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. 14083841120
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026That's what he looks like?!?! Startling 010
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
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The racist trope he just slid right into his analogy! Skillful 0380
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026What an unhinged and untrue thing to say in a hearing?!?! So shameful. Hope there are some consequences for Moreno in the after times 010
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialEleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters 18658231531
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It took me longer than I'd like to admit that Charles the Entertainment Cheese was Chuck E. Cheese 🤦♀️ 000
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I'm sure Claude can distill 4 years of coursework, mentored research, and trial and error learning about my niche topic in 45 minutes accurately...🙄 040
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. 611036528
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 4130161011
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
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026That is sick! What the hell is happening?!? 000
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. 27681971935
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 · 01/06/2026Ah yes the Candy Crush businessman who is also apparently an expert in higher education. These "truth is whatever I want it to be" people need to go away. 020
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
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It indeed did end up on the discovery feed but I think provided an opportunity for solidarity with all of us who are also going through it. So thanks for sharing! 120
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? 618038
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 1104917803
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026This sounds terrible. Why would anyone listen to an Epstein pal interrupt a woman repeatedly to talk about his buddy Trump? Yuck 2500
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
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Jacks of all trades, masters of none. 000
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. 18197562235
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Listening to the fabulous 2-parter @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social on Bari and am throughly enjoying this 000
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 46557277
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 7023161150
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? 607127241081
Reposted by @melissafenton.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Cartoon by Mike Luckovich. 274191547089
melissafenton.bsky.social @melissafenton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I'm disturbed in ways I didn't think possible by this image 000
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