Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026After 10 years of cravenly and fraudulently presenting the Know-Nothing Nazified Republican Party as one of two sane, understandable choices, major news organizations are not able to report the obvious, which is that U.S. voters seem to be increasingly coming to their senses. Epic, epic fail. 14555131
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had the party for the five year old and her best friend (who just had her last preschool day) brought her a framed picture. A picture she made from the pressed flowers she had collected on her walks home from their school days together 623731
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump’s insider trading is, on its own, the worst corruption scandal in US history, with $$$ dwarfing Teapot Dome. So are Trump’s bribes-for-pardons. So is the Qatar bribe plane. So is all the Saudi money he (and Kushner) have pocketed. And the ballroom. And more. Each alone would be the worst. 19569168
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMissing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching a murder real-time. 1011310
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 694279409549
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is one of the most painful things you’ll ever see and you should absolutely see it 1216124
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My belief: This election isn’t about the economy in 2027. It’s about the economy in 2060. Prosperity comes from institutions like the rule of law, markets, a free press, and capitalism (not crony capitalism) newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comWe Spend So Much Time Talking About Gas PricesBut is that what we really want to focus on? Also: Is the U.S. economy really the envy of the world? 29526131
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776522128
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialWashington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On Sept. 26, Glitterer, Posición Unida, and Somebody’s Daughter play the first punk show at the base of the Washington Monument since Fugazi played there in ’95 “There’s no better time to remind both the city and country that this is a town for punks, says co-organizer Caroline Liaupsinbuff.lyD.C. Punk Returns to the National Mall for a Monumental Benefit ConcertThe Ward 1 Mutual Aid Benefit Show will bring local punk to the Sylvan Theater stage for the first time since Fugazi played there in 1995. 02711
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lukewarm take: I feel a lot of pessimism about the present is built on not realizing just how bad the past was. Like if you just read a book about poverty in a first-world country in the 1950s it's staggeringly worse than now. 501155156
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialDead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We know *without a doubt* that electing Republicans—or failing to elect Democrats—will mean more misery and death. There is absolute moral clarity here and we do not benefit by acting like there isn’t. 0471
Reposted by @kpaschke.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. 5953725913393
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Data centers 732610921
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026they like Elon Musk, agree with his goals and want to help him. they do not like Hasan Piker, disagree with his goals, and want to hurt him. Hard to arrive at any other conclusion. 245477
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I read today in an article in The Daily Beast that some military leaders have privately begun referring to Pete Hegseth with the nickname "No Tab Pete" and I nearly spit my drink out. I then realized that everyone should have the knowledge to appreciate this ruthless nickname. (thread) 572753733
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115623175
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialAnne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026An ancient listing, flagged in an old cutting from the Guardian, for a job at Southeast Missouri State University, to teach philosophy and religious studies. Startlingly frank. 1227181
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 31/08/2026Some friends are teaching their baby ASL as an early bridge to speech and they made the mistake of teaching her “want” as a concept. Now she wanders around the house signing “want” all the time as an expression of unfocused desire. They fucked up and made the baby invent the opposite of Buddhism. 3470491066
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialSomeone’s Skin ☠️🕷️👻 @simoneskeen.xyz · 01/09/2026I had my dissertation defunded and a career path as a USAID technical advisor destroyed and I still detest performative dooming. 1/3 of international student enrollment down? A dire self-inflicted humiliation but the remaining 2/3 don’t need to hear “it’s over forever” they need solutions. And hope 111730
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 30/08/2026All of us who worked in COVID wards saw the horror of COVID. All sorts of people died- those with comorbidities. Those previously healthy. They died fast and often alone, except for their nurse (heroes). This guy can go fuck himself with his revisionist history 🤬🤬🤬 752103531
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026so according to the CDC, *foodborne illness* is responsible for about 930 deaths a year. "food-induced illness" is a made up term RFK is using for basically every cause of mortality minus suicide. 22656901274
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If you did a movie 10 years ago about people who had a long ago shoplifting charge ago being chased by robot dogs and masked goons with shock gloves it would have seemed a bit heavy handed on the dystopia front. And the hero would have definitely been the person who takes down that oppression. 683129688
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it. 32056304
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialHeather is RIGHT BEHIND YOU 👻 @katanaangel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Oh, its that day again. Every year I see this and I always repost it, because Till would potentially still be alive today if he wasn't murdered. He would be my dad's age, but he would be *alive* The past is not so far away. 194
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialdan ozzi @danozzi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026my tv is currently restarting because its terms have changed and i need to accept the new agreement. a tv shouldn’t have terms of agreement. it should be a tv. 38798951181
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialTW @twesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Yeah there’s the unrelenting empathy, which shone brightest, but that was backed by a sisyphean level of patience. It’s not that hard to care, it’s very hard to keep caring over and over and over 0161
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.social~Tilda is short for It's Decoratilda Gourd Season, Motherf***ers @hulcricket.bsky.social · 27/08/2026these are the things that are hard to get out of my mind when I stand at the front of a classroom this week and introduce myself and go through my syllabus as a very visibly trans woman who also is dedicated to making physics a more inclusive field 413314
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026The largest and oldest Black studies departments in the country have been closed, but a bunch of people decided the eugenics guy was the crucible for academic freedom. 1443921093
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying 162964741
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources: 1. Federal grants 2. Private gifts/endowments 3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students) 4. State $ For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear. 20644332
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m sure FIRE will be all over this 1570696
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 567281138622
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 23/08/2026Texas A&M fired a professor for giving a lecture about gender. No one is buying the academic freedom bullshit from the skull measuring crowd. Fuck off 21067175
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMike Switzer (he/him) @kidornery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026There is no bipartisanship. There is only collaboration. 011
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/04/2025BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...cbsnews.comFDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources sayFood safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA. 1801575768
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I feel like this is similar to the thing where people living inside the right wing alternate reality treat "Nazi" like they are the in-universe villains from a fictional fantasy series that it is hysterical and hyperbolic to reference, and not like something that actually existed in history 656459
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I know they're all gaslighting liars, but it's remarkable how thoroughly the "cancel culture" myth redefined "censorship" to mean "someone using their free speech to criticize me." Meanwhile, actual censorship is just fine for all these people. 10825223
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialPhysghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 31/10/2023Since I'm home sick and X-Twitter may soon expect me to pay for access, I am going to recreate this here: 🎢 ⚛️ Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread 22714257
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm. 13975921650
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026No matter what metric you use, Republicans have been worse for the economy than Democrats for a century now. And yet they’ll *still* point to the latest mess they created as an argument to elect them again. And half the media will happily help carry their water for them. 1112728654
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law" 8980420
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.nature.comExclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decadesThe US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project. 14760478
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 20/08/2026*my toaster shorts out and starts sparking* Mm, the purpose of a system is what it does. *my house burns down around me.* 318818
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialSaint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Boycott Scotts. 527625
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The robbery, the reveal, the stare. How can you not be entertained by Fernando Tatis Jr. 😮💨 422635
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialTW @twesq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I…I am apoplectic. What the fuck. 1122452
Reposted by @kpaschke.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026 454362694