Reposted by William BurgPiscesRising ♓️ @13crowes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Twelve years I had an account and I left. He absolutely killed it. 29212
Reposted by William BurgFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Urbanist Philomena Cunk. In America, they invented a clever system called sprawl. It’s a brilliant idea where they put the place you sleep exactly twenty-five miles away from the place they keep the bread. 816320
Reposted by William BurgFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026crafting an entire insufferable theory of the world around “less wrong and rationalism and Mastodon are places for weird nerds who don’t like or understand jokes, and places like Something Awful and certain regions of old Twitter and Bluesky are for weird nerds who like jokes” 1122216
Reposted by William BurgScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982253350
Reposted by William Burgsasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“the left doesn’t understand aspiration” is a popular conservative cliche, although it doesn’t quite fit with the other right-wing cliche that we’re utopian dreamers. idk. 1234
Reposted by William BurgRaven Campbell @ravenmcampbell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026tfw "they're just not reporting it" turns into a form of "I reject your reality and substitute my own" 193
Reposted by William BurgJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Something some lie $5,000 checks… 08812
Reposted by William Burgwes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In disaster research we talk about Pro-Social Behavior. There are certainly many examples of that during 9/11. We also talk about Elite Panic. 9/11 is a textbook example of Elite Panic that we have lived within for the last 25 years. 1205
Reposted by William BurgDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026This seems absurdly simple, but: Republicans talk *all the time* about how Democrats are bad. Not this or that individual Democrat, but the party, the ideology, the very idea of Democrats. Democrats almost never do this about Republicans. Not in a coordinated, concerted way. 881593302
Reposted by William BurgThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/09/2026Breaking news: Gloria Steinem, celebrated author and activist who became one of the most influential voices behind the women’s movement through the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st, died at her home in New York City. She was 92.wapo.stGloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women’s movement, dies at 92"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices," she once said. "Either she's a feminist or a masochist." 491146291
Reposted by William BurgA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129831157
Reposted by William BurgThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/08/2026edition.cnn.com/2026/08/24/t...edition.cnn.comThe man who made a fake Greek amphitheater and went to jail | CNNThis “ancient Greek” stadium in northern Italy was charging locals €40. An investigation into it took only a day to conclude it was a scam. 1011318
Reposted by William BurgFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/08/2026so Trump 2.0’s war on every single non-evil job did destroy my career and traumatize me a lil bit, but the thing is that, like many people in my position, I’m quite capable of synthesizing that trauma into a single-minded thirst for revenge 292190294
Reposted by William BurgPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I had some feelings to express about the "Woke 1" discourse.organizingmythoughts.orgWoke What? Let's Be Fucking SeriousOur politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies. 5391122
Reposted by William BurgAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Tonight we’re launching our new public-interest website about the National Design Studio. The goal is to put everything we know in one place and make it easier for people to see what the Studio is actually doing. The Studio isn’t just giving government websites a facelift. It’s building and 161680465
William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The 1970s Filmation Studios Saturday morning series "Space Academy" and "Jason of Star Command" (separate shows, same setting) would make a fun space-opera RPG. I adapted some of the show's concepts for a Traveller campaign in 2020 but never ran it. 020
Reposted by William BurgThe Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 16/08/2026The ‘Squatter’s Riot’ between the settlers and homesteaders, or squatters, ended with five dead and four wounded, including a mayor and later, a sheriff.bit.lyA Gold Rush standoff in Sacramento 176 years ago led to a riot. Then shots rang outThe ‘Squatter’s Riot’ between the settlers and homesteaders, or squatters, ended with five dead and four wounded, including a mayor and later, a sheriff. 131
Reposted by William BurgGavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026has anyone trademarked the phrase 'panslopticon' to describe ai yet? 15314
Reposted by William BurgAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Don't get me wrong, I lift every morning. But being a man is not really about how you show up in the gym. It's how you show up for your family. It's about how you show up for your community. 220121162269
Reposted by William BurgJake Berman @lostsubways.com · 10/08/2026Really excellent article by @ad-mastro.bsky.social on how Japan's tiny businesses are a product of the country's loose business regulations and zoning laws. I also want to add historical context to this: these types of businesses used to be the norm in America before zoning came along. 1/🧵thefreemanmag.substack.comJapan Is Not a Magical WonderlandAmericans Could Run and Enjoy Micro-Businesses, Too 210632
Reposted by William BurgDr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Don makes an important point here about the dismantling of the administrative state. The institutional damage is to: 1.) destruction of *expertise,* honed by credentialing, research, experience, and *tenure* in job 6430131
Reposted by William BurgDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/08/2026They think this appeals to "ordinary people" because every asshole believes, deep down, that everyone else is an asshole too and only reason everyone doesn't act like an asshole all the time is fear or political correctness or whatever. Asshole behavior makes more sense once you understand this.nytimes.comInsults, Expletives and Fat-Shaming: Vance Trolls Critics on the Right and LeftThe vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social media with sometimes profane and often personal jabs. 19530111
Reposted by William BurgKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout 159115302684
Reposted by William BurgFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"Ebikes are out of control!" ...say the exact same people ignoring that motorists kill 44,000 people in the US annually and remain a leading cause of child deaths. 617131
Reposted by William BurgRegime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Love drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos. 671266132
Reposted by William BurgFortmax Headroom @hwhall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This seemed like it was worth boosting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/735...kickstarter.comHis Name was Harvey PekarSaving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever 6372320
Reposted by William BurgAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Meanwhile, the United States has already seen more than 4 million acres burn in 2026, with over 42,000 wildfires reported nationwide. #SaveUSFS 13848246
Reposted by William BurgSageNatural @sagenatural.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I didn't know this was a work-inspiration quote when I stuck the post-it in, but... "New York is heavy like brick and mortar, metallic like hammers. San Francisco is dark and intricate, like gold-filigreed chocolate. Vegas tastes like despair." -Dead Souls, Stephen Blackmoore (1/2) 2356
Reposted by William BurgUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The Capitol Area Development Authority should experiment with long term leases to provide a quasi-Singapore style public homeownership model to downtown Sacramento imo. 081
William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet. www.twz.com/news-feature...twz.comAnduril Brings The Thunder With Autonomous Tiltrotor Attack Drone ConceptThunder is designed to fly deep into hostile airspace at low altitude as a highly autonomous wingman for AH-64 Apaches and MV-75 Cheyennes. 000
Reposted by William BurgAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974912712
Reposted by William BurgAstreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026an entire system designed to be penny-wise and pound-foolish we'll spend $100 on enforcement making sure we don't give $50 to an unworthy person 0124
Reposted by William BurgRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO. 610191336862
Reposted by William BurgJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis? 716853
Reposted by William BurgJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea 14675731702
Reposted by William Burgnick pants @nickpants.bsky.social · 28/06/2026my response to the HOA cutting down a perfectly good tree on the main road into my neighborhood 421922
Reposted by William Burgbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer 4130191011
Reposted by William BurgSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 14/07/2026🧵👇!!!! My contribution: They're going to expand what they're already doing, which is Revolutionary Warfare=Guerrilla Warfare+Political Action (RW=GW+PA). Let me start w/the Political Action part. This has two tracks: federal & w/in the states the GOP control. 1/ 18235
Reposted by William BurgThe Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 13/07/2026A recent study of Sacramento County public works projects found that those led by unionized contractors were more cost- and time-efficient.bit.lyNew research shows unionized construction crews are more cost-efficient, on-timeA recent study of Sacramento County public works projects found that those led by unionized contractors were more cost- and time-efficient. 031
Reposted by William BurgSimply Susan 💙 @simplysusan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Historian Thomas Lecaque, following the news of Lindsey’s death, posted here: "To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us." 118739
Reposted by William BurgFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/07/2026Goodbye Sweaty - Lindsay Graham, 1955 to 2026 25838118
William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026California State Fair absolutely needs this. 130
Reposted by William BurgBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits @bobbyjoeebola.bsky.social · 05/07/2026This might be our most patriotic song, so here ya go. Just a fun folk-punk anthem about riding your bicycle through a dystopian fascist hellscape wishing there was something you could do. DISCLAIMER: This song was written in 2004 if it makes you feel any better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lZX...youtube.comSandwiches & Ammunition (Official Music Video) - Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggitsYouTube video by Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits 052
Reposted by William BurgMicah @rincewind.run · 03/07/2026DC is, flatly, owed statehood after what they have been through under this man to make sure this shit never happens again 3272541372
Reposted by William BurgTamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 01/07/2026Okay, my ACTUAL take on all this transsexual Discourse™ is that we never should’ve stopped calling ourselves “sex changelings.” 271067221