Reposted by Joseph HendersonMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 12hA Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 24644271510
Reposted by Joseph HendersonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10hPart of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 25392321697
Reposted by Joseph HendersonChrista Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 10h“What is distinctive is the way evangelical theology & organizational structures enable those with authority to perpetrate, cover up & dismiss abuse… Evangelicals have created totalizing systems that shield perpetrators & silence victims.” – @kkdumez.bsky.social, LIVE LAUGH LOVE (p. 295) 0245
Reposted by Joseph Hendersonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11hthe idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead 804315519
Reposted by Joseph HendersonPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 411614420
Reposted by Joseph HendersonPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 14hnew wolfenstein looks like shit 269112122252
Reposted by Joseph HendersonOrnamental Hermit @smccain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This. I've heard many times the impact is “overstated ", but never seen anyone saying that actually citing evidence, nor can I find it. Serious question: where is this information? 152
Reposted by Joseph HendersonErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTime to Consider Becoming a BricklayerCollege degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming. 162133310
Reposted by Joseph HendersonJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/10/2026This country won't control its sex pests, so long as there's profit to be made. 715955
Reposted by Joseph HendersonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 191750872
Reposted by Joseph HendersonPop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/10/2026Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts. 754909540
Reposted by Joseph HendersonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22896863084
Reposted by Joseph HendersonElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And note how many of the Republican pundits and elected officials saying these things are white guys with Ivy degrees. Their kids aren’t getting blue collar jobs. They’re unlikely to enlist in the military either. 864451
Reposted by Joseph HendersonDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...journalofdemocracy.orgPolarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of DemocracyAmericans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 10327148
Reposted by Joseph HendersonLily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My new JOD piece arguing against the “cure polarization” approach to saving democracy. 11494170
Reposted by Joseph HendersonThomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@lilymasonphd.bsky.social is one of our leading scholars of polarization in U.S. politics, and she is very clear-eyed about how the widespread adoption of that frame has led lots of analysts to misdiagnose the problem with contemporary U.S. democracy 1278
Reposted by Joseph Hendersonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25661171138
Reposted by Joseph HendersonRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 02/10/2026NEW: @jayapal.house.gov has released the National AI Charter Act, a framework for governing AI. It’s encouraging to see a framework that checks corporate power and takes a holistic approach to everything from risky model releases to surveillance and worker exploitation.jayapal.house.govJayapal Introduces Legislative Framework Establishing National Charter System to Rein in AI - Congresswoman Pramila JayapalSEATTLE, W.A. — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is introducing a new policy framework that reins in artificial intelligence (AI) by requiring every AI company to hold a federal charter to ... 1104
Reposted by Joseph Hendersonlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cannot be emphasised enough that Trump II will plausibly cause the kind of death count we associate with the worst dictatorships of the last century. Unspeakably bad that he came to be president of the world's most powerful nation. 5458171
Reposted by Joseph HendersonSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"In France schools are being blockaded as a nationwide student protest gains momentum.. high school students demand that authorities address overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages & crumbling infrastructure. The demonstrations coincide with a public sector strike.." 15925
Reposted by Joseph HendersonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776462129
Reposted by Joseph HendersonKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 29/09/2026Many low income people are in fact stay at home parents because the cost of daycare is so high that their salary if they went to work would not cover it. 26831181
Reposted by Joseph HendersonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office. 411375739
Reposted by Joseph Hendersonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593952507
Reposted by Joseph HendersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest. 24138571001
Reposted by Joseph HendersonMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9534301072
Reposted by Joseph HendersonMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fact that we still have executions in this country is deplorable. and the fact many "christians" support the state killing people is outrageous. 1617931
Reposted by Joseph Hendersonex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh she's serious about running for statewide office in NY 1120114
Reposted by Joseph HendersonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026that 18 percent seems really well represented in the news and on social media bsky.app/profile/atru... 623685548
Reposted by Joseph HendersonLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Skipped the Nazis, huh. 2685583914
Joseph Henderson @josephenderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Other people are the ideological ones, not me!” Says the guy doing the gender ideology. 010
Reposted by Joseph HendersonLeah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: Trump's aides are starting to panic about the midterms; the president thinks Republicans still have a shot. really excellent reporting on the inside of the White House from @hugolowell.bsky.social for @wired.com:wired.comThe White House Is Starting to Panic Over the MidtermsPresident Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced. 710121
Reposted by Joseph HendersonAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I keep hearing from sources about these but had no idea it was THIS many. of course these are also the orgs that squawk about the importance of "academic freedom" www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside the anti-climate campaign against researchersA POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide. 07329
Reposted by Joseph HendersonPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026my initial read on the Cornell 7 case is that we’re likely to have an overdue national conversation about the voluntary intoxication loophole. 1687257
Reposted by Joseph HendersonKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 643013986
Reposted by Joseph HendersonRita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The end times fascists are fleeing the crises of poverty, environmental destruction, and tech overreach they helped cause.” 12512
Reposted by Joseph HendersonAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026RT @aaronregunberg.bsky.social I wrote about data centers for @guardian. Billionaires have created a perfect opening to transform our politics against both Trump and the oligarchy that produced him in the first place. It’s a singular opportunity. But Dems could easily fuck it up.theguardian.comThe datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionairesThe movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives 1146
Reposted by Joseph HendersonMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don't find the Schmitt Senate fiasco remotely funny. It's just McCarthyism but more incompetent. It's appalling, & a constitutional order that can't end this level of unserious lying & extremist nonsense isn't worth saving. We need massive institutional reform to make sure it never happens again. 39803191
Reposted by Joseph HendersonJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115332862
Reposted by Joseph HendersonRobert Paulett @robertpaulett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Glad someone is finally remembering higher ed’s true purpose: artificially inflating real estate prices in trendy urban zip codes. 1227
Reposted by Joseph HendersonRadley 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. 341627477
Reposted by Joseph HendersonBob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.insideclimatenews.orgMass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate NewsAs preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn. 18055
Reposted by Joseph HendersonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The end times religious fervor of it all is absolutely real. :) 124528
Reposted by Joseph HendersonJeremy Fassler @jfassler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Katie Britt watching Eric Schmitt destroy his career, brought to you by Larry David. 791442369
Reposted by Joseph HendersonJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Playoff baseball is great. I love feeling like I’m going to die after wallowing helplessly in a pit of existential despair. 7745
Reposted by Joseph HendersonNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yup, absolutely. I think it’s wrong to treat the Iran War as simply one bad error that happened to the Trump Admin rather than the entirely logical consequence of the way it operates. If it wasn’t Iran, it would almost certainly have been something else 51288186
Reposted by Joseph HendersonAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026I’ve heard three talks in the last couple of months by very prominent skeptics of AI who have all argued that the solution to the problem of AI in education is smaller classes and more teacher/faculty attention. I don’t know how that happens without a massive, massive investment in public education 25010
Reposted by Joseph HendersonThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Trump To Rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ On All U.S. Documents theonion.com/trump-to-rename-ai-sup… 1545325