Reposted by LilyLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 2hI don’t understand why people just jump to the conclusion that voters are the root of electoral outcomes but don’t consider that the people who control the most sophisticated ‘info’ output & surveillance networks on the globe have figured out how to reliably subvert the democratic process by now 1928870
Reposted by LilyKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10hLet's stop using anodyne labels like "the immigration debate" or "controversy over migrants" and start referring to things accurately. "Expelling children who, by law, are entitled to remain in the country" or "imprisoning toddlers in concentration camps" or "pogrom" 7293118
Reposted by LilyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2hIt’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 862574601
Reposted by LilyLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 3hThe far right power grab is global and entirely organized, moneyed & interconnected. No matter where it happens, every pillar of free society that falls has been and will continue to be everyone’s problem. It’s a domino effect. 3417148
Reposted by LilyEb @ebthen.bsky.social · 2hMaybe not that deep and I love the whole album but the title track always gets me with the bounciness. 🎶 If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine 🎶 1234
Reposted by LilyPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It's funny that there's a whole media ecosystem telling guys that the most masculine thing they can do is be terrified of cities and constantly express child-like fear of big place loud noises many people. "Big place? Loud noises? Many people? Don't be scared, our tactical dude wipes will help" 324058
Reposted by LilyPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2hThere’s a list of people that make me want to believe in hell and this guy is for sure on it 3506
Reposted by LilyPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 19/06/2024Guys like russell brand deliberately look at audiences who have already protected other sexual predators. They seek out those audiences. Is it any wonder at all which audience they end up with? 010616
Reposted by LilyEvan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 20hA reading pile for those interested in the history of anti-fascism in Britain 118868
Reposted by LilyDavis Allen @davisallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The climate crisis we face today wasn't inevitable, and we have the receipts. 46441
Reposted by LilyOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16hAll you have to do is talk about these things and the public becomes politically inspired and active. It’s called leadership. That’s what you do instead of rushing to follow the polls and endorsing horrible shit while salivating over votes 540376
Reposted by LilyYochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 17hSearchable scans of public domain art! insideoutlibrary.cominsideoutlibrary.comInside Out LibraryOrbital diagrams, suits of armour, pulp sci-fi covers and wood type, from the pages of public-domain books. Free to use for anything. 113568
Reposted by LilyAlabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 16hVia Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. ow.ly/z4nu50ZTXxk 097
Reposted by LilyJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 993046613
Reposted by LilyReturn of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 03/03/2026My ship will finally come in when I write “invest like sun tzu” which will be complete slop but the edges of the book will be sharp and perfect to use for setting up rails of blow which is why every finance bro around the world shall buy my blockbuster book “invest like sun Tzu” 2387
Reposted by LilyK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026it's telling that the Senate is full of lawyers but most of them have never actually practiced law in a court room so they think impeachment is a stodgy bureaucratic process instead of treating it like a criminal court case, which is actually a humiliation ritual. 1156
Reposted by LilyMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is awful. More outlets are doing things like this—not limiting reporters’ recordings to their intended purpose. I was contacted by one publication, years after an interview, telling me—not asking—that that recording was going to be used in a new, unrelated podcast the publication was doing. 211234
Reposted by LilyGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP! 4490105
Lily @occultsoup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Alt text: “The flu shot is made with a dead virus. Killed. Completely inactive. The low grade fever and body aches you get after vaccination is from your immune system beating the crap out of a corpse. Your body is training for the real fight. It’s like a stationary punching bag preparing you for 100
Reposted by LilyGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/10/2026New Yale "free expression" regulations prohibit drawing/chalking in more than a 3x3 foot square at any event. Students at the Democratize Yale rally handed out chalk to protestors and suggested they write what they dream for Yale. 14812
Reposted by LilySchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump’s TIME interview should have been treated about like Biden’s debate performance. That it mostly wasn’t says a lot about the media’s ongoing normalization of Trump’s cognitive downward spiral. 351601401
Reposted by LilyGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 04/10/2026the final indignity, finding out they can't even be fucked to oppress and torture the rest of the world themselves. 122613
Reposted by LilyCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"We need to give them some grace and allow them back in the tent-" Let me stop you right there. This isn't deciding a People's Choice Award. This is about deciding whether or not your tax money is going to pay for a Gestapo of pedophiles. Too important a job to be left to idiots. 1065175
Reposted by LilyNicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What. What?! WHAT?!?! futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comTrump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With GrokTrump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion. 40501155
Reposted by LilyChris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...nytimes.comCornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for CampusMichael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. 251524399
Reposted by LilyGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had the party for the five year old and her best friend (who just had her last preschool day) brought her a framed picture. A picture she made from the pressed flowers she had collected on her walks home from their school days together 623731
Reposted by LilyMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this. 27777299
Reposted by LilyDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t. 17058341193
Reposted by LilyBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.bloodinthemachine.comCalifornia just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the USFinally, some good news 4510154
Reposted by LilyMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 592209574
Reposted by Lilyceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 144102092192
Reposted by LilyKwertzy Industries @kwertzy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026but waymos are so saaaaaaaaaaaaafe *wanking gesture* 051
Reposted by LilyJustin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“couped” is a pun dog whistle. Riley Moore means Jews got nixon removed from office. 135
Reposted by Lilysirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Art is a magical technology in that it transmits images, ideas, and memories from one human brain to another, across distance and time. Think of the breathtaking immediacy and humanity of the Ea-Nasir letters or the marginalia doodles in medieval manuscripts. 310116
Reposted by Lilydan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn. 10244171322
Reposted by LilyJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@briangoldstone.bsky.social on the 'working homeless:' "It explodes our ideas about meritocracy — it explodes the American dream. If in the richest nation on the planet, a full-time job or multiple jobs still can't get you a roof overhead, then what is going on?" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...mprnews.org‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings securityThe Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ... 24114
Reposted by LilyInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They want you to think rape would be eliminated if women arm themselves against the random sickos on the street or we stopped letting in immigrants when in reality it has the backing of state and capital 0380105
Reposted by LilyVampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This might be my favorite joke I've made on this app 071
Reposted by Lilylauren benet @laurenbenet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something I learned just this week: "only 4% of the world’s women and girls live in the U.S., but the U.S. confines ONE-QUARTER of the world’s incarcerated women and girls." www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women... 111151
Reposted by Lilyjon christian @jonchristian.net · 03/10/2026NEW: After we investigated a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills that churn out garbage using fake journalists and subject matter experts, Google has officially cracked down on the scheme: futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comGoogle Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated HeadshotsGoogle has updated its guidelines to forbid the use of fake bylines, AI-generated headshots, and other acts of "deception." 311044
Reposted by LilyChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/10/2026If a man was at a party with a dozen women and he got so intoxicated that he couldn't function, he'd be about as safe as anyone could be because 99 times out of 100 the women would look after him and see that he got home safely. 211018112
Reposted by LilyNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5441631273
Reposted by LilyToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Genuine question for people who believe AI is capable of originality and creativity: You have an AI. You give it access to the internet, and every conceivable database of every piece of information available to humans. You give it no instructions or prompts. What does it produce? 5384
Reposted by LilyBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So grateful to @jcollins.bsky.social for this interview. It was an especially raw conversation, coming just a day after I learned that Maurice had died. "They are working and working and working some more, and it still isn't enough... There are so many languishing in a manufactured invisibility."mprnews.org‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings securityThe Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ... 720264