Reposted by mctsonicMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 8hNo wonder Yale is under investigation 0171
Reposted by mctsonicMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 3hLOVE this dive into NYC theater history and its unspoken meanings, by @sarahweinman.com 062
Reposted by mctsonicTrending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 8hTax cuts, revenue cuts—no surprise. #econsky 021
Reposted by mctsonicKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8035192127
Reposted by mctsonicI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 9h“One source told the outlet that officers were “told to go after anybody, they can pick up anybody.” newrepublic.com/post/216405/...newrepublic.com“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in CaliforniaICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms. 19361257
Reposted by mctsonicGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9hHappy National Pierogi Day! Please enjoy this short educational video about the "Pierogi Pocket." 28616
Reposted by mctsonicChristine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 10hIn a memo to staff by Skydance CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the duo states that coming mass terminations will be conducted “thoughtfully and respectfully": Right On Cue: Here Comes The Skydance/Paramount Layoffs buff.ly/EibVopqbuff.lyRight On Cue: Here Comes The Skydance/Paramount LayoffsYou can set your watch to it.Major media companies insist they simply have to merge to create all manner of amazing new “consolidative synergies.” The debt from the acquisitions then re… 011
Reposted by mctsonicCREW @citizensforethics.org · 10hThe Trump admin refused to invite international election observers for the first time in over 20 years. As concerns about the Trump admin undermining election integrity escalate and the midterms quickly approach, this is a troubling decision.ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 78754
Reposted by mctsonicRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 11hChicago started burning on October 8, 1871. Here is a Chicago magazine story I wrote five years ago, for the 150th anniversary:web.archive.orgThe Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through ItAs the city marks the 150th anniversary of the defining event, ROBERT LOERZEL mines the archival record to offer a compelling portrait of what it was like to live through those disastrous days. 014158
Reposted by mctsonicmatty @mattio.bsky.social · 11hThis is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol... 23927422
Reposted by mctsonicScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11hNote how in all of this, Vance's comments are suffused with the rhetoric of 1930s Nazi eugenics, including the "elite human being" (in German, Herrenmensch or Übermensch). Straight from Curtis Yarvin, and Elon Musk, by the way. bsky.app/profile/atru... 46749246
Reposted by mctsonicJezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 10hThe Army tested the shock gloves ICE wants to use, and they sound even worse in practice than we thought they'd be www.jezebel.com/ice-shock-gl... 1176
Reposted by mctsonicFuturism @futurism.com · 10hNew safety features, same alarming conversations.trib.alOpenAI Says Teens Can Talk About Suicide for Hours Before ChatGPT Will Notify ParentsOpenAI admitted that teen users can talk to ChatGPT about topics like suicide for hours before parents are notified. 065
Reposted by mctsonicNorth Side Baseball @northsidebaseball.com · 15hEight members of the Cubs have options in their contract for 2027. Most of them will be declined, in one way or another, but for the team, the decisions break in each direction—and, mostly, they figure to be pretty easy. #cubs #chicagodlvr.itRanking the Cubs' Contract Option Decisions, from Easiest to ToughestEight members of the Cubs have options in their contract for 2027. Most of them will be declined, in one way or another, but for the team, the decisions break in each direction—and, mostly, they figure to be pretty easy. 022
Reposted by mctsonicAlbumism @albumism.com · 14hTalking Heads released their fourth studio album ‘Remain in Light’ 46 years ago on October 8, 1980 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/TlkngHdsRIL 1468
Reposted by mctsonicWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 15hThis story makes me think that people who go missing in the system, who can't be located in any ICE facility, are trapped in remote, unnamed warehouses. 47433
Reposted by mctsonicThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14hColorado’s Kyle Clark reports Tina Peters is out of prison and again trying to help Trump overthrow our democracy and steal the next election. jared polis care to comment? 17125051167
Reposted by mctsonicBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14hAnne Carson's NOX is one of the most extraordinary books I've encountered—as much a physical/visual experience as a literary one (and one I've taught many times over the years). Thrilled to see her awarded the Nobel Prize. This 2013 profile is a great introduction to her singular work. Gift link:nytimes.comThe Inscrutable Brilliance of Anne Carson (Gift Article)Is she a poet? No one quite knows for sure. 0445
Reposted by mctsonicKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 23hNEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war 38536261848
Reposted by mctsonicElizabeth @afroartnerd.bsky.social · 14hArtle #Artle October 8, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artlenga.govArtle – the daily art exploration game.Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily. 032
Reposted by mctsonicJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14hIt's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 33645551143
Reposted by mctsonicGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...prospect.orgFederal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American ProspectA Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States. 233236937
Reposted by mctsonicButlerian 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 9158762298
Reposted by mctsonicPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’metro.co.ukWoman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’ 98831105
Reposted by mctsonicBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 06/10/2026From his first Moog to the collaborative world of “Guest List,” M. Geddes Gengras has followed his curiosity into haunting drones, psych-dub, and beyond. He walks us through nine key releases and the experiments that shaped them.daily.bandcamp.comM. Geddes Gengras Is Still Figuring It OutFor the synth wizard, the journey is as important as the destination. 0183
Reposted by mctsonicJill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Fuuuuuuucccccckkkkk these assholes 02211
Reposted by mctsonicbdonnelly @bdonnelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Evening jam... Wishy - Nature's Pill (2026). Big feelings and bigger hooks, the '90s revival continues unabated...wishy.bandcamp.comNature's Pill, by Wishy12 track album 141
Reposted by mctsonicKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have already said a lot about this proposal, but I am especially sad for current international students, many in multi-year programs, who will have professional opportunities rescinded, or made entirely out of reach, as a result. 310527
Reposted by mctsonicKevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 07/10/2026Well done to the person in charge of Surface for doing a presentation where Surface wasn’t spelled correctly. 401245252
Reposted by mctsonicMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s hard to overstate how damaging this would be both for higher education and for the physician workforce shortage. But of course, that’s the point. 0269
Reposted by mctsonicBebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 07/10/2026can’t believe this story is pitting my unbridled disdain of billionaires into conflict with my sheer love of rats 5484
Reposted by mctsonicAsif Siddiqi @historyasif.bsky.social · 08/10/2026RIP Margaret Hamilton, the brilliant computer scientist whose contributions to software for the Apollo Guidance Computer were absolutely crucial to the Apollo Moon landings. She also helped shape the discipline of computer engineering while at MIT's Instrumentation Lab: news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 4368136
Reposted by mctsonicDr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Okay, so. Way back when, in the before times, I made a post about a similar phenomenon on the hellsite. Remember all those cute ring doorbell ads? The ones shoung pet rescues or heartwarming stories? Those serve to affectively prime us to accept surveillance as reasonable through their cuteness. 9303115
Reposted by mctsonicCrooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Virgil’s parades and talent shows have a Tati-esque choreographed profusion, featuring motor-mouthed auctioneers, elderly line dancers, even a cavalcade of nannies pushing strollers,” Sara Batkie writes, of the "roving curiosity" of ‘True Stories.’ buff.ly/i3X3vvObuff.lyPeople Like Us: True Stories at 40 — Crooked MarqueeDavid Byrne's characteristically idiosyncratic vision of smalltown America now feels like a thesis statement for the solo career he would soon be embarking on. 011
Reposted by mctsonicBleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 08/10/2026The owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for decryptors while claiming to use proprietary technology to recover encrypted data.bleepingcomputer.comRansomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom paymentsThe owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for decryptors while claiming to use proprietary technology to recover encrypted data. 046
Reposted by mctsonicOptica @optica.org · 07/10/2026This image from the JWST displays the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. Jets bursting from young stars crisscross the image, impacting the surrounding interstellar gas and lighting up molecular hydrogen, shown in red. #WorldSpaceWeek #Astrophotography 🔭 1224
Reposted by mctsonicMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Facebook AI state of affairs: "The level of insight in the resulting dossiers makes social-media algorithms that study your likes and clicks look quaint. Muse is designed to infer users’ goals, including those you 'have not said out loud.'" Via Timetime.comMeta’s Muse AI Agent Is Building a Dossier On YouInternal instructions reviewed by TIME show the AI assistant mapping users and their contacts—including people who don’t use Muse—and sharing anonymized insights across its system. 053
Reposted by mctsonicInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 07/10/2026Alabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared. Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too. bit.ly/4rTEVJg #EDUSky #AcademicSky 195224
Reposted by mctsonicChicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 07/10/2026A Portage Park restaurant owner remembers Silverio Villegas González, the quiet, hardworking cook who was killed by an ICE agent. bit.ly/47F0Ryfchicagoreader.comA year without Silverio - Chicago ReaderA Portage Park restaurant owner remembers Silverio Villegas González, the quiet, hardworking cook who was killed by an ICE agent. 013786
Reposted by mctsonicCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Soaring Instrument Prices Could Stop the Music at Many Schools www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...nytimes.comSoaring Instrument Prices Could Stop the Music at Many SchoolsWhen a single cello can cost $1,000 and a tuba $9,000, tariffs are straining meager band and orchestra budgets. 610737
Reposted by mctsonicTomas Ström @hapsis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Nine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills bite www.theregister.com/virtualizati... #Cybersecurity #LargeScaleImpact #Vulnerabilitytheregister.comNine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills biteRimini Street-sponsored survey finds 48% have no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred subscription platform 011
Reposted by mctsonicDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026NEW: Over the past year, ICE investigated — and considered sending undercover agents against — hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, new records revealed. The probes were part of Trump's extensive search for noncitizen voting ahead of the midterms.democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 22233136
Reposted by mctsonicTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I know everything is bad, but check this out: Using miracle material for which its founder won the chemistry Nobel last year, a startup has built a working device that can harvest clean water from air using the heat emitted from a data center. @mollytaft.com and @blkahn.bsky.social have the scoop:wired.comA Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste HeatAtoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity. 47318
Reposted by mctsonicThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Please help me get the word out to people who might be interested in reading Democracy Americana in German: I hope I can build a readership large enough to carry this experiment of offering my work in two languages (it’s a struggle!). If you want to read the essay in English, you find it here:steady.pageWhat Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election?Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation 2258
Reposted by mctsonic🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sorry, Dems, you're going to have to destroy Elon. Or he'll destroy you.patreon.comSorry, Dems, you're going to have to destroy Elon. Or he'll destroy you. | LOLGOP StudiosWe must confront Silicon Valley autocracy before they brick democracy. I recorded an emergency “episode” of The Trillionaire Kill Chain this 67826
Reposted by mctsonicFrank Nieto @fdnieto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Watch the great @twistedteens.bsky.social official video for their ribald new single "Stalks," directed by the one and only #MamaHotDog. The song is from their forthcoming album 'The Holy Cross Tigers,' Out Nov. 6th on @subpop.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6q...youtube.comtwisted teens - stalks (official music video)YouTube video by TwistedTeens 041
Reposted by mctsonicJustin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Like all good things for Americans and especially Republican voters — healthcare, no more endless wars, good jobs — lower gas prices are right around the corner. In this case, two days after Election Day, Collins says. 021
Reposted by mctsonicPatrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Rent seeking is spiraling all the way out of control in the modern economy 3336