j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The free market delivers the best outcomes” 000
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialThe Austin Chronicle @austinchronicle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026State troopers arrest City Council candidate Misael Ramos for ICE protest.austinchronicle.comState Troopers Arrest City Council Candidate for ICE Protest • The Austin ChronicleState Troopers Arrest City Council Candidate for ICE Protest 199
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.boltsmag.orgThe 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - BoltsVoters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states. 181026565
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I refuse to buy anything with the word “tactical” in the name. I don’t want your tactical shirt, jacket, or pants. I’m not planning a battle. 000
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Why does the working class account for only 1% of lawmakers in the US? Read this @us.theconversation.com piece by @noamlupu.bsky.social and @carnes.bsky.social, authors of Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: How Democracy Undermines Working-Class Representation (out October 6!): buff.ly/2Hyz9aytheconversation.comWhy working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the worldCampaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome. 01814
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not only is @duckworth.senate.gov refusing to do her Constitutional due diligence, she is telling our allies, who now view the US as a threat, that the Dems are a part of that threat. Our allies will have no reason to believe our government will course correct. They will have no reason to trust us. 000
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25476663459
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialShambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 21/09/2026So they beat up a citizen for refusing to provide ID Papers, please 10493205
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 21/09/2026NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital. 171594657
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Disheartening that Bluesky sees someone having a mental breakdown as an opportunity to pile on. Congratulations on being better than someone in their very worst moment. You win! 000
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026First eyewitness accounts from this afternoon’s ICE shooting in Austin is here, from freelance reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez. 371600677
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialKXAN News @kxan.com · 20/09/2026A man was shot and injured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in north Austin on Sunday afternoon, according to a City of Austin news flash. www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/city… 045
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202821976
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It would be so much more defensible to just say, “humans are endowed by God with souls and machines aren‘t.“ instead, you end up with people saying, basically, wet mushy stuff can produce consciousness but hard metallic stuff inherently can’t. makes you sympathize with eliminating materialism… 2423
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialGuy Oron @guyoron.net · 18/09/2026NEW: Seattle is about to ban supermarkets from using your data to set individualized prices and coupons to curb price gouging and discrimination. The big grocer lobby is pissed, and is spamming Seattleites with scary text messages. Read in @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...thestranger.comSeattle Is Poised to Ban Supermarket Algorithmic Price Discrimination - The StrangerThis coming Tuesday, in an effort to crack down on price gouging and discrimination, the Seattle City Council will vote on a bill prohibiting large grocery store companies from using customer personal... 11344891319
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this. 5629451403
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026A cancer vaccine succeeded in a clinical trial in preventing the recurrence of melanoma, a result experts say is a breakthrough for mRNA-based treatments. Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway. washingtonpost.comA melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway. 151115383
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com 7645081427
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialMitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is the "moderate" president of Israel, overriding the wishes of the IDF (!) to pardon a cold blooded, cowardly murderer who shot a helpless man in the head as he lay incapacitated on the ground. The problem in Israel is wider than the Netanyahu-led far right. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comHerzog pardons IDF soldier convicted of killing wounded Palestinian assailantThe IDF has previously objected to pardoning Azaria, citing his lack of remorse over his actions. Defense Minister Katz, who requested the pardon, said it sent a message that 'we do not leave our sold... 1313141
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.social🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Reacher (book) kills white supremacists (fictional), but Reacher (streaming) hasn't yet despite Alan Ritchson (Reacher (streaming)) wanting to because of studio fear of white supremacists (actual, government). 132156541
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Some people don’t know what a left libertarian sounds like. 000
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is death cult behavior. They are mentally unwell. 000
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you own a restaurant and you depict your food using AI, that communicates to me you have zero passion or respect for the food you make. I won’t bother trying your food. 000
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a selfish person’s understanding of a coalition. They don’t understand you can’t throw coalition members under the bus and expect the coalition to remain intact. 020
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI... 9555462163
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267006704
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bigots hiding who they are until after a primary is infuriating. Voters are being robbed of the right to make an informed decision. 1509133
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026Called it. The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up. www.wbur.org/news/2026/09... 212606750
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialAsh Gravestoneman 🎃 @ashstoneman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Time to burn my Ed Sheeran cd 362777457
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yet another reason why countries around the world will not suddenly trust the US again if/when the Democrats win back power. They do nothing with that power to course correct. Countries know the US will remain dysfunctional and corrupt. 020
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialMB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it. 7172161582
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is why countries like Canada won’t suddenly trust the US again if/when Democrats win back power. The Democrats do not instill trust. 001
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the entire US system in a nutshell. Zero integrity. Zero accountability. 010
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialKen Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026While Sen. Katie Britt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & Trump's US Trade Representative, obtained via FOIA by @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati... 28494222
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 16/09/202699% of people with tattoos have bad tattoos. 100
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked. 6330141672
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Will Stancil is doing more than overhyping machine learning. He’s greatly devaluing human consciousness and sentience in living beings in general. Scientific materialism helped move us away from myths and witch hunts, but it now treats life like nothing more than an algorithm. It devalues life. 031
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight 721802539
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’” Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities. 1027297
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialBen Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Cybersecurity experts say AI giants are shutting them out of safety plans www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...nbcnews.comCybersecurity experts say AI giants are shutting them out of safety plansCybersecurity experts told NBC News that they were concerned that fundamental issues of cybersecurity weren’t being addressed. 54329
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Steve Bannon is a white supremacist war criminal and anyone who aligns with him is antiblack. Would you pair up with David Duke if he announced he was anti-AI? 11378333
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I voted for Sanders twice in primaries. I did so fully aware that the vast majority of my Black family and friends did not trust him. I thought that he was the better choice compared to others in the Dem primaries on policy grounds. There's no way to defend him on this Bannon gambit. It's disgusting 23943129
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sheeran’s response sounds a lot like the apolitical people I met in college in the 90s. They were libertarians if anything. “Do nothing and enjoy the privilege” was their belief system. They vote Dem now, but they are still silent. 141
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour. 10497181990
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is the result of Republicans deciding government should be run like a business and Democrats adopting similar ideology as they chased the Republicans further rightward on economics. Allowing outsized private power has consequences. 000
j-kindz.bsky.social @j-kindz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Want to know how far right the Dem Party is? They’re calling FDR a communist now. We have fascism because both parties are far right on economics. They enable outsized private power to usurp our democracy and are against gov benefitting people. That’s why we rank so low on quality of life metrics. 000
Reposted by @j-kindz.bsky.socialAaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Incredible headline here (among other things)theguardian.comTexas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to communityDisbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply 13060491426
