Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Loser behavior from a guy who’s clinging like a shriveled old barnacle to a sport he doesn’t actually care about in a desperate bid for relevance. Do not cede one inch to him or anyone who acts this way. 14083831120
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialTyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Wrote about Olivia Miles. She rules.theringer.comThe WNBA Already Belongs to Olivia MilesThe superfly rookie can see the future. Good luck keeping up. 26657126
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The pointless National Guard deployment in Washington DC until January 2029 will cost approximately $1.4 billion. This amount could have funded the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities for almost 7 years.civilbeat.orgGuard Deployment To Washington Into 2029 Will Cost Roughly $1.4BHawai‘i will bring home its 27 members later this month after the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. 9763294
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialEleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters 18658231531
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 16/07/2026Trump seemingly has a plan for the nation's election system: Dismantle it with a series of cuts, firings and threats, rather than a sledgehammer. “This is a concerted effort of death by a thousand cuts,” said one Dem county clerk. “Every day is another battle."politico.com‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump’s remaking of American electionsThe president remains laser-focused on an electoral system he claims is rigged — and his administration is uprooting entire chunks of the current structure ahead of the midterms. 611036529
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17/07/202637-year-old lifelong New Yorker here. You know, growing up, I don’t remember being trapped inside by toxic wildfire smoke. Certainly not with this regularity. I have a toddler. I am beyond outraged over the state of the planet he will inherit—a crisis fueled by greedy businessmen and their allies 702053377
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h... 28893
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer 4130191011
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Weird how there’s just always an epidemic disease outbreak with this guy. prospect.org/2026/07/16/h...prospect.orgHow Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century - The American ProspectThe ‘MAHA Trots’ are what happens when Republicans implement their anti-government agenda. 1326079
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 13/07/2026For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve. n.pr/4eXlIS5n.prEV battery recycling has an economics problem. Colorado has a solutionFor some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve. 419638
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialJason M Ernst @jason-m-ernst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Here’s a crazy idea: if a corporation wants to build a data center, they should also be required to construct renewable resource mechanisms to operate it—not funded by the public, but from the mountains of wealth they already possess. 27782001937
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I wrote about the sad Trump Country Fair thing and the very specific and hilariously shitty vision of America that it expresses. The war on metaphor continues apace. defector.com/dead-country...defector.comDead Country Fair | DefectorThings come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he wa... 411991432
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/06/2026"I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed." @davidsanderssci.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.socialtimeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 618553
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/06/2026It’s not really surprising that people are becoming more distrustful and cynical about tech (and everything else) when there’s a constant drumbeat of stories, like this, about a seemingly innocuous game/tool/website harvesting data that is then used for murderous purposes:dronexl.coPokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military DronesPokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor. 28901390
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Yikes...so much support for these researchers for not backing down! Kicking the editor of your organizations journal out of a conference for distributing an article critical of Trump published in said journal and then making this statement seems like greasing the wheels of fascism to me. 000
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I like seeing a woman speaking, with the men supporting her! Something I don't think I've ever seen in a Republican press event. 000
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms? 618039
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026What a man of the people does. So lovely ❤️ 010
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Why are mass layoffs becoming the new norm @forbes.com? Who is to blame for harming people @forbes.com? Perhaps you could interrogate those questions vs. place the onus on individuals to be "resilient" 020
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialmore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 16/04/2026whale head. raccoon penis. it's glaringly obvious that rfk jr is assembling some sort of Super Animal... and i fear he may soon acquire flamingo legs 201919256
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/04/2026can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons 1104918803
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Looking forward to the @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @yrfatfriend.bsky.social what the hell is going on with RFK Jr. Part 4 episode (or is it part 3? There's so much to cover!) 010
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026There are real American heroes all around us if we pay attention. techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/k...techcrunch.comKentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center | TechCrunchA "major artificial intelligence company" reportedly offered a Kentucky family $26 million to build a data center on their farm. 18197592236
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026President threatens to block all legislation in order to disenfranchise large numbers of married women, others donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...donmoynihan.substack.comThe SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in ActionGendered Burdens and the Right to Vote 46558277
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 04/03/2026"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.comtheguardian.comQuit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger BregmanAs a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman 7023171150
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialScience Magazine @science.org · 03/03/2026Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that. Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ scim.ag/40qbXnvscim.agMeet three scientists who said no to EpsteinThe warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude” 20505198
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/03/2026New in PN: The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here "The fantasy monster that president after president has conjured up is real, and he is squatting orangely over his phone in the bathroom at Mar-A-Lago."publicnotice.coThe irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is hereHis name is Donald J. Trump. 441137360
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Liver's cheap because there's low demand for it. If everyone started eating it, it would become expensive. And even if everyone loved it, it's only recommended that you eat it once a week, or you risk vitamin A toxicity. Would be nice if the secretary of HEALTH knew that! 3373779876
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/02/2026is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die? 607127251081
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Cartoon by Mike Luckovich. 274191527089
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialMike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Very astute: "If America’s university presidents believe that their foremost responsibility is simply to keep their institutions operational ... they are mistaken. Much as lawyers are guardians of the rule of law, presidents and chancellors are stewards of intellectual freedom and democratic norms" 18533
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This....we won't have a livable planet if we don't stop this moron and his cronies 020
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy. 516323139635
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/02/2026If reading these letters doesn’t fill you with a deep and urgent need to burn these concentration camps to the ground after releasing their prisoners, you would’ve been on the wrong side in WWII. 211980553
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2026You have to understand that these are fundamentally bad people with hatred in their hearts. 9237441015
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Lots of good comments and reassurance here. They are going to try shenanigans but we don't have to let them work. There are not enough ICE fascists to intimidate people at every polling location in this country. 000
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Even cartoon villains aren't as ghoulish as this guy. He literally has nothing that he stands for except power. Gross and Dangerous. His book was also really bad! 000
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling. 291990329
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today. He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence. 261729461
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialsher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 02/02/2026rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-...rudepundit.blogspot.comWhy Are We Not Purging People in the Epstein Files from the American Government?Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form. 442108122649
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Except that's not what's happening? Having a delusional president is terrible and I believe we are all ready to be done with it now. 020
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here." 5483972212594
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026They made the mistake of attacking a winter people in the winter, which gave the rest of the country hope ❤️ 020
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Agreed. Time to put up or shut up! 000
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 06/01/2026Amazing to live in a country where every day you can watch Republicans gin up issue salience out of nothing but attitude and 4chan posts and a sizeable chunk of people think Democrats' only power is to vote yes or no on bills placed in front of them 302206493
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 04/01/2026Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world. 523801754