Reposted by John RogersGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 3hThings 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 12742671817
Reposted by John RogersBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3hthis would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes 451361246
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3hThey’re making cranky grandpa travel, and he is fucking done. 1223125
Reposted by John RogersAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5hLast year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 141412513
Reposted by John RogersMad Cave Studios @madcavestudios.com · 30/09/2026Sept 30th is the Canadian National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, dedicated to honoring Residential School Survivors & the communities. You Are on Native Land, our latest charity comic, donates all proceeds to indigenous-led organizations. For more info bit.ly/4cXO5OZ 013351
Reposted by John RogersEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16hNew from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 8863357
Reposted by John RogersVoice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fifty years ago, in his most famous work, the prolific intellectual Carlo Cipolla argued that stupid people, as a group, are “much more powerful than the mafia, or the military industrial complex.” ⚠️ newrepublic.com/article/2157... #DonBeastnewrepublic.comTrump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human StupidityHow a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment 1338
Reposted by John RogersJeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 30/09/2026"This separatist movement is a guerrilla faction of the global far right which is attacking open societies across the world." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: We must call Alberta separation what it isIt is not a movement of grievance politics. Something far more sinister is at work 110744
Reposted by John RogersAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 431024496
Reposted by John RogersRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity. 331623476
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve used the 1st edition to collaboratively build with my group the last two multi-year campaign worlds, and will be snatching this up. Also just great for hanging with creative friends and doing non-rpg creative play. 2809
Reposted by John RogersL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026To quote the late and great MF DOOM: “If yer gonna hate, might as well get yer rumors straight.” Apt words when it comes to your L.A. team and its ownership group. The full guide: lataco.com/fascist-la-s... By @afroxander.bsky.social and Ivan Ehlers 39834
Reposted by John Rogersmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Look having the entire roster of FBI agents leak isn't a front-page newsworthy security failure meriting front page coverage the same way having some of your emails to Anthony Weiner's wife be discovered on Anthony Weiner's laptop was 6623127
Reposted by John RogersHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 29/09/2026'The humanist view of life is progressive and optimistic, in awe of human potential, living without fear of judgement or death, and finding enough purpose and meaning in life , love, and leaving a good legacy.' Humanists UK Vice President Polly Toynbee. Great themes found in any #HumanistBookshelf 0314
Reposted by John RogersMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kash Patel should resign in disgrace. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... 21921244
Reposted by John RogersCasey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026God I hate being right. 141534416
Reposted by John RogersProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help. (Published May)propublica.orgOily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li... 61847393
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is extremely encouraging to know the Youngs understand Bookshop Girl is an erotic icon. Some things *are* eternal. 1656690
Reposted by John RogersJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves. 753221468
Reposted by John RogersHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.whatsitlike.meAtlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errorsA close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements 1125294
Reposted by John Rogerssianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world. 1373170
Reposted by John RogersSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a valuable tutorial on why LLMs run into a fundamental problem of not being useful to tell us true things. And it gives some great use cases on what they *are* good for. Great for users, students, and teachers. Read the whole series! 25319
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every thriller and scifi writer in America: "Um, am I in trouble for having this in my Notes for like ten years?" 2531867
Reposted by John RogersSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Since WWII ended, one of the primary goals of the American advocates for a fascistic, blood and soil, white Christian nationalist version of American citizenship has been to make their position seem like "the other side of the debate that (((they))) are trying to silence." bsky.app/profile/seth... 125126
Reposted by John RogersDaniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Me, totally safe, after spending four delightful hours in Jurassic Park's passenger pigeon and dodo sanctuary: "Fuck happened out here" 125642
Reposted by John RogersNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026you could avoid the atlantic and read my essay about the right's attack on empathy instead, if you wanted. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...therevealer.orgWhat We Can Learn from the Right’s Attack On “Toxic Empathy” — The RevealerWhy are prominent right-wing figures and conservative Christians claiming empathy is bad? 415442
Reposted by John RogersAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282158856
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm getting myself a high powered microwave drone killer and going shopping! Who's with me? 514723
Reposted by John Rogersevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I grew up expecting that 2026 would be grimdark cyberpunk, but I never had the audacity to imagine that the future would be this stupid: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comIt’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas SuburbIn Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’ 1329952
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Having written a TV show built on "deep dives on one bad rich guy per week" with one version 2008-2012 and another 2021-2025, I'll say that the OG evil rich guys were evil greedy assholes, and the new rich guys are mentally disordered perverts, and so do evil. And not the good kind of perverts. 4512120
Reposted by John Rogersjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026reading this, it does seem as if “rationalism” is an elaborate intellectual architecture designed primarily to support the idea that if you were born white, male and clever then you are the genetic elite and entitled to rule. 942827463
Reposted by John RogersDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t. 7833181104
Reposted by John RogersEric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetMusk 17876521
Reposted by John RogersBrian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“It’s not pervert glasses, it’s a tiny fuzzy pervert you wear around your neck because you trapped him in a tiny pervert cage. It’s not weird. He likes the cage, if you know what I mean. Now come over here and let him have a good look at you.” 11310128
Reposted by John RogersLadz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026REMEDY BOOK RECS Who else is trapped in a Hiss-warped version of Manhattan this weekend now that CONTROL RESONANT is officially out? I've collected some reading materials to hold you over between sessions Check them out 👇 24423
Reposted by John RogersIt's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026New missive from the Department of Forseeable Consequences. 14516
Reposted by John RogersThe Barbarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026now with alt-text 010151
Reposted by John RogersChris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”houstonchronicle.comTexas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable. 352249766
Reposted by John RogersJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.socialnbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 23535662006
Reposted by John RogersEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252107934
Reposted by John RogersStephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 25/09/2026Never underestimate American racism. 114626
Reposted by John RogersTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026I am now reading @poisonivy.bsky.social's account which starts with "I’ve dropped a few articles about my experiences at Vibecamp, and interactions in the Rationalist / Effective Altruist corner of the TESCREAL diaspora." Because nothing seems to take these people out 😡 928674
Reposted by John RogersProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You should read this piece about Jim Crow theobros. It says a lot about the racial underpinnings that I talk about in my book White Evangelical Racism; The Politics of Morality in America. religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...religionnews.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobros(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ... 516773
Reposted by John RogersThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If many Kansas voters weren't completely deranged, this would be the final nail in Marshall's career's coffin as a senator and as a doctor. 110131