Reposted by Ian 485Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 17hI'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7536761064
Reposted by Ian 485Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, patron saint of Republicans raping children. Are they going to have him lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda? 43630125
Ian 485 @ian485.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Watching the pilot episode of Kolshak The Night Stalker when I was like ten. I wanted to stop halfway through but my dad made me watch the whole thing because I begged him to let me stay up late to watch it. 000
Reposted by Ian 485Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine if we HADN'T elected a rapist. TWICE!!! 443873
Reposted by Ian 485Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nazis getting their escape plans ready (again) 1288
Reposted by Ian 485David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rapist recognizes rapistsindependent.co.ukTrump says ‘I feel badly’ for accused Cornell gang rapists after Hochul announcementTrump was prosecuted by New York AG Letitia James, who is taking over the Ivy League rape investigation, for business fraud after losing the 2020 election 1230377
Reposted by Ian 485The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries. trib.al/KAm2TVFtrib.alVance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of MidtermsYou know, like being able to afford gas and groceries. 2313452
Reposted by Ian 485Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all. 202204480
Reposted by Ian 485onion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals 533151556
Ian 485 @ian485.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not a surprise. The whole damn GOP is a party of rapists and abusers. 000
Reposted by Ian 485CitizensKnow @citizensknow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I use the term 'Adjudicated Insurrectionist', rather than 'President'. 0112
Reposted by Ian 485Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/09/2026Hey, DFW! Come see me and get your comics signed at @zeuscomics.bsky.social this Sunday from 2-4 pm! My first signing in Texas since before the pandemic! It's gonna be awesome! gregpak.com/2026-09-27-g...gregpak.com2026-09-27 - Greg Pak signing at Zeus Comics in Dallas!Hey, friends in Texas! I'm doing a comic book signing in Dallas for the first time in years! Come see me Sunday, 9/27, 2-4 pm, at Zeus Comics, 334 Inwood Rd, Dallas, TX 75247! If all goes well, ... 16820
Reposted by Ian 485Zeus Comics @zeuscomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Greg Pak Signing Sunday 2-4pm Writer, photographer & filmmaker @gregpak.net joins Zeus Sunday from 2-4pm for a signing. His works include Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, Darth Vader, Ronin Island, Mech Cadet Yu, Batman/Superman, Stranger Things, Supernatural & many more. zeuscomics.com Dallas TX 0127
Reposted by Ian 485Anil Dash @anildash.com · 21/09/2026The GOP platform is simple: They want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. 338675
Reposted by Ian 485Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sneak peek at next week's strange new worlds finale 624257
Reposted by Ian 485Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138803686
Reposted by Ian 485Zeus Comics @zeuscomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Batman Day Bonus: We got flyers ready for @gregpak.net appearance next Sunday the 27th at Zeus! 221
Reposted by Ian 485John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854125841
Reposted by Ian 485Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When I argue that this AI doomsday stuff is marketing hype, I mostly get ignored and I think I know why: people don't understand why "our product will destroy humanity" is an advertising pitch for the product. You're right. It's counterintuitive. But here's why www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...nbcnews.comWhat might an AI doomsday look like? Experts have given it some thoughtResearchers have worried about the increasing power of AI systems for years, but an explosion of interest has ignited old controversies about exactly how AI will cause chaos. 1530594
Reposted by Ian 485Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sending every palantir executive to The Hague is fine by me! 940545
Reposted by Ian 485Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise. 263125692
Reposted by Ian 485Dr. Bourbonstein Ph. D @drbourbonstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The "how much do you like dogs" chart we all needed. 221091365
Reposted by Ian 485jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026the sum total of Sam Alito’s jurisprudence on voting adds up to “You have the right to vote for a Republican and if you aren’t likely to vote for a Republican, then Republicans are allowed to disenfranchise you.” 312656439
Ian 485 @ian485.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am NOT comfortable with this. We shouldn’t ally with racists who condone Trump’s worst abuses. We shouldn’t give them an inch. 000
Reposted by Ian 485Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11/09/2026The real legacy of 9/11 is what we see happening in the US right now. Organizations purportedly formed to combat terrorism are being used by a demented sociopathic president to terrorize the citizens of the US, and turn the nation into a white supremacist dictatorship. 15843264
Reposted by Ian 485Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If they had a “Free Palestine” poster in there, they would have been arrested and charged as terrorists 210521
Reposted by Ian 485inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 07/09/2026i present to you: today's new york times lead opinion piece. if this doesn't make you realize whose side the times is playing on, you're dense and i can't help you. they are doing free advertising for fascists. there are very few places we can turn to for propaganda-free news now 21596126
Reposted by Ian 485David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/09/2026This is wild: only *one quarter* of the New Yorkers who live in the city today were there on 9/11. It's basically an entirely new city. Cities are magic: constantly changing, churning engines of human progress. This is why conservatives hate them.vitalcitynyc.orgA City Forgets. Maybe It’s Supposed To.The New York of today is a different city than the New York of 9/11. 20777163
Reposted by Ian 485Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.” 1336178023946
Reposted by Ian 485Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026Look, guys, the data centers really need that water to make more csam 201910445
Reposted by Ian 485Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Speaker of the House routinely deflects questions about the president who is in his own party by saying he hadn't heard that particular comment, but every single Democratic candidate is expected to denounce a Twitch streamer? 14852961010
Reposted by Ian 485Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dolly Parton lived with a gay man for years. She was a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ folks and a philanthropic champion of childhood literacy and education, vaccines, and the black people in her community. "We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...nytimes.comDolly Parton’s Cautious Politics Resulted in Widespread AffectionBipartisan tributes demonstrated the success of the singer’s long-running effort to stay out of party politics in a sharply divided country. 613758639
Reposted by Ian 485inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 26/08/2026dolly didn't hoard her wealth like other rich people. she showed what could be done with money; increasing literacy, funding a vaccine, taking care of each other in so many ways. her philanthropy and kindness were always a threat to other rich people, it exposed their greed and selfishness 2503
Reposted by Ian 485Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It's so weird that Dolly Parton used her money to help ordinary people in a thousand different meaningful ways *and* lived an incredibly happy fulfilled life, almost like there's some sort of connection between the two. Anyway, let me read about another AI CEO poisoning a town for shits and giggles 3952601045
Reposted by Ian 485Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...en.wikipedia.orgDolly Parton - Wikipedia 151569352
Reposted by Ian 485Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135058680
Reposted by Ian 485Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121515978
Reposted by Ian 485Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/08/2026 RFK, Makary, Prasad, Bhattacharya, Kulldorff, Hoeg, Oz brought you this.abcnews.com2 people die from measles in PennsylvaniaTwo people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday. 1013666
Reposted by Ian 485Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026“AI is not a natural phenomenon, conceived by nature; it is a technological phenomenon, conceived by venture capitalists and programmers. As such, it takes no native, intentional action, and any action or motivation is driven directly or indirectly by the entities that have built it for a purpose.”technologyreview.comDebates over AI consciousness are a trapIf AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can’t held liable for the harms they cause. 214761
Reposted by Ian 485Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It's true that *at an individual level* you should be kind. Don't scream at your anti-vaxx neighbors or whatever. But when it comes to *public discourse* the most important message is that vaccines save lives and anti-vaxx beliefs kill children. If they feel attacked by that, it's not my problem. 352287346
Reposted by Ian 485Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Yeah … they literally did the exact thing I was talking about … [1/2] 10662111
Reposted by Ian 485David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective. 1455038928
Reposted by Ian 485Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just as I don't want to read a book by someone who couldn't be bothered to write it, I *definitely* don't want to eat food by someone who doesn't want me to see that food in actual photo form. You're advertising a product that does not and cannot exist in corporeal reality. WTF. 1648173
Reposted by Ian 485Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use. 221174433961