Reposted by MatbriocheSam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 1hThese are all over my part of New Hampshire. GPS thinks every old town road here is still a drivable street decades after they were all decommissioned and the beavers moved in. 092
Reposted by MatbriocheAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 1hThis is integrity. I hope she does well in her independent career, and I hope her departure makes someone corporate think. We have to do it ourselves. 014228
Reposted by Matbriochedraglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 9hWell, it's hard to imagine how it could backfire for the British government to censor an Irish author for expressing a view widely shared in her country.irishtimes.comSally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine ActionFaber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works 14219
Reposted by MatbriocheCheshire Cafe @cafedecheshire.bsky.social · 8hWhy the fuck am I brutalizing myself trying to learn psychology statistics for my BA if this misinformation shit is allowed to go unpunished? This sucks. 011
Reposted by MatbriocheBerserker Coach @berserkercoach.bsky.social · 12h"Republicans never objected to weaponizing the DOJ. They just wanted custody of the weapon." These are powerful words with which to understand MAGA and the GOP ANYTHING that seems objectively bad, and they object to, they don't actually object - they just want to weaponize it in their favor. 12720173
Reposted by MatbriocheJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Katie Zacharia sat on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office.jessica.substack.comTrump’s New Press Secretary Supports the Death Penalty for Abortion Patients10.13.26 1371855869
Reposted by MatbriocheSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I'm really glad to see folks outside of my nerdy corner of the world highlighting the way Trump may be using Venezuela to create a self-funding Pentagon. Trump's effort flies in the face of the key reason Congress has the power of the purse -- to keep the executive from self-funding the military. 15639282
Reposted by MatbriocheKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13hAt least this guy doesn't have a name that makes him sound like a cartoonish Nazi 39901119
Reposted by MatbriocheMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Again, imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party. 431615338
Reposted by MatbriocheBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026As I always say, were I a wealthy industrialist, my main products would be reliably well made at a price that only generated a modest profit margin, and could never under any circumstance connect to the Internet 310011
Reposted by MatbriocheGlonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026all the people who are like "the middle class was better off in the 1950s" have not reckoned with the census data that says 33% of American households used chamber pots in 1950. 3967496
Reposted by MatbriocheKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026For the love of God, stop saying this regime's ruthless authoritarianism "raises questions" and start telling us what answers you have for us. If you can't do that, get the fuck out of the way. 1374801888
Reposted by MatbriocheHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/10/2026They have been dealing secretly with Putin for weeks over this. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach. 141245367
Reposted by MatbriochePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’variety.comNicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.' 253140592762
Reposted by MatbriocheSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and taken back to the women’s prison in Nashville where she was incarcerated before her failed execution. 59031
Reposted by MatbriocheDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/10/2026"My days-long decisive victory over Iran is now in its 8th humiliating, oil-price-inflating month, so I'm going to go secure like a day's worth diesel by helping Putin pay the bills on his >4 year long 3 day military special operation." 136277
Reposted by MatbriocheZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 09/10/2026there's gonna be a guy who does the sound check for the first livestreamed state execution. they'll probably have someone stand where the guy is gonna be shot to death by the state so that they can make sure the lighting, color, and framing is "correct" when people watch a man die. 1655879
Reposted by MatbriocheZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 09/10/2026calling it now that there will be ads on it for a prediction market or sports gambling website 1657835
Reposted by MatbriocheZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 08/10/2026the morality of the livestreamed execution side of thing is obviously heinous, but I'm also curious re: the logsitic pandora's box that's gonna open in terms of "who is hosting it? are posting links allowed? are these chuds going to attempt to vibecode their own streaming platform by december?" 561152168
Reposted by MatbriochePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 08/10/2026a sure sign that something is "highly accepted" is if you have to threaten to impose the power of the state against those who don't accept it 771170196
Reposted by MatbriocheOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4242371219
Reposted by MatbriocheAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something 1169129113803
Reposted by MatbriocheOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is the most suburban Montreal NIMBY thing I've ever heard. Residents of Montreal West want to see a BIXI dock in a park removed for “destroying the oasis of tranquility”. “It would be a shame if a child […] gets injured while chasing a soccer ball into a mangle of metal from the bicycles”thesuburban.comMoWest resident calls for removal of BIXI stations in parkMontreal West resident and Concordia University professor Lorne Switzer called on the town to remove a new BIXI bicycle station from Rugby Park, which is located on Radcliffe Avenue just 2512923
Reposted by MatbriocheButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Harvard 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 10165902566
Reposted by Matbriochezoë @zo-e.xyz · 07/10/2026okay so this anecdote in Margaret's obituary has me crying because this is exactly what it's like being in tech and trying to anticipate failures and having men basically tell you you're being hysterical and then you have to fix it later 4603217
Reposted by MatbriocheChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If I ran a website that gave teens advice on how to commit suicide I would go to jail 261792386
Reposted by MatbriocheDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026Classic, classic MSM headline. A work of art. 🤌bloomberg.comScott Bessent’s Rosy Forecasts Are Putting His Credibility at RiskThe US Treasury Secretary risks boxing himself in with his prognostications on gasoline prices, the housing market and the economy. 610914
Reposted by MatbriocheRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026100% #BookSky #WritingCommunity 1150796
Reposted by MatbriocheCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5962422395
Reposted by MatbriocheSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why not both? Because I'm not sure they have the competence to pull off our worst fears. But they can do a hell of a lot of damage trying. 51739
Reposted by MatbriocheSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My pre election jitters constantly bounce back and forth between "these people will do anything to hold power" and "these people are the biggest collection of idiots in US history." 2242348
Reposted by MatbriocheJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We're a decade into this and still getting fed "raises new questions" about very obvious and blatant corruption, self-dealing, and authoritarian capture. This isn't journalism. It's an institutional denial superstructure. 923586
Reposted by MatbriocheGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 295113464114
Reposted by MatbriocheDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100362461
Reposted by MatbriocheGavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not only are the flat earthers wrong, they are getting wronger by the day. 636471
Reposted by MatbriocheDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 01/10/2026"We have to commit genocide to enjoy peace" said every dictator ever 36860216
Reposted by MatbriocheRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026See what I mean when I say the system is rigged? 13547252055
Reposted by MatbriocheA. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 30/09/2026erasure as a more extreme (perhaps even totalitarian) form of dehumanization 031
Reposted by MatbriocheIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 29/09/2026New way for trillionaires to debase themselves in breathless servitude to another man just dropped 4857097
Reposted by MatbriocheJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks. 25531
Reposted by MatbriocheErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters. 121257395
Reposted by MatbriocheAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279699556
Reposted by MatbriocheAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026The Jack Smith hearing is airing live on CNN, MS NOW, and NewsNation ... but not on Fox News 🤔 912193424
Reposted by MatbriocheAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 345125064633
Matbrioche @matbrioch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.comMeta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consentIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 010
Reposted by MatbriocheDenis Vallières 🍉 🏴 @deniscvallieres.bsky.social · 29/09/2026La théorie des brebis galeuses fait son chemin. Pendant que personne ne se demande si l'exercice du pouvoir répressif n'aurait pas quelque chose à voir avec la ... répression.lapresse.caAllégations de racisme à Montréal-Nord | Des documents du SPVM témoignent d’une sous-culture « radicalisée » au sein des forcesDes documents internes indiquent qu’une « sous-culture » s’est formée au sein d’agents « radicalisés » d’un commissariat de police de Montréal situé dans un quartier multiculturel, avant que celui-ci ... 042
Reposted by MatbriocheA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hard to imagine what that would be like 23775241267
Reposted by MatbriocheBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All the good companies do that right 46616