Reposted by MzbitcaChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8hPretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 42281691832
Reposted by Mzbitcarax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 9hthis is why trying to see far into the future will drive you insane, all you can see is how far away the world you want still is. but the more straightforwardly oppressive world of the distant past is also far away! because small people did small things that added up over time! 227630
Reposted by Mzbitcarax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 9hif you begin feminist history at #MeToo then it's easy to despair that nothing has changed (or that some things have actually gotten worse). if you take a much longer view though things have changed so much! the little gestures we make today are adding up to something we can't see yet! 1359970
Reposted by MzbitcaSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11hTo recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 12052949
Reposted by MzbitcaValpoWeather @valpoweather.bsky.social · 10h38 students in Introduction to Meteorology launched a weather balloon this morning 🎈Although there was light rain at the time of launch, students learned a lot and did a great job getting the balloon up quickly! When did you last launch a weather balloon? 👀👇 021
Reposted by MzbitcaJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 11hThe consensus among everyone I've talked to in and around Trumpworld / the extended GOP consulting universe is that Rubio doesn't think 2028 is the cycle for him, and would be totally fine with running in 2032 or later. But then there are these other little signs like this one. 281
Reposted by MzbitcaJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 11hMarco is giving stump speeches left and right lately 2101
Reposted by MzbitcaMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11hOne important policy lesson from this story is how Facebook committed blatant tax fraud in 2013 (Zuckerberg's stock options as R&D) and still hasn't been forced to pay it and thus learned that tax fraud is an acceptable business practice and so is doing it again. 928294
Reposted by MzbitcaWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 17halso: remember that mainstream medka played a big role in turning public opinion away from stronger Title IX reforms with boosting bad actors and misinformation 329222
Reposted by MzbitcaRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 14h"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...democracyproject.orgExorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud BoogeymanA broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict. 7377111
Reposted by Mzbitcaevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 15hwhenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this 8881290
Reposted by MzbitcaTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16hCounterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...press.princeton.eduData DrivenA behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life 432596
Reposted by Mzbitcamtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15hleave aside the GOP, it also did not stop the political news media from covering the Hunter story as if it were a corrupt scandal rather than Biden bending over backwards to let a Republican fuck his son over. 868588
Reposted by Mzbitcaryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15halways strikes me that if a woman genuinely believes in this tradwife bullshit, what you obviously want is a lib husband with some cushy emails job www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...nytimes.comHer Brand Was Tradwife. Now She’s Divorced.What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online? 1229418
Reposted by MzbitcaDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16hIt's a fascinating mistake bc it is rooted in the 100% GOP confidence that there was a coordinated legal attack on Trump from Biden/Garland etc. It follows that Smith must have been colluding with Willis to help her out. The idea that he has integrity and wouldn't do that is off the board. 3265066
Reposted by MzbitcaAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 17hA welcome change to see Dems go left on immigration, something Obama didn't do until pushed by DACA activists and Biden didn't either. We need to see a full-throated defense of immigration as a good thing, and not just on economic grounds. Talarico is doing that. Hope more Dems follow. 431469
Reposted by MzbitcaSummer of Blanx @senorblanxo.bsky.social · 17hRare to see someone finish 5th in a lawsuit, but here we are. 06814
Reposted by MzbitcaRt Hon Peter Mannion MP @baldzera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think an issue might be that what a user assumes to be a simple task needs a surprising amount of compute, whereas writing 50 lines of python code, while incomprehensible to a human who doesn't know python, is actually totally trivial. 141
Reposted by MzbitcaMatt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think this UX gap cuts the other way: wayyyyy more tasks *are* like software engineering than many people realize, because they’ve never before had the opportunity to approach tasks in that way. 3345
Reposted by MzbitcaColin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 30/09/2026this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement. 92902551
Reposted by MzbitcaLaprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The particular irony of this particular bit of dipshittery on behalf of the transphobic assholes who have seized on Caitlin Clark as their patron saint of straight, white women’s sports 412823
Reposted by MzbitcaJ.J. @jjfromkansas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the most-played ad attacking the Democratic nominee for governor of Kansas is just "she wants to turn Kansas into CALIFORNIA" Meanwhile the incumbent senator from Kansas is whining because he feels it's unfair to point out he had a medical patient jailed over inability to pay his 18% debt 061
Reposted by MzbitcaJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks. 25430
Mzbitca @mzbitca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Moose too. They’ll trample you and then back up again just to be sure before walking away 000
Mzbitca @mzbitca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hep. They have no intention of letting the left get a foothold in anything no matter what happens in November. 000
Reposted by MzbitcaTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 I just said in my discussion at the IWPR event on women’s economic policy: asking “why am I hearing this and why I am hearing this now” is good praxis for the moment. 230254
Reposted by MzbitcaRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard 443233409
Reposted by Mzbitcatherealnbw.bsky.social @therealnbw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have to do lists. The trouble is dependencies and lots of judgement. Not everything is software development. AI is just going to be your personal scrum master and you will come to hate it’s lack of nuance or real intelligence. Just like the human kind. 001
Reposted by Mzbitcamattsteg.bsky.social @mattsteg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are there tasks that are worth tracking and scheduling? Absolutely. Is everything in life? Absolutely not. Do I do a perfect job deciding which is which? No. There is no perfect delineation. We can never live all versions of our lives, and the possibilities should always exceed the achievable. 1103
Mzbitca @mzbitca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know his team leaked that thinking they had their slam dink 010
Reposted by MzbitcaRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the right's crippling lack of ball knowledge strikes again 873397386
Reposted by MzbitcaDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The case won't be argued until December, and a ruling might not be issued until June 2027. Flights can resume until judgment. Damn. 56934
Reposted by MzbitcaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in. 401218254
Reposted by MzbitcaDoug Smith @genejockey57.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remember back when the Apple Newton was introduced. It was supposed to "learn" your handwriting over time but it seemed more likely it would train the user to write so it could read. I figure the same with AI - you won't teach it YOUR routine. It will teach you ITS routine. 411815
Reposted by MzbitcaBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have zero sympathy for the Mueller people who were gigantic babies at the end of the day, but we should let this Jack Smith guy get a second crack at it. 973763292
Reposted by MzbitcaAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026The last time Democrats prioritized the cultivation of democracy as opposed to jobs training as the end of taxpayer funded public education was 1976. Since that time, they have embraced the neoliberal framing. Let's hope things are changing! asheeshksi.substack.com/p/why-the-de...asheeshksi.substack.comWhy the Democrats Probably Won't Save the HumanitiesThe Republicans are awful, but the other side isn't actually that much better - yet. 15417
Reposted by MzbitcaAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026It's remarkable (in a very good way) to see an elected member of the Democratic Party saying this. For decades, the Party has treated public higher education as a jobs training program, not a site for cultivating democratic habits of mind. I deeply hope that things are changing. 318565
Reposted by MzbitcaEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news. 211302423
Reposted by MzbitcaMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026IMO: * Lawmakers and their staff overwhelmingly are not ball knowers. That includes Ds. * Forcably defending athlete labor rights is not a political priority for more than, like, seven D Senators. * Cantwell, and many others, were horrified about what happened to Wazzu and want to prevent it (1/2) 5384
Reposted by MzbitcaMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/20262/2 * The PCSA does expand athlete health care coverage and could potentially increase the direct payment earning potential for elite women athletes * A lot of lawmakers are really worried about Olympic sports being cut to fund athlete salaries, even if that isn't really what is happening. 1141
Reposted by MzbitcaLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All of you know this, but any time some centrist loser starts talking about how a social policy will only benefit the wealthy what they really mean is they don't want anything to benefit anyone. 9662101
Reposted by MzbitcaAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312874638
Reposted by MzbitcaStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This from the GOP nominee for IL governor is why you don't cede civil rights issues to these people by uncritically supporting the surveillance state. 026855
Reposted by MzbitcaDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They're 100% gonna shut this down within a week 1130573
