Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 20hThis document is going to be an assigned reading in college classes that cover this moment in time, there's a lot happening in a few paragraphs... www.ahmath.org/statements 2233070
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797423030
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113124106
Reposted by @kristyboer.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 @kristyboer.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Everyone involved in this, including the Palantir employees who built the software and the executives that sold it, need to be tried for warcrimes 301634391
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much. 7684761565
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights. 149107971820
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I dunno it kind of seems that if Wendy’s genuinely said that they thought there was at least a 10% chance that their square hamburgers would end all human life we’d probably go hey you’ve got to stop selling those square burgers 852433395
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 09/09/2026"Skilled" vs "unskilled" work is a lie. It doesn't matter what the job is, it shouldn't be possible to spend most of your waking hours working and still not make enough money to live. 215243
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAlex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 2415741126
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The thing that will make this all make sense to you is that the tech industry is throwing insane wads of cash around in elections. They’re spending more money than the parties are www.notus.org/congress/dem...notus.orgLawmakers on Capitol Hill Are Learning to Love AISome Democrats are pushing their party to incorporate AI-fueled content into their messaging strategy, arguing they have been slow to adapt to social media trends. 17665201
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialFranchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This deepfake of Nancy Mace isn’t funny, it’s dangerous. 924552
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialandy™ @andylevy.net · 19/08/2026brought to you by the people who ended the brief and effective ‘they’re so weird’ moment last time around and had walz be nice to vance in the debate 561715228
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower. 13385592078
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026‘Just not Trump’ is the exact platform you would have if your goal was to ensure the conditions that produced Trump remained intact. 124358
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAnderson Clayton ☀️ @abreezeclayton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026the singular best headline I’ve ever read 14311
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I am not scared of the people on the other side of the border, I am scared of the people who are demonizing them. 425953
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/06/2026BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social just introduced the AI Data Center Moratorium Act in the House. The bill would ban the construction of data centers until Congress addresses the economic, environmental, and safety impacts of AI. 222788741
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Democratic establishment crash-out is a wonderous thing to see. A bunch of people, their organization named after democracy, unable to handle the results of just a few popular elections, appealing to the unspoken rules of a club they thought belonged exclusively to them. Let's do it everywhere. 734702978
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Under appreciated about NY winners is that they ran better campaigns. They talked to voters & got voters to talk to each other about them. Magnetism 101: if you want people to come to your cause, be attractive. Pollingists can't comprehend or recreate this: donors are their audience. 121440228
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialKelly “Free Link” McGonigal @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it 1789781860
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Vote for anyone who promises to take on the broligarchs and tax the rich. Those are your fighters. Keep an eye on the Democrats who take money from AI, Crypto, and AIPAC. Even if elected, they won't serve you. They'll keep the system running exactly as it has. 351011252
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Engage the base. Persuade the middle. Alienate the opposition. But for even greater success - provoke the opposition into attacking you in a way that amplifies your core narrative. Go @francescahongwi.bsky.social! 823969
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialNC Democrats @ncdp.org · 05/06/2026📣 Special guest speaker announcement: Justice @anitaearls.bsky.social will be joining us at the Unity Dinner on August 1st! The Unity Dinner is our largest event of the year and a celebration of our shared values. Grab your tickets at ncdp.org/unity 🩵 081
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 04/06/2026If for whatever reason you used to be a real piece of shit, and now you look back on that period of your life with regrets, that is good and laudable, and also, there might be some jobs that you shouldn't have. I do not find this to be especially complicated. 984561708
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society. 494932875
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong 6070181614
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/05/2026i cant believe tom steyer is the first dem politician (that ive seen) to proudly and forcefully make this correct and obvious counter argument to the bigotry but im glad he did 8494651863
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 24/05/2026Less blaming people just trying to make ends meet, more blaming the billionaires and CEOs paying us all so little we can barely get by. 414934
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026The Marketplace of Ideas people immediately forcefully shut down all dissent, bought all media, sued & fired all critics & arrested & caged journalists reporting on their heinousness as soon as they got control & all of this was entirely predictable & people who warned of it were called overreactors 243128845
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed. Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us. 103116413778
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialBree 🇵🇸👍 🧊🚫 @breeminneapolis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I'm in favor of universal masking when patient-facing for all healthcare workers (and more, but I know the fight). Also just to say it yet again - if your patient is masked, don't ASK if they want you to mask too. Just put a fucking mask on like a person paid to understand science. 02611
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 15/04/2026If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay 21994581
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Men whose careers rely upon their very public image seem to assume assaulting women won't tarnish them. Dear god, I hope we stop proving them right. 112319
kristyboer.bsky.social @kristyboer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I knew this Trump admin / Pope stuff was buffoonery. But the depth and breadth of knowledge dropped in this thread was really eye opening. 020
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...cnbc.comSánchez to Trump: Spain won’t ‘applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket’Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of the European Union's leading critics of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran. 1143281023
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialCongresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I have voted twice to advance articles of impeachment. We cannot wait. Congress must convene immediately and begin proceedings to remove this man from office for the safety of our nation, Americans, and the world. 11548431214
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I hate the too-cool-for-school attitude of dismissing this with a "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance. The pressure should be put on them, the message should be unrelenting that this is what must be done and they're the ones refusing to do it. Don't act like they don't have agency. 683026640
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialSen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 07/04/2026my takeaway from that video of young people in Iran walking around and being totally fucking normal while their government is a bunch of totalitarian lunatics makes me feel exactly how they'd feel if they saw a video of a guy doing that same thing in my neighborhood 81042108
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 03/04/2026yes you fucking morons free preschool for everyone or it becomes just "free preschool for the poors" and then you call them leeches and ask for tax breaks when really we want free preschool for everyone because we want smart well adjusted kids why is this so hard? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/n...nytimes.comThey Pay $34 for Burgers. Should Their Child Care Be Free? 19675351654
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026My vote goes to whoever promises to smash Trump's name off the Kennedy Center and take a wrecking ball to his new tacky ass ballroom. 2072978
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialmeron thee siren 🧜🏽♀️ @meronunfiltered.com · 22/03/2026yall remember the “this is your brain on drugs” commercials? we need a version of that campaign for AI usage 13578270
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/03/2026A reminder that we don’t need billionaires to pay charity, we need them to pay their damn taxes. Billionaire philanthropy is PR to disguise their tax evasion. Don’t fall for it. Tax billionaires. Save our democracy. Period. 672162597
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 18/03/2026We need to think bigger than ‘what if we leave the causes in place then try to mitigate the problems?’ 116243
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/03/2026just so proud of kat and the campaign she ran. the images of her standing up to ice goons and being assaulted outside broadview is so inspiring and going to be something i remember forever she has set a new bar for what we should expect from our politicians and candidates 312220216
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/03/2026*emerging from a tank I have driven through your homes* ok which one of you assholes is going to clean up this mess. 161273233
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 10/03/2026so what happened was, i read nine john le carré books, then i saw the pictures of the preposterous drapery SCIF at mar a lago where the iran war was being conducted, and then i thought about how many spies there must be at that place and then i wrote a short story buttondown.com/theswordandt...buttondown.comThe Submarine of Czechia: Or, The Life of a Spy at Mar-a-LagoA version of this short story was originally published in Flaming Hydra, an art collective I'm proud to be a part of. This is most definitely a work of... 18565120
Reposted by @kristyboer.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026True redemption doesn’t usually involve an increase in power and influence for those redeemed, and we should be wary of those who try to gain those privileges from a pose of repentance. 24927198