Reposted by Luxury BeliefBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 4hGals, is it social contagion to decide you're not interested in something that society expects of you and is none of their fucking business? 1116819
Reposted by Luxury BeliefGranta @grantamag.bsky.social · 5hWe congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/... 2346132
Reposted by Luxury BeliefAyo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3hMichael Tracey is not a journalist, he is a stalker 5660167
Reposted by Luxury BeliefGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6hThis little section of the Ipswich River is one of my favorite spots in Massachusetts, especially if I'm there around sunrise or sunset 51549
Reposted by Luxury Beliefshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 6hi resent how there's a stable of a couple dozen dudes whose whole thing is 'has a racist blog' & they regularly get mainstream newspaper and magazine profiles. i have trouble keeping track of them all, i'm like 'what did he do again' & check his wikipedia & it's ah, has a racist blog, that's all 232973373
Reposted by Luxury BeliefChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: Following the Supreme Court OK'ing states' trans sports bans, ADF is now taking its targeting of states with pro-trans sports policies to SCOTUS — via the shadow docket in a case out of Washington. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.org26A458 10249122
Reposted by Luxury BeliefKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20hOver the past two weeks, I’ve been following the attempts to smear the Jane Doe in the Cornell University gang rape case and redirect blame from the seven fraternity men onto her. As usual, this campaign is built on a mountain of lies and misogyny. spitfirenews.com/p/cornell-ja...spitfirenews.comDebunking the smear campaign against the Cornell Jane DoeAuthorities, media outlets, and pundits are lying about this woman. But only her credibility is getting judged. 17792230
Reposted by Luxury BeliefWendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 17hWhy does today feel like another Monday? Anyway, here's another owl video. #birds 24724151
Reposted by Luxury BeliefDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15hNot beating the eugenics accusations 15905287
Reposted by Luxury BeliefBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15hYou're walking down the street. We lock eyes. Then I pull out my phone. I look serious. Then I ask the question nobody expects: "You wanna see a shitload of pelicans?" 🪶 🦑 2960393
Reposted by Luxury BeliefButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 17hHarvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 8152552088
Reposted by Luxury BeliefCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 17hthe Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 713547875
Reposted by Luxury BeliefCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/10/2026Terry Tao @teorth.bsky.social: Indiscriminate brute-force application of AI to mathematics is depleting the field of good questions without renewing this resource or providing commensurate value. OpenAI: We hear you. Here's a .zip file with 377 hasty AI solutions to important open problems.nytimes.comOpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field (Gift Article)After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research. 19415121
Reposted by Luxury BeliefCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19h"Dance is revolution. As dance sociologist Katrina Hazzard-Donald points out, every major uprising of the enslaved took place after a dance." - Alexis Pauline Gumbs Dance is also used as a way to rehearse tactics and maneuvers—and to harmonize spirits and courage— in preparation for battle. ✊🏾🎶🪘 122869
Reposted by Luxury BeliefStrangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There is a reason that AI is so attractive to fascists. It allows its users (adherents might be a better word) to hand over their decision-making, their thinking, their autonomy, to something they can convince themselves is bigger, stronger, and smarter than them. 122968
Reposted by Luxury BeliefTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20hTragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.mississippitoday.orgWrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers diesAfter Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him. 15559202
Reposted by Luxury BeliefKaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 20hPeople don't believe me, but I'm TELLING you, there MUST be an active campaign strategy happening in media published by WB or other parts of JK's team trying to force HP awkwardly and unnaturally into public consciousness. Certainly from the WB side, I've seen multiple properties doing it already. 661867648
Reposted by Luxury BeliefJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 22hsupport my book kickstarter ✨ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun 83837602
Reposted by Luxury BeliefStormy @stormypanda.bsky.social · 19hThe ven diagram of people who insist that you should vote blue no matter who to push candidates on issues once elected & the people who get mad when you criticize democrats policies is a circle 019417
Reposted by Luxury BeliefVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying 252539671
Reposted by Luxury BeliefMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23hreading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1957761825
Reposted by Luxury BeliefSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“I think what they’re really concerned about is that left politics *will* resonate — and you’ll have progressives and democratic socialists in office demanding that the Democratic Party leadership actually do something.”hammerandhope.orgThe Democrats’ “Woke” Panic and the Left’s ResponseThe victory of left-wing candidates in Democratic primary elections shows that voters want a different path. But party leaders don’t. 322341
Reposted by Luxury BeliefErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 5355141702
Reposted by Luxury BeliefAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"How is it possible that children, 14-year-olds, are having their eyes being blown off, their hands being blown off, their teeth being completely ripped out by these rubber bullets and tear gas? ... The true violence is the violence of the state that we are being faced with all day, every day[.]" 072
Reposted by Luxury BeliefTruthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed amid massive student-led protests. The demonstrations began at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings.truthout.orgPolice Violence Causes Serious Injuries as French High School Students ProtestStudents protest teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats and debris. 2293119
Reposted by Luxury Beliefneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026hrc didn't used to move like this and there is a universe where they don't break for trans rights and instead become more of an lgb type of organization. happy & proud to be one of many lesbians who absolutely refuse to allow trans rights to be used as a wedge issue. it's all of us, actually 5584106
Reposted by Luxury BeliefThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 05/10/2026Some national LGBTQ+ groups are turning their backs on Democrats who have adopted anti-transgender rhetoric in their campaigns this election cycle. “I’m not wasting my time on Marcy Kaptur,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/lg...washingtonsun.comLGBTQ+ Group Turns Its Back on Democrats Adopting GOP Trans Rhetoric“I'm not wasting my time on Marcy Kaptur,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. 1223338
Reposted by Luxury BeliefKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/10/2026over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is "polarization":karlbode.comThe Problem Is Right Wing Extremism, Not 'Polarization'Ambiguous media whining about "polarization" or "partisan tribalism" redirects attention away from the real cause of modern U.S. division: violent right wing extremism. 11543150
Reposted by Luxury BeliefBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 07/10/2026It's still baby bird season in *checks notes* PITTSBURGH?! www.instagram.com/reel/DeJ8ysA... 🪶 2876
Reposted by Luxury BeliefDmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026we're in literally uncharted territory with our climate, and Brazil just elected a legislative chamber full of climate denialists & Amazon destroyers not that we're doing much better 13217
Reposted by Luxury BeliefAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots 372080574
Reposted by Luxury BeliefRyan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Haha, this fucking sucks. 281337434
Reposted by Luxury BeliefSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une... 1133722754
Reposted by Luxury BeliefJess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hey yeah, friendly reminder that men denying or minimizing the work of women and taking credit for it themselves happens so much we have a NAME for it. (It’s the Matilda Effect.) 2nd fun fact: I’ve written many bios of women in STEM at this point and this is *always a factor in their history* 8363123
Reposted by Luxury BeliefZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Solved a Hilbert problem, invented the computer, defeated the Nazis AND, we now know, wrote erotic fiction staring himself. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/alan... The perfect human being.cam.ac.ukAlan Turing’s gay short story reveals ‘fun, cheeky’ manA racy short story by the ‘father of modern computing’ rips up Alan Turing’s ‘isolated mathematician’ image, revealing a playful man overcoming trauma and defiantly embracing his homosexuality. 18592121
Reposted by Luxury BeliefProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9459633413
Reposted by Luxury BeliefAmy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Remember my article last week with the Naomi Klein quote that cities are inherently anti-fascist? This is part of that idea. 729966
Reposted by Luxury BeliefNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There is a tendency after high profile sexual violence to turn every conversation to prevention. Resist that temptation. It allows perpetrators and those who enable them to escape accountability. And every prevention program is undermined by a context where violence happens without consequence. 222054
Reposted by Luxury Belief🖖🏳️⚧️T'Lynn🦇David🦇Cooper🏳️⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026yeah, i ain't surprised by god damned Ossoff being there. I don't trust that dude at all. 0112
Reposted by Luxury BeliefUntitled Anarchist Seagull Channel/Hyperpolyglotting @uaschyperpolyglot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The list is even longer when one expands it to include all the Democrats who refuse to criticise other Democrats for even the most extreme far-right anti-trans rhetoric and actions, as well as those (like the Ohio Dem leadership) who have ham-fistedly silenced critics within the party organisation. 12013
Reposted by Luxury BeliefDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Democrats aren't abandoning trans people! Maybe just one or two..." Here's every Democrat who's either voted to strip human rights away from trans people and/or has campaigned on anti-trans propaganda in the last year. 521213505
Reposted by Luxury BeliefAnnie Altman @anniealtman108.bsky.social · 03/10/2026First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB youtu.be/akjrfwYPvy8?...youtu.beFirst Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMBYouTube video by Annie Altman 10300123
Reposted by Luxury BeliefCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Want to better understand the "far right" in Brazil 🇧🇷? Read this excellent interview with Rodrigo Nunes in @equatormag.bsky.socialequator.orgBrazil: The Future of the Far Right • EQUATORThe limits of Lulismo, the sons of Bolsonaro and the new politics of disintegration 111858
Reposted by Luxury BeliefRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/10/2026James Watson was only notable as a racist, homophobe, misogynist, fatphobic bigot, and close friend of Jeffrey Epstein well after his incarceration for child sex crimes and registration as a child sex offender www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... 8403119
Reposted by Luxury BeliefFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone. 3857761395
Reposted by Luxury BeliefJenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Auto transcription (I was curious, sharing for access. Agree this is fantastic.) 121208163
Reposted by Luxury BeliefOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dear democrats this is who you sound like when you decide to be fucking cowards and align yourself with anti trans bigots www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...nbcnews.comTrump uses anti-trans slur against Democratic Senate candidate in South CarolinaAnnie Andrews is a physician running against Sen. Darline Graham. 821852
Reposted by Luxury BeliefGil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comInside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates. 2391495402
