Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Since there’s an opening for press secretary, I know a great candidate who’s not only a lawyer, but a neurosurgeon, a Grammy-winning recording artist, and the inventor of the Post-It Note. 403608418 3.6K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Speaking of gratitude, someone who was gifted a senate seat and the vice presidency by sugar daddy should probably show a bit more 551924241 1.9K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Ken Paxton voted against a bill making animal abusers pay to treat the animals they hurt. Paxton went on to protect a research lab that tortured 400 puppies. 661379688 1.4K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 14/10/2026He may not know it, but he was overjoyed they interrupted his bullshit with laughter. Gave him someone to self-righteously yell at, because he can't berate Trump. 010 1
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/10/2026Russia lost data centers - MAGA lost its best and brightest. 408129453201 12.9K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Hello? 911? Yes, I’d like to report a murder. 30884153 884
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"It stupefies, it sickens, it infuriates, and finally it is even a kind of embarrassment to one’s own meager imagination. The actuality is continually outdoing our talents, and the culture tosses up figures almost daily that are the envy of any novelist.” (Philip Roth, 1961) 011 1
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's an ethics of conviction (and purity) over an ethics of responsibility. And it's also Bankhead being an unserious narcissist. 030 3
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq... 492939806 2.9K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialPaul Leigh -Some Rascal on the Internet @pleightx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 229107882250 10.8K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months. 24532471614 3.2K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes. It's about having an ethics of responsibility rather than an ethics of conviction 060 6
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 06/10/2026Project Meridian will be led by a weirdo, a beardo, & a fatty. 41368701852 6.9K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cindy Hyde-Smith is supported by fertilizer companies ripping off farmers, millions from a pro-AI super PAC pushing for costly data center development and everything in between. It's pretty clear who she answers to. As senator, the only people I'll owe anything to are the people of Mississippi. 4331114 331
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They want us divided. They want us fighting each other instead of working together. Organized people beat big money every day of the week. But we have to get organized. So what are we going to do about it yall? Volunteer today at AngieNixon.com. #AngieForFlorida 5312113 312
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Radu Jude's Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 110 1
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The funniest thing about Seinfeld now is that he doesn't realize he sounds exactly like the absurdist lunatic elderly men on Seinfeld (his father, Uncle Leo, Frank Costanza, etc.) 110 1
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thanks for the heads up. Just gave some money to the Dem candidates in the toss-up races. secure.actblue.com/donate/govsl...secure.actblue.comChip in!Show your support with a contribution. 000 0
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialmichaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The races that could expand Democrats' path to the White House are short on cash www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comDemocrats Are Underfunding the Races That Could Remake the MapDemocratic donors are pouring money into Senate races as Republicans build an advantage in gubernatorial contests that could shape the party’s future. 123 3
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails 59851081457 5.1K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768471120 6.8K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nader's narcissistic 2000 run also presaged the much wider adoption of an ethics of conviction over an ethics of responsibility (as Kwame Anthony Appiah described it) - i.e. I need to follow my convictions and vote for a third party candidate because I abhor the Dem's position on one issue. 010 1
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid 1333705487 3.7K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day. 1542181113456 18.1K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17341601398 4.2K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialBeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins 4659771116 6K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"And what about all the people I didn't illegally scam?" 000 0
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comWe need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will BunchThe media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy. 901819705 1.8K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Huller's performance in Toni Erdmann is one of the greatest performances of the 21st century. 110 1
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026We could reduce US fossil-fuel pollution (climate & local air/water) ~25% by cleaning up the grid, ~25% by electrifying ground transport, and ~25% by electrifying heat (for space/water/food/many industrial processes). The last ~25% - everything else - is important but no reason not to do the 75%. 614435 144
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Susan Collins says she delivers for Maine, but we all know the truth. Her legacy is corruption and self-service. 32567209 567
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's always that one cub: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu... 521882257 1.9K
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's bust-out time...... 040 4
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You don’t change Mississippi by playing it safe. You change it by having the courage to stand up when it matters — even when the powerful don’t like it. I've always stood up for Mississippi and I'm ready to beat Cindy Hyde-Smith this November. #MississippiMatters 14219 42
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As Health Director for Wayne County, we put vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips in 100 locations. We hoped to make even a small dent in offsetting the opioid epidemic that Mike Rogers made even worse by voting with the pharmaceutical industry his entire career in Congress. 13283752273 8.4K
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialAarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026"The seven transgressed boundaries are: climate change, change in biosphere integrity, land system change, freshwater change, modification of biogeochemical flows, introduction of novel entities, and ocean acidification." @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...pik-potsdam.dePlanetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to the latest Plan... 216378 163
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialLaura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Weird for Zach Lahn to wade in here. He changed his voter registration to Iowa in Oct 2024, and his kids are growing up in another state. Lindsay James (Dem in #IA02) didn't grow up in Iowa but she moved to Dubuque in 2015, is raising kids there, and was first elected to the Iowa House in 2018. 1013424 134
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Because they didn't make enough money from the defense contracts and their crypto scams to pay for it themselves??? And I would bet the house that they're all shitty tippers, too. 000 0
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's a mafia bust out and the whole world is Sonny Bunz. 010 1
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Little Lord Dunning-Kruger 020 2
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Many weirdnesses involved in this. But was talking to one guy who explained that to a great degree both OpenAI and Anthropic were started by folks whose argument was: AI will likely destroy humanity. So we need to create it so we can prevent that from happening. Paradoxical argument. 3519427 194
ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you're going to Denmark and haven't already seen it, you should try to watch the miniseries, Families Like Ours on Netflix. 000 0
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A magnificent Harry Siegel column on the city he loves so much.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. 26119 61
Reposted by @ishkabibliophile.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that. 6567149 567
