Reposted by Toby Tremayne Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960213765
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.” 14034451310043
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 06/05/2025 Also, unrelatedly, the hand-wringing "men don't know what the rules are" business these people do really irritates me, because they then... enumerate the rules in a sarcastic tone of voice. You do know the rules! You just don't like them! 583298
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 06/05/2025If you are having sex with someone and they say they want to stop, you stop. It's really not that difficult a concept 988263
Reposted by Toby Tremayne John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/04/2025Everyone now and again I will see someone use the phrase "woke mind virus" seriously and I will wonder what it is like to be them, and to have a head full of rancid pudding where a brain is meant to be 446165351732
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Matt Johansen @mattjay.com · 18/04/2025🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony: 324139337300
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 16/04/2025It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.” 12145563500
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Like obviously there's a wide range of how autism impacts folks but also I'm autistic and a whole-ass college professor with a PhD, wtaf is this human carbuncle talking about. 1856493
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/04/2025Weird* how all those people who said we NEEDED an armed society to prevent tyranny even though our kids were dying barricaded behind desks are now all in favor of tyranny. *extremely predictable 6620112
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Corey (Local Cryptid) 🌈 🦇 @coreypoetry.bsky.social · 14/04/2025*taps mic* Hey Millenials! You know what we're not gonna do? We're not gonna fucking watch that new HBO Harry Potter show because R*owling is a reprehensible human/transphobe/acephobe and we're not giving her money. Okay? OKAY?! Yes, I mean *you*. Also read a different book. Hell, *write* one. 261664747
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15/04/2025This doesn't surprise me. Sociological research shows that discounting of girls' competence and commitment--and celebration of (especially White) boys' brilliance--starts in K-12 schools and ramps up in college/grad school. Girls see how they're treated and reasonably assume it won't get better. 820561
Reposted by Toby Tremayne John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/04/2025To the people who think racist authoritarians should be posting more on Bluesky: What the actual fuck is wrong with you, fuck off with that mealy-mouth "both sides" bullshit, thank you for your attention, now go fuck yourselves 26886621072
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The British automotive industry contributes £22bn to the UK economy. The creative industries contribute £124bn. Fucksake. Stop AI copyright theft. 342045692
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Cupid's Molotov @cupidsmolotov.bsky.social · 31/03/2025No he's not. Giving in implies that he doesn't want to do this stuff. He doesn't have to do this at all, it's deeply unpopular, he just wants to. He not giving in to the Far Right; he's Explicitly doing policies that alienate his base and party in order to appeal to fascists. He IS Far Right. 213316
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I don't particularly care--nor should the Democrats--whether or not protecting trans people is popular in the heartland. Even if it alienates the "moderates," it's the right thing to do, and the Democrats should make every effort to do it. Sometimes what the people need is to be led and not lead. 322015436
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Once upon a time, many children lived in iron lungs due to polio. Vaccines eradicated it Public health matters. When you shake confidence in public health, people die The last man living in an iron lung was killed by Covid when a carer refused to mask This is where anti-science rhetoric leadsdonotpanic.newsCovid Just Killed The Last Man Living In An Iron LungPaul Alexander, the last man on Earth living in an iron lung after surviving polio as a child, was just killed by covid. 7255103
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now 1114545197887
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate: “There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.” 704347547085
Reposted by Toby Tremayne The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat? 1621345678561
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Mathias Verdon 韋馬斯 @mathiasverdon.com · 26/03/2025Have you patched your ingress controller yet? The best time to do it was yesterday, the second best time is now. 1274
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Liz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 25/03/2025🔴Labour is so paralysed by Brexit that, despite its hunt for growth, it won’t mention vast sums lost. 🔴CER estimates Brexit has cost the UK 5% of GDP—£128bn. Goldman Sachs agrees. 🔴LSE found £27bn lost in exports in just two years. 🔴OBR says trade is down 15%. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRachel Reeves is all about growth. So why won’t she admit that Brexit is its worst enemy? | Polly ToynbeeOur exit from the EU won’t be a focus of the spring statement, but it should be. Most now accept the need for closer ties, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 17389198
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Hi Netflix, we could really use a one shot drama about the effects of dismantling welfare and pandering to the super rich, sincerely Britain. 8983217
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The Melsonby assemblage (not a hoard). 28 (smallish) wheels and 14 harnesses, so potentially seven 4-wheeled carts (2 ponies each). If right then Early Iron Age tradition, as vessel might suggest. Out of fashion in Gaul by 450 BC, slightly later here perhaps. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comIron age hoard found in North Yorkshire could change Britain’s historyMore than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years ago 1335074
Reposted by Toby Tremayne NyeBev4Eva @nyebev4eva.bsky.social · 24/03/2025 I have a feeling Labour are going to sell the UK's very soul to Trump in a trade deal, and offer up various justifications eg "but tariffs". bsky.app/profile/labo... 2158
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Even though Trump’s advisors are stupid, we need to stop attributing to stupidity what is actually corruption. The purpose of the Yemen Signal group chat was circumvention of public records disclosure laws. They want to act without accountability (which is also why they used disappearing messages). 9459169
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Fiona Robertson @fionaswriting.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A few people have asked why Scots are protesting when Scotland has the Adult Disability Payment and not PIP. Here are some of the reasons. #WelfareNotWarfare 511570
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20/03/2025“Are you going to wear that mask forever??” Probably. I’m adapting to my environment. We’ve allowed a multi system vascular virus to circulate unmitigated for years. A good respirator can keep me from getting sick. Until we face COVID & come up with society wide solutions, my mask stays on 34759169
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 20/03/2025The easiest way you can show solidarity right now is to wear a mask when you're doing your grocery shopping. Seriously. You're protecting people around you and normalizing community care. I wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. Will you join me? 57996270
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/03/2025Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...worldwildlife.orgEastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly DoublesThe population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter. 305163414036
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lcyoutu.beIdaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ posterYouTube video by MSNBC 1159425318707
Toby Tremayne @magicindustries.bsky.social · 20/03/2025That's the best thing many of us can do right now. Change the world by being better, doing small kindnesses, and taking care of those around you. 031
Reposted by Toby Tremayne demi @cuddlepunk.bsky.social · 20/03/2025caves of qud feels like experiencing the odyssey for the first time it’s the only game that spiritually comes close to being an epic, and wandering through it has been giving me such IMMENSE feelings about our medium 18417
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025UK, as with modern America, is entirely built on migration. There is no part of its culture which is not influenced by migration. Migration is repeatedly shown to be overwhelmingly more beneficial for host countries than negative on pretty much every level. Stagnation occurs when you restrict it. 2523566
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Science’s great paradox: we don’t know what we don’t know until we look Science isn't about building new tools to answer certain questions for sure. It's about exploring the unknown, and finding out what's there when we finally look. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #science #astrobigthink.comScience's great paradox: we don't know what we don't know until we lookOur scientific instruments are constantly improving, revealing nature's workings as never before. Without them, we'll remain in the dark. 34814
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025White supremacists hiding the achievements of non-white people is a pretty good indication that they know white people aren’t supreme. 6458331746
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 20/03/2025I read 14 reports and blog posts on the idea of the UK government setting up a National Data Library. The equivalent of a 300 page book. And then I wrote up what I think in 2000 words. So if that's the kind of thing you like reading,... tomforth.co.uk/nationaldata...tomforth.co.ukBuilding a National Data Library.What I learned from reading 14 reports and blog posts on a National Data Library. 23012
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Nice abstract. Will be sure to read it. Evolutionary Archaeology is much more than just 'one darn thing after the other' :-) --> Transmission is 🗝️. 153
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Rarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in France phys.org/news/2025-03...phys.orgRarely seen cave art holds prehistoric secrets in FranceDeep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie that ha... 35817
Reposted by Toby Tremayne Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 20/03/2025YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work 8236243510284
Reposted by Toby Tremayne warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where 13836025513871
Reposted by Toby Tremayne alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 20/03/2025uk! the government is running a consultation on it’s proposed reforms to health and disability benefits which could cut off vital, life saving support to thousands of people. here’s your chance to feedback, or, if disabled yourself, let them know how this will impact you- www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukPathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green PaperThis consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support. 10242323
Reposted by Toby Tremayne evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...eff.orgEFF Border Search Pocket Guideborder-pocket-guide-2.pdf 6423311426
Toby Tremayne @magicindustries.bsky.social · 20/03/2025One of the problems with working on yourself and only following good people who ask themselves hard questions on social media is that naturally those people tend to post a lot of stuff about the horrors occurring. There seems no way to escape this horrific horseshit but avoiding reading at all. 110
Reposted by Toby Tremayne John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/03/2025Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole. 23857001961
Reposted by Toby Tremayne George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964) 619191984291