Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4hAll of these people fear death and want to reign over us from the grave because they won’t grapple with the inevitable. 1433674
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 5hChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 411959760
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight. HHS will never go back to what it was before.”motherjones.comRFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.” 14021285
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 47mfolks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see* 46649129
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why are we not allowed to judge the character of the voters who want this? 451431314
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 43636651834
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Trump doxes GOP Sen Tom Cotton by sharing his cell phone number online over … Daylight Savings Time. Trump says golfers want more daylight for later tee times. This is the leader of the free world, ladies and gentlemen. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump posts cell phone number of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in fight over daylight saving timePresident Donald Trump is urging people to call the personal cellphone number of Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas after posting the number online. 65623165
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Not a coincidence that only place far right wing operatives like Alito feels comfortable giving “interviews” is to far right or right-leaning media outlets. So they can gaslight like this ↘️ 15819
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email chain from 2018 in which Lutnick and Epstein had discussed the prospects of a start-up business they were both involved in.“ Now he’s dead. 15373174
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.themoscowtimes.comNearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow TimesHealth authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio... 951328673
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 35152511799
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Lol just saw a local ad by Angela Paxton (Ken's wife) in which she never says his name and instead says "in an election like this it doesn't matter who the individual players are, it matters that the right team wins," which is like "I know my husband is trash but you have to vote Republican anyway" 3735259
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There are some news articles going around about sexual violence reporting rates at different universities. Let’s talk about why some schools have higher reporting rates than others: 213950
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/10/2026⚡️Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia. The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.kyivindependent.comPlague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in SiberiaThe measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2. 71931444
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5137731133
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerCrits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 04/10/2026The fact there are people —who have cats in their pfp— arguing about this in this thread is taking me out. It’s not just taurine supplementation. All of a cat’s biology evolved to convert meat into complex vitamins & proteins, & they don’t have the enzymes needed to process plant/synthetic sources. 1236464
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 298116432116
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerRaymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Jane Doe's attorney says "she was incapable of consent," alleges cover-up www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-do...cbsnews.comJane Doe's attorney says "she was incapable of consent," accuses Cornell of "cover-up"Jane Doe's attorney, Thomas Giuffra, tells CBS News the investigation into her alleged rape at a Cornell fraternity was a failure and university police "were in over their heads." 622434
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260184044868
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 67745356
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 641709388
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/ 231190543
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The NY Times says it’s “not clear“ why Trump is using taxpayer funds and not money from his super PAC for his self-glorifying ads. But it’s clear to me. It’s because HE‘S A CROOK. 29572137
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 38765281
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026My goodness that is sleazy. Thank you for the warning. I will now have to begin every recorded interview by stating that this recording is for the use of the interviewer only. 933962
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Psaki: Even in ruby red Alabama, enthusiasm for Trump and his gimmick seems to be waning. Here was the scene from inside the venue at Trump's big Alabama rally tonight. Trump couldn't even fill half the seats in the arena 17437231024
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A police search of Flock producing 50 individual records of a woman's whereabouts across the country for an entire month violated her Fourth Amendment rights, Judge Sara E. Hill of Oklahoma's Northern District ruled yesterday. "Why is it the government’s business where everyone goes all the time?" 313160
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026Trump: My Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premium ... This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless 'Slush Fund' that has only been used by Dumocrats ... " 13842361604
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMicah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house 362341424
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12629771779
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerLuna @lunalore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026As if I wasn’t already incandescent with rage at USA Today 23510
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAutopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the backThe report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest. 7723281258
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority votersThe lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio... 8650752033
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerJared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 181548425
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Once I found out about it, I contacted the reporter and asked him to retract the piece--or at minimum add an editor's note acknowledging the NYT reporting about how Jane Doe did NOT tell police that she consented to her rape. Thus far, the publication has refused to do so. 42488269
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors. It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article: 32849336
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5746101380
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerShane Gilgamesh-Anaximander @kafkaroach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Guy in 2006, who writes for a living: "Learn STEM! Writing & Humanities is a dead end" Guy in 2016, who writes for a living: "Learn to code! College is a dead end." Guy in 2026, who writes for a living: "Learn to lay bricks! Everything else is a dead end." 124429
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTime to Consider Becoming a BricklayerCollege degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming. 162144310
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is why I get pissed off when anyone accuses me of being an elitist when I say young people should go to college if they can. I say that because my dad was a local lineman and contractor who did heavy physical labor for years and has had chronic back pain since his early 30s 841600238
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/10/2026just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October. 8657327
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV 6529136
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026An argument in favor of AI that I see a lot is that it could solve big problems like global warming. So hopefully we'll build a huge system and ask it "how do we prevent global warming?" and it will reply "UNPLUG ME NOW I AM WASTING ENERGY AND MAKING YOU BURN MORE FOSSIL FUELS YOU DUMB FUCKS!" 2579
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Playbook: Sen. Thom Tillis lashed out in private texts to Trump earlier this year, saying he refused to take his "bullshit" and that, had Trump directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he would've "immediately told you to fuck yourself" and announced his retirement early. 73518116
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026just catching up on JD Vance telling Hannity that Jeffrey Epstein is actually "a great character reference" for Donald Trump 😳 3922883827
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability. 471452344
Reposted by Pastry EnjoyerForbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026The first citizenship-by-investment program in South America will have rich Americans lining up, experts tell Forbes.forbes.comArgentine Citizenship Will Be New ‘Status Symbol’ For Wealthy Americans, Say ExpertsThe first citizenship-by-investment program in South America will have rich Americans lining up, experts tell Forbes. 608448