Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9hIt's always good to remember that people hated cars so much in the early 20th century that the auto industry invented jaywalking to paint pedestrians as problematic 016030
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 8hIt's so funny when drivers view traffic calming measures as a fundamental attack on their right to use a car. You can still drive! You're just being forced to drive more slowly and safely. 220118
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialRobert Rath @robertrath.bsky.social · 8hCALIFORNIA: Can’t believe people are casually talking about us hypothetically getting nuked by Iran. So upsetting. HAWAII: … CA: It’s like, crazy right? Can you imagine Americans not caring if you’re nuked? HI: [checks phone, turns off erroneous North Korean missile alert] CA: Wild brah. Wild. 1706
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialNtina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 07/10/2026one of the reasons that make me think that capitalism cannot be reformed is that in the West the golden years of capitalism produced boomers, a generation of lowkey sociopaths. 418156
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 8hThe government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term. 211388745
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 8h"you have to give up your daily coffee because we're losing the dumb illegal war we started and now you can't afford groceries" is a hell of a closing message 1124468
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19hThese were identical trips, loaded via identical referrer URLs. The difference was that in the browser where Air Canada knew that I was an extremely loyal and prolific customer, they had whacked me with a *44.8% premium* to punish me for my loyalty! 516926
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19hMeanwhile, airlines all over the world have quietly switched their frequent flier reward programs from "mileage-based" rewards to "revenue-based" rewards. That means that you get points and status based on how much you spend on your ticket, not how far you fly. 1587
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14hThis Is Unacceptable, part 2,987 421430
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21h"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers. 121468354
lilybet.bsky.social @lilybet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oh no I once again drank a whole glass of water before bed 020
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialJeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it. AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement. www.reuters.com/investigates...reuters.comMeta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with childrenAn internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race. 56614246
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201840912
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialLance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 15/05/2026native Texan here. I have strong opinions on this. - PEC or BEC are what you get when you're in (or headed to) a business meeting. why? - almost anything else is heavy on garlic (migas) or grease (chorizo) or gas (beans) - my man was meeting w A PRESIDENT - PEC is a safe and 100% Texan choice 3939
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialJason @jxsxpx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can order one of those at What-A-Burger like c'mon now 1654
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026I could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work. 515272309
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged. 941341445
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not an exaggeration. Why do you not highlight this stuff CONSTANTLY 510225
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The GOP is the party of rapists and rape apologists and pedophiles and pedophile defenders. These are true statements that are not on every Dem mailer and radio and TV ad but should be. 345486
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That is not the legal criteria, and he knows it. 2245791
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialFifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge. 46972550
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialAutistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026*Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)* This is a bill a doctor is trying to get passed in congress right now for transparent prices & disclosures in hospitals and medical centers, consider contacting your reps about it, the bill has already gone to mark up: www.aha.org/2026-09-14-p... 1103
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That’s what I find mind boggling about Elon: if he would just stfu up for 5 seconds he would have no public scrutiny Barely any American thinks about: the Devos family, Bari seid, Koch brothers, uhlein family, Mellon, Thiel, etc But musk wanna be on a stage with a fucking chainsaw literally 1233
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 152108202338
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026These people cannot be trusted to vote in their best interests. Ever. They have failed at the most simple task and have driven this country to ruin. They are too stupid to be allowed to have a say in the future of the country. Convince a non-voter to vote. There are LOTS of those. 282218399
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Great example.of why Dallas Sonnier is not only a child sexual abuse enabling piece of shit, but also an incredibly stupid producer; if you violate the terms of your permits by just doing whatever you want without regard for the people and businesses around you, they will get taken away from you. 28513
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialKeezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 03/10/2026if you live in seattle you'll notice that virtually every newspaper runs nonstop headlines suggesting that katie wilson is inept, inexperienced, and too mushy feely (girl-coded). i have never in my life seen such overt hit pieces on an elected official in this city, and we've had some bad ones lmao 81097251
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy" 927877
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...liberalcurrents.comWe Have No Supreme CourtThe philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court. 1232996780
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 192241792
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41997413544
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260184664882
Reposted by @lilybet.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 297112954104
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So my wonderful wife, @tekla.bsky.social, is one of the workers who was laid off Wednesday. The article is honestly too fair to A4TE leadership, who have handled this with a baffling level of hostility and callousness. And yes, they were notified with a one-sentence email starting “Dear Employee”advocate.comWorkers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff emailAdvocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs. 1711741
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh, you like psychology? Name five ways you can help me 1015544
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialRose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The CDC wants to redesign its annual health survey. Their proposed changes would make people with intellectual and developmental disabilities "invisible." www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/c...statnews.comAs CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilitiesProposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say. 05237
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The good men, the friends and lovers even, say to me later "well why didn't you just tell that creep off" as though I wouldn't be accused of starting shit, as though they'd stand up for me and not interrogate me to make the creep comfortable instead. Experience tells me most men will do the latter. 124014343
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay 74127262
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187904715
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This. I strongly believe a lot of men have no idea how often women contend with this, and how it can stunt their ambitions. 01227313
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear. 17818101
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349861156
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialJenny Benny @jennybenni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a gross text that I just got (several people in Scott's mentions said it's not just white folks getting them) 021
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hegseth makes a bigoted, unhinged rant and this is how axios covers it up 1016039
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So, we are putting the equivalent of Flock cameras on Postal Trucks to create “valuable data”? Valuable to whom? Will it be sold? 12314116
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026*watch your party run roughshod over every vulnerable community for a decade* “Can’t we all just get along?” 35896115
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Vivid numbers in this overview of Illinois’s new Net Zero carbon plan: “improvements in air quality alone would lead to between 392 & 631 fewer premature deaths per year. That translates to between $8.8 and $13.8 billion in avoided healthcare costs & increased worker productivity.” #ShareGoodNewsToohpherald.comIllinois EPA releases ‘Comprehensive Climate Action Plan’ to reach ‘net zero’ emissionsSPRINGFIELD — Illinois has made substantial progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, but it is not yet on track to meet its goal of reaching net-zero emissions 112231
Reposted by @lilybet.bsky.socialMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 30/09/2026A U.S. Army psychologist Gustave M. Gilbert interviewed Nazi war criminals on trial at Nuremberg and famously wrote in his 1950 book, "Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy." It was the *lack* of empathy that made the Holocaust possible. 424574
![Twitter user Scottbraddock posted, "White voters across Texas now receiving these text messages." Below that, he posted a acreenshot of a text saying:
"Are you white, [name redacted]?
James Talarico calls white men America's top terror threat. See his exact words >> https://rep2026.com/talarico/5V1R7WNK
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