Reposted by Jack of BearsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18hBillionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction. 26376783338
Reposted by Jack of BearsMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96114712663
Reposted by Jack of BearsGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113364113
Reposted by Jack of BearsDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100272460
Reposted by Jack of BearsNosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for 3443881231
Reposted by Jack of BearsLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 391198456370
Reposted by Jack of BearsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras. 564248446975
Reposted by Jack of BearsMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895844677
Reposted by Jack of BearsDarcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 611484
Reposted by Jack of BearsDinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 31/08/2026is "odin" a corruption of "woden", which is itself a corruption of "whoa, dan"? i'm just asking questions. who IS this great and amazing dan that inspires us all to say "whoa"?? www.qwantz.com/index.php?co... 1016828
Reposted by Jack of Bears🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 28/08/2026portland traffic standoff: two drivers and one pedestrian all waving at the other to go first for an hour 613011
Reposted by Jack of BearsToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295267912867
Reposted by Jack of BearsIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of the more obscure facts I remember about Dolly Parton is this: just like Star Trek would not exist without Lucille Ball, Buffy would not exist without Dolly Parton. She was a silent producer of the movie and show. That's why Buffy Summers has the same birthday as Dolly: January 19. 234006868
Reposted by Jack of BearsTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/01/2026It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards. 20100333166
Reposted by Jack of Bearsjohnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...afm.orgAFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly PartonToday, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist… 2667331775
Reposted by Jack of BearsSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oh, no! Dolly Parton had such a pure soul and beautiful heart. Her philanthropy touched so many people in need.😢theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 1528
Reposted by Jack of BearsEffin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/08/2026Never let a writer help you move 10665861088
Reposted by Jack of BearsRoss Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper 7164751571
Reposted by Jack of BearsDaniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“One rule of thumb for chatbots is that they can only provide useful information to experts who have the discernment to ignore the defective output that LLMs always emit. That means that the dream of chatbots as replacements for teachers is a nightmare.” 16111
Reposted by Jack of BearsOPB @opb.org · 27/07/2026Oregon currently has dozens of active, large fires burning statewide, covering more than 1 million acres.opb.orgOregon wildfires explode over weekend with no signs of slowing downPeople on the Warm Springs Reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened as more than 1 million acres in Oregon have been consumed by wildfires. 06133
Reposted by Jack of BearsJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Beyond being terrible guidance to give people on the specific issue… this is not how science works. A mountain of studies have failed to detect any link. That’s all the “ruling out the possibility” science can do. 8783163
Reposted by Jack of BearsSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow. 8165841923
Reposted by Jack of BearsACLU @aclu.org · 27/06/2026The United Nations is calling for independent investigations after at least 50 people have died in ICE custody since President Trump began his second term. The death rate is higher than it's been in over a decade, and this year is already on track to be worse than 2025. This is unconscionable.barrons.comUN Demands Probes Into US ICE Custody DeathsThe United Nations on Friday demanded independent investigations into dozens of deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since last year -- and swift action to prevent more peopl... 481702729
Reposted by Jack of BearsSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/06/2026A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually 444207676095
Reposted by Jack of BearsSascha Trippe 🛰️ 사샤 트리페 @saschatrippe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Q: How did we survive in the old days without modern hygiene or medicine? A: Half of us didn't. 🧪 #science #medicine #progressourworldindata.orgMortality in the past: every second child diedThe chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. How do we know about the mortality of children in the past? And what can we learn from it for our future? 1023972
Reposted by Jack of BearsPetra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 03/06/2026France bans bee-killing pesticides. Bees are the engine of our agriculture. Without them, our food supply is put at risk. Healthy soil and intact habitats form the foundation for true sustainability. 3750531248
Reposted by Jack of Bears😈™ @cooltimesonline.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Went to an anti AI datacentre protest march today and a friend of mine got a picture that summed it all up 6191905024
Reposted by Jack of BearsAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6135471416426
Reposted by Jack of BearsG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 04/05/2026This is for *your* kids, you understand. The tech elites send *their* kids to private, screen-free Montessori schools. They know exactly what they're doing. 4944221846
Reposted by Jack of BearsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine 322854755
Reposted by Jack of BearsDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Can you image what it would be like to go from the first image to the second? To literally watch your home planet shrinking behind you until most of what you see is the emptiness of space? For every minute to further hammer in our insignificance against the vastness of the cosmos? (1/2)🧪🔭 15650120
Reposted by Jack of BearsRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 06/04/2026We pack a handful of folks into a tin can loaded with explosives. The computers are running Windows and the toilet is malfunctioning. We hurl them at a distant rock. Everything about where they are is deadly. And it is sublimely beautiful, one of the greatest things we’ve done as a species. #Artemis 192355421
Reposted by Jack of BearsMons @dennismons.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Sir, a second bird is at the feeder 39101512462
Reposted by Jack of BearsScary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026People come up with complicated reasons why art/music scenes are less vibrant now but it is like 90% just this 211275346
Reposted by Jack of BearsDanielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 29/03/2026This feels weird. A lot of reporting is sounding very much like "how long will this take to get back to normal" when there's no sign in the short term that normality will return at all It's like 2020 Covid reporting 542148354
Reposted by Jack of BearsBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Best money I spend every month 162734316
Reposted by Jack of BearsAlex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026WOW. Amazon planning one of their largest data center projects in the world in NE Oregon. At full scale would use as much power as the entire Portland metro area. Pacific Power says it can somehow supply it with existing transmission lines? www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...oregonlive.com 129444
Reposted by Jack of BearsBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/03/2026NASA might have been the coolest organization on planet earth — a real life/larger than life organization that the smartest people in the world respected, kids dreamed their whole life of working for, & even Hollywood couldn’t make larger than it already was. So of course Trump ruined it in a year. 683581930
Reposted by Jack of BearsThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/03/2026Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early theonion.com/dad-suggests-arriving-… 562547307
Reposted by Jack of BearsAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...morethanjustparks.comBLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great ForestsThere's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down. 2813131397
Reposted by Jack of BearsRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 23/03/2026escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop 1336175
Reposted by Jack of BearsYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes 318351138846
Reposted by Jack of Bearssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I thought they were supposed to help out in some nebulous way. But they are just going to stand around menacing people huh? 1452845604
Reposted by Jack of BearsDon Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 23/03/2026At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it. 5738661227
Reposted by Jack of Bearsceej @ceej.online · 20/03/2026I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it 6847751088
Reposted by Jack of Bearseli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 28/02/2026just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production. you have until March 23rd to comment. i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too. 4027202679
Reposted by Jack of BearsTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/02/2026I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving. 2382303697
Reposted by Jack of BearsMeredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.myatproto.social · 26/02/2026Gentle reminder that sometimes I don't comment on The Hot Topics Of The Day because I'm not equipped to do so in a nuanced or thoughtful way. Knowing your limitations doesn't mean not caring or not paying attention. It means not taking up space that needs to be occupied by more informed voices. 78522