Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” 231054508
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 10041511260
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialFrederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Don't miss this major article on the New Apostolic Reformation in The New Republic by bsky.app/profile/laur... may help jump start people in the political and journalism communities in need a jump to recognize this historic and powerful movement. newrepublic.com/article/2150...newrepublic.comWe Need to Talk About the ApocalypseEnd-times prophecy, pro-war prayer circles, Democrats as demons: Christian dominionism’s influence is everywhere in the second Trump administration—and increasingly, within America itself. Can democra... 02115
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case. 412097714
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy? 1472178482
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I want to be 100% clear: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's fingerprints are all over this deal and he owns the consequences. He has handed control of America's media ecosystem to Trump's top enablers and he should have to answer for it every day for the rest of his career. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...nytimes.comParamount Settles States’ Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. MergerBy resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery. 27415150
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialErin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Man this is why everyone needs to study their history cause the first rule of underground railroads in use is don’t talk about underground railroads in use. There’s a reason why Frederick Douglass didn’t discuss exactly how he escaped North in his memoirs until AFTER Emancipation. 15563145
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.nbcnews.comElon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis 22860153742
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18845992954
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is what a rigged economy looks like. 20380103299
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So shameful. 44813
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not just an arch, it’s a murder arch. 88996198
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026… 337230078047
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future. 201444722
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comHouse to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November electionsHouse Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9. 22545901437
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026There's lots of reasons to believe AI "hyperscalers" can never be profitable, and not just the gigantic expenditures and negative unit economics (the companies lose money on new customers and every use, and they lose more with each generation of their products): pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e... 515456
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026All of this is a lie. Anyone who has visited recently knows the KC was not "in a virtual state of collapse," and anyone who can read a tax filing can see that it was not "losing hundreds of millions of dollars". In fact, its finances were pretty healthy UNTIL Trump trashified it. 121250375
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026According to the whistleblower: - Agents have to investigate 40 voter records a day, leaving just 11.25 minutes per investigation. - Agents are using state voter registration in a way that may be illegal. - Agents are using source data that many think is completely unreliable. 251041490
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632601548
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialrobert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026so they’re also gonna stop with managing uteri, right. they don’t know shit about that 417636
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a... 231183430
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026Your local health department may offer the covid and/or flu vaccine at low or no cost for uninsured folks — it's usually worth reaching out to them to ask. (this could be a municipal health department or county health department) 🧵 116054
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Home heating oil season is about to start up. In Maine, about 50% of homes use heating oil which is almost identical to diesel. How’s that GOP affordability agenda coming Senator Collins? 1724466
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026It’s tough for artists from marginalized backgrounds who manage to breakthrough and get a project in front of audiences because the pressure to do everything and be everything to everyone is high and that never happens to the dude bros who get awards for sneezing at being decent 019444
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026As once-extinct diseases sweep through America, sickening, maiming and killing, the wild lunacy of anti-vax superstition grows ever more difficult to excuse. 1309124
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46579493380
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit. 816152685063
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026This is incredible! A real competitor to the now-dessicated Washington Post. 14625116
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Symbolic but still important; the Trump admin declares war on American communities. Secretary Mullin says DHS is "at war," so he's changing The Great Seal. This comes after dozens died in ICE custody and ICE officers have shot and killed multiple people this year, including two American citizens. 50632282
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/20261. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. 4721551469
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way. 573105162146
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 02/03/2026imagine creating THE most hostile economic, social, and political environment in 60 years and expect people to procreate www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...nytimes.comThe Birthrate Is Plunging. Why Some Say That’s a Good Thing. 28964222
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026I've been Black long enough to have at least some built-in 'yup, people be racist, and yet we move' defense systems But ngl shit can still sometimes be...jarring! Like seeing this, openly and shamelessly, and knowing Gorsuch had him in his chambers, and that he helps pick federal judges. Sickening! 933045677
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/09/2026I did not have Tetris needing to put out anti-fascist statements on my bingo card, but here we are 162282615
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Escalating a political fight over two deaths in Pennsylvania, the CDC said on Friday that it did not have any records to indicate “measles is the underlying cause” of any deaths in the country this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...nytimes.comC.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles (Gift Article)The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus. 2613854
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Honestly, the audacity of saying this while trying to purge the country of Haitians based on a lie he knowingly told is demonic. 723055579
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A 2026 NBER paper found unemployed women who started GLP-1s were 27 percentage points more likely to be employed 18 months later than women who wanted the drugs but hadn’t started. An incredible statistic that puts a number on the bias against being an overweight woman. 416249
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147282820
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialMapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026We’re not changing it. 17526226511511
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 111155795320
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 26/08/202623% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... 271255475
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We will always love you.youtube.comDolly Parton - I Will Always Love You [Official Music Video]YouTube video by Dolly Parton 354863
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24/08/2026Here are some of the declines in international student applications and enrollment revealed in a lawsuit challenging new duration of status regulations that would limit the ability to offer some programs of study and create administrative bloat on campus. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... 9307175
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Not sure what Trump thinks are the benefits of being a state. Certainly not healthcare, food protection, equality laws etc etc 1372282411
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II.propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe... 651022466
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572703494
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026this is lying with statistics in 3+ ways. 1. y-axis crime 2. we have more recalls at this point in the year than we’ve had in recent years 3. recall counts aren’t very helpful measures because they don’t tell you anything about things like scale or health outcomes and severity. 1331491
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We have a president who took the nation into a war for reasons he could not articulate, without a strategy for how to respond when Iran flexed its control over the Strait of Hormuz, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender. This is the "Forever War" Trump once railed about. 791485393
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026Above all, we need to stop talking about AI as *exceptional*. AI is normal. A normal technology has some uses, but isn't useful for all things and all people. A normal technology isn't inevitable, it's something you decide whether you want to use or not. 25/ 114036
Reposted by @joiamiller.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Republicans hyperventilating about Natalia Harp: “How dare you suggest that Donald Trump, a man who cheated on ALL of his wives, is liable for rape, bragged about sexual assault, ogled naked underage pageant girls, & paid off a porn star would have an inappropriate relationship with an employee?” 24646251309
