Reposted by Anarchic SquidStates Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 45mHUNTSVILLE — After nearly a year of discussion among the governing body for Alabama Public Television to drop Public Broadcast Service programming, a survey released Tuesday showed majority support from the public to continue its affiliation with PBS.bit.lyAlabama Public Television survey shows majority support for continuing PBS affiliationHUNTSVILLE — After nearly a year of discussion among the governing body for Alabama Public Television to drop Public Broadcast Service programming, a survey released Tuesday showed majority support from the public to continue its affiliation with PBS. 0216
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 1hthe person who tee’d up Sen Schmitt’s Sports Ball slam dunk yesterday is back at it 151
Reposted by Anarchic SquidClyde "Two Ducks" Lee @clydeleesmith.bsky.social · 1hAnother AI victory! Perfectly written copy! 3167
Reposted by Anarchic SquidBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 4hI wrote about iced coffeetheringer.comHow “Can You Bring Iced Coffee to a Job Interview?” Became Society’s Ultimate Litmus TestAmerica is divided. Generations are at war. Where do you stand on the most urgent debate of the past week? 95711
Reposted by Anarchic Squidc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6hOmigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2534541160
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 6hWow Day 2 of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social ‘s Snail Facts calendar is going to make you SO MAD at sea slugs. 010
Reposted by Anarchic SquidRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16hThe Talmud is dudes in 4th c. whats-now-Iraq nerding out about Torah, + some intern takes notes in the study hall sometimes they fight abt whether or not you accidentally making a furrow in dirt when you drag a bench is Shabbat-prohibited "farming" sometimes they make wang jokes like, chill 1327750
Reposted by Anarchic SquidJews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 16hPSA: Stop being weird about the Talmud, folks. Being weird about the Talmud is Nazi garbage.static.klipy.comThe More You KnowAlt: The More You Know 118431
Reposted by Anarchic SquidHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 22hThis is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism. 532213285
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 18hI know yall hate the NYT but these donuts are so good 100
Reposted by Anarchic SquidFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18htbh they’ve probably been adopted already but I really want someone on here to get one of these Weird Puppies and document what they look like as they grow up for science/my entertainment 1314212
Reposted by Anarchic SquidFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18hI would die for the Weird Puppies at the Sacramento SPCA 54872125
Reposted by Anarchic Squidemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20hBc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1232548453
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 18hLowkey might switch parties. I deeply relate to being unable to remember any particulars about Sports Teams named for birds of prey. 000
Reposted by Anarchic SquidHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22hWhen your entire attack line is garbage and you thought you were being clever, you’re a Schmitt-head. 66973351915
Reposted by Anarchic SquidDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1272762539
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Life hack: All Sports Teams have similar-sounding names and it’s best to just not talk about them 041
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Saw this on my way to the fridge to get the almost-empty jar I will be eating them straight from 000
Reposted by Anarchic SquidGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball. But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!" 2433
Reposted by Anarchic SquidElly @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a HELL of an ad. Would love to see a lot more like it. 13010
Reposted by Anarchic SquidSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 35886832674
Reposted by Anarchic SquidRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's a terrific NYT profile of the vital work @galvinalmanza.bsky.social is doing. (Note: This is also the subject of my forthcoming book!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/h...nytimes.comCan a ‘Teach for America’ Model Save Public Defense?Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S. 46617
Reposted by Anarchic SquidAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'" 23491482945
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For one glorious second I imagined the wrong Morrissey 140
Reposted by Anarchic SquidACLU @aclu.org · 29/09/2026This law has subjected trans people in Kansas to: - Losing their ability to drive and go about their daily lives - Being forced to disclose they're trans every time they show ID - Risking harassment or violating the law when deciding which bathroom to use We're fighting back. 226830
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My daughter calls the creatures that weave these gorgeous, distinctive webs Apocalypse Turtles. They are actually called Spiny-Backed Orb Weavers. The first I ever encountered was in Selma. They are territorial little beasts and we have quite a few in our neighborhood. 10/10 good beasties. 250
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading these reaction pieces to Nikole Hannah-Jones that continue to blame her, an individual. The problem is us, a society. 020
Reposted by Anarchic SquidPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“you live in a bubble” yeah, we all do, social media literally manufactures bubbles for us. 1496762
Reposted by Anarchic SquidBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kind of wish Americans generally would understand the difference between good faith reporting critiques and treating “The Media” as an insidious other. The latter is often a quick gateway into grifting. 0162
Reposted by Anarchic Squidderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors. 1417623615
Reposted by Anarchic SquidEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026narrator: she did not get on with her day, she wrote the same column about it for the rest of her life 642932
Reposted by Anarchic SquidBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wonder what it would be like to write the same column, over and over again, endlessly. Seems like it’d be boring. But maybe it brings one comfort, like having your parents read you the same story every night before you go to bed. 1996242509
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ugh I got the shingles shot and the flu shot in the same arm why 230
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/20264th grader: “Mommee. What if I were up in a tree and a T. rex came and I poured liquid nitrogen on it?” 👀 🦖 🥶 010
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Update: my 12 yo has not heard of Choosing Texas and she says Ed Sheeran is “a rapper or something.” But my husband has heard of Choosing Texas and says it was written by someone who lives in our county. 020
Reposted by Anarchic SquidMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The reason that lesbian bar mask story blew up is that an insane amount of cruelty and emotional abuse is tolerated in certain lefty communities as long as it’s justified by the right buzzwords. Similar to how certain churches torment their members in the name of Christian love. 611818
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026From the Annals of Nominative Determinism… Me: I ran into Griff at the Publix Husband: I don’t recall that guy. What does he look like? Me: A guy named Griff Husband: Hasn’t shaved this weekend, unruly hair? Me: You do know him Husband: No, but you said he looks like a Griff 040
Reposted by Anarchic SquidEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Blake: Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? tyger: YES HENLO 3384
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I only know Ed Sheeran exists because of the Macklemore situation and I still don’t know who or what Ed Sheeran is besides that. This isn’t about cultural cachet, I just am the parent of 2 kids and I mostly listen to old music I already like 9926
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I appreciate this thread. There was a time when I was disabled by depression. I dropped out of college. Spent time in a psychiatric facility. Lost my 20s. I learned a lot from the experience. But it sucked. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone and if we can cure/prevent such depression, we should. 010
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The NYC prestige magazine scene was similar in the early 2000s. There are many reasons I did not break into this scene. One is that I learned I’d have to invite drunken ass-grabbing as the price of entry, and I wasn’t up for that. 1207
Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Alas poor Yorick, I fucking knew him, Horatio 020