Reposted by RetailSisyphusFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend. 20643071103
Reposted by RetailSisyphusHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Instantly cured my depression thinking about Hank Hill pronouncing "Nier: Automata" 462865527
Reposted by RetailSisyphusisla @demomolos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have never had a pony, not have I ever asked for a pony. That said, I was able to use the bathroom in every state two years ago. 2945104
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAndrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.wbur.orgMass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court recordsJoseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect... 10460321974
Reposted by RetailSisyphusKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry. 323973901
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Whenever I see a poll like this I always like to remind people that approval for interracial marriage in the US did not cross the 50% mark until 1994, when I was already in my twenties. 332271683
Reposted by RetailSisyphusA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129851157
Reposted by RetailSisyphusPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“having a bizarre obsession with a daddy figure is not uncommon in right-wing households” good point Amy, people on the right are freaks. they’re freaks and they’re worse than us. 1143946504
Reposted by RetailSisyphusKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Shocked to learn that the political party led by pedophiles and dedicated to protecting pedophiles has created a police force filled with pedophiles. 451897730
Reposted by RetailSisyphusalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper. 2130321022
RetailSisyphus @neverwhere11.bsky.social · 09/08/2026What a bad comparison how much funding did the Rwandan government get from the US to fuel their genocide? Has nothing changed about the American public in 30 years? 100
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 13239151969
Reposted by RetailSisyphusBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Their plan is to say as little as possible and win by default, which in their mind is the safest path that doesn't alienate anyone. This misses the opportunity to galvanize the public around important issues, and then they throw up their hands about how the voters are ignorant and apathetic 612668436
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974912713
Reposted by RetailSisyphusEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comIdaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America. 222781888
Reposted by RetailSisyphusSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...wmtw.comPerson killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official saysPolice closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence. 15833631662
Reposted by RetailSisyphusBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences 114208755338
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMicah @rincewind.run · 11/07/2026what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time” 2657062531
Reposted by RetailSisyphusjessica jonestown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.social · 07/07/2026THE ACKROOMS 125136402870
Reposted by RetailSisyphusDave Dildine @dildinedave.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Direct hit from Dupont Circle. 765182839
Reposted by RetailSisyphusOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026For the people saying critics of Democrats on immigration from the left don’t have an alternative, I always say “go look at the Statue of Liberty, that’s our immigration policy.” 13801225
Reposted by RetailSisyphusmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Constitutional Crisis started in 2000. You've been living through it your entire adult life. The reason politics feels hopeless is by design — conservatives broke our democratic form of government to guarantee that the people cannot act against them and are continuing to break it. 522730650
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office. 16091652654
Reposted by RetailSisyphusBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026While it's obvious the next Democratic president should pardon these individuals on day one, the judge who handed down the sentences should also be subjected to a federal investigation to determine if he abused his power and whether it warrants prosecution and potential imprisonment. 452498720
Reposted by RetailSisyphusThembo @thembo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It's so cool that a solid chunk of the Dem party, including its leadership, are openly opposed to the concept of Primaries and are visibly angrier at their own voters than they've ever been at Republicans 22657119
Reposted by RetailSisyphusCharles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026There’s been more elite Democrat anger at Democratic primary voters than outrage over the life imprisonment of anti-ICE protesters — including a couple whose only offense was printing zines. Look at what they choose to talk about with the media and what they ignore. It’s revealing! 91149285
Reposted by RetailSisyphusmaia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 24/06/2026yo! quick question mark, why are you on the "potential future stories" list in my research obsidian, filed under "look into this guy" also can you just quickly read this old tweet of yours out loud? 634364918
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/06/2026What goes unsaid in these heinous stories about denying essential aid is that a 28-year-old DOGE lackey with zero experience named Jeremy Lewin was named Acting Director of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance in April 2025 and still hasn’t had a confirmation hearing. 252267894
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat. The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.mississippifreepress.orgMississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Shoplifting CallA Mississippi police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call. 24031191923
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...404media.coCops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk PeopleThere have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people. 8933421436
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/06/2026NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...lawfaremedia.orgThe Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?The real count is much higher than the public knew. 24178603547
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026We do not have voting rights in this country anymore. We just don’t. We did for a while because Congress codified them pursuant to a constitutional amendment enacted by the people in a great repudiation of the original sin of slavery. But the Supreme Court has nullified that law and that amendment. 121871611
Reposted by RetailSisyphuscait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 31/05/2026all else aside, I think this was the start of a shift for a lot of people- realizing their government was absolutely capable of helping them, but actively choosing not to 362582736
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Just a reminder that immigrants inside Delaney Hall are on their ninth day of a hunger and labor strike in protest of inhumane conditions and this was Governor Sherrill’s response last night: 5136951548
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵 541924844
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026One thing I’m gonna say about this nazi salute is that it does not “resemble” a nazi salute, it is a nazi salute. May we all dispense with this coy “resembles” language in all cases. 792490633
Reposted by RetailSisyphusEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is an actual Thirteenth Amendment violation, because they have not been convicted of any crime. 101889674
Reposted by RetailSisyphusDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have been forced to cook, clean, & repair the facility for as little as $1/day and sometimes for free. They are on a hunger & labor strike; protesters outside have been tear-gassed. Here's our report, including a quote from a detainee:prospect.orgDelaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American ProspectImmigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running. 521427768
Reposted by RetailSisyphusElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I cannot say this loudly enough: we need everyone to know what is happening at Delaney Hall. 300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today. ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse. 131777979
Reposted by RetailSisyphusAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture 21291353322
Reposted by RetailSisyphusutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 11/05/2026What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying 4847761862
Reposted by RetailSisyphusSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana. 596183586303
Reposted by RetailSisyphusMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Agreed. It's not possible to reconcile "rule of law" with "one week the GOP SCOTUS will nullify a 43-year-old statute so they can allow racial gerrymandering, then the next week the GOP VA SC will block voter-approved redistricting and have themselves a laugh by citing the SCOTUS liberals' dissent." 6735351093
Reposted by RetailSisyphusChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s hard to sell elections as a solution to the problem of courts overturning voter will… in an election. “Vote harder (so they can maybe overturn those votes if they don’t like them)” is a sales pitch whose only response is either apathy or violence. 5927253
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/05/2026The single most defining thing Elon Musk has ever done is killing untold numbers of people by having DOGE illegally raid and disband USAID. Not rickets, not cars, not even the CSAMbot on X. It’s this, and so many media pundits just choose to unsee it.hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 1140361649
Reposted by RetailSisyphusKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people. 1048831647
Reposted by RetailSisyphusOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026every trump nomination, regardless of position, should have been a unified "no" from the democrats that is literally the bare minimum, and the party not only failed at that in the first few months -- THEY ARE STILL FAILING AT THAT NOW 451683385
Reposted by RetailSisyphusJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The midterm gerrymandering war and the Iran war alike show Trump's inability to imagine that the people he's picking fights with have any agency, any ability to respond. He loves his "you don't have the cards" metaphor but he's amazingly terrible at actually thinking about whether they do. 591990329
Reposted by RetailSisyphus-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 22/04/2026"should we really resort to playing dirty to defeat the nazis i–" yes. kick em in the fucking balls. what kind of question is that. grow the fuck up 2269931712