Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6hwww.texasmonthly.com/culture/your...texasmonthly.comThis UT Grad Was Supposed to Direct a Marvel Blockbuster. He Made a Houston-Set Action Flick Instead.Bassam Tariq's 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother' captures a side of the city we rarely see. It helps that he was raised there. 2868 86
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I really enjoyed the newish Mahershala Ali film "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother" a dad movie that has a lot of interesting things to say about violence, masculinity and faith 630518 305
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7hSacraments such as confession are central to Catholicism—but for the past year, the Trump administration has been making it harder for Catholics at migrant-detention centers to have those encounters with God, Luis Parrales reports: bit.lyAnother Battle Between the Catholic Church and the Trump AdministrationThe Church has fought the government multiple times to ensure that detained migrants have access to sacraments. 611037 110
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5hNever been a clearer grift www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... bsky.app/profile/atru... 901418311 1.4K
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1hThese arguments always boil down to the same thing (yes I read it) "if you use your freedom in ways we don't like, we should take it away from you." Which is not, you know, freedom bsky.app/profile/pgou... 848590 485
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h#NoKings #NoTechFascists 0116 11
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 1hThis makes perfect sense to me. As the technology becomes simpler to use, more countries will adopt it. 021 2
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6hThe views shaping American policy right now: 2225 22
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6hIf Democrats do capture both chambers, we should be prepared for the worst-case scenario, which is that the Trump administration will act even more aggressively (aided and abetted by the Supreme Court), and demonstrate uncontrovertibly how weak Article I is in our constitutional framework. 77313 73
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 7hlol ask me how the #phd students are doing 18910 89
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiJon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 6hI am a radical professor, and I cannot get my students to read the syllabus 1264 26
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6hThe SNP conference has supported a motion calling for the SNP & the Scottish government to leave the X platform owned by Elon Musk www.thenational.scot/news/2664596...thenational.scotSNP vote for Scottish Government and party to quit Elon Musk's Twitter/XSNP members have voted in favour of calls for the party and Scottish Government to quit Twitter/X at their conference in Aberdeen ... 311101213 1.1K
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 7hDemocrats are doing more grassroots fundraising while GOP has a tiny handful of billionaires contributing... by Luke Fountain @cnbc.com -https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/16/midterm-election-fundraising-elon-musk.htmlcnbc.com5 midterm money takeaways: Democrats have candidate cash. Republicans have Elon MuskDemocrats outraise Republicans in key Congress races as Elon Musk funds Ken Paxton in Texas and GOP groups aligned with Trump. 1248 24
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 7hLindsey Graham was not tough on Russia. He helped get Donald Trump elected, which is the biggest win, by far, Putin has ever gotten over the US. 1225 22
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7hSo there were many stories in the lead up to the last election in which the paper banged on about Biden’s mental state. The the news desk also has an unhealthy obsession with trans people. When they want to, they know how to write in bold face. The the choice is when they are willing to do so. 1376 37
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7hThere are actually 2 separate media scandals: 1. Soft-pedaling the MAGA march toward a fascist dictatorship 2. Generally ignoring or downplaying Trump's obvious mental unfitness for office 313319 133
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Inside Rubio's State Department —He's "basically…moved into the White House" —He's very close w/ Stephen Miller. Ultimately this has Rubio doing whatever Miller tells him to (Miller has joked privately on how he's subjugated Rubio) —Internal dissent channels are defunct; staff too scared to use themzeteo.com‘Secretary of Cuck’: How Marco Rubio Learned to Love Waging Trump’s War on the WorldRubio was once a supposedly reasonable Republican, even the GOP’s ‘savior.’ Now he’s Donald Trump’s ‘Narco Rubio’ and overseeing a level of violence his staffers are terrified to question internally. 44781233 781
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 7hIn case you want some numbers to reference if someone is arguing Musk’s fortune isn’t distorting: 29418 94
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiChristopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 7hFormer Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky … criticized the failure to mobilize cultural planning earlier. Los Angeles was awarded the Games in September 2017, giving it nearly 11 years to prepare… “[It] just didn’t happen,” he said.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...latimes.comLA28 still not prepared for Cultural Olympiad, critics say at legislative hearingA state legislative hearing Wednesday revealed that L.A.'s plans for its Cultural Olympiad are woefully behind schedule as the LA28 Summer Games approach. 042 4
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 7hAnyone who advocates allowing Ukraine to be annihilated by Russia and North Korea is an outright traitor to Europe. www.reuters.com/world/german...reuters.comGermany's AfD and leftist BSW call for end to help for UkraineGermany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the small leftist BSW party joined forces on Wednesday to pass a symbolic motion in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt calling for an end to ... 719152 191
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7hExcellent piece on the article in the OP—and a gift link: 0117 11
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 7hWith the Meta thing, the credible accusations of Hondurasgate, the US forcing Autistici/Inventati to shut down, and that $4 million for right wing news in Europe, it really does seem like an international right-wing public-private influence plot. 310531 105
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiKarl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social · 8h“The lesson from China’s economic miracle is not that the West needs a new economic model. It needs its old one.” @worksinprogress.bsky.social worksinprogress.co/issue/chinas...worksinprogress.coChina's growth machines - Works in Progress MagazineChina is not the world’s largest command economy. It is a continent-sized Silicon Valley. 192 9
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoihoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 9hyour reminder that 80% of the NYT opinion page and 100% of its ownership hangs out regularly at this shithole and vehemently defends their decision to do so 024 4
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10hSeems bad that some of the richest people in the world who control the platforms on which the public communicates with itself take this unhinged totalitarian freak seriously as an intellectual. 631399288 1.4K
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 9hOne simple thing legislators could do: require cable companies to allow consumers to remove Fox from their subscriptions. 519020 190
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoi"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I think one of the implications of drone warfare going forward is that powers are going to have fewer alternatives to occupy-and-govern as solutions to problematic neighbors, which creates a nasty kind of zugzwang because modern warfare also makes occupy-and-govern hideously costly. 942960 429
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoi"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026People have been saying! acoup.blog/2021/07/23/c...acoup.blogCollections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of PurpleThis is the fourth part (I, II, III, IV, V) of our series asking the question “Who were the Romans?” and contrasting the answer we get from the historical evidence with the pop-cultural… 423634 236
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoi"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This probably should have but different occur to me - the current midterm wave we're seeing is the political wave we're getting *before* most of the big cuts in Medicaid go into effect. If anything, people may well be angrier in 2028, which is wild to contemplate. 524042 240
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoi"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/10/2026If there was any gender-neutral-meritocratic impulse *at all* in this White House, Pete Hegseth would be the most fired man in America. 753764 537
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiZach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"Ukraine's war effort is faltering" - Jacobin weirdos. People here we going insane over US loses during the recent Epic Failure Op, but everything lost by the US in all conflicts in the last 40 years would be nothing compared to what Ukraine has inflicted on the VVS. 425336 253
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoi"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This week on the blog - more discussion of Hearts of Iron IV and this week's topic is a heavy one, assessing how the decision not to acknowledge or address war crimes and crimes against humanity causes the game to blunder into being a 'clean Wehrmacht' myth simulator. acoup.blog/2026/10/16/t...acoup.blogTeaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIb: The Opposite of LoveThis is the second half of the third part (I, II IIIa) of our long-delayed series looking at the theory of history advanced by Paradox Interactive’s Hearts of Iron IV, one of the most popular… 2838381 383
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiJonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 9hNYT has done a bad job of explaining Trump's latest anti-democratic move, so I'll do it (I used to be Senate staff): Congress passed (and Trump signed) sanctions against Russia, in response to Putin's continuing attack on Ukraine. A president can't (legally) decline to enforce a law. BUT... 🧵 134 4
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 9hI guess all that crypto money is going to come in useful paying for a lot of lawyers. 13914 39
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9hThe United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again. 47880583333 8.1K
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9hI’d probably have to fake my own death to escape the shame 2282 28
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 9hOccasionally, I point out that Elon Musk is not that smart because he is not that smart. And when people point out to me that he is extraordinarily talented at raising money; I will note so was Elizabeth Holmes. 818729 187
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiEugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 9hIn post-war Germany, all of the statutes and insignia were blown up. Putting things in mothballs only allows other people to take them out and put them on display again.youtube.comBlowing up the Swastika 1945YouTube video by Maximus and History 0153 15
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h" A judge of Brazil’s top electoral court ruled Thursday that Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff." www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...nbcnews.comBrazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm biasA judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff. 5398117 398
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 10hUnderlying problem is that they have driven themselves totally crackers and so can't actually see what they're saying anymore? 1031538 315
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 20hTraitorous yet expected. What an embarrassment. 66967249 967
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19hThis is a hostage video 791286191 1.3K
Reposted by Jonathan Massaquoithe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 19hRITCHIE TORRES got mailed one and managed not to blame DSA on main holy shit Scholten is fascist clown 211412 114
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 16/10/2026"Staff again trying to shield Kiggans from facing basic questions about her work, her on the Iran War as she campaigns with RFK Jr. Also bizarrely trying to prevent him from taking a question on the measles outbreak" - @fritschner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/10/vide... 12213 22
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiBrian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 20hSure as hell looks like those who argued that giving Trump this discretionary tariff power (which should rest with Congress), with plenty of leeway to do nothing to punish Russia, were right that this was a mistake. 67821 78
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 19hThe Lindsey Graham Act has two components: sanctions and tariffs. This summer we identified major problems with the bill in both areas. But while Trump just did exactly what we predicted on sanctions, he’s holding back - for now - on tariffs. So what is he up to? Here are a few thoughts on that— 313838 138
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 20hThe corruption of the career military is one of the most damaging and potentially dangerous legacies of the Trump/Hegseth era. 1202766627 2.8K
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 20h1) They should be proud of themselves. 2) At the same time this is a sign of a very civically unwell state and society. That Black students have to take these extraordinary actions to overcome hyper-extreme voter suppression is not something that happens in a healthy liberal democracy. 25515 55
Reposted by Jonathan MassaquoiRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 20hThe "I don't know" is itself an impeachable offense. It's either a lie or a confession of incapacity for the office. 1145 14
