Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10hHere's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A... 13348151
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1hI understand why people think there's something going on "behind the scenes," but it's mostly out in the open. This is how power struggles happen in an oligarchy. These guys all need each other in order to remain the small group who control the country and loot its wealth away from working people. 419541
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 2hA little unexpected shake-up in Tacoma today! During today’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake, some of our aquarium animals were briefly startled, but everyone is safe and doing well. Most guests and staff didn’t feel the earthquake at all. 730252
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.techpolicy.pressEight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa FeA jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. 8714256
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1hThe White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 1111627459
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 21425492
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3h“There are men who cook for him and men who clean for him. There are men who make his bed and men who do his laundry. There is even a man who gives him Chinese-style massages.”nbcnews.comDiddy’s pampered life in prison: Massages, nude photos, HennessySean Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to a low-security correctional facility in southern New Jersey, sources said. 48322
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 4hICE plans to hire 5,000 employees before year’s end to bolster President Trump’s deportation campaign, even as thousands of earlier recruits await background checks.washingtonsun.comICE to Launch Another 5,000-Person Recruitment Surge This YearThe expansion would boost ICE’s workforce by about 17%. 51911
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNPR @npr.org · 9hJaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4hTdlIvn.prA young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deploymentJaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. 26429225
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15hWrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doingslate.comIt Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage. 13919237
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerRay Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 3hThe Naval Academy faculty has been roughly 50% civilian and 50% military since its founding in 1845. I was a Chemistry major (1972) and part of the military faculty as a Chemistry instructor from 1975-1978. Civilian profs were the core and foundation of the department. 24620
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerColin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 3hthis is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement. 91589330
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3hA truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 523087617
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 3hNo one on his staff even once thought to check if there were any women's games being played that night. These are the people calling themselves defenders of women's sports. 780790
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 3hI actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta. 33912121
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 4hI spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”usatoday.comCornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | ExclusiveA third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year. 5304115
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my goals in writing this book was to get a copy in every college library so that survivors entering the Title IX system would know what they were getting into—and be able to use that knowledge however they wanted. But a lot of schools banned the book. 515574
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For every story like the Cornell gang rape, there are thousands more that couldn’t make it into the light. I wrote about a few dozen of them at one university in On the Wrong Side. The university’s treatment of survivors is eerily similar to what Jane Doe at Cornell experienced.bookshop.orgOn the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop... 1376130
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 4hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 441386462
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 5h"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. 401597550
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 7hIt’s faded from the news but Hegseth is still working to strangle teaching and speech at the military academies. wapo.st/4hDFceJwapo.stHegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professorsThe move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies. 817774
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1440901122
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerDavid J. @mallee-man.bsky.social · 5hDario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, "considered OpenAI “a shit show” that was “run by low-integrity people” ... and strongly believed "that Sam Altman was a two-faced manipulator." Will Altman become the new super-villain as Terminator become reality? 🥴🥺😎 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comInside the Biggest Feud in Artificial IntelligenceA new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it. 79010
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5hA problem is that many people know that the vast majority of the people who voted for the fascist in chief in 2024 would vote for him again today. So folks know that many people are politically untrustworthy. It adds to the malaise. 938049
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10hFBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 281166419
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 20170242265
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 7h'Four companies in different sectors, all aiming to raise at least $50 million, announced postponements or pulled their IPOs altogether in the past week. That makes seven in the third quarter, up from four in the second quarter and three in the first.' www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/i... 211621
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 637255098813
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerLisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 14hThe proposed rule is from OMB, the office run by Russell Vought -- who has a history of opposing government efforts to expand access to voting. 322784
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerRight Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 7hMike Johnson previews GOP strategy for the lead-up to the mid-terms: smearing Democrats as anti-God communists. More at: www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat... 12539
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7hJesse Watters: "In Arkansas, blacks are three times more likely to be on welfare, but because there are so many whites in Arkansas, there are a lot of people on welfare there. She should've just chosen a Mexican! Just a Mexican-American; it would have settled everything, right?!" 15388
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 10hThe problem that we need to solve isn't rogue AI, it's that companies increasingly think they can just price crime into the business model and get away with it 247881
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 10hLook, the solution is obvious. Hold the execs accountable for the crime that the committed by their greedy negligence. Who cares about "superintelligence", what's rogue here is a number of companies with unsafe business practices which knowingly endanger the publicnytimes.comOpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. ModelsEmployees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen. 6433100
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 7hThe Democrats can put a rider into the Appropriations Bill that: (a) renames the Office; and (b) defunds its ability to engage in third-party deportations to other countries through defunding airplane contracts. 7474141
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7hThey can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 1034285
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hTrump starts twitching in anger when a reporter tries to ask him about ICE 2131055232
Reposted by Pastry Enjoyeremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14hJack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.] 151921595
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant childrenExclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist 51640349
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerChris @justokonline.bsky.social · 9hI think the Federalist Society has been one of the most damaging organizations in modern American history. 2224
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 9hDo we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity. 1142804441
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 9hThis wasn't a one-off: about 4000 parents in GA have also been billed for their children's foster care. Now a judge has ordered the state to stop collecting fees once children are adopted or age out. But the core practice remains: Georgia can still bill parents while their kids are in foster care.ajc.comGeorgia must stop charging parents ‘erroneous’ fees, judge rulesGeorgia has been wrongly charging parents foster care fees for children no longer in state custody and the practice must stop, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled Wednesday. 26928
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10hIn 2018, Annalinda Martinez and her daughters became homeless. She went to Georgia's child welfare agency looking for help finding housing. Instead, the state took her children. Then DFCS began charging her for their foster care. Those bills eventually left her $13,000 in debt.wabe.orgGeorgia removed her kids because she was homeless. The state is charging her $13,000 for foster careGeorgia is among several states that have moved away from charging parents for their kids' time in foster care. But parents who already owe money for past cases are still on the hook. 6170100
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTrump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it." 592669150
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 8hStarting October 1, the Republican reconciliation law slashes federal $ for SNAP administration, leaving states & counties with huge gaps to fill: "We understand the implications of property tax increases—we’re trying to keep them low without cutting services and that is becoming nearly impossible." 0116
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hElon Musk corrects himself: "I think it's worth highlighting the positive benefits of AI -- SI, pardon me. I think by far the most likely outcome is major abundance." 345736151
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hMike Johnson referring to it as "super intelligence" and to AI companies as "super intelligence providers" 379671116
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 9hMeta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 341337532
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 9hBREAKING: The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration continue deporting people to third countries for now while justices weigh policy.bit.lySupreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume while justices weigh Trump policyThe Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s administration to continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. 266041
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hElon Musk is sitting right by Trump 1581004275
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10h#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 921049456