Reposted by Kate Rossdns.off @dnsoff.bsky.social · 20hThe founding fathers of Surveillance America Inc. (aka Hell on Earth). 051
Reposted by Kate RossParanoia @toolofparanoia.bsky.social · 20hOh look, the cabal of humanity's downfall. 1133
Reposted by Kate RossJack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 21hThat's a nice list of people who can go fuck themselves with a shovel. 86510
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21hIm sure this is totally unrelated. Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorismwired.comMeta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert AdvisersMeta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor... 0115
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21hYears of Lead Stuff The booming business of insuring against US gun violence “US buyers are now paying more than $100mn in premium each year for standalone active shooter insurance, up from half that amount in 2020, according to brokers and insurers.”giftarticle.ft.comThe booming business of insuring against US gun violenceCompanies, political campaigns and even schools are taking out policies to shield themselves from litigation that can follow attacks 192
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21h“Pope Leo, who has clashed with Trump on several occasions, said AI anxiety was not “fake news, as some have said”.” Trump’s post of seating chart. 5286
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21hPope Leo XIV has rebuked Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang for downplaying the risks posed by AI, saying concerns about the threat the technology poses to humanity should be taken seriously Trump was seated between Musk & Huang today for their AI Summit. He Truth Socialed the seating chartft.comPope Leo criticises Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over AI safetyRare intervention from head of Catholic Church comes as top executives are due to meet at White House on Tuesday 0156
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21hI think too many feel good about midterm wins and potential right now. It’s going to get a lot worse. I didn’t read this, I have just read a few history books. 194
Reposted by Kate RossArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 22hCircus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 167120052549
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21hPhRma picks Eric Cantor and OpenAI picks Chuck Schumer’s daughter. What a time to be alive! 110
Reposted by Kate RossMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23hScoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee. 2864174908
Reposted by Kate RossBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23hA reminder that Congress could end the Iran War using the power of the purse to impose a funding cutoff. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...semafor.comRepublicans fuming at Hegseth as war costs buildSome lawmakers are resisting the Pentagon chief’s budget requests amid concerns over his leadership. 67524
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 23hNo one will be held accountable unless there is a great institutional change. The Conferencey wasn’t punished, they built statues. Every President gets away with more war crimes than the last. Democrats keep trying to restore, voters need to pressure for change. 0135
Reposted by Kate RossSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074162415
Reposted by Kate RossKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming 302187409
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 23hTesla’s defense argued the N-word can be acceptable in some workplace contexts during California discrimination trial The company's attorney made the argument as CA seeks to prove Black employees endured years of slurs, racist graffiti & unequal treatment.thegrio.comTesla's defense argued the N-word can be acceptable in some workplace contexts during California discrimination trialTesla racism trial examines allegations of racial harassment against more than 6,000 Black workers at its Fremont factory. 072
Reposted by Kate RossI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Look at his face when he thinks he's just got him lol 3059080
Reposted by Kate RossHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.engadget.comDots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - EngadgetSure, seems safe. 631168378
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance, attributes to the racist trope of the “welfare queen” to poor whites off Appalachia. “There is a lack of agency here, a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself.” “learned helplessness”theguardian.comHillbilly Elegy by JD Vance review – does this memoir really explain Trump’s victory?One of the standout successes of 2016, Vance’s account of his white working-class origins should be treated with caution by commentators 185
Reposted by Kate RossAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 302845632
Reposted by Kate RossAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026theyre just all so fucking stupid and lazy 1851745
Reposted by Kate Rossunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:unraveledpress.comIn plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operationsVideos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol... 8638349
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PROTECT YOUR DATA Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about ittheguardian.comGouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about itHow can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising 065
Reposted by Kate RossKate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 27/09/20261a/ I know victims aren’t usually named in press, but Bryan Betancur has stalked & harassed me for 4 yrs. I have never met him “In May 2025, his probation in that case was revoked because he posted a video online in which he threatened to assault another woman, officials said.” I was this woman ⬆️ 22713
Reposted by Kate RossRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...veritenews.orgOpponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New OrleansThe England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday. 201307382
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/ Hospital AI use is causing medical bills to soar, with Blue Cross estimating $1 billion in extra insurance costs “AI is uncovering secondary ailments and pushing up insurance payouts”techradar.comHospital AI use is causing medical bills to soar, with Blue Cross estimating $1 billion in extra insurance costsAI is causing hospital bills to rise 1115
Reposted by Kate RossKate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 27/09/202612/ Often, when we talk about privacy people say they have nothing to hide, many are learning that “nothing to hide” means you PAY MORE than someone else for the same thing. 152
Reposted by Kate RossKate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 27/09/202615/ Democrats and Republicans have done very little to limit data collection. Opt out and create friction where you can. Protect your biometrics as much as possible. Ask your elected to protect your data! 1144
Reposted by Kate RossPurge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said: "Iran’s leaders 'might have purposely disguised some of these things to make them look like targets, the same way the Palestinians & others do. They’re getting global sympathy by getting us to hit things'." They made us bomb them? That’s the spin? 105317
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 27/09/20261a/ I know victims aren’t usually named in press, but Bryan Betancur has stalked & harassed me for 4 yrs. I have never met him “In May 2025, his probation in that case was revoked because he posted a video online in which he threatened to assault another woman, officials said.” I was this woman ⬆️ 22713
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I was the woman. “In May 2025, his probation in that case was revoked because he posted a video online in which he threatened to assault another woman, officials said.” 0196
Reposted by Kate Rossamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026No idea why his pending criminal stalking charge (with a hearing scheduled for Monday!) isn't mentioned here.nytimes.comPardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Is Accused of Touching Woman’s Hair on D.C. MetroBryan Betancur, 29, was taken into custody on Thursday in Arlington, Va., two days after he completed a sentence for the same offense in the District of Columbia. 716421
Reposted by Kate RossDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 581243689
Reposted by Kate RossBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage. 5823312
Reposted by Kate RossPhiladisto @uncrossem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NSM & Blood Tribe nazis appeared in TX & OH today This is what Proud Boys promote now 23318
Reposted by Kate RossJoe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a fairytale that people love to tell themselves so they can be convinced that the arc of history bends toward justice. The vast, VAST majority of the men of the SS walked away without even spending a second in prison. 1449796
Reposted by Kate RossBumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As fun as it is to make fun of these losers, please always remember they are still violent. Shortly after as they were leaving Christopher Pohlhaus got out of one of the vans and attacked a Black woman's car. They waited to to this until they had someone alone and out-numbered. 175
Reposted by Kate RossBumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ask and you shall receive! Since Blood Tribe wanted edits of their little march through Springfield so badly, here's an edit of them getting yelled at by a local to baby elephant walk bsky.app/profile/must... 1176
Reposted by Kate RossBumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Springfield hasn't forgotten what happened two years ago and continued into last year, long after the national news cameras left. So residents were none too happy to see them showing back up again right before the midterms while JD Vance is around. They made sure Blood Tribe didn't feel welcome: 21910
Reposted by Kate RossBumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As Kate Ross said, these neo-nazis started the racist and xenohpobic lies that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH were eating pets and waterfowl from local parks in 2024 & members of this group have broken off to form other hate groups that've held similar marches in OH bsky.app/profile/kate... 172
Reposted by Kate Rosssvart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Resharing in light of Blood Tribe briefly rallying again in Springfield today, which is almost definitely going to further hurt their case in an ongoing lawsuit brought against them by the city. Dozens of their identities can be viewed through a link within the article. 23416
Reposted by Kate RossKate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 26/09/20261/ Neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe with banner that reads “Racism Works” City Hall Springfield, OH September 26, 2026 This group was responsible for amplifying the lies about Haitian migrants. Here’s what I told military.com Sept 2024 ⬇️ 25131
Reposted by Kate RossKate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 26/09/20262/ “They're opportunists," and they conduct marches "for attention and recruitment purposes to accelerate what they want: a race war." 1186
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 26/09/20261/ Neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe with banner that reads “Racism Works” City Hall Springfield, OH September 26, 2026 This group was responsible for amplifying the lies about Haitian migrants. Here’s what I told military.com Sept 2024 ⬇️ 25131
Reposted by Kate RossAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the document (Gift Article)Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter 20161212203
