Reposted by i am a rockAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 7hIt's almost a joke at this point, but the entire story of Mamdani's mayorship really has been "it turns out we can just turn off the orphan grinding machine, the switch was right there the whole time." 53225619
Reposted by i am a rockJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 14hi simply want democrats to be the version of themselves that steven miller conjures in his nightmares 61429247
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 14hVery cool to be waiting 45 minutes for a car to agree to take me home from the airport. Why not take a cab you may ask? Well some genius decided to put the pickup areas for cabs and ride shares on opposite sides of the airport! 000
Reposted by i am a rockI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026Again, what do you think the police are doing to people you can’t name if they’re willing to do that to the mayor? 9736172
Reposted by i am a rockMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 237561338
Reposted by i am a rockDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 10/10/2026i personally would like to live in a large house in a nature preserve with no neighbors that is a five minute walk from grocery stores, nightlife and amenities, a good school, and my six-figure job. i don't see why this is so difficult 381208114
Reposted by i am a rockSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/10/2026That goose said “fuck what you thought!” 20613106
Reposted by i am a rockBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Protests that started in Spain and then spread to France and Brazil have now started in Belgium. People are sick of being told there is 'no money' by billionaires who are becoming trillionaires. 5028281106
Reposted by i am a rockPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026speaking of public executions: "as open enrollment begins this month, roughly five million people will be forced to switch plans because their current policy has been canceled or is no longer offered in the county where they live" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...nytimes.comPrivate Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New InsuranceAs enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas. 34116
Reposted by i am a rockLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We absolutely should be horrified by reports of planned public executions and see them as an overt re-embrace of spectacle lynchings--while also understanding that the story of the "modern" death penalty in this country is inextricable from that history, rooted in racial violence & white supremacy.theintercept.comAlabama’s Lynching Memorial and the Legacy of Racial Terror in the SouthAt the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the historical link between lynching and the death penalty is hard to miss. 3612185
Reposted by i am a rockCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026lmao that's actually so funny?? It's just an app that makes you immediately stupid, incredible 142540717
Reposted by i am a rockThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Repeating my sotto voce refrain that I think we are very soon going to have to deal with the plain (but seldom spoken) fact that police are simply not under the control of the political leadership who command them on paper. 191210222
Reposted by i am a rockMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96115112673
Reposted by i am a rockPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words... 10897345
Reposted by i am a rockErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 5457011754
Reposted by i am a rockButlerian 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 10165862563
Reposted by i am a rockSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW 3444711470
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 07/10/2026static.klipy.comGirl's Intense Scream at Doctor's OfficeALT: Girl's Intense Scream at Doctor's Office 010
Reposted by i am a rockTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY. 6223161703
Reposted by i am a rockNER430 @ner430.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Gift link www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comWhen Anesthesia Goes WrongA teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened. 1264
Reposted by i am a rockMcBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I continue to think that being “too big to fail” is **exactly** their plan for how to navigate the coming crash, and it’s why they’re pushing so hard to get everybody using pricy commercial AI products all the time for everything, even in cases where there is a clear downside (ie, education) 19925
Reposted by i am a rockPam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026👀 “We’re doing this experiment on an entire generation on cognitive development, with no control group." — fmr Google research scientist Mikel Rodriguez. He said people inside Google privately worried about how their AI use was affecting their own cognitive skills. 🎁 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...wsj.comGoogle Pushed AI Into Schools—and Even Students Say It’s Gone Too FarThe risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash. 0136
Reposted by i am a rockMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026dropkick murphys fans not fuckin around 51057140
Reposted by i am a rockgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 413186772
Reposted by i am a rockLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111285376
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Is he perhaps part of MGB and seeing new patients 👀 210
Reposted by i am a rockshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better 142651495
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026omg yay hi. unfortunately we are like ships in the night 😭 but enjoy MA and keep it cool while I’m gone! 020
Reposted by i am a rockI AM ACACIAS SWAYING YELLOW,… @riz0me.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"To be fair, I'm not doing so great with men. I told my most recent date that I was working on a novella. 'Because you're Mexican?' he asked. I asked what he meant. 'Isn't a novella a Mexican novel?'" -- oh wow 115413
Reposted by i am a rockMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death." 25959146
Reposted by i am a rockautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ 1233878754
Reposted by i am a rockKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it 372851513
Reposted by i am a rockSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275942512
Reposted by i am a rockNae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! @bloodyhades.northsky.social · 27/09/2026LRP: additionally important to know that if you’re allergic to coconut, you’re also allergic to most activated charcoal products. Many of them are made using burned down coconut husks, but no one advertises that/it’s extremely hard to find out. So be careful this Halloween season! 0202146
Reposted by i am a rockJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 131126312
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 28/09/2026(this happened last year when i was angry-posting about the epstein files) 010
i am a rock @mildbannered.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and please don't take time out of your day to message me "not all men are like that!!!!! :)" fuck you. 160
Reposted by i am a rockDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895441933
Reposted by i am a rockSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.coautonomynews.coNew Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to LifeLawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense. 12446823
Reposted by i am a rockMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"A university's obligation to the physical safety of its students is not one commitment among several, to be weighed against reputation or litigation exposure. It is antecedent to everything else the institution does." -- I wish our "professional " media had the guts of this student paper.  116641
Reposted by i am a rockregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... 3734571023
Reposted by i am a rockDan 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. 14095462208
Reposted by i am a rockDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026omg. i love this version so much 4632134