Reposted by Laura KinsaleMicah @rincewind.run · 13hthe reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 7889902149
Reposted by Laura KinsaleAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10hIt's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center. 525121722895
Reposted by Laura KinsalePatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 11hThese are tools of a tyrant and the collaborators at DOJ should be disbarred. 1164
Reposted by Laura KinsaleGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12hMany, many more people associated with Trump have been doing this for quite some time. It’s an industry. And it should be investigated. 682051575
Reposted by Laura KinsaleStuart L. Riley @slriley.com · 06/10/2026We had vandalism there. Only sick people do that, and we have their pictures. 2425
Reposted by Laura KinsaleCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.washingtonsun.comIs the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens. 581243535
Reposted by Laura KinsaleScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Mr. Hearn was deprived of his liberty, indicted for a crime he didn't commit, threatened w/ incarceration of up to 10 years & endured defaming of his name" Former Olympian charged w/ discredited Reflecting Pool criminal case asks for Dept of Interior watchdog probe of agency 151096338
Reposted by Laura KinsaleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power. 1162138599
Reposted by Laura Kinsale#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A sad visual metaphor for what Trump and his Republicans are doing to our 250 year old democracy...🤬 1912986
Reposted by Laura KinsaleMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 57152363204
Reposted by Laura KinsaleBarking Squirrel 🏳️🌈👩🏻🦰🇺🇸🇨🇦 @barkingsquirrel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#Montana! When you receive your ballot in the mail, please try your best to return it to your local election office. Our mail goes to Spokane for sorting now. Delivery delays or lost ballots are a real possibility. Walk it don’t drop it! 01311
Reposted by Laura KinsaleBrown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Outraged by the shirt on the left, but silent about the one worn by the pardoned Jan. 6er on the right? Well, that says everything, doesn't it? 7384118
Reposted by Laura KinsaleProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9659953427
Reposted by Laura KinsaleProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6725491247
Reposted by Laura KinsaleZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026"Small Banks Sue to Block Bank Charters for Coinbase, Ripple, and Other Crypto Companies Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial was one of the crypto firms that recently received a conditional national trust charter. " @kyletorpey.bsky.social for @gizmodo.comgizmodo.comSmall Banks Sue to Block Bank Charters for Coinbase, Ripple, and Other Crypto CompaniesTrump-affiliated World Liberty Financial was one of the crypto firms that recently received a conditional national trust charter. 12111
Reposted by Laura KinsaleProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7954042360
Reposted by Laura KinsaleBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” How about we let them happen to you, exclusively, first, and then we’ll decide if we’re game? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 33441106
Reposted by Laura KinsaleHeather Small @heathersmall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The idea of testosterone powering objectivity is so fucking funny man 051
Reposted by Laura KinsaleJoe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 31/10/2024The Constitution makes ONE simple demand of officeholders. Like instructing Adam & Eve to lay off the fruit, the Framers said, "you may want a fancy European title but the nation's integrity demands you refuse." Alito just ignored the Constitution's command.abovethelaw.comSam Alito Got Knighted… Just Like The Founding Fathers EXPLICITLY MADE UNCONSTITUTIONALIt turns out Sam Alito hates the Constitution as much as you thought he did. 962160732
Reposted by Laura KinsaleMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 582242582
Reposted by Laura KinsaleThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Endless corruption. 629121205457
Reposted by Laura KinsaleAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker 872238451
Laura Kinsale @laurakinsale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is a really good explanation: “The record doesn’t require an agent that wanted out. It requires something less cinematic: a goal, an obstacle, and another route...Each time, [the boundary] turned out to describe what people intended, not what the system could actually do.” 010
Reposted by Laura KinsaleMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket. 48365713757
Reposted by Laura KinsalePeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comThe Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes. 47610433
Laura Kinsale @laurakinsale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026yes it so totally makes sense to fire civilian faculty at the military academies, just so we can get Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and effin NEWT GINGRICH to plan the future of the military. 110
Reposted by Laura KinsaleJay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The President of the United States is a liar. 873246619
Reposted by Laura Kinsalemariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️ 1130134195112
Reposted by Laura KinsaleNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history. 67686893825
Reposted by Laura KinsaleRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 899160156247
Laura Kinsale @laurakinsale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Most Hated Slop News Headline: Blah Blah Blah, HERE’S WHY Just makes me want to scream 020
Reposted by Laura KinsaleKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...youtu.beTrump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 7540621107
Reposted by Laura KinsaleMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20463002898
Reposted by Laura KinsaleTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Over 4,000 Texans showed up for James Talarico in Ken Paxton's home county 👀 14248521063
Reposted by Laura KinsaleUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It was 96° at 11:00 a.m. in Lamont, CA. Farm workers were bent over harvesting Asian leafy greens. "Erik" shares, "Our work is being done in direct sunlight and requires being bent over for hours at a time. By the end of the day our back hips and knees hurt." #WeFeedYou 13406133
Reposted by Laura KinsaleChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident 14140432241
Reposted by Laura KinsaleCall Me Maybe (She/Her) @sousleradar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Terrell County deputies arrest 3 migrants seeking shelter from storms www.firstalert7.com/2026/10/01/t... What a fucking headline. Just like Jesus would do.firstalert7.comTerrell County deputies arrest 3 migrants seeking shelter from stormsTerrell County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three illegal migrants from Chiapas, Mexico. 141
Reposted by Laura KinsaleKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"? 703027706
Laura Kinsale @laurakinsale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? @pewresearch.org Spoiler alert: No. As in really, really No. www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...pewresearch.orgCan AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not ReallySynthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults. 010