Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 8hThe usual suspects aren't panicking about the bond market gods the way they do when someone proposes spending a million bucks to feed children 510624
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 7hchat is this good 473658857
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 6hOne thing all New Yorkers can agree on? It’s time to get your flu shot! Go to nyc.gov/healthmap to find all the free locations. 784467750
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10hamazing how many Republicans there are down at the bottom of memory hole. him, GW Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tom DeLay, so many guys whose existence is/was very inconvenient www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comDisgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84The Illinois Republican, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after leaving Congress for scheming to cover up child molestation accusations. 1633944
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialSam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 29/09/2026I wrote about something that was making me feel nuts: After weeks of discourse around hypothetical existential threats from AI triggered global calls for government intervention, we learned a faulty AI system almost triggered a US-China war. And no one really cared. theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...theintercept.comAI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to CareThe tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers. 57529
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 10hHE DID SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, BARI. 1449296
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9hpedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 793129555
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026awoke this morning with a Vision 49101131797
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18hOne thing that Trumpism has made clear over and over again is that the global far right understands itself to be in a ideological alliance the helps itself across borders, and the center and left largely do not. 12605124
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17hIt's fascinating to learn how many more kids die in ATV accidents every year than in e-bike accidents, then observing that there is a moral panic about kids riding e-bikes but not about kids riding ATVs. 541036157
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22hIf Democrats think winning back congress this year and the presidency in 2028 is enough, they are sorely mistaken. We'll be right back where we're at in 2032 with an even more fascist and white supremacist Republican party. It's not enough to win power. 371462321
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 15hLiving in this country is amazing. Every year the same people insist that the problems are caused by "red tape" "wokeness" or "government overspending," while the papers scream for a new crusade against the Perfidious Turk and everything gets sold off and collapses. 510726
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 101152857
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 67745356
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/10/2026Surprised more people aren’t alarmed about the financial condition of Oracle. Revenue flat for 15 years adjusted for inflation, only real growth engine is unprofitable AI data centers, future entirely tied to OpenAI and the most ambitious infra projects in history. It’s dying! 561429218
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The reason I'm so skeptical of the AI industry's latest breakthroughs is they are operating with infinite money and pretending that doesn't matter. So many things become easier when you have infinite money to throw at a problem. The Infinite Money Trick davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-infini...davekarpf.beehiiv.comThe Infinite Money TrickGuarded skepticism about AI product releases 920950
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422926963
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He is also estimated to have ensured the mass deaths of 16 million people by 2030, in addition to the whole history's most prolific distributor of CSAM thing 023436
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Elon, whose genAI is the world's largest distributor of CSAM, has essentially infinite money to throw at evading any kind of consequences for producing and distributing more CSAM than any human in history. 5844340
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 02/10/2026It’s crazy, but after the passage of the 2021 federal infrastructure law—designed to be the biggest infusion of funds into transit in US history—spending on rail transit….dropped.urban.orgFederal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but… 414329
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22997093093
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026The 2,000 residents at NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses have lived with outdated appliances, faulty heating and cooling systems, unreliable elevators, untreated lead and mold, and weak security systems that have decayed over time. 442872638
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall." 9612375632
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comTennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was. 181210226
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 01/10/2026Entire generation of tech nerds never realized that talking to the computer on star trek was a narrative device and it is very rare that anyone wants to so this except necessary hands free situations 24641130
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 653017987
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAdam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute 121769294
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see 262366340
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2263405831
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Also, please do not forget that the origins of Miller's policies lie with the Obama administration. Watch this @frontlinepbs.bsky.social documentary from 2011:pbs.orgFRONTLINE | Lost in Detention | Season 2011 | Episode 17FRONTLINE investigates the Obama administration's get-tough immigration policy. 1359486
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Don't forget that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to let the GOP get away with all of this. He said let's turn the page and get on with business. He's on the side of the Nazis if he thinks this kind of thing is acceptable in the United States of America. This can't be allowed to slide. It can't. 151824433
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22426031068
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17341601400
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 28/09/2026You can demolish a rapid transit branch with just a day’s notice, but it takes 20 years to build a new one, if you’re lucky 19917
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Water for bovine agriculture in Utah has become a grim obsession of mine since it is such a small, insiginificant part of their economy, irrelevant to their food supply and presents an imminent, deadly threat to its population via the Great Salt Lake drying up and creating poisonous dust clouds 947278
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 788178324785
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2677994585
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195342206
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialLex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321702508
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16992943068
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026chat is this good? 11342871091
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialEugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 899922571
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234061269
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows 202637465
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026A historic milestone for New York’s youngest learners: Universal 2-K is here. Our two-year-olds are ready to learn, explore and build a strong foundation from day one. This is what it looks like when we invest in our kids.curbed.comThe Look Book Goes to the First Day of PreschoolThe city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center. 12487181539
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialSteve Roth @steveroth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is wild, new from @economist.com. Link below. Republican counties have (increasingly) higher birth rates than Dem counties. But they also have (increasingly) higher mortality rates. So Red counties’ “natural” population growth has gone negative since 2019. So... 1/ 142
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19596023539
Reposted by @mikekraft.bsky.socialSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147851745
