Reposted by John PoulosRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 59475582246
Reposted by John PoulosI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026We remember Botham Jean. It’s been 6 years to this day when he was killed while sitting on his couch eating ice cream. 5789190
Reposted by John PoulosAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There is a reason civilized countries don’t carry out capital punishment and most legitimate medical professionals refuse to participate in lethal injections. 127635
Reposted by John Poulosmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 162178114416
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A three-game series is too short for baseball. Cut back to 156 games and make the postseason comfortable for a 30-team (soon to be 32-team) league. 100
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This really should be the official image for the "Yep, that's me..." meme. 020
Reposted by John PoulosChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 524101562222
Reposted by John PoulosCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11470912039
Reposted by John PoulosAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026realizing the cliff ended and you’re running mid air 01547
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sites like Kalshi say their users make "trades", not "bets". That says more about the legit stock market than kalshi, tbh. Our whole economy is driven by speculative markets (plus, of course, the sweat of the workers). 022
Reposted by John PoulosJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America. 412648390
Reposted by John PoulosButlerian Jihadist of House Slytherin @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026"Do you bet on sports games regularly?" needs to be a mandatory first date question for you single ladies out here. 791881270
Reposted by John PoulosRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1278187036106
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When do we get an HP Lovecraft biopic starring Ben Affleck? 010
Reposted by John PoulosFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026lol if the conservatives want to take away my ADHD medication, I refuse to be held responsible for all the incredibly dumb things that will happen next 341159117
Reposted by John PoulosCage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"why would I deceive you?" 130105442100
Reposted by John PoulosKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I bet insurance companies are thrilled with the Trump administration‘s message to policyholders that they need to file claims on every policy they have or they might risk losing it. 462012361
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It always bugged me that the Tauntaun froze to death before the humans. They're presumably native to Hoth, right? 120
Reposted by John Poulosceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat 9678431313
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Desi Lyden called POTUS a "thirsty attention slut" on the Daily Show. 🤣 I propose a General Troll Strike, where every media outlet actively tries to antagonize the president. 022
Reposted by John PoulosErika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Pray they don’t alter it any further… 391582209
Reposted by John Poulosmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 20/09/2026things could be worse. at least we're not de facto ruled by a sex cult of guys who worship the computer and think its going to make them immortal if they feed enough poor people to it 61789251
Reposted by John PoulosLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Alex Karp of Palantir says the AI industry must be nationalized to protect it from lawsuits if it accidentally destroys the world. More likely, he sees the bubble about to burst and he wants to be bought out with our tax dollars before that happens. 811510388
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We're redirecting NASA to finally solve the question of where do the turtles end, or do they go all the way down? 110
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Why is Blake Shelton so judgemental of his neighbors? 010
Reposted by John PoulosDrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It might be hard for young people to know where we were before the Endangered Soecies Act (ESA) but we would have no whales, turtles, eagles, pandas, tigers, wolves etc without it. 🧪🌏 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species ProtectionAn internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal. 34931
Reposted by John PoulosJohn Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Someone should go to jail for this McConnell bullshit. We saw it with Feinstein a couple of years ago. It's abuse. And it's unfair to the country. 041
Reposted by John PoulosRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A minor detail is missing from the headline. 1213162807259
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Does Will Shortz get a kickback from Nabisco for plugging Oreo in what feels like every third crossword puzzle? 120
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Someone should go to jail for this McConnell bullshit. We saw it with Feinstein a couple of years ago. It's abuse. And it's unfair to the country. 041
Reposted by John PoulosAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience 14765791368
Reposted by John PoulosNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Remind them that the statute of limitations will not run out before 2029 11657200
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My part of the state appears to be having an outbreak of some sort of gnats, or something. I thought they were fruitflies but they're not. My friend 3 towns away has them. Her sister too, in her $3mil house 2 towns away from there. I blame climate change. More specifically, I blame this fckn guy: 140
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Did 60 Minutes really go with here's a guide to the Dutch indie comedy scene? Big things keep falling down. 000
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When you think about it Data is a pretty terrible name for a sentient machine. Idle tech speak could lead to some terrible accidents. 100
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This was the end for me. After 40 years of voting Democrat, I won't do it again unless they nominate an actual lefty. This guy has to go. 000
John Poulos @jpoulos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This guy is the most punchable of them all. More than Stephen Miller even. 020
Reposted by John PoulosSuzen @rebel-librarian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Weijia Jiang & Trump chatting it up at the White House Correspondents dinner. That’s it. That’s my entire post. 643425343