Reposted by one_over_sigmae.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 15hso restricting Ukraine's Starlink was Musk's idea, but after Moscow took advantage he became "alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe" to the "night of carnage" and denied responsibility I mean, it sounds like typical Elon 14635501012 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 14hA big reason I think the Republican Party should be outlawed is because it's less a political party than it is a foreign intelligence operation. 2565 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16/10/2026It's ALMOST like no matter what Katie Wilson does, including things they would logically support (like giving up direct control over the sweeps team), they feel compelled to trash and belittle her. 2628 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/10/2026It’s so funny how people insist Trump doesn’t actually think he’s the king, he still acknowledges he’s bound by checks & balances, etc He will say to you he does not 738762 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmarev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 13/10/2026i think that the best way the understand conservative legal philosophy is to know that, literally, it was constructed backward from the premise that a Republican president should be permitted to commit crimes against democracy 181458248 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Man, it's actually really striking how much this is true. Not just about the Nixon thing, there's a handful of right-wing causes celebre that right-wing legal thought is dedicated to justifying, but like..... that is so very much what it is 8550103 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaMicah @rincewind.run · 13/10/2026humanity is doomed because the best way to make number go up is to make other people angry what a stupid world we live in 655043 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaMicah @rincewind.run · 13/10/2026it turns out that “optimize for engagement” and “optimize for societal best outcomes” are opposing goals and if you look at the entire history of the tech industry you can see which of those two wins out 162629468 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026is there anyone thinking/writing about the actual mechanics of disentangling the US government from elon musk? 35374051062 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 476201657088 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It's extremely corrosive to civil order that we hear "Trump is breaking the law" and most people think "when I break the law I am *minimally* involved in a drawn out cruel display of state power and *maximally* deprived of my freedom" and for actual members of the government its a "whoopsie". 6752192 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaSeth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The 1e AD&D books were loaded with comics. I'm unsure if a "serious" RPG could get away with that today. Paranoia, sure. It's a silly RPG. But I bet if a new D&D came out tomorrow with joke comics sprinkled throughout, people would outrage at it sending the "wrong message" and not being serious. 2525942 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaSteven Pumpkin Spice 🦇🎃 @silent0siris.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There’s no hell hot enough for the people who orchestrated this and we must commit to pursuing them to the ends of the earth (edit for bsky mods: so we can serve them a court order to appear for a trial in front of a jury of their peers in all due time and maybe they’ll serve a few months of proba- 0256 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 10/10/20262nd busiest passenger rail corridor in the country if it were a freeway, even redundant to other freeways, it would be fixed immediately like the 10 after the fire in LA 1132068 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmageoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 10/10/2026simply do not understand the anti-impeachment impulse on the left. even if you think there's no point to impeachment without conviction (i think this is wrong on the merits, impeachment means public inquiry), what else do you think a democratic congress is going to do under this president? 918722 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaMicah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026something we have learned is that the criminal justice system, even when you’re not dragging your feet, is pretty slow - especially for complicated financial crimes, of which there are A Lot you’d better be ready to hit the ground running if you want resolution before the next election cycle 857379 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I understand this view but I think we should consider the implications of preemptively giving up charging a criminal with crimes because the jury may not convict 855289552 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'd add that there are lots of Republicans actually taking money from Elon Musk, and they are rarely or never asked about his more radical/racist statements. 81159249 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Y'all denied her tenure 263343622 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The administration’s resort to increasingly horrific forms of state violence as Trump loses his grip on power doesn’t make me feel super great, I have to say 251412241 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s not socialism that they hate, it’s pluralism. 811826 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Day 1 of our campaign has been a critical hit! Thank you so much for your support, we'll share more news as it develops! Sign our petition to encourage Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union! 🎲🐉🏰 actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp... 133684 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaThree Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots 402116587 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible 107106251803 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaBrennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am thrilled and proud beyond measure to support the amazing workers who create and design the games I and my loved ones have spent a lifetime playing. I implore everybody to sign the petition and signal boost the campaign as far and wide as we can! 292885678 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...unitedwizardsofthecoast.comDungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWAToday, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli... 10976462783 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 8039121131 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026for a minute @hurricanexyz.bsky.social has been saying that Legend of the Galactic Heroes is his favorite piece of political theory and now that I am 15 hours into the series I get it. i’m totally Yang Wen-li-pilled. 501870223 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026it's funny how the republicans always accuse dems of bribing voters and he is literally bribing voters 414321 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The original Google search algorithm that was wizard magic was machine learning. Same with videogame enemies learning flocking techniques and figuring out how to beat you based on your tendencies. LLM stans fucked this up just let the scam artists define what AI is now because they are dumb. 191090256 0
Reposted by one_over_sigma🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 05/10/2026i have to think this absolutely cannot be legal, though i would like to know what specific laws it breaks 2650264 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/10/2026"The most important fact they establish is that the traditional narrative of Marbury v. Madison—the decision that supposedly established judicial supremacy in the United States, as taught in high schools across the country—is an invented tradition." prospect.org/2026/10/05/o...prospect.orgThe Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy - The American ProspectThe Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship. 1013041 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaMike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It sucks but voters ultimately get what they incentivize. bsky.app/profile/pass... 0103 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaJeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rents for new leases of regulated 1-bed and studio apartments in Berkeley ticked down a bit in September '26, sequentially and annually, to a median $2098/month. That is the lowest of any September in a decade. Even in nominal dollars, that's lower than 2019. 88615 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaHunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 03/10/2026one of the reasons why rental registry laws and public disclosure are so important to measure the impact of changes in housing policy - much more robust in Berkeley than elsewhere statewide and we can see results of policy changes much faster 0216 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaSamus is Here @samusishere.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I imagine Roon et al would be a lot more motivated to make them want to not do bad things if “you personally will go to federal prison if they do bad things” was the law. 735349 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026DOGE took over the pipes at Treasury and since that point, Russell Thurlow Vought has ignored the democratic instructions of the American People. He has got to go. 129539 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We literally fought a whole danged American Revolution for one basic principle: how we spend the government’s money is the province of the most democratic body in our government: Congress. 121630 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately. 261537420 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmarev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026i think this is sort of wrong in that the entire Republican push to make people believe that government doing literally anything is socialism has made people believe that socialism is when the government does literally anything 1751456 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151456530 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity. 3369119 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830871184 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list. 1052666738 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201875931 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This man has broken US law every day this year 730140 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaonion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals 533154556 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them. 202665487 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmaSam @samd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the fact that SCOTUS is allowing Trump to do lawless shit 24/7 but some random judge in Staten Island can block the mayor and governor of New York from taxing decamillionaires’ second homes really reveals how utterly absurd our judicial system is 224727 0
Reposted by one_over_sigmarev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i think this video of Stephen Miller calling torture "a celebration of life and human dignity" is the ur-text of Trumpism www.youtube.com/shorts/pqD3j...youtube.comCritics Say Miller Hasn’t ChangedYouTube video by NowThis Impact 214726 0
