Reposted by mbdowneyMiddlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 1hThe FDA that stopped testing your food is actively making it more dangerous! Tracks. 😮💨 2179
Reposted by mbdowneyA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4hOur long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 80822393
Reposted by mbdowneyAmericans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The people in charge handed the richest 1% a $1 TRILLION tax break last year. Now those same billionaires have spent $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. Which came first? The politicians currying favor by passing tax cuts? Or the billionaires bankrolling those who will favor them? 111154
Reposted by mbdowneyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism." 12037681422
Reposted by mbdowneyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 14140781850
Reposted by mbdowneyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money. 521721539
Reposted by mbdowneyA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Abolish ICE, prosecute ICE. Every employee. 4563142
Reposted by mbdowneyA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Every day I read a dozen things so grotesque, so depraved, that i could never again trust or respect anyone supporting it. But even in a crowded field this stands out. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 1340084
Reposted by mbdowneyA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission. 10749031465
Reposted by mbdowneyKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 205124943096
Reposted by mbdowneyPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion." abcnews.com/US/nobel-pea...abcnews.comNobel Peace Prize goes to Navanethem Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international lawThe Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law." 26522
Reposted by mbdowneyCarolyn Johnson @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/s...nytimes.comBefore Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code (Gift Article)The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative. 022
Reposted by mbdowneyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek. 14558891114
Reposted by mbdowneyRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens 1122261548
Reposted by mbdowneyJenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Glad you're on our team, Mr Gibson 031
Reposted by mbdowneypsvrh.bsky.social @psvrh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I can see that living disconnected from your cancer-ridding body that's floating in several vats in a Stockholm suburb might be utopian for some people 091
Reposted by mbdowneyPolitics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 09/10/2026We've hit the Jackpot 071
Reposted by mbdowney蛟龍Stormwyrm ⛈️🐉🔞🩵💙 @stormwyrm.org · 09/10/2026It seems they think Josef Virek is an inspiration. Heck, some of them even think Sauron was the hero of Lord of the Rings! 1161
Reposted by mbdowneyWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 11169481771
Reposted by mbdowneybryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143104710
Reposted by mbdowneyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12982422626
Reposted by mbdowneyBlake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Laika & I wish you all a beautiful Wednesday evening. 1339330
Reposted by mbdowneyThisIsKoo @thisiskoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A Space Disaster Is Coming Unless We Take Kessler Syndrome Seriously flip.it/cRBmcRflip.itA Space Disaster Is Coming Unless We Take Kessler Syndrome SeriouslyAccording to a recent analysis, it could plausibly happen in just over a decade. That would not be great. 01113
Reposted by mbdowneyKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus.” abcnews.com/US/cornell-t...abcnews.comCornell taps former deputy AG Sally Yates to lead independent reviewCornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases. 28958901397
Reposted by mbdowneylegal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS' statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: "And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***." MOTHERRRRRyahoo.comParamore’s Hayley Williams unleashes profanity-filled response after DHS tells her to ‘thank’ ICE‘We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice,’ the DHS said 433355
Reposted by mbdowneyHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October 6, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 6, 2026Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking. 42855298
Reposted by mbdowneyconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There is a sickness at the core of Donald Trump’s political movement, and it speaks in a sordid history of word salad, violent, unapologetic word salad. I am exhausted by the pantomime we are forced to play: watching this man vomit 27324
Reposted by mbdowneyJulie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Often, corporate practices that steal time and money from workers and consumers are designed to push the limit of prohibited practices. We will equip New Yorkers with new tools to take on predatory companies, bad landlords, scammers, and other actors who exploit them.nytimes.comMamdani Backs Bill to Let Consumers Sue Over Unfair Business Practices (Gift Article)The proposed New York City legislation would also allow nonprofits, including tenants’ unions, to sue companies directly rather than relying on agency enforcement. 112026
Reposted by mbdowneyashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/10/2026feels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires 22772159
Reposted by mbdowneyhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am a witch for all those near broken. I am a witch for those scraped raw by trying to climb high walls, cut by having to walk on glass scattered by hollow-hearted bastards. I am a witch for those needing transformation, bound to pain. For witches understand the bruised. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky 628969
Reposted by mbdowneyKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 07/10/2026Every time I see flyers and posters like this from the archive I’m even more mad about all those lazy fuckers claiming they need AI to make marketing materials because uwu smol bean no budget: 26215
Reposted by mbdowneyKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 07/10/2026You arseholes never heard of scissors and glue? Letraset? A fucking copier? Get to it! 2333
Reposted by mbdowneyGhoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 07/10/2026The kind of people stupid enough to use LLMs to write their emails are also the exact same people who think "more text = better" 2402
Reposted by mbdowneyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Early warning signs for the stupid to come 073
Reposted by mbdowneyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Modern conservatism began with Goldwater and his opposition to civil rights legislation (it’s why MLK endorsed Johnson). That led to Reagan which led to both Bushes which led to Trump. This aren’t occasional interruptions. Bigotry beats in the heart of the right. 318352
Reposted by mbdowneyMichael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026motherjones.comTrump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kidsPutting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney. 6192104
Reposted by mbdowneySoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026It's a rape-ocracy from the top down 361386223
Reposted by mbdowneySoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026I wish I was being hyperbolic. This is Gilead shit. Congress (which I realize is in recess to campaign) is utterly derelict in letting this man continue to be president. He is putting ALL OF US in immense danger. Our SecDef is monstrously stupid. The polycrisis alarms are all sounding SOS 352167
Reposted by mbdowneySoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026And in classic abuser form, he is getting MORE dangerous and unhinged because he knows the country wants to dump his ass and leave him. I just—shit's bad, ok. It's really, really, REALLY bad. 245440
Reposted by mbdowneyApril Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think that despite all their cheating, they will lose the midterms, and I am terrified for the immediate aftermath. 31433
Reposted by mbdowneyAlex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US. 303257438
Reposted by mbdowneyImaFlosser @imaflosser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We remember, Susan. Roe v Wade Shame on You #Maine 218032
Reposted by mbdowneynico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe 1035111149
Reposted by mbdowneyBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the Roadless Rule, opening 45 million acres of national forests to road construction, destructive timber harvest and energy development." Today is the last day for public comment. Weigh in: defenders.org/roadless-ruledefenders.orgThe Roadless Rule 15385252