Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 08/07/2026(•_•) <) )╯ Donald Trump / \ (•_•) \( (> Wouldn't be president / \ (•_•) <) )╯if parties didn't use primaries / \ 819040
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Make this guy head of the White House Correspondents Association. 421894311
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialAdequateEmily @adequateemily.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Losing my mind at this Murder, She Wrote promo 182134514702
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner. 249137032813
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/07/2026There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots. 24122363714
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot. 2479961794
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/07/2026the use of “performative” as an insult here is why these people are losing their primaries. yes, voters want you to perform their anger and disgust! they want representatives to represent their symbolic interests! the idea that good representation is necessarily quiet and unobtrusive is wrong! 20358671103
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Republicans went from staunchly anti-Putin to somewhat pro-Putin in less than a year, from summer 2016 to spring 2017. Today the Party of Reagan supports Russian military aggression against a US-partnered European democracy. 011728
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialRachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 01/07/2026i cannot imagine how fucking TIRED Kentaji Brown Jackson must be, and what it must take to continue, over and over, to write the law as it is and refuse to be cowed by these gaslighting, vile coworkers even when they vote together. awe-inspiring 749567
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 01/07/2026"You have to love our country. Now let me defile one of the lasting images of our country because I don't like what it means." 626856
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I Am Not A Lawyer™. (Though I spent a year studying law) Neither is @joshtpm.bsky.social But we both know something about US history (him w PhD), including about anti-Asian immigrant wave of late 1800s. And agree w him 100% here. That this was 5-4 is a relief. That it was not 9-0 is an emergency. 625557
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/06/2026God, you are useless. 538731
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat. 1048371313
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 30/06/20262 more thoughts on birthright: 1. The movement to overturn Roe and Humphrey's Executor was built over decades. It took an enormous amount of effort to manufacture that sense of scholarly viability (see: Teles, Hollis-Brusky). The right got 5-4 on birthright with a sloppy last-minute scramble 151707432
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialMrSquid @mrsquid.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My honest belief is that the dissenters should just be fully disbarred. You cannot sincerely believe the 14th Amendment does not contain birthright citizenship. To hold this is to be either so dishonest or so incapable of analysis that you cannot practice law. 181452367
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win. 9268972497
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Between this and the bribery case a couple of years ago, they've really decided to let Kavanugh be the point person on *allowing billionaires to buy politics* and *unvarnsihed public corruption.* 201367240
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I disagree slightly here. I don't think Klein is into this stuff, I think he values what he sees as civility and collegiality with far-right racists as fellow "intellectuals" more than he does having values, and that effectively makes him a useful idiot for promoting their views. 3161855
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less” 11967151848
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026one thing you can see on TikTok etc is that there are a lot of young, low info people whose primary exposure to the concept of antisemitism is as a bad faith smear, and my guess is that’s not good. 512473310
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Genuinely, we need Congress to enact a Private Right of Action act that says individuals damaged by a violation of some individual right created by Congress can, as a default, sue for both injunctive relief and damages, which shall be awarded against any violator if proven 1233388
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialIfy Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 24/06/2026Mind you, these are all people who refuse to condemn Nazis. 191219157
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Technically, they’re Remains now. 414208813864
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Will it happen? I dunno, but punishing the corruption personally is critical. So seeing elected dems say it out loud helps build consensus. 2737
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I like seeing demanding Trump personally pay things back because seizing all assets of Trump, his family, his organization, is a key part of fixing this country. 10555138
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialCandice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 23/06/2026Opposing fascism will earn you a longer prison sentence than perpetuating fascism via an attempted constitutional coup. That's where we're at. 17741
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialA Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 22/06/2026it's wild how "my embarrassment = oppression" is a whole political analysis for these people 31477
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026america is an ideal worth fighting for 102117632219
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/06/2026WHY WAS THE STRAIT CLOSED WHY WAS THE STRAIT CLOSED, DONALD 181092174
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialThree Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Ah so LLMs operate like senior male academics. Who could have envisioned that technology trained on existing texts could operate in a fundamentally conservative nature 122066550
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026“We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.” w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social propublica.orgA Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force... 7557200
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Always a bit amused when I see a "this is the canary in the coal mine" take about universities or the humanities. My dude, we're knee deep in canary carcasses. Glad've cottoned on, but the eery silence of ceased chirping has long since engulfed us. 8510112
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialBob Libal @blibal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026When "Californians taking over Austin" is an actual existential threat... They aren't sending their best (billionaires) 13016
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Trump’s OMB Deputy Pick Won’t Rule Out Undermining Congress’ Power of the Purse talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...talkingpointsmemo.comTrump’s OMB Deputy Pick Won’t Rule Out Undermining Congress’ Power of the PurseHal Duncan, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the deputy director for... 1319599
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Jesus Christ, this is such a national embarrassment. 852900746
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026and no one will believe you any more when you say this despite it being established common knowledge all the way up to c. 2024 111322233
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/06/2026"What do you rebuild in its place?" I don't know, fucking flowers? Wild grass? The overwhelming beauty of literally anything else? It's not just a metaphor, you have to destroy the surveillance palace that doubles as a fascist bunker if you don't want disconnection to be part of American governance. 1973463572
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialRory Stolzenberg @rorystolzenberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026lmao 234667
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 10/06/2026Twitter/X is an enormous national security threat on a global scale, and a lot more nations need to grow a spine and start blocking it (and taking other active, aggressive measures). 252780706
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026No. You worry about the slippery slope when you aren't already at the bottom of the chasm. Now? An ideological Supreme Court is discarding settled precedent on a whim, bad reasoning and worse history, and stacking the deck further with unreasoned shadow docket fuckery. Fuck the slippery slope. 35864172
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 10/06/2026“Governor Abbott could call [a special session] tomorrow. He has chosen not to. I mean … we have special sessions over who can use which restroom, but we don’t have a special session for this.”texasobserver.orgData Center Boom Exposes GOP Faultlines over Local ControlIn rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development. 15423
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Washington Post is not a credible publication 10983127
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 10/06/2026you'd think the fact that the federal government is too corrupt to function in the public interest, and that all of our environmental, public safety, labor, and consumer rights regulators have been defanged would be a bigger story 291058304
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026He not only owns the website! He is directly in charge of which posts the website shows people! Musk is more responsible for whipping up these mobs than anyone else! 142284392
Reposted by @nacogdoches1purl2.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It failed in totally predictable ways - exactly the ways Remain warned it would. A catastrophic failure of the information environment that UK voters were so badly misled about the consequences of the Brexit vote 291083154
