Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The US is a Failed State.theguardian.comUS DoJ files for overturning January 6 convictions for far-right groups’ membersFiling seeks to overturn seditious conspiracy charges of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who laid siege to US Capitol in 2021 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyElliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Los Angeles Bluesky, I need your help. I just learned that on Saturday at the protest at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, a friend’s 18-year-old son was shot in the eye with a pepper ball by DHS, permanently blinding him. He needs justice. If you were there and saw anything, please… 1/5 4623321655
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Remind me where the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ are today? Also, what do these makey-uppy numbers have to do with the fact that POTUS is a rapist and felon? 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I hate Australia. First we lost Laura Kennedy to it, now Brianna Parkins is cutting us adrift. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.comBrianna Parkins: After 10 years writing for The Irish Times, this is my last columnHere are the valuable life lessons I’ve learned in nearly a decade 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It’s helpful for America to remember that ICE agents murdered two completely innocent Americans in America recently, and nothing has happened about that. 010
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Ah come on now there’s got to be a G free somewhere, and it allowed FRERE FFS. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Basil Fawlty mentioned the war, because “they started it” but that was comedy. And Basil Fawlty was an arsehole. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...aljazeera.comTrump references Pearl Harbor during meeting with Japanese PM on Iran warUS president said that Japan was 'stepping up to the plate' to support the US war without offering details. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026It’s really weird watching GOP America run towards creating a monarchy while waving Gadsen flags. “Greatest country in the world Mmm our President is all-knowing and powerful”, [kisses ring]. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone: thehill.com/policy/inter...thehill.com 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudySenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 24/02/2026“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...npr.orgJustice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to TrumpAn NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. 15429591265
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views. 1524147914577
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:nytimes.comOpinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics 5420131001
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Producer: “This cut is a mess. Nothing anyone is saying makes any sense, the audio levels are all over the place, and there’s media offline banners throughout” Me: “The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about." 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyTodd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 11/02/2026VFX supervisor: "Todd, this bluescreen extraction is terrible. Lots of fringing, lots of chattering edges, and I see blue spill everywhere." Me: "The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about." 51349
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudySenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy. 11575202614519
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Those emails begging “even $25 will help us build a fortress wall by November” don’t amount to a hill of beans. #endcitiIzenunited apple.news/AvzW6ik_ySxW...apple.newsMeta drops $65 million into super PACs to boost tech-friendly state candidates — POLITICOThe efforts launched last fall to counter what the company cast as a flood of overly burdensome AI bills from state governments. 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyBrónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 18/01/2026Weaving and crafts community: we have a loom that needs saving. It's beautiful and looks to be in great shape. Please share to all Irish crafts people. #Speirgorm #crafts #weaving #loom #Ireland 38594
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyRape Crisis Ireland @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Rape Crisis Ireland is no longer active on X. Stay connected with us on these platforms: Bluesky >> @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social LinkedIn >> @Rape Crisis Ireland Facebook >> @RapeCrisisIreland Instagram >> @rape_crisis_ireland Thank you for your support! #FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors 215578
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people. 323189044307
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2025I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians". 9495563142
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people? 436137023347
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025If his lips are moving, he’s lying. Epstein estate gives Congress a copy of 2003 birthday letter that includes Trump’s signature - The Wall Street Journal 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 05/09/2025A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 631510594
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 05/09/2025DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino @eltragon.bsky.social 25940445
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Looking forward to a spectacular August US jobs report this week. Because of course I am. 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyKneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Fuck the IOF forever. After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document. No words... 42734348
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 24/08/2025We’re in the Degenerate Art stage now. apple.news/A_-0jlscvRDG...apple.newsSmithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art — NPRA page published by the White House entitled 020
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I know absolutely nothing about the law and lawyers, and I could never afford the services of any of them, but if I ever needed a top dog law firm, it’d be one of the resisters, not one of the cavers. Who wants a lawyer who caves the moment the opposite side says “BOO”? thehill.com/regulation/c...thehill.com 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Looks like the US is just going to ignore the fact that something north of 10m people marched against the #OrangeEmperor only two weeks ago. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025CMAT’s Running/Planning for Maddest Biggest Build In A Song Ever? And then she follows it with The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station? She’s on her way to megastardom. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Kemi Badenoch: “I don’t think the US or Israel would be rushing into something unless there was a serious threat to global security.” Oh right, yeah. They’d never do something like that, yeah, right, gotcha. 030
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyAlistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025- They were waiting for me when I got off the plane - They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me - I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication - Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir 203699826
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Studio City #LosAngeles #NoKings going off 040
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyJewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 04/05/2025More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid aje.io/p407e2aje.ioOver 3,500 children below five ‘face imminent death by starvation’ in GazaAbout 290,000 children are ‘on the brink of death’ due to Israeli blockade on Gaza that started on March 2. 17365
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Free furniture, sure you can't beat that for a deal. You've got less than 48 hours to come and get it. #losangeles #freecycle #reuse #recycle freecycle.org/posts/988720...freecycle.orgA Post on Freecycle.org: FREE FOR PICKUP Red Lacquer Armoire/Media Cabinetvia The Freecycle Network™: This is used, but in perfectly good shape for use, and the paintwork is good. It's got a large upper portion for a TV, with doors, a smaller lower section with doors for ... 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Some nice light reading for the afternoon. 010
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Please consider donating to 50501 #handsoff 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Angelenos - turn out! www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve... #handsoffmobilize.usHands Off! Los Angeles Fights Back · Hands Off**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** # Southern California is fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs,... 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. 10934310211997
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Here's a complete shot in the dark. Trying to make contact with a Robert Lane, who would have been about 16 in 1969. He and my brother made some schoolboy films together in South Dublin area that year, and I'd love to make contact with Robert. 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 25/03/2025www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...mobilize.usHands Off! Los Angeles Fights Back · Hands Off**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** # Southern California is fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs,... 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Opinion | Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now - The Guardian 000
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 10/03/2025You just can’t go around throwing citizens in jail because you disagree with what they say. Unless you live in a fascist banana republic, that is. 000
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this. 30120984383
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Absolutely. It feels like almost nothing is going on out there…. 010
Reposted by Bench Warmer UnderstudyRobert Renfro @bobbyrenfro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Every guy attending the Oscars should arrive wearing Zelensky’s military outfit instead of Tuxedos. Send a message. 241502191
Bench Warmer Understudy @maxplanar.bsky.social · 01/03/2025How long did America spend building its soft power? 70, 80 years? Because it’s managed to blow all of it in a month. 000
