Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyGwen 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 293111254037
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With great power MUST come great *accountability* else we perish 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions 123177397
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apropos of nothing, I would like to remind everyone that Martin Freeman has gone on the record as being a fan of using d*** r*** dr*gs 010
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 387198336364
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs? 795175565805
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 25982431644
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What if converse just didn't decide to be racist... i scream into the void 002
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism" 193198737
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We need: Term limits Age limits Competency requirements Corruption rendering unsuitable for office (this is civics for babies) 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"publicnotice.coRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1721258887938
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyTyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI... 9555462163
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.youtube.comThis One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert ReichPrivate equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n 477138854569
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What y'all are doing to Ed Sheeran? I'ma need you to do that same thing to anyone you know personally who psychologically abuses their partner. 010
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta Mercyderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217522546
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious. 42310595
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1521465310123
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. 8824611553
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Anybody else have whiplash re: all the people opposed to the Palestinian genocide now? Not long ago folks were getting fired for it. I mean, it's very good to be opposed to the Awful Thing... But how much of it is for clicks or popularity? 000
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026problem with dating sites is I woulda swiped right on curry barker & left on kane parsons 001
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Petition to remove the laughing reaction from facebook; it's literally only used by trolls 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries. 5151711314
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Due to a profound and well-earned mistrust of the GOP, I check my voter registration relatively often. I just did and I'm OK. You can check yours; just search on "check voter registration status [your state]". 615435
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 07/09/2026hello my baby hello my honey hello darkness my old friend 241896601
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyJohnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A truer post has never been posted. 981196326500
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026What's it called when bedridden because pets 000
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A government that not only doesn't have term limits or age limits, that not only doesn't have health or competency requirements, but in which people can just *pretend you didn't die* to hold on to your seat & literally nothing happens 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 02/09/2026Computers are not some unknowable force of nature or entity. They're products and extremely knowable. Treating them as this mystical new form of life is not just illiterate, it's a great way to normalize this attitude of not being able to hold the people who made them accountable for their actions. 16591148
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'ma go ahead and say that I'm not going to see any Marvel/Star Wars/Disney films in theaters anymore. Those uncreative, unethical, AI-using, greedy corporate a**holes don't need my $ and won't get my compliance. 000
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Life makes a lot more sense when you realize America is a giant Walmart. They're going to keep: -charging us as much as they can -extracting everything they can -making the quality shittier & shittier until we live in a massive crumbling parking lot. 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyMeg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If only there was a system in which people could directly impact structural decisions. 041
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercySiddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“Every day I’m crying,” Renita Theus, 41, said outside her darkened apartment, where her car remained trapped under a fallen tree. “It’s hot … I walked to the dollar store and they’re all out of candles and batteries.” "She lost her cleaning job in Chicago … because she was not able to travel."nytimes.comDesperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without PowerFloods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week. 16772417
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Take of some temperature: Dating profiles should prioritize video clips, because it's *really* hard to assess personality/manner/energy/speaking style through photos. 000
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 21/08/2026"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility. 20760071290
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026it's been thundering for thirty straight minutes 010
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026So we know AI helped a negligible number of students. But how many did it harm? I've crunched the raw data provided by the lead researcher, and what I've found is that ~9,500 students using AI studied less than even the *least* studious, non-AI using student. This should shock the conscience. 20885460
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I want to say, as a cinephile, that Hayden Panettiere in Scream 4 is one of the best acting roles I have seen, ever. I was raised on movies, and I was raised on horror, and she had something I have never seen anywhere else. 010
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Complete BS that a normal part of our country is people being ****ed for talking about abuse DESPITE abusive people never being held accountable. 010
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The art of conversation and the art of small talk are NOT the same thing 🌠 010
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Etymology freaks: is there any connection between Tchotchke and shotski? #etymology #werds 000
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Dylan O'Brien is a revelation. I'm so glad we have him. 010
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.axios.comExclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tacticThe move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices. 323115255015
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You haven't really watched Tom Holland's lip synch battle unless you've watched it at least 2x in succession, tbqf. 010
Reposted by Meg Alexandretta MercyRuns with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Game over. 112103552176
Meg Alexandretta Mercy @megmercy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I distinctly remember, in 2016, being openly mocked by a Republican friend for stating that we'd end up with concentration camps. Now it's just taken for granted. Shame on everyone who did this. 000