Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h“Props. 41 and 42 would both amend the state constitution to stop Prop. 40 … Building a Better California, a group bankrolled by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other billionaires, has raised more than $156 million to support Props. 41 and 42 and more than $88 million to defeat Prop. 40.” 35243
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4hYep! If people had any idea how many of farmers' complaints about "being trapped by corporations" have nothing to do with monopoly power and actually mean "I didn't have to earn my place up in farming. I just inherited it. I feel lost & need to outsource my thinking," y'all would mess your pants. 219533
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Nash @radiodeadair.com · 21hAlmost every hobby or passtime I've had my entire life - comic books, action figures, trading cards, personal computers, even *the movies* - has been consumed by a bunch of gambling addicts desperate for some new speculative market and we should make gambling illegal because it's their fucking turn 14707244
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 21hAmazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They want Amazon to pay them for all their work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time labornotes.org/2026/09/germ...labornotes.orgGerman Amazon Workers Organize to Get Paid for Every MinuteAmazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that ... 03816
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing! 8945567
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 20hno one reads the articles. all of the quotes assume this is because the party is broke because of (spins wheel) whatever that person is mad about today, but the reason they’re scrambling is because they’re trying to run moonshot campaigns in deep red districts they ordinarily would never attempt 282066452
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21hWhistle requests: very light for a while, desultory printing, not a lot going on The last two days: 60 requests in 48 hours, tens of thousands of whistles requested Whistle goblins: have claimed 98% of the requests, and they're all moving out post haste 4450150
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 235761259
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It was 94° at 10am in Bakersfield CA as workers cut and packed Asian vegetables into produce boxes. This fast paced work in an open field is grueling as it means a lot of bending and by the end of the day workers tell us their back aches. #WeFeedYou 16472125
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 10/10/2026Correct. Vought and Bhattacharya want to do to NIH what they have gotten further with at NSF- turn it into a slush fund for their political preferences. But peer review is popular, and it is required by law. So they are slowly chipping away at peer review process in an effort to break it. 38144
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim... 61187307
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Baltimore! Your kittens await you! 0397
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You know what I'm going to say: do not watch video of someone being killed for any reason if you don't absolutely have to, and if you do *genuinely* have to, ie for reporting, use every psychological mitigation technique possible: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.htmlsynecdochic.dreamwidth.orgCaptcha Check 3278103
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Educational opportunities should be lifelong and open to everyone. Congratulations to every person who studied later in life and achieved more than they thought possible. 1196
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026From the plundering of other people's work, to defacing shared community resources like Wikipedia in order to replace them with walled gardens with paid access, to forcing everyone to invest in more cybersecurity, the latest developments in AI have been one endless attack on the Digital Commons. 16221
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 10/10/2026#BlueCross #monopoly in #Michigan is the root cause of a lot of my discontent attempting to practice #medicine in the state. Winning this #lawsuit would not fix all the problems but would improve a lot of them.freep.comMichigan attorney general sues Blue Cross, alleging illegal monopolyMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in "arguably the most consequential antitrust case" of its kind. 2122
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10/10/2026YES. I was just thinking about how many useful ideas and real solutions AREN'T being funded - or even THOUGHT UP - because the money and attention is being sucked into tulip bulbs. You've got kids who might have figured out cold fusion spending all their time building AI video apps. 3341111
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent. 8559213
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/10/2026Related to this…if you or someone you love has a podcast with listeners who might be sympathetic to my plight… 14724
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 48157975201
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Eric J Morey @ericjmorey.com · 10/10/2026The people responsible for this are: Dario Amodei (CEO) Daniela Amodei (President) Ami Vora (CPO) Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (Chief Global Affairs Officer) They directed their computers to do this. They are responsible for these crimes. 0349
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)fletcheredington.bsky.social @fletcheredington.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Give Lina Khan a Gundam remains the moderate position 325647
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Michel Martin, NPR @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This might be one of the most important projects I've ever worked on. And yea it's personal youtube.com/watch?v=ZDhI...youtube.comSuicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.YouTube video by NPR 2349
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Heating good Cooling good Gotta make them both affordable and low-carbon 0237
Jacket (any pronouns) @jacketjellybean.myatproto.social · 10/10/2026are farmers ransoming your loved ones or something 010
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 10/10/2026this is just layers and layers of awful, I cannot believe we have gotten here where we know better. 53510
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read. 10283661308
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"Sturgis Hospital fell victim to factors plaguing many #rural #hospitals: inadequate #Medicaid reimbursement rates, rising operational costs and patient loss from failing service lines such as obstetrics The #Michigan hospital announced June 16 that it would close permanently, effective June 19."mlive.comA rural Michigan town lost its hospital. The impact goes beyond healthcare.A rural hospital closed, giving three-days notice. A Michigan town is living with the consequences. 12418
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 10/10/2026The Anthropic and OpenAI joint criminal conspiracy to commit computer fraud and interfere with the operations of other businesses and national and international governments now also includes actively interfering with criminal investigations. 26215
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026amid protests, the Grand Saline, TX city council voted 4–1 to evict Pip, the library cat, over scratching & biting. He'll now live with the librarian. a cat was installed in public office, performed public service, & was removed for being a cat. this is injustice. this is a crime. Justice for Pip! 641244169
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't want to dunk-quote on this person, but actually, this is a perfect illustration of the problem. we can't become accustomed to or expect or concede constant monitoring from armed troops as we go about our business. it should always make us recoil. there's danger in it becoming unremarkable. 191300232
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 27/09/2024This is the part of if that people miss. Like… If Waffle House changed their company policies to allow managers to close up and people to go home the very second the weather services recognized a real danger to human life, the Waffle House Index would no longer hold as a metric. 7455121
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Historians, assemble! I have a student interested in the history of true crime and depictions of female criminals in the media. Looking for secondary sources. 10169
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)AFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union @afacwa.org · 09/10/2026The FAA recently proposed a rule relaxing its requirements around what items are mandatory in an onboard emergency medical kit (EMK). The rule is not yet final. Here’s why our union opposes this proposed rule. 02111
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026a lot of people are replying with 'what are you going to do about it,' and while every level of government could do more, the powers the *DC City Council* has in this situation are comparatively limited. This isn't just voter intimidation, but an argument for statehood for the District of Columbia. 271594389
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22/05/2025Same for people who insist on calling Christian evangelicals the American Taliban or Y’all Qaeda. No they’re Christian nationalists and they’re terrible. Just call a thing a thing. 636753
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Even the folks who kept their jobs at The Indy are stellar folks and I can vouch for any of them. Any supervising editors at other news outlets can absolutely DM or email me and I will personally vouch for them. 210217
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Newsletter time. Alito is on the ballot in the midterms, in case creeping fascism wasn’t enough of a reason to vote. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comThis November, Vote Like Alito Is on the BallotIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists. 11725192
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...courthousenews.comICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find himThe agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car. 13781391
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/10/2026Nikon had to take away the first place prize in the small world photo contest because the winner ran the video through an AI model that created random bullshit out of thin air, and the videographer claimed it was just made clearer 🙃nikonsmallworld.comNikon Small World in Motion Video Statement | News | Nikon Small WorldAn update from Nikon Small World regarding the 2026 Small World in Motion first-place winning video: After thoroughly re-evaluating the video and supporting materials and consulting with members of… 58019
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In the meantime, I have a book that comes out in March. If you want to support me financially, I would truly appreciate it. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...hachettebookgroup.comManly While StimmingUnmasking Autism meets Notes on Being a Man in this one-of-a-kind reimagining of contemporary masculinity in the autism community.Society’s definition of m... 519455
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85 1761483451
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026and, as always, don’t pour milk in your eyes. Use water. And fuck ICE. 0288
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 09/10/2026"I beg of you, please do not stop taking ketamine or one of these other medications just because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and MAHA are, are talking about them." shouldntneedtobealawyer.com/posts/maha-k...shouldntneedtobealawyer.comMAHA + Ketamine (+ Me) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew CortlandDoctors at McMaster University in Canada had a patient whose asthma was not under control despite several medications, and they wanted to kn 04715
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026this country will not be transformed without addressing policing, prisons, surveillance and militarism. Sorry. Cannot get around it. The carceral socialists may make incremental progress but they will ALWAYS come up against state violence. 111298348
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 09/10/2026I feel terrible asking this, but my debit card got stolen and I don’t currently have the funds in my account to cover some upcoming payments while I sort the dispute out with the bank. If anyone could help spot me, I would really appreciate that! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater 26223165
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My colleague Ellen Van Goethem posted this fascinating news that a late 8th c wooden tablet 木簡 has been uncovered that's inscribed with "the price of a slave (nuhi) and the method of payment." Reposting here a thread on slavery that didn't migrate from the Bad Place. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...asahi.com1st wooden tablet listing details of a slave sale found in Nara | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisNARA―A wooden tablet describing the sale of a slave in the Nara Period (710-784) that includes the price has been unearthed in the ancient capital of Heijokyo here, the first discovery of such a detai... 14417
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh 583524405
Reposted by Jacket (any pronouns)Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Social media companies have spent millions of dollars and subjected countless content moderators to horrifying content to remove graphics of political violence from the internet Meanwhile, this administration wants to put them on cable 34012