Reposted by AiliHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm in love.youtube.com2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton 15040741900
Reposted by AiliMike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I mistook a post about the weird AI sex cult to be about a Weird Al sex cult and needed a few hours away from the internet. 723421
Reposted by AiliProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 06/09/2026This is the problem with anchoring to a nominal minimum wage target. By the time you get the $15 or $20 or wutevs, it’s not enough to live on anymore. We need an indexed MW and plenty of social safety net to go with it. 16816
Reposted by AiliPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone. 570582101
Reposted by AiliNorah Woodsey @norahwoodsey.com · 26/08/2026They lit up the Empire State sparkling pink at 9:25 for Dolly 1965110
Reposted by AiliMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19/08/2026And what's truly terrifying is that anyone can pretend to be #ICE. Anyone could go buy gear off Amazon and pretend to be ice and assault & detain people. And we'd have no fucking clue if it was the real ICE thugs or imposter thugs! This is already happening! Speak out! Call Congress: 202-224-3121 15451193
Reposted by Ailisilkmothstage.com @silkmothstage.com · 23/08/2026What exhibit would you put in the human museum? "An exhibit I would put in the Human Museum would be Human Humor. 101
Reposted by AiliGod @thegodshow.com · 19/08/2026The USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth hid that Iran destroyed the main U.S. base.thegodshow.comDamn Pete Hegseth For Starving Sailors To Hide That Iran Destroyed The Main U.S. Naval BaseBurn in Hell, Pete. 1292525998
Reposted by AiliCass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 20/08/2026I have been beating this drum for literal decades at this point, long before AI. Treating education as transactional, rather than as a good in its own right and as preparation to live as a human in a free society, is the root of so many of the goddamn evils we are currently suffering. 0132
Reposted by AiliJoe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He didn’t change. They did. 7821989512849
Reposted by AiliFreedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Poll workers are essential to ensure that elections are a success. Check out U.S. Election Assistance Commission's webpage "Become a Poll Worker". Being a poll worker is fun! It's a great feeling to Help America Vote.dlvr.itSupport our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists 24723
Reposted by AiliSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 07/08/2026MediKids is for all of our kids. I hope it gives parents everywhere the peace of mind they deserve. 841578
Reposted by AiliSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West 763699841
Reposted by Ailikenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So why isn't Fox news televising interviews of all the happy people who live near data centers so we can hear what a treat it is to live with the constant noise, lights, increased utility costs and non-existent new jobs? 377139093764
Reposted by AiliChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A.I. thinges fall apart The data center kan not holde Olde fashioned love Ys loosed upon the worlde 424149
Reposted by AiliBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.boltsmag.orgVirginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - BoltsThis is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November. 14924223
Reposted by AiliRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that. 77368643215
Reposted by AiliJulia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 19/07/2026something i've been thinking about lately is how we're told some professions pay less as a function of supply and demand or just the natural way of things. but social work, child care, education aren't low-demand. they're feminized. 57310
Reposted by AiliGod @thegodshow.com · 09/07/2026Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could. 590260676974
Reposted by AiliKristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We can fix health care, but Trump chooses Iran: Daily costs of the war in Iran could cover daily health care costs of the 16 million people expected to lose Medicaid due to Trump’s choices. Read @pelosi.house.gov and my @USATODAY op-ed: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... #TrumpsWarOfChoiceusatoday.comPelosi, Rowe-Finkbeiner: We can fix health care, but Trump chooses IranRepublicans triggered this health care crisis by slashing $1 trillion from Medicaid and failing to extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. 816183
Reposted by AiliDrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 09/07/2026#TrumpsWarOfChoice @juddlegum.bsky.social & @stephensemler.bsky.social have done the math at Popular Info - in four months Trump’s disastrous war has cost $103B - one year of Medicaid cuts. We are worse off strategically than before it started, and there is no end in sight. 10169128
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/20263/3 Right hand of Artemisia Gentileschi, holding a brush. Drawn by Pierre Dumonstier. Today is her day. 16212
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/20262/2 Portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi in 1625 by Simon Vouet. She was born on this day in 1593. 27819
Reposted by Ailirobb4.bsky.social @robb4.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Self portrait, with her fingers mostly recovered from her torture in Rome 181
Reposted by AiliItsa me @itsame3.bsky.social · 08/07/2026One I took recently in the Petit Palais, Paris 0101
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Magnificent portrait of a woman, 1620, by Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born on this day in 1593. 939885
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/20263/3 Second version from 1615. Has not gotten noticeably nicer. Blood spurting. Artemisia Gentileschi has her reasons! 16312
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Judith slicing off head of Holofernes. No prettifying this story from Artemisia Gentileschi in 1611. Today is her day. 816745
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/07/20262/2 Women messing with men’s heads du jour again: Judith & Abra packing up after successful assassination of Holofernes, 1625, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 06011
Reposted by AiliDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Self-portrait playing the lute by Artemisia Gentileschi., 1615. 22 years old then. 433 years old now. Hasn't aged a bit! It was her birthday today. 115731
Reposted by AiliJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...gizmodo.comHere's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate LatelyMeteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. 342206971
Reposted by AiliChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Mel Brooks, legende. Trickster genius. Mel Brooks doth deserve all the lyfe, fame, and love he hath receivid, and more, and more. To make anothir person laugh ys to helpe them bear thys lyfe. We love you Mel Brooks. 533655
Reposted by AiliJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026(The answer to grade inflation, btw, isn't "tougher" grading. It's recognizing that grading, especially letter grading--not a very old system--serves employers but not students. It incentivizes cheating & corruption. Other evaluative frameworks are possible.) 81606154
Reposted by AiliAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/05/2026"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coThe triple toll of Trump’s terrible tariffsUltimately, American workers and consumers suffer three different ways. 562247926
Reposted by Aili @pogue.omg.lol · 16/03/2025I long for the tranquil beauty, the life on the lilypad, hidden in the wardrobe, through the secret door. But, alas, life gets in the way and I can't visit there anymore. By India Rose Crawford 39820
Reposted by AiliThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/05/2026Breaking News: U.S. inflation shot up to a 3.8% annual rate in April, as the war in Iran raised energy prices and costs across the country.nyti.msCPI Shows Inflation Accelerating After Weeks of War in IranThe Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans. 37306119
Reposted by AiliSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026This paint job—if you can call it that—is costing you $7 million, America, because Trump gave a no-bid contract to a pal This would have been Exhibit A of the sort of shit DOGE was actually *supposed* to be looking for when it was instead cutting lifesaving scientific research 1752518961
Reposted by AiliDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Look if you've got a better way to run a country than "putting an illiterate octogenarian bigot on TV every few days to free associate and complain, and then everyone tries to figure out if it means we're about to start a war or not" I'd love to hear it. But the constitution says this is it. 8886401607
Reposted by AiliCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I say all this because I watched the astronauts of Artemis II stand awkwardly behind Trump in the Oval Office today as they were being honored, and this insufferable, unremarkable prick said: "I would have had no trouble making it. I’m physically very, very good." 171607176
Reposted by Aili@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026 Vain ballroom, unauthorized wars, ICE paramilitary army, they’re bankrupting the U.S. and fast… 29946
Reposted by AiliAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Lindsey Graham says that they are going to introduce legislation so that you, the tax payer, have to pay $400 million for Trump's ballroom, which, by the way, you won't be allowed to go inside because you are a poor peasant, it's for the lords and masters only. 2051218423
Reposted by AiliMeg Adams (ArtbyMoga) @artbymoga.bsky.social · 26/04/2026“Flowers For Men” (2025) 944863637
Reposted by AiliAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/04/2026Excellent news www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comVirginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map“Millions of Virginians voted in an election,” wrote the judge in the order. "It is in the public interests to allow the amendment to take effect." 383157637
