Reposted by Paul Freedom!Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's funny the way the books Dracula and Frankenstein got associated via horror cinema, because Frankenstein is a good book and Dracula, if it were released today, would be guilty pleasure genre fiction. Like, very good guilty pleasure genre fiction, but not an important book. 222078
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This was only a matter of time. In a very real way, the net effect of networked license plate readers is more like putting a GPS device on a car than it is like driving past individual security cameras. And if police wanted to track you over time w/ GPS device or your phone---they'd need a warrant. 1315108
Reposted by Paul Freedom!samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 28/09/2026My “Involved in Human Trafficking“ shirt has a lot of people asking questions that are making me want to stop wearing my shirt rather than reconsider my involvement in human trafficking 33900547
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs 315900916
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026“So I think one of the reasons the entire tech industry is so eager to fit these passive surveillance devices into the same kind of mental framework as smartphones is so that no one has to question whether there should be a new social etiquette for these devices.”theverge.comWhat Mark Zuckerberg needs to answer about Meta Glasses, Muse, and teen safetyIt’s a big week for Meta, and for Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s what we think the CEO of Meta needs to answer about the company’s product strategy. 410032
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 24/09/2026interesting how the more desperate the GOP's mid term chances become the louder establishment Democrats are signalling there should be no accountability or reprisals for their crimes 625963
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It is bad that the White House demonstrates casual disregard for the rule of law. 2084599836
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 23/09/2026dear every e-commerce website: I am trying to LOOK at your SHIT to see if I like it, please stop *blocking my view* with full screen pop ups offering 10% off or whatever- WE ARE NOT AT THAT STAGE OF THE RELATIONSHIP YET 618721
Reposted by Paul Freedom!The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in picturestheguardian.comWinners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in picturesPhotographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition, with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface taking the grand prize 16822
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768232251
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People keep saying gerontocracy is this pervasive social ill that's rotting our institutions from the top down by empowering decisionmakers who do not understand and will not suffer the consequences of their decisions but hey you at least have to admit my congressperson is looking good for their age 000
Reposted by Paul Freedom!cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Democrats will be like "i'm the only thing standing between you and Trump!" and then don't stand in the way of anything 867195
Reposted by Paul Freedom!the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026other things found in an old photo folder: this remarkable headline about the time the Mets went all-out for one special fan 823744518
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 19/09/2026Older adults, people with accents, and people with disabilities struggle to be understood by AI agents. This affects their access to health care, transit, and other essential services. This is an existential risk for them. It is happening NOW. And it needs to be regulated. 37622
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This Ganon guy talks a big game but you know that in the moment of truth he's just gonna vote for Trump a 4th time 000
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 160191273864
Reposted by Paul Freedom!I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026This depends on a view of the general electorate as something wholly distinct and separate from “minorities” which is why it’s being deployed to argue against speaking up for trans people. 950664
Reposted by Paul Freedom!the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026No we don’t have any presents. Or what was it you said? “Gifts”? No we don’t have those, why would you think that. Why are you being weird 191909384
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786392558
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Roses are red High soars the lark 8423119
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026youtu.be/F5LkGKJDc3Qyoutu.beBilly Joel - New York State of Mind (Official Audio)YouTube video by billyjoelVEVO 000
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Okay so we saw y2k coming in time to fix our computers but we've somehow been blindsided by ten dollar a gallon diesel before gas station sign technology was ready to meet the moment smh 000
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Po-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just leaving this here 4838951357
Reposted by Paul Freedom!cursedking.bsky.social @cursedking.bsky.social · 12/09/2026These people keep getting a printer to print out “boo” and they keep screaming when they see it 11367
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Trish K @tkaz99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Not the tofu! Yes, tofu too.local12.comTofu recalled in 29 states, including throughout Tri-State, for contaminationTofu was recalled in 29 states, including throughout the Tri-State, because it may be contaminated with ink. 1791790914
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026static.klipy.comJohn Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It (Terminator 2)Alt: John Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It, Are We? (Terminator 2) 000
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A 1993 Kellogg's Apple Jacks promotion for Super Mario Land 2 contained a score sheet for the game, to "keep track of points". Somehow they missed the fact that the game does not have a score system, rendering the sheet profoundly absurd and, fittingly, completely pointless. 191582333
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.americanprogress.org/article/weig...americanprogress.orgWeighing Priorities: What U.S. Spending on the Iran War Could Fund InsteadThe House of Representatives took the first step toward passing a bill that would provide the Trump administration $73 billion to fund its already costly war in Iran. That funding, if better allocated... 220659
Reposted by Paul Freedom!ᵉʳⁱᶜᵃ ˢˡᵃᵘᵍʰᵗᵉʳ· 𓂏☠︎︎ @abatt0ir.bsky.social · 27/08/2026// I have numerous criticisms of Skybound's Transformers run, but the earlier parts of that book really were incredible. These two pages really are peak Optimus to me, as simple as they are. Do not grieve. Soon, he will be one with the Matrix. 142
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Tanya @tanya.bsky.social · 31/12/2024i actually read the Odyssey in the original greek. complete waste of time, i have no idea what those symbols mean 662065151
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026[sighing to my wife at the table of a nice restaurant] No no no, milkshake ducks are just for racism. if you're complaining about fascists or homophobes, that's a drone metal orthodox priest guitarist. You don't think it makes a difference, but I'm saying it does. I am not raising my voice. 394103678
Reposted by Paul Freedom!A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So a word of caution to those who think socialists pose a danger: If you oppose those who want to fix problems too quickly, who think too broadly, who set their hopes too high ... you will probably defeat them, because they are not in power, and dominant power is aligned against them. Then what? 19719
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Okay so wait we just kinda called it operation economic outcast out loud without blinking 000
Reposted by Paul Freedom!lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/08/2026(pulling a handful of posts backward in time from tomorrow) -i didn't know Sentient Beam of Light was still alive. his work meant so much to me as a kid who grew up in the dark -Sentient Beam of Light was a warm presence in so many lives -bit cliche but the world is a little dimmer this morning 629415
Reposted by Paul Freedom!ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/08/2026important piece of how journalism works right here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/never-apol... 231610438
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I just watched American Psycho and spoiler alert but at the end of it Bateman confesses to everything after increasingly ludicrous open murders and because the system has negative incentives to recognize the murders nothing happens. 412121
Reposted by Paul Freedom!W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026DSA member Angie Nixon was outspent 36:1 and did not receive an AOC or Bernie endorsement, and yet she won the Florida Senate primary by more than 12 points 15783124
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026*to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"* Robocop sequels Half of him man, half machine, adding up to all cop He'll never stop 100
Reposted by Paul Freedom!lilya @lolifer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026too late; i've already portrayed you as the shame faced crab and myself as the sexy anemone shrimp 5908175
Reposted by Paul Freedom!dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160213696
Paul Freedom! @jommyscousin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Maybe some of the reporters who think the full extent of their job is to do whatever it takes to get on that plane will give this some long hard thought But I doubt their bosses will so eh 010
Reposted by Paul Freedom!Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026A+ headlinegizmodo.comFlock is Trying to Find Out How Much of the Surveillance State You'll TolerateTurning a big dial that says "invasion of privacy" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval. 29032