Never let them try to convince you otherwise. 6968383
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/08/2026An anonymous Defense Department employee has created a database to track Americans based on their political affiliation. trib.al/h9sKhxEtrib.alPentagon Refuses to Identify Staffer Tracking Democratic SocialistsAn anonymous Defense Department employee has created a database to track Americans based on their political affiliation. 18167152
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de... 311148664
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Quite a list 🤷🏼 19845348
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I think it's bad that the Democrats' House leader is having secret chummy meetings with a guy doing a domestic ethnic cleansing operation and funding a genocide abroad, then spending his entire week going on cable news to complain about a lefty Twitch streamer who nobody knows. Sorry for offending. 190115172181
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*. 4935101021
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialIRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hey, Here in my hands are the two illustrated books that I made, that changed my life and you're probably part of it.Thank you! 🙏🏼🙌🏽.. One was released in 2025, and the other just recently. Help me reach 1000+ readers each. They're free with a tip option. 📖👉🏽 Iranzye.gumroad.com Cheers, mate🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤙🏽 231001276
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This Day in Labor History: August 23, 1927. The state of Massachusetts executed the Italian immigrant anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti for a 1920 murder that they may (Sacco) or may not (Vanzetti) have committed. But they were on trial for their race and beliefs as much as the murder!!! 512757
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026What are we doing? From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : www.instagram.com/reel/DcWe9-6... 30513217
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026But I've been informed by the Chair of Cranial Studies at the University of Texas' Race Realism Institute that this is core academic expression 0101
Reposted by @historicallysick.bsky.socialDiedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...nytimes.comPrison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in ContractsThe GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month. 1616843