Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Details and logic are the enemy of these conspiracy theories. It has to be vague insinuation and a reliance on the audience's imagination. Give them an excuse, feed into a vague "I knew they were shady," and it works. How does this hold together? Besides the point. Believers don't ask. Or care. 513216
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4hNEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1172101
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 5hImagine if a woman did this. 33642108
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/09/2026I think that so much of the outrage about slop code - floods of garbagey pull requests and bug reports - is the result of the collapse of this dynamic. Slop's not merely annoying or time-wasting: it's a betrayal of the love and care that goes into writing and maintaining code for others. 2245
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW from @accountabilityji.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org: Reporter @billiejsweeney.bsky.social has an important story on the changing dynamics of the politics around transgender rights and issues. www.importantcontext.news/democrats-lo...importantcontext.newsDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists SayInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 621566
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBalls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 5hThe official position of the Trump White House is that constitutional rights are actually privileges that an elderly racist president gets to dole outballsandstrikes.orgThe Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a SuggestionWhere normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit. 094
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6hThere's also, slightly more bleakly, the UK Cass Report. An audit of medical records showed trans kids waiting years for appointments and having an average of 7 assessments before receiving any care. Anti-trans activists said it was proof kids were being rushed into transition. 333418
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialCoachN @coachn.bsky.social · 8hSuperb piece, Imani. We need this hate grift exposed again-and-again. 15911
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 6hLot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... 631288230
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 6hToo bad most men will never know the joy of finding a morsel of food that fell in their bra 9489
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 12hdlvr.itMedia’s Little White Lie: There’s No Such Thing As an ‘Evangelical Christian’How evangelical Christianity became part of the biggest myth in American media. 412930
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 8h✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.rewirenewsgroup.comThe Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: OpinionRepublicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone. 218980
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22hI got nominated for a Signal Award for B*tch, Listen! My interview w/ Elie Mystal—The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men—has been nominated for best individual episode in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category! But now I need YOUR help. 1/2youtube.comThe Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White MenYouTube video by Rewire News Group 426048
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialJessica 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 712580624
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialAmos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 19hFraternities make it grossly stark that many men are okay with receiving abuse if in exchange they will one day be licensed to commit that and other abuses. 627315
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19hI believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it 322526450
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialDan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Heck yeah. 61190307
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 9hthe sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option. 71099266
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6hIf Trump started injecting every immigrant with bubonic plague, the Supreme Court would rule that while they take a year or two to decide if it's constitutional, the program should go forward because to not let Trump inject people with bubonic plague would do irreparable harm to the government 918948
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6hI'm sure it wasn't the first time it happened, but this was the first time I noticed the pattern where conspiracy theorists declare complete vindication on the basis of LEAKED SECRET DOCUMENTS that even more strongly prove that they are wrong. 957559
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9hThese ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity. 321521446
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 7hWatching TV in Texas it’s becoming more and more clear that THE ONLY THING Paxton has is transphobia. I can’t say if it will be enough. People here are hurting, but white people especially have a history of hating. It’s gonna come down to depressed GOP turnout/distaste for Paxton personally. 48911
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 18hThe “super intelligence” thing is useful in the sense that if someone calls AI that you know you are dealing with a TURBO bozo 422622367
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 9hNot a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio 552421484
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 7hI wholeheartedly support this I think he should show up and campaign personally with every republican senate candidate, make it really clear that there’s no daylight between them he can start with susan collins 331510160
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6hLaugh at Eric Schmitt and Co. for Hawkeyes/Hawks, sure. Their screw up is funny and they deserve the mockery. But also, this was the GOP and allied media geared up to defend a coup attempt with lies and jail a prosecutor because he tried to enforce the law against a criminal. How far we've fallen. 28692179
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 8hPrecisely. And I make that point in the pod! If there's one thing SCOTUS hates more than Black people voting, it's lower courts ignoring its orders. That's why SCOTUS smacked the 8th Circuit upside the head. The goal wasn't to help Black voters in KC. That was just a happy accident.youtube.comSCOTUS Did Something Nice for Black Voters in Missouri. I Know.YouTube video by Rewire News Group 27419
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 21hI’ve been getting into putting music files on my phone again instead of just streaming everything and honestly it’s nice and reminds me how special listening to albums I like feels :D 171726
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19hEric Schmitt fucked up so badly today that even The New York Times isn't mincing words on how badly he fucked up. 251123222
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 19hlike i say every time this comes up, the term for what awaits survivors who go through the official system (cops, rape kit at the hospital, the hell of a trial where you as the victim get to be cross examined by yr rapist’s defense) is called “the second rape” 11004236
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialthe abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 15hif you want to know what 'Zohran filling potholes' looks like at the federal executive level it's this. little but noticeable steps towards accountability. it doesn't make the structural crises go away, but it makes them a hell of a lot less noticeable and buys you good will. 330353
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12hthese are deliberate aesthetic choices. they are intended to overwhelm your senses, to unsettle you, to make you question the nature of God and the goodness of man. 37163568
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18hTime for this classic again. 127132674488
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialKatja, li'l scamperer 「Amethyst」 @vulpine.house · 10hlike, literally the history of women's sports is "woman wins unisex competition, competition is split into men's and women's". you don't have to take my word for it, look at the Olympics in the early 20th century. sorry you're feeling a way, but facts don't care about your feelings. 015021
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMatthew Prorok @mattprorok.bsky.social · 10hIf that's your concern, I have great news! There's no evidence that trans people have any kind of physical advantage in athletics, and some evidence that they may be at a disadvantage.sf.govTrans Women in Sports: Facts Over Fear | SF.govResources to combat misinformation around trans women's participation in sports. 011621
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 38347281064
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026I swear I will vote for any person who runs on revenge and court reform. That’s it. Those are the two planks of your campaign? You got my vote 331351199
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 13hMost TV is just this now. 14056681610
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9hTech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down... 693915601
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 29/09/2026it was the best of vibes, it was the worst of vibes 1368
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/02/2025I am no longer accepting the argument "there are bigger problems than this!" unless you are personally working to stop the ultimate Heat Death of the Universe. 337186992152
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1454930950
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23hA thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image. 431229182
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity. 1243189503
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialKevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 71098260
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/09/2026Every scam to make you pay more has a mirror-image scam that ensures *you* are paid less. This is the logical trajectory of the gig economy. 1142
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/09/2026The same men who committed to making prices you pay as high as possible were every bit as committed to ensuring that the price you charged for those unrecoverable moments of the only life you will ever live as *low* as possible. 1132
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/09/2026And Owens helped lead a study that showed that Instacart was using surveillance data to jack up prices by 20% or more based on inferences about your willingness and ability to pay (after the study was published, Instacart promised they'd stop doing it): pluralistic.net/2025/12/11/n...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars (11 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1172
Reposted by @notrsa.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/09/2026It was Katie Wells, a Groundwork fellow, who co-authored the report describing how the apps nurses use to get shiftwork collude with data-brokers to find out how much money nurses owe on their credit cards, so they can pay the most desperate nurses lower wages: pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/l...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app (17 Dec 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 34418