Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026i've identified the Dockers store where Michael Tracy bought and then subsequently returned these pants after wearing them. i will be pursuing criminal prosecution. 3167553722
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I just got back from the Middle East. What I saw made clear that Trump and Hegseth aren’t telling the American people the full story about the cost and damage of this war. Here are my four biggest takeaways. 461073447
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Love this 👇 214151984350
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why has the GOP been so procedurally extreme for so long? Because Republicans radicalized themselves against the government they were working within. There was a real logic to it, quite apart from the awful substantive vision. Now, Dems are working in a government fully corrupted by Donald Trump...offmessage.netThe New RadicalsDemocrats need to be the uncompromising ones now. 934093
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comWe need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will BunchThe media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy. 891818705
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR... 8240118
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951561223
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media. 1412428546
jpedretti.bsky.social @jpedretti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAre you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you | Marina HydeToday it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her 20s: she does dumb things. Enjoy! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 010
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953728213400
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This country was built on the opposition to tyranny...so ICE must be abolished. 551216875382
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/ 211546655
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/09/2026"They’re creating a system that’s not gonna work…This is designed to be a clusterfuck." @gtconway.bsky.social tells @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social how Trump’s new mail-voting rules could create mass chaos before the election. 35664196
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAdam Conover @adamconover.net · 03/09/2026Yet another way AI is ruining the internet: online shopping 34733221
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list. 312642709
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialthe Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia 34984510
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/09/2026Had a wonderful time talking to Vanity Fair for this profile and Q&A about the AI bubble and my larger thesis about how we got here. www.vanityfair.com/story/ed-zit... Archive link: archive.ph/IG97Xvanityfair.comHe Did Tech PR. Now He Rails Against AI for a Living.Ed Zitron isn’t concerned about our AI revolution turning into a murder-robot nightmare. He’s warning that the companies involved are spending insane amounts of money that they will never make back—an... 31920109
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 31/08/2026James Talarico and Jon Ossoff are pulling ahead in red states on an anti-corruption message. This is shocking. Just a year ago, most political experts assumed voters stopped prioritizing clean government. What's changed? I have answers. www.salon.com/2026/08/31/t...salon.comTexas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruptionJon Ossoff and James Talarico are polling well with a clean government message 1024971
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026This isn't some random troll. This is the Israeli minister of security doing this. Ben Gvir is the person overseeing the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. He's an integral part of the Israeli government posting this genocidal AI slop. Truly an evil genocidal government. 132928
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You've been hearing the story about how Dolly Parton turned down Elvis when his people demanded a chunk of her royalty rights in exchange for recording "I Will Always Love You". That reminded me of something I've wondered about for a long time. The guy who actually put the ask on Dolly was a ... 29716132
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people. 76485101788
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/ 311380589
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/08/2026I think every major company is looking at open weight AI models and realizing they can just bring them in house with an internal engineering team and cut out the frontier model companies to save money. They have more control and privacy. I really don't see frontier labs surviving this. 22736105
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If you read a post like this and feel scared, or numb. That’s ok! Totally understandable. But have courage! Decide who you’ll be in this moment. Then turn your attention to the people or ideas blocking the phaseout of fossil fuels, and use your strengths to fight them and create a new world. 💚 39337
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Our political system has been allergic to consequences... basically my entire life. And our population has largely stopped thinking more than one step ahead. Our only understanding of what's good for us is now, maybe your boss will think to next quarter. Turn that stove on so we can touch it. 995645
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialStephanie Miller @stephaniemiller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026And now, a message from Natalie Harp, President Trump’s “friend”. 46380105
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 20/08/2026this guy is dumb as a sack of hammers and sure seems to want to get a whole bunch of kids killed but at least he sounds like a 4,000 year old with throat cancer who has been cursed by a witch to live forever while continuing to age 310816
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...doomsdayscenario.coAI is making everything worseThe political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life. 39794271
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026AI could be super-capable and totally-benign and it would *still* not be a good idea for the left to go pro-AI because the entire industry is run by fascists and provides billions in funding for their fascist goals and, no, being nice to them will not change that one bit. 956682
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialimmacule.bsky.social @immacule.bsky.social · 18/08/2026by @courtneybonneau.bsky.social : What does terrorism mean to you? If it’s no double-tap killings of paramedics, journalists, and today a 12 year old girl, then what is it? the 12 year old girl I mentioned in this story who was hunted down by an Israeli drone has died from her injuries. 063
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialMatthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 19/08/2026🧵You can't talk about Natalie Harp w/o talking about how strange she is. This isn't making fun of physique or bearing. It's about obsessive/creepy behavior. And it matters on policy. As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public... 802081605
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/08/2026No notes. youtu.be/GU_ID0asQ3M?...youtu.beScooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Reflecting Pool | Donald Trump Parody #ScoobyDoo #Satire #DonaldTrumpYouTube video by Midnight Oil Productions (Jason Moore) 131997
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialJørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9136761735
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/08/2026God this is so, so good. 1025958
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Come on, Clacton. You have the opportunity to make galactic history tomorrow! 2123
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 13/08/2026Australians are changing jobs at less than half the rate they did in the 1970s. Financial insecurity and workplace barriers may be trapping workers in low-productivity jobs and weakening economic dynamism, Ian McAuley writes. #auspol #Productivity #Jobspearlsandirritations.comLess job mobility, lower productivity: the cost of cosy capitalismAustralians are changing jobs far less often than they did 50 years ago. Financial insecurity, debt and workplace barriers may be trapping workers in jobs – and helping entrench a low-productivity form of “cosy capitalism”. 1134
jpedretti.bsky.social @jpedretti.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Our politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets theshot.net.au/uncategorize...theshot.net.auOur politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets - The ShotThose of you not into torturous, pantomime-level political inquisitions may not have been following recent events at the NSW Independent... 000
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Air Force One catering truck scandal is deeper and darker than the media is portraying it — it’s a Russian nesting doll of corruption and national security threats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...doomsdayscenario.coThe Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" ScandalDonald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption 821831788
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialCarolyn Gallaher @cgallaher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you haven't heard Count Binface's American accent, you should immediately stop what you're doing and listen to this. It's just so deliciously bad! 2254
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialJulie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A thoughtful interesting essay by journalist Brian Beutler. Worth reading & thinking over, regardless of whether you agree w all of it or not. I do think Woke 1 happened bc Dems are ineffective at winning elections, due to ignoring how RWng propaganda sways elections. bsky.app/profile/upin... 3214
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/ 14851428
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 10/08/2026Crypto is a weapon of mass corruption wielded by a cult of dangerous billionaires who want to kill American democracy. My interview on NPR's Fresh Air! www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...npr.org'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. 14604210
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 10/08/202625 Must-Follow People in Pro-Democracy Media (including @atrupar.com ) www.stopthepresses.news/p/25-must-fo...stopthepresses.news25 must-follow people in pro-democracy mediaOne way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices 721752
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins 927297416435
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialAntoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The state’s attempt to portray the man, who vandalised property in Sydney’s east in 2024, as a future terror threat was rejected after Fagan delivered an extraordinary criticism of the prosecution’s definition of antisemitism open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...open.substack.comNSW Supreme Court says criticism of Israel not antisemitic in graffiti caseJudge rebukes state for seeking to add man who defaced property with anti-Israel slogans on terror watch list 912149
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/08/2026Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38... 281191462
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked. 6835011189
Reposted by @jpedretti.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I’m telling you, corruption is what‘s pissing off most normies flocking to the data center resistance. this kind of thing is really activating 1244631164
