Reposted by wookiehopperSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3hLooks like Trump's charm offensive & lavish state dinner didn't persuade Xi to help. The Chinese government ordered its refiners to suspend October fuel exports. This will further drive up diesel prices worldwide and will put a wrench in Trump's midterm plan. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese...uk.finance.yahoo.comChinese refiners suspend October fuel exports, one cancels cargoes, sources sayBy Trixie Yap, Siyi Liu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Chinese refiners have suspended exports of oil products to regions beyond Hong Kong and Macau until further notice from Beijing, 1198
Reposted by wookiehoppergeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 11hthere are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 352699657
Reposted by wookiehopperSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3h👀 Creating a pretext for war against a NATO member state... "Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country." apnews.com/article/nato...apnews.comRussia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut offRussia has warned NATO it could use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad if allies attempt to cut off the exclave. 344
Reposted by wookiehopperNashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 8hChrista Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...nashvillebanner.comChrista Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville BannerTennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility. 185873373
Reposted by wookiehopperWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 13hICE posted an inspection of the Midwest Regional Reception Center detention camp today that found that the facility's policy is to conduct routine strip searches on immigrants. It's owned and operated by CoreCivic.ice.gov 24433
Reposted by wookiehopperMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12hAbortion rates were expected to tank after Roe was overturned. Instead, medication abortion became easy to get – and it changed everything. Our latest package explores the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement—and how abortion opponents are doubling down on their hardline agenda.motherjones.comLife after RoeHow the Dobbs decision gave rise to legions of pill smugglers and abortion abolitionists. 517351
Reposted by wookiehopperElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New survey from the Annenberg Center is out. Less than a quarter of Americans (23%) have a favorable view of RFK Jr. Meanwhile 42% of us have a “very unfavorable” view of him, and many people (40%) are confused about whether he recommends the MMR vaccine. Horrifying stats for an HHS Secretary.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.orgAbout 1 in 3 Americans Say RFK Jr. Recommends Measles Vaccine | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania1 in 3 U.S. adults say HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommends vaccinating children against measles - as many as those who say he does not recommend it. 2124472
Reposted by wookiehopperThe Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. www.theverge.com/transportati...theverge.comYour car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said. 86927
Reposted by wookiehopperAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie 3193123562622
Reposted by wookiehopperJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lotta talk right now about the President using public money to push political propaganda. It didn't start with these TV ads. Let me remind you of the political nonsense he forced the Census Bureau to publish: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-fak...newsletter.platypuseconomics.comWho Put the Census Bureau in the Propaganda Business?A once-trusted agency has dressed up partisan election claims as official statistics—and hidden the evidence needed to test them. 15719251
Reposted by wookiehopperSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.coautonomynews.coNew Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to LifeLawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense. 12446825
Reposted by wookiehopperDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026I know there's a lot going on in the world, but someone yelled "You're a fucking pedophile!" at Trump during this President's Cup presentation and I wanted to make sure you got to enjoy it 68216
Reposted by wookiehopperJargon @jrgn.co · 27/09/2026Which is more likely: A) Everyone is pretending to have never heard the #1 hit song of all time to boost their cultural cachet. B) Streaming companies re-invented payola and/or are lying about impression stats on a song that genuinely has a small audience, while the media quotes press releases. 89624
Reposted by wookiehopperDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda. 291083301
Reposted by wookiehopperFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026This man, Eliezer Yudkowsky, is now taking meetings with Bernie Sanders on AI regulation. bsky.app/profile/fain... 1412024
Reposted by wookiehopperDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026"Normative appeals to civility and harmony, when applied indiscriminately, can obscure the moral distinction between domination and resistance—condemning confrontational opposition even in contexts where democratic survival or basic human dignity is at stake." 🎯 420039
Reposted by wookiehopperDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026"Against this backdrop, the widespread assumption of the field that polarization is inherently detrimental warrants re-examination. ... In the current moment of rising extremism, not all polarization is equivalent nor undesirable." 116133
Reposted by wookiehopperFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026I regret to inform you all that Bernie Sanders is in fact taking meetings with noted rationalist wacko Eliezer Yudkowsky over what AI regulations should look like. x.com/SenSanders/s... 60939185
Reposted by wookiehopperKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 27/09/2026You don't have an inalienable right to be an antisocial dipshit because you're doomscrolling all day and it makes you feel terrible. There are no qualifiers to this. You are not released from the obligation to try to be decent just because Elon Musk is lighting the world on fire. 9852200
Reposted by wookiehopperAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive" 33851541076
Reposted by wookiehopperBayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New: The Trump administration has spent more than $1M in public funds so far to boost the president on the airwaves. Experts including a Bush WH ethics lawyer said it likely violates federal laws against propaganda & political activity by gov’t staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comA Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by The Government (Gift Article)The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. 816158
Reposted by wookiehopperJosiah Sutton @josiahwsutton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026WE ALL LIVE IN BUBBLES BECAUSE THERE IS NO MONOCULTURE ANYMORE BECAUSE MOST CULTURE IS GUIDED BY PLATFORMS THAT USE ALGORITHMIC SUGGESTION. ARE YOU 50 YEARS OLD????? TV??? RADIO??? NO KIDS USE THAT ANYMORE 4173
Reposted by wookiehopperRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026OK, Washington Post, enlighten me. What is the bright side of being a Nazi? 381283158
Reposted by wookiehopperFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby. 372472293
Reposted by wookiehopperErix Summerdown 🔞 @erixsummerdown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"AI supplanting an ordinary writer to propagate its continued use to unforseen horrendous effect" is a free idea for cosmic horror short fiction. OR biographical, since real life has done a great job of writing on the nose. 051
Reposted by wookiehopperSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026This is yet another ex. of why going along w/digital imperialism can undermine national sovereignty. For too long, people have been naive & complacent to entrust our democratic spaces to social networks controlled by American CEOs & Chinese corporations that have little stake in protecting democry. 2166
Reposted by wookiehopperCatfish @stlcatfishmike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026youtu.be/uDUXvR79wS4youtu.beConvoy (1978) - HD Trailer [720p]YouTube video by Blazing Trailers 045
Reposted by wookiehopperRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..." www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...votebeat.orgTens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state errorDemocrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties. 1141355683
Reposted by wookiehopperryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026Trump fucked up the *American* renewable transition but he might have had the largest positive effect on the global transition of any president ever 381296253
Reposted by wookiehopperJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8246701164
Reposted by wookiehopperLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7459751999
Reposted by wookiehopperShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/09/2026President Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing US officials. www.wsj.com/world/middle...wsj.comExclusive | Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After MidtermsThe president is skeptical that Tehran will meet his demands. 2312851
Reposted by wookiehopperBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wonder what the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is going to do about this 67039
Reposted by wookiehopperBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For some of the accounts, it’s very clear they’re impounding them to death. Not just illegally cutting the programs, but illegally ending the activity altogether. Suffice it to say, the president is not legally allowed to simply not carry out laws he doesn’t support. 753396
Reposted by wookiehopperGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Many thanks to @theunpopulist.net for reposting my piece on Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration, which really needs more attention. This agency announces right in its name that white nationalism is the basis for US immigration policy: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...theunpopulist.netStephen Miller Is Paying Monstrous Dictators to Admit Expelled ImmigrantsA Democratic Congress needs to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer dollars that were actually meant for refugees 29592293
Reposted by wookiehopperI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The grand wizard of the country 2153
Reposted by wookiehopperAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the document (Gift Article)Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter 20261212203
Reposted by wookiehopperSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/09/2026"Supreme Court Says Trump Officials Can Use Immigration Database for Voter Checks. The system could be used to scrub voter rolls and potentially challenge election results." www.wsj.comwsj.comThe Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and VideoBreaking news and analysis from the U.S. and around the world at WSJ.com. Politics, Economics, Markets, Life & Arts, and in-depth reporting. 015
Reposted by wookiehopperReuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 25/09/2026Here is what to know about the next steps in the lawsuit filed by the three media outlets.reut.rsWhy the court fight over the White House media ban isn't overHere is what to know about the next steps in the lawsuit filed by the three media outlets. 011
Reposted by wookiehopperLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Blackfolk have to adhere to PHD levels of fluid unwritten social rules, particularly wrt to the full spectrum of expression daily not just to keep a job but also to mitigate our chances of being frisked so yeah I don’t buy it when them folk say it’s too hard not to say a slur just bc of reclamation 949686
Reposted by wookiehopperMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra. 9038321087
Reposted by wookiehopperMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“America can't resolve Moscow's need to sustain an extractive system of rule from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. This is why the framework of a "deal" with the Kremlin is an error of first principles." 211811
Reposted by wookiehopperAndrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is no “conflict” to resolve, no misunderstanding, no magical win-win formula russia’s war persists because russia keeps waging it Reagan's doctrine of strength worked. Attempts to sacrifice 🇺🇦 on the altar of peace-through-weakness had the opposite effect kyivindependent.com/washington-a...kyivindependent.comWashington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking"I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions," Lindsey Graham joked hours before his passing. Nine weeks later, the bill bearing his name became law with the U.S. president's signature. ... 13494185
Reposted by wookiehopperQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m really tired of having to hear about the thoughts of rich and powerful people who are literally too stupid to fucking function 2246
Reposted by wookiehopperLe 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. 384198236351
Reposted by wookiehopperI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Institutionalized cruelty. 02210
Reposted by wookiehopperRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141881735
Reposted by wookiehopperAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026MS NOW: "Breaking as we speak -- MS NOW and CNN have just been blocked from attending yet another White House event ... I was told to reach out to Steven Cheung" 1332224691
