Reposted by Krista BensonIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 9hI’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 12774225410265
Krista Benson @klinb.bsky.social · 6hTHIS SHIT. This right fucking here. They want us to give up. They’re fucking counting on it. 011
Reposted by Krista BensonJody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 7hShoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving. 703793511
Reposted by Krista BensonLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 10hI realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something. 804988910
Reposted by Krista BensonDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 9hMy kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do" 44270361245
Reposted by Krista BensonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9hEverything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start. 543322671
Reposted by Krista BensonMolly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Anyway, happy First Monday everybody, this Supreme Court term is going to be an absolute nightmare, just like they will continue to be until we decide enough is enough and get serious about court reform. 117419
Krista Benson @klinb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Being a stupid “change leader” in my university is the most thankless ass job I gave myself. I was accidentally perceived as efficient and now I have to do work that people mostly resent me for. 110
Reposted by Krista BensonDCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Silly me, making the mistake in thinking if only people knew about its health issues, that vax wanes after about 2 mths, that you can still get infected despite vax & why clean air & masking is vital if you want to avoid any of those health issues, that they would do everything to prevent infection… 3248
Reposted by Krista Bensonebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Reminder, please share this. ✌🏼💙 62810698
Reposted by Krista BensonKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642834637
Reposted by Krista BensonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026I was telling someone yesterday that the WPBL was able to be openly queer because of how queer Black women in the WNBA fought to live and play out loud, which opened doors for the NWSL and so on. A whole generation of little girls and enbies will imagine a different world than we did. 1186
Reposted by Krista BensonSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I learned this week that the New York Times was founded 175 years ago. There is a useful set of pieces floating around on this for journalism history buffs. But what struck me is that means the Times was founded 25 years *after* the black press which will celebrate its 200th birthday in a few months 71013258
Reposted by Krista BensonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And that’s what you’ll get if his stooges like Mike Rogers wins. Short-term, self-dealing liars. 865887
Reposted by Krista BensonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026AI and its chips and data centers are the only thing keeping the stock market in the black right now. He doesn't want his 20-car pileup to get even worse as gas and grocery prices soar. He’s putting his short term political interests over the huge risk AI poses. 6675126
Reposted by Krista BensonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We need to be absolutely clear. Donald Trump is trying to forestall any meaningful limit on AI development, which even the people developing it say has a serious chance of dooming humanity, for one reason. The midterms. 912243623
Reposted by Krista BensonDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 162169354737
Krista Benson @klinb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rewatching Nashville after the death of Hayden Panettiere is a VERY different experience. More painful, more relatable. But also, Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere are a FORCE on screen together. 011
Reposted by Krista BensonRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026not saying things aren't homophobic now but obviously the issue now is really transphobia is bigger and ... those were really, really different times wrt what was possible viz representation. 848112
Reposted by Krista BensonRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026O hey Reminder that in (homophobic) '94 as Dookie was blowing up, Green Day picked queercore Pansy Division to open for them + a lot of venues pressured them to drop them as openers -- Green Day told the venues they wouldn't play if PD didn't - and the venues (mostly? all?) backed down. huh. 382763640
Reposted by Krista BensonMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You really shouldn't be in politics if you can't take advantage of your opponent being sponsored by The Job Destroying Factory That Raises Your Water And Power Bills And Whose Creators Say It Might Kill Us All. 461582376
Reposted by Krista BensonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is my weary song. lol. No one hears it. 7669189
Krista Benson @klinb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This whole thread is a fascinating story about resilience and building habits and also immigration law for children. What would happen to my brain if I too my existing 5-6 miles I walk everyday (I don’t own a car) to 10-15 miles a day or more? 010
Reposted by Krista Bensonkay taylor rea @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026there is no more romantic relationship status than ‘in cahoots’ and more people need to understand that 418534
Krista Benson @klinb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Sweetie, now your grievances are EVEN MORE grievous to me. We will destroy.” 010
Reposted by Krista BensonMegan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 15/09/2026IMO, we need a wholesale revaluation of faculty scholarship, like they do with currency, because the amount of scholarship expected of job candidates is also out of whack. Whether this is a back-formation from the tenure book IDK, but essentially needing a completed ms for hiring isn't good either. 1194
Reposted by Krista BensonBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026Legal writers: don't do this shit Everyone else: don't fall for this shit 322444
Reposted by Krista BensonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My high school calculus teacher came to our event🥹 Thank you Mrs. McDonald! 193113272029
Reposted by Krista BensonAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today marks 50 days until the election and 10 days until ballots drop. Your task today is to make sure you and your friends and family are registered to vote. abdulforsenate.com/vote 12060052094
Reposted by Krista BensonSeth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.networks.h-net.orgBrown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown. 2276235
Reposted by Krista BensonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The whole thread, but especially this 👇. Teaching is not simply content delivery, and almost none of the "let's put AI in education" discourse acknowledges that fundamental reality. Probably because it's emanating from everyone except actual teachers. 48921
Reposted by Krista BensonJennifer Senior @jennifersenior.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s been 25 years. 66911
Reposted by Krista BensonTrip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026It's so well done, my friends in the intertubes. The learning, the feeling, the history, the today, the placedness, the people, the heart. All there! 0399
Reposted by Krista BensonOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/02/2026there is no AI without the human, in any sense 2/n bsky.app/profile/oliv... 116227
Reposted by Krista BensonOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/02/2026when people talk about AI used in moderation of social media posts, you must remember there is always the human-in-the-loop, often a woman, often in the Global South, always dehumanised and forgotten 1/n www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AIWomen in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies 41049624
Reposted by Krista BensonCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/09/2026Hey, so based on what other people have said, and what I have now myself experienced, it appears to me that publishers are, um, how do I say this... Not doing a good job (or possibly any job) of checking to see if rights have reverted on a work before claiming them in the settlement. 8511124
Reposted by Krista BensonSt. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...sfchronicle.comICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show. 641517807
Reposted by Krista BensonMicah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026"I am vocally in favor of something that is deeply unpopular among most of the people I need to vote for me" well you're probably going to lose your primary, idk what to tell you 1043037
Reposted by Krista BensonPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 02/09/2026"The alarming conditions inside Delaney Hall and other ICE jails have long been the reality of daily life for nearly 2 million incarcerated people in this country." The entire U.S. carceral system is built on cruelty.theappeal.orgI’ve Seen Prison Conditions Kill. That’s What’s Happening at Delaney Hall.As a person incarcerated in Texas, I know that rotten food and poor medical care are not unique to Delaney Hall. 02917
Reposted by Krista BensonSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I know we are all currently very tired of the Hugo Awards--they just happened, we don't want to plan for next year--but time is a linear thing, and it keeps moving forward. With this in mind, please consider TOMBQUEST, by Starkid Productions, for your 2027 ballot. 413520
Reposted by Krista BensonNana Moon { game dev } - WISHLIST BATHORY @moonana.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I know these were just on sale but Anglerman needs emergency surgery so I'm extending the pack sale for a few days!! 😭😭 Share this post to help out, every like matters! Get the packs here for $10 each, if we can sell 200 it pays for the surgery: itch.io/s/197592/161... #gamedev 🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber 28275
Reposted by Krista BensonMicah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026I understand that in the very recent past being pro-Israel was popular among much of the Dem electorate but that is demonstrably no longer the case and I see no path for it ever being popular with the base again given the state of Israeli politics these folks are gonna have to deal with that 1670987
Reposted by Krista BensonThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201429894
Reposted by Krista BensonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895834677
Reposted by Krista BensonBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up 628145860
Reposted by Krista BensonProPublica @propublica.org · 30/08/2026In Philadelphia, lawyers appointed to represent people challenging their convictions can file a “no-merit” letter against their client. One lawyer has done so more than 100 times. “I knew he wasn’t going to fight for me,” a former client said. (Published May with @inquirer.com)propublica.orgWith a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own LawyersPennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clients’ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed based on issues lawyers ... 18334158