Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodJoséphine McAdam @jcvim.bsky.social · 24/02/2025✨UK FRIGHTS & DELIGHTS?!✨ This Summer I'm touring w/ Call of Cthulhu: Live alongside the incredible (SO excited to go mad w/ these lovelies): ✨@samanthabeart.bsky.social ✨@jwcartwright.bsky.social ✨@johnnyohnny.bsky.social ✨Belinda Cornish 🦑 & Mark Meer! More info --> aegp.uk/CallofCthulhu AH!!! 1513233
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMadison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones. + similar in the Department of the Interior 11039392204
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/02/2025⚡️Australia, New Zealand impose new sanctions against Russia. Australia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities.kyivindependent.comAustralia, New Zealand impose new sanctions against RussiaAustralia has introduced the most extensive package of sanctions since the beginning of the all-out war, while New Zealand imposed restrictions on over 50 individuals and entities. 20493242276
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Want to learn to draw the human figure using nude models, an arts tradition that's been going on for centuries? Well, Columbus, Ohio's banning it for their Recreation and Parks Department's class that's only open to adults. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...dispatch.comColumbus Rec & Parks Department's Tyson Cultural Arts Center will cease using nude modelsThe Columbus Recreation & Parks Department's Tyson Cultural Arts Center will cease using nude models in its art classes for liability reasons. 2114
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeod𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/02/2025The President of the United States has the emotional maturity of a teenage bully. 1211196642516
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/02/2025New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Outthedailybeast.comNew MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced OutJonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows. 168398824156
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/02/2025BREAKING: As predicted: 984100942572
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/02/2025Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Themtheonion.comDemocratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices ThemWASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe... 801351226846
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/02/2025UPDATE: The charges against her have been dropped “in the interest of justice” (she bit one of the brownshirts that assaulted her) and the private security firm has lost their license to operate. I hope she sues them into oblivion. 1563309918699
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-... 122149934471
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodDittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 25/02/2025And now you know why they tried to fire the head of the office of special council. No oversight, means you can’t find out interesting tidbits like this.huffpost.comGovernment Oversight Agency Rules Elon Musk’s Mass Firings Are IllegalThe decision could affect the future employment of tens of thousands of probationary government workers fired since Trump took office. 211842
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/02/2025I wrote about the very violent, very public detention of a woman for interrupting a speaker at the Kootenai County Republican’s town hall on Saturday. In Idaho, the lines between Republican politics and political violence are thinner than they are in some places; this is a terrifying escalation.newrepublic.comThis Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding SignPrivate, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent, but also who gets deputized to do what. 371405521
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodThomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · 23/02/2025New JWST data dropped today, so here's my processed image!! 🔭 This is the NGC-3147 galaxy, located 130 million light years away, seen by NIRCam. That spiral form is so satisfying to see! HD: flic.kr/p/2qNkvdo 462401240
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025One day, you voted for the last time, and you didn't even know it. 1251760295
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/02/2025He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones. 920200686616
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23/02/2025BREAKING: Prominent far right influencer Jack Posobiec, who at one point expressed his love for Hitler, says Trump can’t violate the constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution." It’s an authoritarian cult. 3702224651
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 23/02/2025He was too Black for the moment. 42282241329
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/02/2025 612230896173
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/02/2025There is nothing cooler than preventing a democracy from turning into a dictatorship 9970931367
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there 1590448869367
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law. 22484962586
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This seems like a really bad idea, esp. for someone with no experience in ATF’s guns/arson/bombs based prosecutions or their regulatory mission (on top of the slightly demanding job of being FBI director: Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comFBI Director Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF directorPatel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel. 3422817805
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If Trump was on life support, would you unplug him to use your vacuum cleaner? 13274961453
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodChris D. Jackson @chrisdjackson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025🚨 BREAKING: Majority Say Trump Is Mentally Unfit 🚨 After a chaotic start to his term and several public lapses, most Americans now question Trump’s mental fitness: 🧠 "Trump has the mental sharpness to serve effectively?" No: 50% Yes: 47% 📊 Ipsos | Feb 18, 2025 | n=2601 Ouch. 1717247
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodGecks @gecks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This is in no way a comforting read, but I took heart from, and pride in, the following: ...the Latvian delegation completely dropped the gloves and went hard on Trump...afterward [he said] “We decided it was time to start acting like Canadians." charlieangus.substack.com/p/speak-now-...charlieangus.substack.comSPEAK NOW OR FOREVER LOSE YOUR PEACEFinal Dispatch from NATO, Brussels 011
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodProtect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.” RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone! 5503369612236
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Today at El Capitan YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK HUNG Upside Down To SHOW SUPPORT for our National Park Rangers and Workers To show support for our National Forest Service Workers What tRump/MuskDOGE has done is despicable Our National Treasures are in Jeopardy People Wildlife Plantlife 453603880
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/02/2025✋ 2332494258022
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/02/2025Dear Christian-right, did you skip this part in the Bible? 2262483647
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/02/2025Germany’s likely new chancellor Friedrich Merz: And for me, the absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that we step by step to also truly achieve independence from the USA. I would not have believed that I would have to say something like this on TV... 582150343864
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.” 8248952027
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/02/2025I don’t hand out legal advice because I’m not a lawyer, and I only speak from personal experience, but I’d recommend following your federal agency and/or union guidelines on how to respond to the “five bullets” email. 20581581248
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Did someone replace the headline writer at @nytimes.com with a person who understands current events? 360107621643
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/02/2025PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST. 49193691416435
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them. Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one. 685320526263
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I'm not sure how soaring egg prices, mass firings, emboldened Nazis, a Measles outbreak, and planes falling out of the sky count as "wins" to MAGA, but I'd sure hate to see what losing is to them. 305115822282
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/02/2025DID YOU KNOW: We had fewer federal workers in 2024 than we had in 1970? 23383332223
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025All Pete Hegseth talks about is being a warrior and instilling a warrior mindset in the military. Personal courage is the cornerstone of the warrior ethos. I wonder how that fits with being such a coward as to fire generals with 35 or more years of service in a press release on a Friday night. 923199384357
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeod𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/02/2025“The way to silence the voices that are poisoning this country is to stop listening. The way to solve our problems is to look for common good, not “wins.” 3065392
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/02/2025If you’re a Nazi asshole, I don’t think you appreciate how I’m about to fuck your shit up. 3708938889
Reposted by Laurel W. N. MacLeodClub Meatbird - Home of Pixel, Sophie, Chester, and Disco! @clubmeatbird.com · 22/02/2025We hope you fly through Caturday with as many smiles as possible. 🫶😻 #cat #caturday #cats #catsofbluesky #smile #catlovers #clubmeatbird 4927