Reposted by nifMarie-Helene @ediblepetals.bsky.social · 11/09/2026He could be doing art in prison 0353
Reposted by nifSaraG @hardlikearmour.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Little brown birds are beautiful. #BirdsUpClose #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 512087234
Reposted by nifZach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Norfolk has $400,000 for Flock cameras... but no money to add a living person to answer non-emergency calls. wavy.com/news/local-n...wavy.comNorfolk looks to add AI dispatcher tool for non-emergency callsNORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — In an effort to free up resources in the emergency call center, the city of Norfolk said it’s ready to implement a virtual AI assistant for non-emergency calls soon. The idea … 44922
Reposted by nifThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183042648
Reposted by nifderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 193354125285
Reposted by nifBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life? 51157382525
Reposted by nifRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities. 429108555461
Reposted by nifAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Yes, because it’s A GAMBLING APP, NOT A POLLING FIRM. THAT IS HOW GAMBLING WORKS. YOUR “ANALYSIS” HERE IS BASED ON PRETENDING THIS ISN’T JUST PEOPLE GAMBLING, JESUS CHRIST 505162781
Reposted by nifBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org 20756402596
Reposted by nifrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/08/2026‘is there anything that might prejudice your opinion or make it difficult for you to remain impartial in this case’ 18937113
Reposted by nifLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people. 11080401708
Reposted by nifLukács Doncic @weirdalf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Weird text from a random today 553473343
Reposted by nifRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use. 221174423959
Reposted by nifRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich. 1580184438152
Reposted by nifChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112466087
Reposted by nifmigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign. 30464412634
Reposted by nifBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026When the gods want to test a man's character they put him on the computer 241844198
Reposted by nifJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026One of the most important issues of our time is that the future of humanity is presently being authored by people who have nothing but total contempt for humanity and seek the erasure of everything that gives being a human meaning. It’s not just annoying. It doesn’t just suck. It’s existential. 843146812
Reposted by nifGory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this. 11476261302
Reposted by nifEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This is the discourse primeval, the murmuring feuds and the haters… (just adding because some seem to want to discuss meter, which is great!) 1150712
Reposted by nifEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...burnsfilmcenter.orgThe Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film CenterThe Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity 802805296
Reposted by nifJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...404media.coGoogle Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam." 492359558
Reposted by nifOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5 743498584
Reposted by nifFor the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 31/07/2026She’s looking for the hair tie. 🤦🏻♀️ 972716152
Reposted by nifBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The woke mob is mad about my murder spree even though it's creating lots of new jobs at funeral homes 292220242
Reposted by nifKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Not only that, but approximately 1 out of 6 men will experience abuse in their lifetime, too. Men are exponentially more likely to be victimized than to face false allegations, yet it’s viewed as in their best interests to undermine victim credibility. 8849124
Reposted by nifKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public 6845081039
Reposted by nifAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 28/07/202665,765 people were in ICE detention as of July 11, in ICE's first data since April. Arrests hit a record 1,474 a day, and the largest group in custody has no criminal history at all. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-... 8257192
Reposted by nifJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Four points for everyone responding to posts about gov’t assistance with shit like “or maybe just don’t have kids”: 1. Fuck you. 2. Reproductive freedom is a basic human right. 3. Punishing poor people for having kids—and even more, punishing kids for having poor parents—is evil. 4. Fuck you. 221112220
Reposted by nifSacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Why is everything so transparently evil now? 532383601
Reposted by nifEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/20267. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled). 432853241
Reposted by nifThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026NYC SMALL BIZ OWNERS ON ZOHRAN: “These people really care about small businesses… They get shit done… I like that he stands for making sure nobody seems to feel marginalized, we all win together… If that’s what socialism is I’m all for it!” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 11686732198
Reposted by nifrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026i wouldn't want to be famous. i don't even really like it when i get called out by name for doing a good job in a group fitness class 102769
Reposted by nifKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026It will never stop feeling weird to see previously kind of normal organizations turn into the Association for Scowling at Black Women in Particular While Ogling Everyone’s Genitals 232187529
Reposted by nifKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada” 270166614436
Reposted by nifA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn. 101204314
Reposted by nif🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“I’m so upset the Patriot Front is marching into my neighborhood!!!” What did you think would happen when you sat quiet as all the Black people in your job, profession, neighborhood got pushed out? 572422442
Reposted by nifHemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 02/07/2026You have never laughed as hard as the Washington Post reporter who wrote this sentence. 703380533
Reposted by nifSaoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I realise I mostly post about my kid these days, with the occasional jab at AI. But also, I think if you spent any significant amount of time with a child, you would see how innate creativity is to us as a species, how crucial it is to our humanity, how nothing could even come close to that. 3654
Reposted by nifjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 470160056038
Reposted by nifkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 21/04/202616 and 17 year olds get to vote in the Newark, New Jersey, school board election. This should be the standard. Their lives are directly affected by whoever sits in those seats. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...cbsnews.comNewark students vote in Board of Education electionsNewark is the first city in New Jersey to allow 16 and 17-year-old students to vote in school board elections. 0288
Reposted by nifgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 03/04/2026yes. they pay more based on income in taxes for the thing that is then “free” for everyone. this is how public services work 1184374653
Reposted by nifSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I'd forgotten how hard the preface to DuBois's "Black Reconstruction" (1934) went...and am saddened by how contemporary it still feels. 121113322
nif @nif-again.bsky.social · 20/02/2026hell yeah alysa liu hell yeah oakland hell yeah free palestine hell yeah art on your own terms and not just for competition results, even at the olympics 011
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