Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Democrats convert empty warehouses into shelters for the homeless. Republicans turn them into concentration camps to torture people without due process. The two parties are not remotely the same. 16065252272 6.5K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Here's some background on how the Franklin character came to be, it started with a letter from school teacher Harriet Glickman to Charles Schulz, he initially pushed back, but she kept writing and had others write him too. #Peanuts 522079 220
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/04/2026The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day. 811264075772 26.4K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/04/2026Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible. 577286444381 28.6K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026We shouldn’t let it get lost in the conversation that Donald Trump said, in his capacity as “President”, from the Oval Office, that anyone with a learning disability is “dumb.” MAGA parents with learning disabled kids — are you listening?? Are you?!? 1061811442 1.8K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Epistemic Injustice: The Great Gaslighting of Autistic Lives | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...psychologytoday.comEpistemic Injustice: The Great Gaslighting of Autistic LivesEpistemic injustice is the assumption that people, usually those with less power, are unable to correctly understand their own lives. It takes a tragic toll on autistic lives. 132 3
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 05/08/2025That’s not how it went down, afaik, Mr. Mamet ew.com/david-mamet-...ew.comDavid Mamet storms out of interview after exchange about Columbia protestsPlaywright and author David Mamet made a dramatic exit from a podcast interview after being challenged over his views on the U.S. Capitol insurrection and Columbia University's pro-Palestine protests. 040 4
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Oh dear fucking lord 63914 39
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14/07/2025I feel like this should be way more widely publicized The GOP is literally the “measles and flesh-eating maggots” party 1196 19
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Last page of an edition of Medtner’s “sonata epica”. B’cuz. 180 8
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 20/05/2025Jasmine Crockett exposes the truth— Side by side, she plays footage of the violent January 6th rioters next to Rep. LaMonica McIver at Delaney Hall— a stark contrast between criminals and congressional oversight. The difference couldn’t be clearer.🗣️ 481697611 1.7K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Wth? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...?theguardian.com‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veteransTrump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status 140 4
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 08/05/2025www.axios.com/2025/05/06/t...axios.comIn contrast to Trump, U.S. spy agencies don't believe Maduro regime directs Venezuelan gangBut the intel memo notes the FBI found some Venezuelan officials "facilitate" gang members' moves into the U.S. 030 3
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi says she is going against corrupt judges. In case you wonder why she hasn’t gone after the *most* corrupt, Clarence Thomas, there is a professional courtesy between lawyers who take bribes. 518215035814 21.5K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 16/04/2025www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...cbsnews.comTrump administration invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants, pushing them to "self deport"The move by the Social Security Administration essentially cancels an immigrant's Social Security number and classifies them as dead. 010 1
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 10/04/2025How does that song go… Tevye: “Efficiency! Efficiency!…” Hrm… 000 0
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/04/2025If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you. 9067761678 6.8K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Until tonight. And so you’ll have to forgive me, but I am more than a little grief-stricken, because the road is paved now. The Supreme Court has not just endorsed the revival of a law that put Japanese Americans in camps, but has applied it to create unremediable atrocities. 526753 267
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2025#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...supremecourt.gov 68048391649 4.8K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I miss the days (pre-2005) when Red Hat had no more sinister connotation than “oh ****, I’m going to have to reinstall the operating system -again-.” 020 2
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])D. Goldman @dgoldman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I couldn't get it just right but I still wanna post it because why the fuck not? Trump's tariffs really fucking up those markets. 0132 13
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My hometown paper ☕️💅🏽 380161063536 16.1K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If you’re in the US and appreciate libraries, don’t forget this documentary on public television (… kein ayin hara, of course) on March 29. www.pbs.org/independentl...pbs.orgFree for All: The Public Library - Independent LensThe story of how public libraries shaped America and how libraries continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere. 020 2
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])ellenahzulu.bsky.social @ellenahzulu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Here's another one: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comI found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back. 0144 14
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 02/03/2025“Genuinely care and act for a better world.” @aoc.bsky.social 9736206 736
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The pages featured short biographies about the people buried in the cemetery, including Gen. Colin L. Powell, the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Hector Santa Anna, a B-17 bomber pilot, Berlin Airlift pilot, and members of the Tuskegee Airmen wapo.st/4isEBv8wapo.stArlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veteransPentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI. 98838432 838
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill. They vote in the morning. ☎️: (202) 224-4451 1011307837833 30.8K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 14/03/2025From Columbia U. This is shocking! 2617866 178
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 17/02/2025“Everything we can save is worth saving.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 4751268 751
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025 2357135922242 13.6K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13/03/2025If I was an attorney and had this interaction with a judge, I would simply request a recess and use it to fake my own death, then join the French Foreign Legion under an assumed name. 271018154 1K
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I’ve even read- well, fewer of these than in some earlier years, time to catch up :) 000 0
Eric S (he/hi[m/s]) @malverbird.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Hee, had to share this! (Thanks to Mom) youtu.be/KpPIxcntxkE?...youtu.beDefy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song ParodyYouTube video by Randy Rainbow 021 2
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it." Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican... 23479522160 8K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats. One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”theguardian.comTrump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threatsRecent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’ 1265134525927 13.5K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Mike Pafford @mepafford.org · 25/02/2025I Would Hope ALL Federal Workers-Who Actually Had To-Would Respond In This Way... 🇺🇸 1664 66
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/02/2025Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data. This is why we get in the fight.politico.comJudge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGEThe order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date. 21980391272 8K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/02/2025Works as advertised 1141275774673 27.6K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice. 13952742299 5.3K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/02/2025 3340250705617 25.1K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I really do feel like I’m losing my mind. 870106882011 10.7K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Raise your hand if you love THE GULF OF MEXICO 🇲🇽🙋🏻♂️ 5988687935 8.7K
Reposted by Eric S (he/hi[m/s])Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight! 7568331525820 83.3K