Reposted by MoronitronSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act. 13241051201 4.1K
Reposted by MoronitronMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I remember marching in the streets as a teenager against bombing Iraq. I remember being called a traitor and a moron. 1422921 229
Reposted by MoronitronDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Yes. They have fucking cameras on them. If someone pointed his iPhone at you, filming, you'd want him to stop doing that. I am for a very narrow (probably illegal) law that would allow me to take these glasses off a guy's head and yeet them into a brick wall 2660483 604
Reposted by MoronitronBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 06/08/2026Driving a car is incredibly dangerous, it should be one of the most regulated experiences on earth, and it is very upsetting to watch people who correctly don’t trust the cops turn against automated enforcement because the alternative is relying on a cop’s judgement to enforce the laws. 221482185 1.5K
Reposted by MoronitronDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition. 473857843 3.9K
Reposted by MoronitronErin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @eringloriaryan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Doesn't seem like a great long-term strategy for the Democratic Party to become more and more reliant on a mostly female voting base and then demand that base put their time and energy into promoting male politicians who harm women. 514223 142
Reposted by MoronitronBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22/06/2026A scary problem because: 1. The catalyst is social media; 2. People lash out when you try to take social media away from them; 3. It’s also a powerful tool for appealing to voters. It’s like if in addition to being unhealthy and addictive, cigarettes also made you susceptible to propaganda. 510818 108
Reposted by MoronitronSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Very frustrating how earnestly people seem to buy into the idea that forcing people to post under real names would fix anything. It wouldn't, and you'd be giving an immense gift to authoritarians as well as punishing people who have good reason—which may be none of your damn business—to post anon. 812844 128
Reposted by MoronitronJoe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If MLB is going to center the opinions of fans in its labor strategy, then I get to point out that those opinions are at best underinformed, and more accurately described as misinformed, by MLB itself. 1283 28
Reposted by Moronitronjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/05/2026interestingly under callais the only black lawmakers who could escape constitutional scrutiny are those elected by white voters, which is a pretty clear statement of who gets to be a legitimate political actor 61401241 1.4K
Reposted by Moronitronthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/04/2026it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit 65104372784 10.4K
Reposted by MoronitronDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Ginsberg not retiring at age 80 after 20 years on the bench was one of the great disasters of modern liberalism, and it blows my mind that so many liberals still stitch her face onto tote bags. 5282882 828
Reposted by MoronitronSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history. 182114932742 11.5K
Reposted by MoronitronEvan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Every time you post that Vince McMahon meme I want to puke. On you. For hours. Cut it out, ffs. There's plenty of overused, unfunny memes out there you can post endlessly that don't have human horrorshows attached to them. 719925 199
Reposted by MoronitronMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Please unfollow me if you are a transphobe or TERF or “just asking questions.” All human beings deserve the same rights. Nobody should be afraid they are going to get beat up or ridiculed or fired based on their gender identity. Protect the dolls today and forever. Always stand up to bullies. 539754 397
Reposted by MoronitronAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne... 8461681855 6.2K
Reposted by MoronitronAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026It’s interesting how every billionaire ceo’s ideology boils down to “you should give me all your money, I should be above the law, and I should be allowed to do anything I want.” Thiel being like, “oh you see because otherwise the antichrist” is barely an innovation 312558535 2.6K
Reposted by Moronitron#SeanPayton4Prison2026 @rockiesvsconnor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I think there is something to explore that many nations at the WBC have come showing what they love about their country (dancing, celebration, tradition) to represent the people while the American team has shown up representing and only celebrating the military 813580874 3.6K
Reposted by Moronitronryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/03/2026"it’s worth underlining the stupendous quantity of money and resources that might have been used to help somebody, anybody, instead of being lit on fire." prospect.org/2026/03/03/i...prospect.orgThe war in Iran is already hugely expensiveAircraft carriers and stealth bombers are expensive to use. 29926 99
Reposted by MoronitronMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026you want me to be pro-war? the thing that murders innocent people, destabilizes society and enriches the worst people in the whole world? 17866115 866
Reposted by MoronitronAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons 280138061619 13.8K
Moronitron @moronitron.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Salman Rushdie Hunter Thompson Tom Robbins Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman and Kurt Vonnegut, just in case listing a duo is double dipping 010 1
Reposted by Moronitronryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19/02/2026the point of a billionaire tax is not to raise money on an ongoing basis. it is to make being a billionaire illegal 351243214 1.2K
Reposted by MoronitronAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 19/02/2026One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés 21292482096 9.2K
Reposted by Moronitronjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2026”This is a world of compensations; and he who would *be* no slave, must consent to *have* no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.” 82526486 2.5K
Reposted by MoronitronMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is 311773361 1.8K
Reposted by MoronitronMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Alex Vesia addressed the media today for the first time about his daughter’s death during the World Series. He thanked the Dodgers and Blue Jays for their support, and encouraged people who are struggling to seek therapy. Hat tip to @fabianardaya.bsky.social for transcribing Vesia’s full statement. 438064 380
Reposted by Moronitrone.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/02/2026if someone can come up with working adversarial garment that fucks with smart glasses, to almost any extent, I will not only buy it myself but promote it religiously ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing who is working on this?? 47638122 638
Reposted by MoronitronAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...nytimes.comThe Transformative Power of the White ‘Race Traitor’ 252300781 2.3K
Reposted by MoronitronMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452172636 5.2K
Reposted by Moronitronjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years. 14678201066 7.8K
Reposted by MoronitronPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power. 7968051311 6.8K
Reposted by MoronitronPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over. In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics. 9077391678 7.7K
Reposted by MoronitronSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026yeah so i don't enjoy being told to reject the evidence of my eyes and ears 1836 83
Reposted by MoronitronSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 08/01/2026Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen... Truth is the greatest love 222380578 2.4K
Reposted by Moronitronsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 07/01/2026these guys aren't pretending to offer Greenlanders or any of their neoimperialist victims freedom or equality or self-determination. they're just offering to consume them and despoil their land of natural resources. An earlier generation of Americans would have hung them at nuremberg for it 16635126 635
Reposted by MoronitronJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026If you call me a sweet summer child I'll put you into the fucking wall on Turn 3. 1438423 384
Reposted by MoronitronMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It’s incredibly easy to support trans people if you believe that everyone should have the same rights! I struggle to understand the mental gymnastics here! 821024 210
Reposted by Moronitronryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 01/12/2025on the one hand trans people are human beings who deserve the same rights as everyone. on the other transphobia plainly turns a person into a intolerable freak who alienates their friends and family bsky.app/profile/luck... 121529 215
Reposted by Moronitron👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Really valuable and honest piece by friend and comrade @nikeshshukla.bsky.social about the anti-immigration protests at hotels this year. There's a danger in trying to "understand" someone's hate if it's based on the faulty assumption that there's anything to understand in the first place.thebristolcable.orgIf you choose to terrorise children, we have nothing in commonFollowing yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side 118461 184
Reposted by MoronitronRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025fuck you the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh 3942331633 4.2K
Reposted by MoronitronMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Did you know that some MLB owners take out loans against future season ticket sales and then use that money to buy themselves mansions/yachts etc? With the added bonus of being able to whine to fans that the team is actually carrying a lot of debt? Last dodger owners did this! 1242676 426
Reposted by MoronitronSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important 91020291 1K
Reposted by Moronitronsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dick Cheney was a dangerous fool. He not only wanted to exploit the trauma of 9/11 to turn America into the kind of country that builds a network of gulags, tortures random unfortunates, and embarks on misdirected wars, he got the whole power structure of the republic to go along with him. 551755297 1.8K
Reposted by MoronitronBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/11/2025People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this. 310152184225 15.2K
Reposted by MoronitronMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 20/10/2025it is kind of interesting how not only do they openly yearn for monarchy, but they also want a system of monarchy more absolute than almost any of the historical reference points where the president can tax, spend, declare war, even suspend habeas corpus at will 1958499 584
