Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialRuss The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 4hOld and busted: "Question everything" New hotness: "Question the things that seem too good to be true, imply you are special if you believe them, or would justify being selfish or shitty to others." 094
linusrufus.bsky.social @linusrufus.bsky.social · 2hstatic.klipy.comAirport Whoopsy: Man Unplugs Something ImportantALT: Airport Whoopsy: Man Unplugs Something Important 060
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As a technology it is an absolute blight and the companies that own and control it should be held fully responsible, including criminally responsible, for every single harm. 492894
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI has talked kids into suicide, fueled paranoid delusional that led to murder, degraded education quality in both k-12 and higher ed, run roughshod over copyright law, increased spam, fueled spam, fueled fraud, degraded the environment, put people out of work, the list goes on and on. 81323261
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Today is the 30th anniversary of the launch of Fox News, one of the worst things that has ever happened to to human beings. I will have a piece on this later. 20589105
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 5922631664
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialYour Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 06/10/20268/ Tips for preventing rabies: 🔹 Never touch a bat, alive or dead. 🔹Found a bat indoors? If there’s any chance of contact, call animal control so it can be tested—especially if it was in a room with someone sleeping, a young child, or a pet. 1111
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialMico Antifa Leãopiä!nen 🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #MarcoTemporalNão #DemarcaçãoJá @micoleaopiainen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Evil finds safety in numbers. This is an important observation. 010117
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9041621674
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026With great consistency, people who prefer authoritarianism to democracy envision themselves in charge. Could be them personally, could be vicarious, but they're always the boot, not the face. It's basically a way to say everyone should shut up and accept that we're doing my preferences, not theirs. 1029371
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition. 14677101
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 381346290
linusrufus.bsky.social @linusrufus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If I don't get one today I will try and tape one of the ripped ones from my recycling bin. Mail comes soon. 110
linusrufus.bsky.social @linusrufus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm in Ohio and get an anti-Acton mailer almost every single day. I immediately rip them up. They often show a picture of Amy on the flyer with Mayor Zohran Mamdani!! Trying to paint her as a socialist and communist! As if! Ohio ads are lying so much about the Dems. 121
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you are at a school with a more expansive mandatory reporting policy, this is a great time to advocate with other faculty to change that. There is NO federal law, regulation, or guidance that requires faculty to be mandatory reporters. 36610
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768451116
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialBlue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Me when I hear JD Vance speak 51054
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialUncle Bucky @unclebuckyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Alternative headline: Ohio has paused revenue stream used for state funding due to a disastrous war unauthorized by Congress. 1358
linusrufus.bsky.social @linusrufus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I saw an article about Ohio voters which said at least a few of them thought Sherrod was currently a senator *right now* and one thought he was lazy. ??? They had not heard of Husted. So yeah, I'm an Ohioan and my fellow voters are pretty dumb. 3221
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A, timely, and timeless, lesson. “Never be afraid to make some noise. It’s their shame, not yours.” Destroy the patriarchy. 06518
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard 152225452
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work. 211255218
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 421029498
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Buying fast food for my family, it’s over $50, which feels like a lot. Not unreasonable from the restaurant, but like going out to dinner, not grabbing something cheap. So I looked up fast food prices, and they’ve risen faster than inflation. Add that to the why people say stuff’s expensive list.crews.bankChart of the Day: Fast Food InflationToday’s Chart of the Day shows the inflation of fast-food prices over the last of 10 years vs. actual inflation of everything else. 1926791
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialHarvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A connected network of six proposed intercity passenger rail services could deliver nearly $190 million in annual benefits within Ohio, according to recently released study results from the Rail Passengers Association.railwayage.comRPA: What Passenger Rail Could Deliver for OhioA connected network of six proposed intercity passenger rail services could deliver nearly $190 million in annual benefits within Ohio, according to recently released study results from the Rail Passe... 183
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this 414560701
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialUncleEraserheadBabyBilly @lepcyrus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026i hate people thinking *i'm* the performative one for correctly assuming country is right-leaning artless junk. then they talk about "country" artists who were socially progressive, guess what, all from 50+ years ago. dolly & cash were a different generation. i grew up w/rightwingers, no thanks 2337
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵 5599185
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026this administration illegally shut down federal agencies, impounded money from Congress, set up for-profit concentration camps and sent children there. They dismantled our public health infrastructure and children died of measles. Doing accountability for crimes against our Constitution is the work. 142195298
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460311484
linusrufus.bsky.social @linusrufus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am in an Ohio district that will likely go to GOP by 70 percent and there is not one yard sign for Vivek. I know he will get the votes but there are zero signs in yards. 240
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialRobert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My friend who works in education always says that we want education to solve all our society's problems, when we should see those problems as something we must solve in order to have good education 15814
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762473761
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884015697
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialAli Messer @freereed59.net · 22/09/2026'the archive creates possibilities extending beyond Britain and the Caribbean.Migration and the forced movement of people under enslavement mean descendants can be found across the African diaspora, including in the US and Latin America.' Ancestry account required www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 04227
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me. Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info. No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks. www.wired.com/story/metas-...wired.comMeta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping MeThe Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information. 12284141
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialRep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Public health is at its best when you don't even notice it's working. It doesn't just pop up during a pandemic. It's clean water. It’s food safety. It’s disease prevention. It’s protecting our communities before a crisis hits. That's why we need public health champions in Congress! 9939263
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comHe spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed. 1112787667
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping." -Hubert Reeves 0104
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialDutchie @dutchieh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not leaving the city doesn’t matter if no one continues to listen to him after Jan 20 2029. The White House isn’t a magic palace that confers authority. The next President can legitimately preside from a corner booth at Denny’s. Normalize “He can’t be president” not “This is how he will try” 3383
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There is no "platform" and no one on this site can honestly say that they know what they would do if they win the House and/or Senate starting in January. What's the immediate first order of business, for example? No voter can say. It has not been communicated to anyone. 22610153
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialaran 🏳️⚧️ @aranaya.bsky.social · 20/09/2026there should be a lot less "look how much I agree with Republicans" and a lot more "we're going to rebuild what the Republicans destroyed, and punish them for it" 453345
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568101526
Reposted by @linusrufus.bsky.socialDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167354688
