Reposted by lawlessBr. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 3hWhen I taught at an all-boys prep school, we'd do an activity where I had them list every sexual term they could think of. They'd often laugh, as many were absurd things meant for Urban Dictionary. We'd then go through how many terms were violent (~85%) and how many were male-dominant (~90%). 224080
Reposted by lawlessTravis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 3hIn another world Israel's offensive in Gaza petered out in November/December 2023 as they expended their entire strategic stockpile of aerial bombs, as the US followed its own laws and moral obligations and did not provide new supply. 418538
Reposted by lawlessSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3hTonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice. 211402281
Reposted by lawlessAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7hOne, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for. 551845367
Reposted by lawlessFated Mates @fatedmates.net · 3hIt's a lot harder to fundraise during the midterms, so we're not even halfway to our goal. If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider donating to the Fated States Project. fatedmates.net/givingcirclefatedmates.netFated States | Join and Donate | The States ProjectLearn more about Fated States on Grapevine.org 11013
Reposted by lawlessAll These Cats Feed+Rescue @allthesecats.org · 2h14 outdoor cats depend on us daily for food/water. Tomorrow, we start rationing food. Donations have decreased dramatically. I get it…everything is expensive. 😔 These aren’t the cute kittens. These are cats that were left behind, born in wild. A bag/box of food? www.amazon.com/registries/g... #cats 146544
Reposted by lawlessMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 2halso not getting enough attention: these texts are between one of the lawyers on Jack Smith's team and a US Marshall tasked with keeping people fueled by Republican conspiracy theories from murdering Jack Smith in public because he tried to prosecute the president for crimes that he did 641483
Reposted by lawlessThe Onion @theonion.com · 10hCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 12382551556
Reposted by lawlessTruthout @truthout.org · 2hThe proposal is part of the Trump administration’s broader assault on federal efforts to expand access to voting, especially among groups that have historically faced discrimination and disenfranchisement. 0165
Reposted by lawlessTruthout @truthout.org · 2hMiller, who has worked at a nonprofit that helps elderly and disabled people for six years, said she’s never faced regulators wanting to impede her work. “Shutting that down and making it more difficult for these Americans to access the ballot box is bewildering to me,” she said. 2226
Reposted by lawlessTruthout @truthout.org · 2hThe White House Office of Management and Budget wants to change spending rules to prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives or what it vaguely calls “related activities.”buff.lyNew Rule Would Ban the Use of Federal Grant Money for Voter Registration DrivesAdvocates worry that the loss of federal funding will effectively disenfranchise many voters with disabilities. 22716
Reposted by lawlessdallas @liketexas.bsky.social · 2hHmmm we may have assembled the cat kit incorrectly 1568
Reposted by lawlessUnicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 2hMinnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation 📹unicornriot.ninjaMinnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation - UNICORN RIOTMinnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison has decided to "eliminate" the state's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) less than six years after he created it. The closure is a devastating blow to around 160 ... 12513
Reposted by lawlessSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 23hSend Stephen Miller to The Hague. 19969642243
Reposted by lawlessali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 3hit's also an incredibly, unreasonably charitable alternative to burning down the university. 038231
Reposted by lawlessali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 3hshutting down frat houses won't end rape culture, but it will disorganize a lot of rapists, and i think that's probably worth doing if only to destabilize what is apparently an ecology of organizations that functionally exist to rape women per the whole "purpose of a system is what it does" insight. 51661347
Reposted by lawlessCrits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 2hWe have mama Rainy and her little Clouds (who willl need colored collars to tell them apart but for now they are…): -Nimbus (girl) -Stratus (boy) -Cumulus (girl) -Cirrus (girl) -Wisp (unknown, remains at large, hopefully will wind up in the trap overnight. Trap is safe and secure inside closed shed. 1413510
Reposted by lawlessCrits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 2hI’m so sorry mama Rainy to have to squish you in the kennel with your very large & fat, greedy babies but it’s only for 24 hours ;-; I did sit with them to make sure she remembered & accepted them & that she didn’t seem too stressed to be stuck with them all. There’s still one left to trap. 1129733
Reposted by lawlessKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 4hShe was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable. 262219383
Reposted by lawlessKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 5hThe Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet. 502380334
Reposted by lawlessNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 2hMen, it’s never too late to leave your fraternity. Membership is lifelong. And these segregationist institutions use your name to uphold the power they abuse. This is what your fellow alums are doing. Do you really want to be associated with that? 326879
Reposted by lawless#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 2hOnly 11 Democrats voted for it in 2024. 532655
Reposted by lawless#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 5hSchumer and Gillibrand just voted yes for Van Hollen's resolution demanding a State Department human rights report on Israeli conduct in the illegally-occupied West Bank. 1751171
Reposted by lawlessBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 5hthe whole point of exercising "equitable powers" on the shadow docket is to quickly address imminent, irreparable harm it is infuriating and disgusting for the GOP justices to deploy that to block the harm of, what, insufficiently slow ethnic cleansing? ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ketan...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Is Getting Tired of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket AbusesThe conservative supermajority keeps refusing to take the real-world harms of its work seriously. 415855
Reposted by lawlessRain's Cats @catssurname.bsky.social · 4hSome of the funniest Harpo moments were when he took a detour from bringing whatever I’d put out for him to grab something else that struck his fancy. The meow got even more intense when he did that. #CatsOfBluesky 2149852
Reposted by lawlessFormerGregSamsa @formergregsamsa.bsky.social · 6hThis is not as impressive as that time Curb Your Enthusiasm filmed at a baseball game and proved a guy was there and not committing murder, but it is close. 0395
Reposted by lawlessAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 5h[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz 743548388
Reposted by lawlessDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 4hJesus this is bleak. Just boilerplate “we, the undersigned CEOs, promise to try really really hard to only make good artificial super intelligences. We’ve got this. We promise.” 913327
Reposted by lawlessScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 265184815256
Reposted by lawlessChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4hNEW: SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness. A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts. Tonight, at Law Dork:lawdork.comSCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessnessA split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts. 213356
Reposted by lawlessTruthout @truthout.org · 4h“The Tubasi family had been expelled because the IDF backed terrorists who besieged their house for weeks. They allowed terrorists to roam free while barring journalists and solidarity activists from accessing them,” said Breaking the Silence, an Israeli advocacy organization. 0112
Reposted by lawlessTruthout @truthout.org · 4hMore than 100 Israeli settlers in the illegally occupied West Bank rioted to prevent the return of a Palestinian family that was driven from its home in the village of Jalud.buff.lyIsraeli Settlers Violently Block Displaced Palestinian Family’s Return HomeThe family had been forced out after their home was besieged for weeks by state-backed settlers. 53020
Reposted by lawlessJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4hi remember talking to my dad my towards the end of my senior year about all the time i had spent at the sun over the years and he said "well, that was really your fraternity for your time there." never been prouder to be a small part of this brother/sister/siblinghood 🫡🫡🫡nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two YearsThe student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 240932
Reposted by lawlessMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6hThey can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 1034085
Reposted by lawlessTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4hThe White House is bragging about reducing immigration (including refugees) from Muslim-majority countries to near 0. The U.S. is a nation of 340 million or so people. It was letting in just 18,000 people or less per month from these same countries prior to Jan 2025. Obvious anti-Muslim bigotry. 415446
Reposted by lawlessZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nobody seems to bat an eye that Rufo's podcast partner is a longtime anonymous troll who called gays "f*ggots," referred to Asians as "mongoloids," and explicitly sees his partnership with Rufo as a strategy of normalizing what most of us would see as bigotry www.vox.com/politics/368...vox.comAn inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itselfAn radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans. 14577185
Reposted by lawlessHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 8hit is wild to have Biden out and about doing events, giving speeches, and meeting random members of the public on planes and trains and taking pictures and what not, 2 years after leaving office, and yet there are *still* people who will breathlessly scream about how he clearly had dementia 413722
Reposted by lawlessJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1439691091
Reposted by lawlessTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4hThis was planned as Schmitt’s big day, with a “national ambitions trial balloon” in national media. Instead it’s ending like this. 1442435
Reposted by lawlessRadical Mainiac @radicalmainiac.bsky.social · 5hKitty pretends she don't like the neighbor Kitty, but she's been asking to go out all day & looking out windows 🥹🥰😽 Lol I kept looking, but it's been raining all day, so he may be inside at home 💜🥰😸😺🥰💜 3568
Reposted by lawlesstkillion.bsky.social @tkillion.bsky.social · 4h"The night is its own habitat. Artificial lights confuse animals who use the moon to navigate...Lightning bugs and frogs need darkness to complete their courtship rituals. Migrating birds get thrown off course by the bright lights of big cities." 063
Reposted by lawlessBailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 4hI wouldn’t stop suing until my name was on every building the school has and every trustee had to write me a personal check. 014828
Reposted by lawlessOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h80% serious: some influencer should get a couple historians and natsec scholars on to watch and react to this anti-FBI TV series live 716826
Reposted by lawlessDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3hSo, something midway between the second and third option - Senator can't tell the difference between basketball teams + perjury effort backfires but not so much on the emblematic of right wing conspiracy addiction 10916
Reposted by lawlessBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 7hIf we can auto enroll every child into Trump accounts we can auto enroll every child into Medicare is the easiest layup of 2029. 11766211
Reposted by lawlessKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 3hIt really is something to see people who voted for Trump (sometimes two or three times!) not want to be held accountable for also voting for the current situation with tariffs, oil, destroyed international diplomacy, and general dysfunction in the US. 7835
Reposted by lawlessThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4hIf the future of democracy depends on shared truth, and if shame is the right response to bad faith, what is the future of democracy when men like Eric Schmitt not only shrug off humiliation but are even rewarded for it? For an answer, I got in touch with @donmoyn.bsky.social. 915027
Reposted by lawlessAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 5hThis is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 332035767