Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4hIn 1988, California banned public financing of elections — one of the best methods to counter the power of Big Money. Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4. Watch. 17873305
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This 👇 👇 👇 533144794189
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.youtu.beSomething Worse than Flock is Coming.YouTube video by Spectacles 19245
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We can make more jobs and drop the price of electricity while solving the climate crisis, too. 20483982317
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 25/09/2026These men have a right to a hearing, like everyone in the United States. We're in federal court today and next week demanding a course correction for the sake of all of our civil liberties. 9456130
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas. Here is that body cam footage. @mjgault.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/watch-body-c... 32229411851
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 24/09/2026No amount of regulation will keep our privacy safe from automatic license plate readers. Congress must ban them — full stop. 9461139
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Talarico wants data centers to pay for their own grid upgrades, recycle their water, create real jobs, & get a community's consent before moving in. Paxton took nearly $500,000 from the industry. Texans want a senator who fights for them. That's why we will have a #BlueWaveIn40Days 233116583519
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“Female girl” is perfect. Also the sponsor…so good. 😂 2243787
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 23/09/2026ACLU privacy expert Chad Marlow is on Capitol Hill today testifying on the dangers of Flock’s nationwide surveillance network, which is unnecessary, ineffective, and downright creepy. Flock and other automatic license plate reader companies trade our privacy for profits — Congress must ban them. 230172
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest... 45237582209
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers. 17598172799
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A world of always-on cameras and microphones on peoples' bodies is a very serious privacy and security problem for the people wearing them and for everyone around them. 12272100
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Income growth has changed radically in the past thirty years. Who do you think it’s benefitted the most? (Hint: It’s not the bottom 99% of us.) My course Wealth & Poverty discusses how our economy evolved into a system that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy. 131049325
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 23/09/2026Ban Flock cameras. Ban Axon cameras. Ban Motorola cameras. Ban ALL automatic license plate readers. That was our message to the Senate today. The American people agree that it's time for Congress to take immediate action. 17961330
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.youtube.comThe Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t 17193692687
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was asked about by a pro-life student why he should support me… 1522458837
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In the richest, most powerful country in the world, it just shouldn't be this hard to afford groceries, pay your mortgage, or see a doctor. 271121593146
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Join us on the livestream! Showrunners Network Kickstarter Launch Livestream Starts Today, Sept. 22 at 4pm PT. Public Livestream Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-R9... 08010
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud 1164684711
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.nbcnews.comVenezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his backWilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i 992042746
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialBrown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 12693110
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE 29852112400
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fucking brownshirts 612351453
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026These are human beings 11435551181
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160486055
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialLast Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 21/09/2026With Luigi Mangione’s upcoming sentencing, this week’s main story is about not just UnitedHealthcare’s now infamous denials of coverage, but also how their parent company – UnitedHealth Group – touches almost every aspect of our healthcare system. Link to full segment in bio. 21521154
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you managed to stomach the sky-high price of a ticket to a game today, you probably noticed the price-gouging didn’t stop at the stadium entrance. Concessions prices can be double or even triple what they cost just across the street. But there’s a way to crack down. 1302077725
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch. 612638949
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The price of diesel fuel hit a record high on Wednesday, while gas prices continue to increase thanks to Trump’s illegal war on Iran. And it’s not just gas prices. Trump has made your life more expensive in plenty of other ways. Watch. 26718267
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The old political playbook isn’t working, so we made a new one: 12788130
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 18/09/2026“It’s important for the public to have access to this information and to see how private AI companies are shaping access to healthcare,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @seattletimes.com.seattletimes.comDocuments show ‘staggering’ denial rate for Medicare AI program in WAMedicare's new AI-enabled program denied more claims than it approved during a rocky rollout, leaving patients who were in pain to wait out a long appeals process. 211661
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 17/09/2026An important step towards accountability and justice. 763167570
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026New Yorkers should know whether the apartment they’re looking at is real. That’s why we’re working to require apartment listings to clearly disclose when images and videos have been generated by AI. Finding a home in New York is hard enough without artificially generating more problems.nytimes.comIs That Fireplace Real or A.I.?Listing sites are littered with homes with fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns. 8459891016
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just a random reminder that it's a moral outrage we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave. 15769452007
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)washingtonpost.comTrump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in yearsThe pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets 44479262615
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Since I was 22, Mike Davis has tried to get me fired from multiple jobs, banned from Twitter, and dogpiled by right-wingers. QT unrelated. 331636219
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 THE KAPOW HANDBOOK IS FINALLY DONE!!! 🚨 6 months, 5 authors, and 60 pages later, we’ve written a guide on how to integrate mutual aid and direct action into electoral politics. And we’re not gatekeeping this info either. Get a free digital copy on 9/21 at kapow.works/handbook !!! 231378348
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialGord Jorkins @nothinkyjustvibey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Looking good Mitch!static.klipy.comStar Trek DS9: Kevan's Dazed Walk with QuarkALT: Star Trek DS9: Kevan's Dazed Walk with Quark 411711
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A free Masterclass on handling Jesse Waters on Fox. #pinks Abdul is 👌 42822345
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/09/2026Earlier this year, we got a bipartisan bill across the finish line to modernize our state’s IT systems. With this new technology, we’re protecting taxpayer dollars and making government work better for Minnesotans. 211250129
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026David Horsey select cartoon 9543631515
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 14/09/2026People across the galaxy can agree on one thing: It's time to get Flock cameras out of our communities. www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-toda... 426947
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialHumor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 12/09/2026 17354411347
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/09/2026New records obtained by EFF reveal problems with a Medicare program that relies on private companies' AI systems to evaluate requests for medical care. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgNew Records Reveal Problems with Medicare’s AI Prior AuthorizationEFF sued the government for information a new Medicare program that uses AI to evaluate prior authorization requests for certain medical services. Today, we’re releasing approximately 1,000 pages of 413853
Reposted by @oldbonesjoe.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Capitalists and rapists revel in victim blaming ... meme via David Royce Leach 2645761612