Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump wrote. This should get us all to stop AI. If he’s for uncontrolled AI then we know it’s another mess he got us into. 000
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Stop trying to create life, by burning things that are already alive. stop trying to invent intelligence, when intelligence is everywhere. stop trying to give credibility to the grifters who we know are building these machines with apocalypse as their goal. 111
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026more and more and more i find myself feeling like people are wishing for intelligence to be magic, instead of a series of complex processes that are equally as traceable and predictable as an algebra problem. 121
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 15/09/2026Domino Theory — A cartoon by Nick Anderson 119446
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵 22834391315
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026substack.com/@thiswillhol...substack.comThis Will Hold (@thiswillhold)Excellent messaging from @David Hogg. We should absolutely do this. 000
Reposted by Laura Toffenettithe-astro-stud @the-astro-stud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Y'all they tryna sell Sunlight now, we can't have nothing 😭 1526083
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Goodnight 🌙 Here’s a little lullaby… pure brilliance 🎶 🎶🎶 Enjoy! 21226114
Reposted by Laura Toffenettiunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/07/2026Now ICE’s contractors are shooting protesters. (this is Colorado) 6338134
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/07/2026Donald Trump is suffering from dementia. Someone needs to step in before it's too late. 35658431508
Reposted by Laura Toffenettijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026funny how the cutting edge of the far right is just regurgitated slaveholder agitprop from 1850. 52297682201
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If you're in the twin cities, you can celebrate my birthday by bringing cash to Smitten Kitten, by helping your neighbors pay rent and buy groceries, and protesting the closures of sidewalks and overpasses and greenways. protect our unhoused neighbor. 142
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026He fell asleep in a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, referred to Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan", TikTok as "Tic Tac", President Zelensky as "President Putin" & once again demanded the U.S. be given control of Greenland. He's much less dangerous while sleeping than when he's awake. 💤 1351307668440
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiLuca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The sheer injustice in Houston is sickening. Lorenzo was just going to work to support his family when his life was stolen by ICE. Seeing his father on his knees, consumed by raw, agonizing grief, is a heartbreaking reminder of the human cost of systemic violence. He deserves justice. 32067752628
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/06/2026It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀 748249414565
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I have a question. The physician that does the physicals for our president should be held accountable so that they have to tell the truth or our held in contempt. Does HIPAA protect the presidents health issues? Congress should subpoena the Doctor and demand the truth or hold him in contempt. 000
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026ok but we're taking the whole Mississippi River with us, along with its associated watershed, and also as an added requirement Joe has to eat glass 121
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiKatherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 05/06/2026There is no word in the English language to adequately describe the anger and frustration and disbelief that Americans are feeling…. 1318219856346
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Go to the actual site. Disgusting. This administration has ruined this country. 000
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 26/05/202649 years ago? I saw it when it first opened at Graumans Chinese theater. The line went around the block and starting right from the beginning the audience roared! But 49 years ago??? How old am I??? 010
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiWe Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 25/05/2026‘Star Wars’ was released on this day 49 years ago! (May 25, 1977) Directed & written by George Lucas. Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Alec Guinness & more. Poster Illustrated by Tom Chantrell #OnThisDay 1723416659
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 24/05/2026and then go play this demo because it's been about two months since I started writing code for this video game and it's gonna be a banger and I would really like more people to come with us on this journey of discoverycempoaloon.itch.ioEvernight by cempoaloonA lo-fi game about healing from community trauma (and also it's a farming sim) 143
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHelix @girlnewsie.bsky.social · 24/05/2026just realized it's been about nine years since I realized I was trans eight years since I released my first ttrpg seven years since my first ttrpg convention six years since my first kickstarter five years since aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa anyway go play this game if you think you might be transgirlnewsie.itch.ioCracks in the Mirror by Helix SparrowA quiet, thoughtful game about exploring ancestral memories 274
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 24/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comDon't Look Now, But American Civic Life Is ReawakeningGood news for your Sunday! 000
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 20/05/2026A Path to Justice — A cartoon by Nick Anderson 10583432667
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Mr. Speaker—Bullying trans kids: -Won’t end this war -Won’t address the economy -Won’t make us more free It will only hurt our kids. Which is why we are a HELL NO on this bill! 14744167
Laura Toffenetti @ltoff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/robertre...open.substack.comPTSD Nation?Have we given up on a central goal we sought to achieve more than two centuries ago? 000
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiLifa Moreno (she/her) @hellyeahlifa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Heya neighbors, I just got my June rent invoice. Wanna help me pay it? That'd be rad. 002
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/05/2026THANK YOU David Letterman & Stephen Colbert for a lifetime of smart satire, laughs, speaking truth to power & sending us to bed with a smile on our collective faces. You will be missed. 🙏 #EndOfAnEra 394235954828
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Quite impressed with this young leader. 593703614
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/05/2026Had enough yet? 12723721163
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 02/05/2026Banksy is back but this time, it’s not a mural. The provocateur confirmed in a video that he is indeed the creator of an anti-imperialist monument depicting a modern man in a suit walking off a plinth with his face covered by a flag.hyperallergic.comBanksy Erects Anti-Imperialist Monument in Central LondonA man in a suit, his face covered by a flag, walks toward his own demise. 06015
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 01/05/2026"The result was less testimony than performance, aimed not at Congress so much as at the one viewer whose approval still matters most.”contrariannews.orgThe Status of the War: From ‘Obliterated’ to ‘Give It Time’Trump promised a quick victory. Now his team is asking for patience — and a blank check 711233
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/04/2026Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad just posted this video mocking Trump and his “ceasefire extension” 20731851057
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiLara (NOT TRUMP) @endlesswinter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong. 661182065351
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiPeter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited 2669001372
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2026Khanna to Maria Bartiromo: "Barack Obama was a great statesman who left America much safer. I wouldn't put Donald Trump in the same paragraph. Obama actually did his homework ... all Donald Trump did is listen to Netanyahu. That's his entire foreign policy." 22152101301
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim. #justsayin 1024645809
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying them for sex. I feel this needs to be emphasized much more than it is. 377157904039
Reposted by Laura Toffenetti𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/04/2026When your life becomes a case study in karma. 126499931971
Reposted by Laura ToffenettiM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Chump's Never Had A Plan,Other Than To Enrich Himself, And Family Of Criminals...... 19442321351