Reposted by TotoroMiranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 7hOh HELL no, #Audible. So you're going to not only steal my characters, infringing my copyright and IP, but you're also going to steal the voices of my brilliant audiobook narrators for your utterly crap AI chatbot? Get - and I say this with my whole heart - IN THE SEA! #NoAI 1421775
Reposted by TotoroSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1hOne of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.nytimes.comThe Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 524566
Reposted by TotoroKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2hBREAKING NYT: The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday — shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.nytimes.comRepublicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects DimThe Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority. 84989306
Reposted by TotoroGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 1hThis is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 9901355
Reposted by TotoroNatania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 4hDearest readers in the UK and the EU, NETHERFORD HALL is now available on Kindle Unlimited! Austen-inspired, sapphic comedy of manners and magic! Witches, werewolves, vampires, and romance in Regency England. Link: www.amazon.co.uk/Netherford-H... 0115
Reposted by TotoroElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2hJust going to remind everyone that in addition to all the horrifying things Palmer Luckey has done, his sister is also the wife of Matt Gaetz, and married him AFTER the allegations of raping underage prostitutes came to light. 13212
Reposted by TotoroNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19hI wrote a thread earlier today (before even reading this story, actually) about how commonly the “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story are actually procedural distortions made by people in positions of power who are invested in disbelieving her: 3557125
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 18hI really wish I got off on breaking my nails... because let me tell you I'd be turned on right now. 000
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 18hThere's a good 30% of Americans for whom cruelty towards others is a virtue. They'll never agree to end the death penalty on the grounds that it is cruel. They do however mistrust the government, and reminding them that maybe they don't want the government to have that power is a good thing. 000
Reposted by TotoroPam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 21hwww.tiktok.com/t/ZPL1k5Qfa/ If it is true that Jared Kushner is the majority shareholder of a large Israeli weapons company, that is SCANDALOUS and like… massively disloyal to the United Statestiktok.comIsrael's largest arms manufacturer exposed for deep financial ties to Jared Kushner's firm as he mediates peace talks in Gaza.TikTok video by Dash Dobrofsky 23219
Reposted by TotoroOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22hWashington Sun: President Donald Trump wants the Oval Office declared a federal landmark so no one can take down the gilded accents he’s affixed to the walls. 159516171
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 23hI don't know what 'allegedly' is doing in this headline Source: The Guardian share.google/XBEfKeyYttTa...share.googleOhio woman sues hospital for allegedly amputating wrong leg during surgerySharon Jacks, 74, alleges hospital removed left leg instead of her right during below-the-knee amputation in 2025 000
Reposted by TotoroThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽 811552695
Reposted by TotoroMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...newsweek.comMap shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms 775019995
Reposted by Totoroemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473086834
Reposted by Totoroemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So this is release diesel over 6 months. Trump says the war will end in November. 1824583
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026LinkedIn is like an actual social media site but with 1970s wood panels and that cozy cigar soaled recliner 000
Reposted by TotoroMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Three more tankers were just struck in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump’s Iran war drags on. Now a Republican senator in a battleground seat who voted against pulling U.S. forces out is trying to explain away his vote.meidasnews.comTrump’s Iran War Leaves Three More Tankers Struck as Husted Tries to Rewrite His VoteAs fuel costs climbed and commercial ships again came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Ohio Sen. Jon Husted blamed Iran, Russia, and congressional Democrats after voting against an order to pull U.... 371270506
Reposted by TotoroJesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This kind of elegantly illustrates exactly why genAI is garbage 616223
Reposted by TotoroJulie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thread 121
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just fired my dentist for refusing to discuss a treatment plan with me for 10 minutes before scheduling the actual treatment. 010
Reposted by TotoroPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 30/09/2026The “super intelligence” thing is useful in the sense that if someone calls AI that you know you are dealing with a TURBO bozo 442780385
Reposted by TotoroGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 232011656
Reposted by TotoroTotoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Honestly I think many journalists felt this even, or knew about it, what they rarely put together is how general ad revenue fell while Facebook and Google's rose, and none until the NYT article validated what I was Xitting about pre-Musk, that FB was completely unaffordable. 162
Reposted by TotoroMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 13985932795
Reposted by TotoroJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken. 1114123950
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Besides cutting off illegal tax breaks for Google and Facebook, the US needs a personal privacy amendment. There is no actual right to privacy in the Constitution, it's a patchwork of case law. 001
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you are a eugenicist, Obamacare was, in fact, an absolute disaster. The thing I'll never understand is why middle class white men think they aren't part of the eugenicist cull. 011
Reposted by TotoroMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44767161839
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026FYI: I don't toot my own horn often, but here I am, standing on a corner with a sign. @gillianbrockell.com @upine.bsky.social @lebassett.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social 040
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let me draw you a line from Facebook, illegal enrichment and the collapse of journalism. The cost of data centers is my wheelhouse, and I also worked in ad tech, the industry that used to pay for online journalism. I know the week that online journalism started to collapse 13715
Reposted by Totoroemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A lot of people On Here seem surprised by the flimsiness of far right attacks. Did any of you follow the Durham investigation? Or Schmitt's lawsuit on Xitter, especially the way he worked a hard drive he claimed was Hunter Biden's laptop into it? 23615104
Reposted by TotoroGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...doomsdayscenario.coThe Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part IIA quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality). 341443522
Reposted by TotoroAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026I believe that Dr. Ellora Derenoncourt is the first Black woman economist EVER to be named a MacArthur Genius. My heart is bursting. I am OVERJOYED. 31354238
Reposted by TotoroStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026FDR was a social democrat, not a Democratic Socialist. The point remains. And let's not forget the reaction of business leaders to FDR's election, they tried to overthrow his government in a fascist coup. The Business Plot to install Smedley Butler as dictator: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busines... 13613
Reposted by TotoroRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101. 602248865
Reposted by TotoroRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the MidtermsSee how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress. 5225471031
Reposted by TotoroPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”notus.orgJudge to Baby: File an Asylum ApplicationThe 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation. 20530081584
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When you die you keep all your social media accounts but no one ever sees your posts. 000
Reposted by TotoroRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1271185866069
Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Because who among us doesn't report voluntarily participating in an alcohol, drug induced orgy to the police immediately afterwards?? I mean, that's why we talk to them right?? To brag? 021
Reposted by TotoroJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was totally baffled by this—I thought maybe I missed something. Because why would she go to police if she said it was all consensual? It turns out the DA was playing language games: Doe described what happened to her, and *prosecutors* made a legal determination that what happened wasn’t a crime. 131332188
Reposted by TotoroJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL 732609633
Reposted by Totorosianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world. 1373170
Reposted by TotoroElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It was the Cornell student paper, with an editorial board that appears to be all women, that first named the rapists and REFUSED to let the story die. 5359105
