Reposted by Ballroom DesignerPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is incredibly important. I feel deeply that curbing sexual violence will come from raising social expectations of men, not from ‘educating’ them. I fear this is an unpopular view, because people are afraid to face up to the scale of the issue. 14927283
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 571214924188
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026After it rains, go outside and breathe in deeply. That wonderful earthy smell in the air? It’s called petrichor. And climate change could alter when and where it happens.scientificamerican.comHow climate change is altering petrichor, the glorious smell after it rainsAs the planet changes, so will this nostalgia-triggering scent 09430
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerBearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026None of the dystopian movies were stupid enough. 2237
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron. 44698901446
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178125002679
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026This is why civic owned teams make so much sense imo, why should some rich guy get to define what are in every function public institutions. 538843
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026White House: the spots are "public service announcements" that are "reminding Americans to love their country” George Orwell: “Sheeeeeit.” 1052295
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951571223
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable 94115822865
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerBrent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 19/09/2026MAGA finding out 26862188
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerPaul 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. 354163204192
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Honestly just touch the fucking stove already buddy. We’re already boned six ways to Sunday, might as well make it Sunday. 1394940567
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJulianne Helinek @lookitsjulianne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026He saw the people pointing out that Ed Sheeran was getting 10x the smoke of Robert Kraft and went, you know what, that’s a great point, I have an idea. The man is playing 4D chess. 061
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Literally watch me 👀 81959
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115791941
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026the reason the ai companies claim they are on the verge of creating superintelligence is not to warn us of the risks. it's because it's a fun sf narrative that serves as a marketing tool. 1 10630118
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerKyle Foley @kylefoleywrites.com · 13/09/2026It's just crazy to me that these racist chuds see people come from all over the world and fall in love with so many different parts of our country and go "this is bad" I get it, it's the racism, but the fact that everyone wants to come here is GOOD you ignorant, racist fucks 28217
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We don’t talk enough about how much of our days have become entangled in determining what’s real. What’s genuine. What’s human or what’s synthetic. What’s worth our time after having already spent it. It’s a grotesque skill we’ve all been forced to master, and a waste of energy none of us can spare. 24628140
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026From Mercado Media on Facebook. JON STEWART CALLS OUT NYC’S BETRAYAL OF 9/11 SURVIVORS. 211851
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026If I were emperor for a day, one change I'd make: In every political race, at every level, at least the *first* debate would be replaced by a simple test of knowledge. How do taxes work? What agency is responsible for what? Is your area growing or shrinking in population? Just basic stuff. 771987297
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury. 5058482036
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The problem with basketball is that only two teams play so no one can tie for fifth place. 284723574
Ballroom Designer @ihaveideas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Prediction Market” James doesn’t roll off the tongue like “King” James. 060
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The challenge as I see it: 1) making sure the election isn’t stolen; 2) cementing this unpopularity not as a unique Trump feature, but as an intrinsic part of the Republican brand. Republicans must be made equal to failure, corruption, incompetence, cruelty, and authoritarianism in the public mind. 321451374
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerJason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has placed the redistricting referendum on the ballot. It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect. ENORMOUS 739096
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116893321
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him. 4950701106
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262529031
Reposted by Ballroom Designerabsolute horses @jcoglan.com · 30/08/2026could a handful of billionaires owning the means of production of all knowledge/creative work revive socialism 151057147
Ballroom Designer @ihaveideas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Wilco Ray Charles Dwight Yoakum The Rolling Stones Uncle Tupelo Paul McCartney Waxahatchee Doc Watson David Bowie Bruce Springsteen Son Volt 000
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Trump, empowered by SCOTUS, entered office convinced he could do insider trading, sell pardons and favors, take bribes, steal and openly flout the law. Now, with the prospect of investigations looming, he is growing ever more fearful that he miscalculated. 14334571067
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A grown-up replies to the American president. That there is still a third of the our citizenry that supports Donald Trump and his ridiculous, infantile tantrums says everything about the decline of our national ethos. We will not shake off the humiliation for generations, if ever. 33598137
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My top issues when voting are: 1) Bring Maggot Hagerman to justice 2) Ballroom 3) Own libs 4) Prosecute Comey … 27) Grocery prices … 57) Gas prices 1815422
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerRachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶 17086901987
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerClaire 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 Ballroom DesignerKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What an incredible, purposeful, artistically rich, intentional life. 898851
Reposted by Ballroom Designerbythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 24/08/2026We don't know who requested the meeting between Jeffries & Kushner but Jeffries should never have agreed to it. Trump has seen polls showing Dems taking the House. Why should Dems meet to reach common ground after he has ruled like a dictator? No compromise. Just kick his ass. 1471481279
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026These James Baldwin words have been ringing in my ears for months. “To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So I'm forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe we can survive whatever we must survive.” badfaithtimes.com/i-cant-be-a-...badfaithtimes.comI Can’t Be A Pessimist Because I Am AliveThe appeal of nihilism today is as strong and dangerous as it's ever been. 17013
Reposted by Ballroom Designerᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572693494
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Finally some heat. 1004713669
Reposted by Ballroom DesignerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The world’s highest IQ score carries the same authority as the highest score in Donkey Kong at a local Dave & Busters. 2694150404
