Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Fed. judge accuses ICE agents of "apparently perjurious testimony," fabrication of evidence, false statements, fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents' authority, and more. Case involves the accidental arrest of a U.S. citizen who had to get stitches. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 7516208
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and… 25946329
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For older folks or anyone medically vulnerable the heat this weekend could be dangerous. This is a list of cooling centers, but call ahead if you can as some may be impacted by power shutoff www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/...sandiegocounty.gov 14012
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAlexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 02/10/2026If your reaction to Wemby saying this is a hearty “hell yeah”, it behooves me to let you know that @theguardian.com does not take business from betting companies, we have a great sports section, no paywall, and a great app. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...theguardian.com‘It’s sad seeing players promote it’: Wembanyama says he will never endorse gambling companiesSpurs star says it is ‘very sad’ to see NBA players promote gambling companies and insists money no longer drives his sponsorship decisions 492192374
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/10/2026thank you for reposting me. quick question: what's wrong with you 4844274
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 18181461774
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 321164584670
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialKiana Mai @kianamai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LAST 3 HOURS TO GET MERCH!!!! 5872169
johnota.bsky.social @johnota.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Imagine if the networks had simply done this in 2015 and saved us all the trouble. 0573
johnota.bsky.social @johnota.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Over a completely hollow threat that they'd destroy a multi-billion dollar company that's a load bearing part of their massive personal debt. It was never going to happen. Every element of this had the Ellison's on the backfoot. 0280
johnota.bsky.social @johnota.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I looked it up to see if it was some weird term of art from real estate or something, but no it's just a nonsense phrase that seems to have never been strung together before. 000
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129172820
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026The only correct way to "triangulate" your position with trans people (or any marginalized group) is that "I don't understand everything about this or what these folks go through every day but nobody should be discriminated against or deprived of their constitutionally protected basic human rights" 132743
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialIsaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Let Shueisha know you don't want AI-translated manga. mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/www/custom_p...mangaplus.shueisha.co.jpMANGA Plus by SHUEISHA Survey Language Selection 7333283
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026everyone involved with alligator alcatraz at every level - its creation, its construction, its staffing - needs to go to jail 241580310
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at. 6072212562
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialBenjamin Kunkel @kunktation.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Journalists & politicians should make clear that this is a false distinction: runaway climate change obviously does & will make groceries, home insurance & electricity, among other things, more expensive, never mind the cost—ultimately reflected in higher taxes—of disaster relief 45921
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons. 1035974950
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article. 9768121616
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026If I were James Talarico and I got *that* question on Fox News, I'd unequivocally state that I would protect any kid playing sports from Ken Paxton because he gives pedophiles a free pass. No kid can be safe in a locker room with him in a position of power no matter what parts they have down there.texastribune.orgInside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse caseCritics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals. 5540120
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how). 4156791561
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...prospect.orgImmigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American ProspectAhmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons. 718081134
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The resistance in Myanmar successfully killed a junta aircraft yesterday with an fpv strike on hangars. This is a huge moment for the revolution, those aircraft have rained terror on innocent people for years. 461269
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today we honor the memories of those who were lost on 9/11 by doing what America's attackers and detractors could never do. By building. We build an America that is bigger. More inclusive. More empowering. More just. 313171563
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/09/2026Rosh Hashanah begins tonight. We dip apples and challah in honey for a sweet new year. And all I can think about is the Palestinian and Lebanese children who are rapidly approaching their third year of mortal terror, watching their friends and families murdered. 416630
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026$711 MILLION: how much more the U.S. is paying for both gasoline and diesel today compared to one year ago, or nearly $30 million every 60 minutes. this number will continue to grow and could soon be $1 billion per day. 615857
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 11/09/2026Long Term Sauce Per Nugget Yield Curve Flashing Red 4 pc = 0.25 SPN 6 pc = 0.167 SPN 10 pc = 0.2 SPN 20 pc = 0.15 SPN 40 pc = 0.1 SPN 1846566
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialKrystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 11/09/2026"If you are new(er) to thinking critically about how to operationalize suicide prevention beyond sharing a phone number to call if at risk to oneself, it looks like robust investments in abolition, harm reduction, mutual aid, etc., all of which are aligned with the Disability Justice framework."🫂equitableforall.comWill You Please Invest (More) in Disability Justice Work to Operationalize Suicide Prevention?For Suicide Prevention Month, the author continues to reckon with the costs of Access Intimacy Abuse at the hands of Makai Livingstone, the founder of Embodied Support Services, as she deconstructs ho... 02412
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We must hold the line on this. Slop doesn't equal "bad" it means slop, the byproduct of some automated process. There's plenty of human-generated "content" that is not great, but that's not slop. 727570
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Climeworks' Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tonnes of CO₂ in the first half of 2026, almost 6x as much as in 2025. If they keep it up, that'll be 1350 tonnes a year*. That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄 *Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠bloomberg.comCarbon Removal Pioneer Climeworks Increases CO2 Capture SixfoldThe world’s largest direct air capture plant is sucking more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a lower cost, an improvement for a sector struggling to scale economically as global warming surpasse... 916441
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 04/09/2026thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now 61619485
johnota.bsky.social @johnota.bsky.social · 04/09/2026During the withdrawal from Afghanistan 13 service members died and it was treated as such a failing by Biden that it marked the end of net approval for the rest of his term. 0311
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAggro Crab 💥🔪 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026REBOUNDER. A new game developed by ThirtyThree, published by Aggro Crab. Rebounder is a hand-crafted precision platformer about a roughneck worker recruited for a hazardous job on a distant planet. Nail the run. Deliver your line. Dropping 2027. 472417625
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis. 7779111850
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops 6277272026
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialDrawfee Show @drawfeeshow.com · 27/08/2026We're playing our game DRAWNSTERS with @caldy.bsky.social and @pillowfight.io RIGHT NOW! Come join us to see the gameplay in action and have your questions answered by the devs! Twitch.tv/drawfeeshowtwitch.tvdrawfeeshow - TwitchWelcome to Drawfee where we take your dumb ideas and make even dumber drawings! Join us as we take your requests and try our best to draw it there on the spot and joke around while doing it. We're sor... 016616
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialLindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Less than 24 hours in and we're already halfway to our goal for Imagination Library (and this doesn't even include folks who used the description link)! 🦋 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuK... 0865217
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialFlock-o'-Lantern @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026pulled the video so you don't have to go to X we stan a towering queen who does not care for the antics of mediocre men 284119729
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialspeedway22.bsky.social @speedway22.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Guardian just reported that there were 50,000 ICE ‘arrests’ in July, this is escalating rapidly and DHS is trying to be quieter about it now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE arrested 50,000 people in July – quietly the biggest month in Trump’s second termAdministration moved away from high-profile raids that defined immigration enforcement approach last year but still deported record number of people 39172
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026We’re witnessing the result of normalization in real time just like we have with the increasing escalations in authoritarianism & force since the start of the 21st century that today’s horrors are downstream from and as this becomes normal there will be increased space for new horrors born from this 6325171
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialRuss McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation. 521300905
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I was really honored to be asked (along with so many really great people) to respond to Zeynep Pamuk's absolutely fantastic essay. 23811
Reposted by @johnota.bsky.socialAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121525979
johnota.bsky.social @johnota.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"I don't think he would claim otherwise," is a wild charge to level. 1390