Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialJeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Settle down, Lyft Bike! That's a lot of trips! 4517
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them 973721438
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part 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. 308122232241
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialacabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026dui is bad but hear me out so is the nfl 0221
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 352338384
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Shoot this into my veins. 1051083136
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 07/02/2026new episode of ill conceived where we talk about surrogacypodcasts.apple.comSurrogacyPodcast Episode · Ill Conceived · 02/07/2026 · 1h 39m 118210
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialbarefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it's like Undercover Boss writ large. everybody who makes too much money for what they do thinks everybody else is dispensable and easily replaced. and then they parachute in and fail and still come away not really getting it. 0567
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026one question we ask ourselves--and get from others--at liberal currents is "what does it mean to be a liberal?" this is my attempt at answering it. liberalism is not merely a "well it's the least worst of everything." liberalism is an answer to our deepest questions about ourselvesliberalcurrents.comRemember Who You Are, LiberalChapter 20 (pp. 162–168) from The Reconstruction Papers. 48312
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The plan: Build a 200-room, 300-bathroom data center, 70% subsidized by federal and local governments. Make it accessible to the train. Build a supermarket for the 800 people doing 24/7 on-site maintenance. Call it the future of technology. Make OpenAI pay for the rest. Then let people move in. 542159269
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's long been talk about Mullin but it's the first time I've seen it in the national press. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comNothing to see here? DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin shares a D.C. home with a Republican congressmanThe homeland security secretary, who owns dozens of properties, met Rep. Jason Smith during bipartisan congressional workouts more than a decade ago. 55641137
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialJeff @gojeffgo.com · 23/09/2026Pretty good group costume idea: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Sheldon 1953839
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBen Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not. 161356245
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People keep asking us about Mamdani/Trump vs. Jeffries/Kushner. We spoke at length last night but I'll repeat for the record. Mamdani's job is safe, and by the time he runs again Trump will be gone. A supposed radical does not swallow hard - 410511
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So confused. How was Pro Publica able to uncover and report this bribery scandal and administration cover-up without being at the White House and having the president assuring them they are stupid piggies? hhttps://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigationpropublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 17766197
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 21/09/2026E.B. White established this in 1949! Move on already! 879666
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is EXACTLY what I was worried about with the Paramount merger: They weren't going to make 30 movies per year. That was my issue with it. Now we have 30 movies! Thank you Gavin Newsom! You saved democracy! 🫡 🇺🇸 🗽 🦅 2869959
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 16/09/2026once again, the phrase "campism" remains the skeleton key that unlocks why so many contemporary leftists are so bizarrely terrible on fp, even on shit that should just be slam dunks for any left-liberal, like supporting ukraine against genocidal imperialist russianewpol.orgInternationalism, Anti-Imperialism, And the Origins of Campism - New PoliticsLa Botz analyzes the pseudo anti-imperialist character of campism and calls for genuine internationalism of workers against imperialism. 1360898
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialPride Ott 🦦 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Take shamefully stolen from eugenics twink but it is funny how porn is often considered one of the major vices of the digital era but unlike infinite scrolling algorithmically curated content it has a very obvious end state where you get on with the rest of your life 131228199
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialJon Green @modestholdings.com · 15/09/2026Trump setting up a series of rakes the ag sector is doomed to stomp on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2K...youtube.comFarm Journal Report: Sulfur Shortage Sparks Fears of the Next Fertilizer CrisisYouTube video by Farm Journal 3247
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Let’s enjoy the other one as well 52715
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302666907
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Perhaps the most striking thing about Trump's approval numbers is how relentless the gradual erosion of his popularity has been. There is no sign of any meaningful reversal. Data as ever via the brilliant @gelliottmorris.com @fiftyplusone.news. 331068222
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/09/2026We've got a Muslim man running the most multicultural city in the world and making space for all the people in it. That's what cultural victory over fundamentalism looks like, it's a shame that there's a part of the population that couldn't identify a cultural victory if it slapped them in the face. 72679385
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialAndy Famiglietti @afamiglietti.org · 09/09/2026Anthropic: Oooooooh look out! There could be a superintelligence! What if it's not aligned! Spooky! Scary! Also Anthropic: please pay no attention to this boring ol' mass surveillance system. Nothing to see here. 16881277
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026After Trump threatened to ban Bombardier sales in the US, GOP Sen Roger Marshall struggled to look as if he's fighting to protect US jobs but without saying a single critical word about Trump. This is already leading to harsh local coverage, too: newrepublic.com/article/2151... 934272
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialDr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They are blocking a bike lane to a middle school on grounds that it would remove parking for Monterrey Market. As if the market didn't already have a giant parking lot, a bus stop in front, and shoppers couldn't ride ebikes in the new bike lane. 1057563
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialgrapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026we actually have to destroy the alt-health industry in its entirety, much like we also need to destroy car dealerships 362887498
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 06/09/2026Silicon Valley's effort to destroy democracy is the biggest story of our political moment. Beware of those who have nothing to say about it. 131525381
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm of the belief that Trump will never get rid of Hegseth because he'll never get anyone as willing to turn tanks against Americans. But Democrats should still be demanding it at every chance they get. 301427225
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers. 65114782260
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Boycott Google, as it shamelessly panders to that idiotic vulgar slob. 1286120983257
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Speaking of the helmet discourse, it's the final days of this awesome deal from FEND. Save 20% off their full line of foldable helmets with code THEWARONCARS, applied automatically at checkout. fend.io/pages/thewar...fend.ioThe War on CarsExplore FEND's foldable bike helmets. Easily fold and store in any bag. Perfect for urban commuters and designed to go anywhere with you. 55813
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Typical Saturday night. Drank 3 diet root beers and crashed my Segway into a parked car 28846105
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialWannabe Apparatchik @apparatchikwannabe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026the people writing about Kirk’s death thought they were writing about, like, the RFK assassination, and they were actually writing about Harambe 747575
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026we are PROTECTING WOMEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS by having MEN show up to WOMEN'S SPORTS to YELL at the WOMEN PLAYING SPORTS 393922668
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"Cameras issued nearly 200,000 citations — and more than half were mailed to an address outside of Oakland..."kqed.orgOakland Speed Cameras Show Promise, More Than Half of Tickets Go to Nonresidents | KQEDOakland reports significant drops in speeding, as automated cameras issued nearly 200,000 citations over a four-month period. 314722
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 21/08/2026David Attenborough Admits To Exaggerating Wonder Of Seals theonion.com/david-attenborough-adm… 352220196
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 229114165343
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialButtadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026oh she is going to murder the fuck out of the president 3224
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026if you tell me "A is a bully on social media(/in print, in whatever specific scenario) but very pleasant elsewhere" you are roughly 50x likelier to convince me that they have the additional vice of cowardice than you are to convince me that they have a hidden virtue of kindness 704049810
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Yes, Chud 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where’s the Accountability? 111613194
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialAnxiety 9/10: Would not do again @haksaeng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This 348217
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/08/2026oh look, dems can easily leverage messaging to hijack, create, or redirect entire newscycles by exploiting the infotainment media's obsession with scaled ad engagement, who could have possibly imagined such a thingnbcnews.comWho is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlightThe former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term. 15255671140
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We were, I think, responsible for bringing this photo into public life. 914919
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026we really need to talk about how Randy Mastro is behind almost everything bad in NYC politics stopping this affordable housing? Randy. the lawsuit against congestion pricing? Randy. Eric Adams’ fake charter commission? Randy. the lawsuit against the pied a terre tax? Randy. 212012
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is good. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...mcsweeneys.netA Field Guide to Legacy Media Pundits in the United StatesThe Family Values Pundit (Divorcio moralisticus) HABITAT: New York Times bestseller list and a weekly column. DISTINCTIVE CALL: “As a man with a deeply unhap... 15357116
Reposted by @kata-lepsis.bsky.socialAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I wrote about Will Stancil, Luigi Mangione, Trump AI slop, Lenin memes, and Hasan Piker’s defense of Mao. Yes, they’re all connected www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...liberalcurrents.comThe Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2: Witch Hunts and Comfort BlanketsAs during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil. 47215
