Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliKate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 18h"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 572750903
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliJoe Reid @joereid.bsky.social · 18hHe looks like he's trying to ensure the future of the Weyland Yutani corporation. bsky.app/profile/arto... 2383
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19hIt turns out you can’t actually base an entire economy on skull measuring 131106166
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliKeza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media. I wrote this in *2018*. Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed. www.eurogamer.net/why-the-game...eurogamer.netWhy the games media has a diversity problem - this website especiallyEurogamer has far too low a proportion of articles by female writers. Keza MacDonald, the Guardian's games editor, explains why this happens and what can be don 113155
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliMike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On the one hand, conservatives deny climate change exists and oppose policies to address it. On the other hand, liberals haven’t convinced conservatives that climate change exists and haven’t offered pain-free solutions. Hence, it’s complicated. 421423
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why are progressive politicians so reluctant to admit that conservatives are wrong about something 27922109
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This from the GOP nominee for IL governor is why you don't cede civil rights issues to these people by uncritically supporting the surveillance state. 026856
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliSarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Traffic violence is a public health problem. I love to see it treated that way by doctors. Truly inspiring. 17010
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAlex Rikleen formerly for Senate @rikleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This clip from Katie Nolan on @pablo.show captures the vibe perfectly. It's been decades of stories where the villains and bad faith are obvious, but no one ever faces consequences. 538853
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliSTARLOG Da7e Gonzales @da7e.com · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comJack Black in High Fidelity: Middle Finger SceneAlt: Jack Black in High Fidelity: Middle Finger Scene 2194
Reposted by Marcus Masciarelliryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents 362428514
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074192415
Reposted by Marcus Masciarelligamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Free Press bravely challenging the orthodox belief that film criticism should involve watching the film. 171520251
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellicait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women 92515534
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's a clip where Mike Minogue calls protecting reproductive rights a "distraction" because he's an anti-abortion right-winger. Minogue is just like every other Republican, no matter how much he tries to act like he's different. 48420
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.aljazeera.comSatellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal warGoogle Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed. 21683405
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In neighborhoods where they haven't yet install edbike lanes and sidewalks, the city is planting trees and other vegetation to give time for them to take root and provide the kind of shade that will make walking and cycling more pleasant. An important thing in India, where extreme heat is an issue. 0373
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This was a fun one to record. The Harit Setu plan is very cool. Instead of a piecemeal approach—a short bike lane here, a fixed intersection there—the city is redesigning entire neighborhoods at once to create complete networks of bike lanes and continuous sidewalks as well as green infrastructure. 16810
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tennessee plans to kill Christa Pike tomorrow at 10am. 25827
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close" 15760193
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12377351932
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliTauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SNL UK calling Israel's military conduct in Gaza a genocide, doing more than 90% of US politician and other so-called Western leadersyoutube.comWeekend Update: Netanyahu at the UN and Court Reenactments | SNL UKYouTube video by Saturday Night Live UK 1143
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliASH @claretash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026RE: The Asmon/gold situation - people are correct about the free 'advertising' aspect via outrage on social media, but I'd add there's another angle to it that benefits large companies. He (and the cohort of bigots that infest communities like WoW) tend to act as their 'unpaid Pinkertons.' 25916
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAshley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you give up trans athletes then it gets pushed back further to until it's just that being trans is illegal, and then it gets pushed back further to remove gay rights, and then it's just the police beating queer people to death in the streets with impunity again. And then Stonewall 2. 212237
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliBen Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can’t stop wars. Cant stop the president committing nonstop crime. Can’t do anything about Epstein. Or cost of living. Or the environment. They can fuck over workers though. They’ll do that real fast. 137676
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellialexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026me too! i don't need this stupid butt plug key holder. im gonna keep shoving my keys directly up my asshole!! 2729048
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliJohn Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 I lived through decades of people saying THC will turn people into violent rage zombies and now you can get it next to the mixers and no one cares 10717104
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliFirestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 29/09/2026NPR giving fascism the neutral journalism gloss, exhibit #98765bpr.orgCan parents opt their children out of a transgender teacher’s class? Here’s what courts sayParents who want to take their children out of a transgender teacher's class at a Wake County elementary school say they weren't given the option — and they're arguing it's their right. They cite rece... 621757
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellialexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ask not for whom the bell saves 1012912
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellismols/rachel @smolsdarklighter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025"we need depictions of healthy sexual/romantic dynamics" thanks, but actually we need mandatory comprehensive sex-ed 101316590
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20552241415
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Jesus fucking Christ 561388360
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliCurb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think this is a great red line for primary voters to hold, no support for anyone who will re-entrench Biden genocidaires. And that includes *everyone* because any one of them could have resigned and used their voice against the genocide. 0173
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliVivian Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hot take, but as a parent I actually don't think parents should be able to say "I don't want my kids reading that in school" 18113
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sweetgreen guy got on LinkedIn in 2021 and started ranting about how fat people were preventing us from ending the pandemic and how our problems could be solved with “health mandates” so he is actually top of the list for people you should expect at this kind of thing 850282
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile drivers exist as part of a massive system causing widespread harm but the narrative is that the problem is really just the individual bad apple drivers out there 1342
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's very important to remember that as a cyclist you are representative of and responsible for the actions of every single person on a bike. 2788
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliOhio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sometimes i think about how, in the late 90s, USPS was moving to set up a secure email address for every US resident and how congress prevented it. 1834441032
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellim @keptsimple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I noticed last year that sweetgreen pivoted to MAHA when it started advertising seed oil-free french fries. Going MAHA is what a failing restaurant chain does now to get free advertising. 211063143
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026They restricted these surveys in multiple states in the last few years. States moved to require opt in with parental consent to administer the surveys. Then the CDC stopped reporting data about gender identity in 2025. Given the broader anti LGBTQ hostility it's not a surprise numbers declined. 37920168
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If there's a feedback loop of negativity I don't think cyclists are to blame here! Because we are the ones subject to abuse for simply existing. 1573
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Something I think about often is how cyclists are portrayed as hysterical and angry when their lives are threatened yet car-brained NIMBYs are viewed as reasonable and engaged citizens because they fight tooth and nail to protect 3 parking spots 429747
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's amazing how some people dehumanize others simply for choosing a transportation method that doesn't involve a car. They also hate traffic and other drivers, while simultaneously seething with rage at anyone walking, cycling, or proposing we fund better public transit. 1231849
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellitaber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026This map from 1951 shows how iron ore moved then along the Great Lakes, and almost nothing about this has changed in 75 years. To make steel, you need iron ore. To move iron ore significant distances, you need deep draft waterways. You simply can not get the stuff to fucking *Iowa* 1221946
Reposted by Marcus Masciarellitaber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there 72564215
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3228201595
Reposted by Marcus MasciarelliAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9252003184
![A headline from Bari Weiss’s The Free [sic] Press:
“Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary
There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,' including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.”
First line: “i haven't seen the film,”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zssnuuj53xltnpbynke4dk7k/bafkreif4z6cgzy4wi5hk7kvik6tagh5spjxlqdcxtcedpwrvfq27zqysli)
