Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)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! 9983582
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yep. Boys playing girls' sports is in Volume 2 of Das Kapital, right after the foreign workers section. Marx and Engels were all over that. 66615
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer Utility out here with the good content 020
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This was a choice. Remember this. 8731731869
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The thing about JKR and telling folks not to buy Harry Potter shit is it isn't because we think it can take away her fortune and platform. She's so rich she would still be rich if she never sold another book It is because it is literally the smallest possible hurdle to clear to value trans lives 4257571899
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10894982981
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026PSA: This is blasphemy. Jesus was not a 6-foot guy with roid rage; Jesus was a 1st century Palestinian Jew murdered by a police state. “Uhh he wasn’t tolerant” get outta here! He told you to *love* your enemy & broke down walls of ethnic hatred. Also, why is this description *extremely* homoerotic? 3938667
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hey, Reagan was a traitor. He made a deal to delay to release of Iran's hostages for political gain. And that was BEFORE the Iran-Contra arms deal. Plus, he want just a doddering old guy who was "mentally failing." He was poisonously vindictive and let many, many people die of AIDS bc of his bigotry 000
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/10/2026"It’s painful, but with my technique, you can read entire sentences without requiring additional stimulus. Confused and irritated? Perfect. Those are crucial parts of the reading experience!" buff.ly/oZe8zx4buff.lyHow to Read Good or Maybe Great“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F... 1319
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The destruction of the East Wing, the shuttering of the Kennedy Center, the fouling of the Reflecting Pool: These are all sentimental, if expensive, and nothing like the scale of cultural devastation of the geoglyph. An outrage 010
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"'It’s a cultural and historical atrocity.' Russ McSpadden, Southwest conservation advocate, Center for Biological Diversity." 142
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Post a vampire that isn't Draculastatic.klipy.comSesame Street: The Count LaughsAlt: A gif if Sesame Street: The Count Laughs maniacally, looking around. He wears a green cape and is behind a bass drum 021
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/10/2026"A dozen orcs stormed the Palantir offices in Seattle this week to apply for jobs at the surveillance tech company. Palantir's militarized AI products attracted the horde of orcs, who hoped that their history of serving the Dark Lords would land them a gig. Unfortunately, Palantir didn't bite." 🤣 852175598
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm giving myself an A+ on eating healthfully, financial good sense and lack of procrastination. Wow, grading myself is fun and easy! 010
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44867301840
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I got my favorite parking spot this morning, and it's just ridiculous how much such a silly detail brightens this vale of tears. 011
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This estate sale is going to be the death of me. Pun sorta intended. 020
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Katie Collins @spissatella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everytime we have an all-hands at work and AI comes up, people voice reasonable concerns about a) environment b) data protection c) reliability/accuracy, some executive always says "well it's out of the box now, it's not going away" and .... so? Just bc it exists doesn't mean we have to use it 26812
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oh. Oh no. I hope I don't have to drive anywhere on Sat. 000
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For the first time (ever?), I was so tired and ill this year that I missed Talk Like a Pirate Day, Mabon/Fall Equinox AND Hobbit Day. Shew. 000
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think you meant to say "most relatable" instead of "least attractive" 130
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2120103389
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is so cool! Good luck with the code 010
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I spent the weekend in a hotel with weird cable TV options, and I found myself watching _Columbo_. I'd just caught The Wil Wheaton SWC, and I was delighted to see that Columbo's guest star was one Patrick McGoohan! 010
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My how times have changed 1028029
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now. 382541852
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's almost like the people who are using antisemitism as a cudgel to silence people complaining about genocide...don't...really give a shit about Jews! (The day I learned the majority of zionists are Christians doomsday cultists who want the world to end explained SO MUCH, lol.) 24715
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 429115934864
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)GibbertyWitchet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Elephants do not like rhinos, as a general rule. But they also have 'don't fuck with my neighbours' energy. Direct action and mutual aid do not have to be for people you like!metro.co.ukPoacher sneaking up on rhinos ambushed and trampled to death by elephants 0146
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the annoying things about having R.A. is that often, by the time I get to the doctor, the thing is no longer happening or is much better. This morning at the dentist Tuesday me was trying to describe the misery of Friday me 010
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Gosh, she cares what name she is called? Finds it insulting when people misidentify her in some way? Hunh. 001
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our Blount Pride festival began with a joyous marching band parade led by the Knox Honkers and Bangers and ended with a beautiful rainbow. In between, too much protestor ugliness just couldn't dampen our spirits, nor could a bout of rain. It was a lovely and festive day! 130
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'm the only person I know who can have an emoji typo. Why the 📷 when I meant 🎉? Who can say 000
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh, the fear and trepidation of opening an app and seeing the notification, "What's new!" <shudder> 000
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.popular.infoThe hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.orgThe slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine. 10222531562
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/09/2026"Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher in profound change, abstracted into a focus-group-tested campaign slogan." buff.ly/tt1slzKmcsweeneys.netThese Exciting Progressive Candidates Who Might Lose Must Be Replaced by Boring Moderates Who Will Definitely Lose“Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher... 621970
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just think of the possibilities… 419720
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 000
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years? 13646151854
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The upsetting thing (well, one of the upsetting things) about this is that, at some level, I think he has come to believe this. 000
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The labor movement gave us weekends, 8 hour work days, and ensured that our kids can go to school rather than work. Honored to fight for unions every day. Happy Labor Day to all those who have fought for a fairer economy in the richest country in the world. 13290672552
Reposted by Jenn Spirko (she/her)Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In Tennessee, we officially have ONE month to register to vote before the Nov. 3rd election. 🚨 Voter registration deadline 👉🏾 October 5th We need everyone to turn out this November! Check your registration and register ➡️ vote.org 201553716
Jenn Spirko (she/her) @jennspirko.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Flights of Foundry is amazing! I have another conference that weekend and I'm gutted that I can't participate this year -- but maybe YOU can?! 020