Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialLateNighter @latenightercom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026'Late Night' host Seth Meyers had the perfect response to Dr. Oz's bizarre "under-babied" terminology. 771877559
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 10/05/2026A mild thought. Women really like: • Men who actually listen and are interested. • Men who do their share of the chores without being asked. • Men who are reasonably well-groomed and smell nice. They're not all that interested in guys who have attached spacehoppers.menshealth.comThe Men Who Want to Supersize Their TesticlesHow far would you be willing to go for bigger balls? 3711660214
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 03/05/2026HERStory made at the Kentucky Derby,,, Congratulationz Cherie Devaux on making history and earning yourself an invite to Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend in Las Vegas so the world can celebrate you,!!! 🔥🔥🔥 151077110
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Depressing to see that jump on "deportations," a sign that the more the Trump admin keeps immigration out of the news, the better for him. When it's highly visible, the American public hates it. When it's people being grabbed quietly without the spectacle, they forget about it and move on. 30938316
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Shenna Bellows is running for Governor of Maine. Listen to this great answer during her primary debate tonight when she was asked to talk about her opponents and contrast her governing vision. This is so refreshing. Perfect answer. Follow her: @shennabellows.bsky.social 341423344
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/04/2026“Everybody needs to turn down the rhetoric.” -supporters of a guy who threatened to destroy an entire civilization of 90 million people 111110132573
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 17/04/2026tried Photoshop's new upscaler for a map that's getting printed and... it renamed all our streets and parks 2630756
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 11/04/2026We did it! Asking the top 0.4% of Mainers to pay a little more allows us to pay for programs like child care, rental assistance and community college that make Maine a better and more affordable place to live. #mepolitics 1164
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialStaid @staidindoors.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Eric Adams? The Albanian? 116228
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/04/2026Good lord. If we cede control of the strait to Iran…. And agree to REPARATIONS…. This will be the biggest humiliation in American history 71944781104
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them 5280232142
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026God help us. 48561351174
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialBangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 06/04/2026“I think the underlying lesson here is that developers need to stop planning these data centers in secret and then complaining about how much they’ve invested in the process once the public finally becomes aware of it and pushes back.” www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/06/m...bangordailynews.comThe secretive plan for a Maine data center collapsed in 6 daysA proposed data center in an old Lewiston mill building began to unravel before the public even got wind of it. 083
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026My manifesto:thehandbasket.coRefusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'Humans, however flawed, are 17826173
orangecatchaos.bsky.social @orangecatchaos.bsky.social · 03/04/2026When retrieval practice goes wrong 😬 020
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t... 241687369
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"Maine is poised to freeze large data-center construction, which would make it the first state to enact such a measure as communities across the U.S. grapple with fallout from the boom in artificial intelligence." (via @wsj.com)wsj.comMaine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data CentersLegislation that could be enacted this spring would pause construction of large new data centers until November 2027. 0105
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialFrankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 02/04/2026learning that astronauts have to use microsoft outlook in space is unspeakably depressing. we have set microsoft outlook free from the bounds of earth. polluting the stars with that janky piece of shit 5549061190
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Jaysus Effin' Christ. I hope this leads to a better policy of scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b... 501613331
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty. 385147993337
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I will never use AI to write anything. Even if it weren't ethically dubious, using AI to write is like having a robot do the reps during weight lifting. Your writing skills will deteriorate. Your voice will atrophy. I genuinely don't understand why any writer would do it. Makes no sense. 482073271
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026There are more members of the Duggar family who have been accused of molesting children (2) than there are trans women who have medaled at the Olympics (zero). 12982188
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialRat Milk Oreos @morsmortis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Big iced tea matchup on Friday 5889391979
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Co-sign. Earlier this week, I spent 20 minutes trying to write an intro paragraph. It’s not that I don’t know how to do it well. It’s that I had to think through: - My core thesis - My framing - My core audience - The context in the broader document - How a bad-faith reader would interpret it. 736554
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Someone needs to send an ambulance to X 210162532915
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13/03/2026CNN at the site of an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed 9 people, including 5 children: "We're told it was a yogurt factory by the neighbors here." "The children's bodies, we're told, are in pieces and are going to take a while to identify the DNA so that they can actually do a burial." 16597312
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I wish we didn’t have to pick up the tab for his mother’s refusal to hug him as a child. 27750871218
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJulia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 11/03/2026I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...wired.comGrammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ FeatureThe feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent. 11779562390
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/03/202618 Dems just voted *today* for Trump’s agenda. Does it make sense yet why they’re so unpopular? 431432410
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I can't compete with this. 224102551717
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors. My report:thehandbasket.coPolice body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raidFootage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025. 10088683288
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/03/2026Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM 126178685894
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students — and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"miamiherald.com‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chatThe chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation. 27855062635
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Hey everyone! You can upload all your financial and employment info to Elon’s AI. What could go wrong? 2182364570
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war. 266121702632
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Staffer: Sir, good news. One of the F-15 pilots ejected safely and is on the ground. Calm and cool under pressure. Badass aura. A video taken by a thankful Kuwaiti civilian is going viral. Hegseth: Fuck yeah. What's his name? Staffer: Okay, so, here's the part you won't like... 322157441
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026A clip from the moment Hillary Clinton found out Lauren Boebert took an unauthorized photo of her deposition: 'I'm done!' 832145643860
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/03/2026were you dehumanized this week? here’s $10 🩷 20133672
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Update/Scoop— New guidance sent this AM to Kansas DMVs indicates licenses that previously had gender marker changed not actually invalid yet. However, internally DMV can see who is flagged, and keeping track of who has/hasn't come in to update. Seems about 300 trans/GNC ppl flagged across the state. 481914764
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:thehandbasket.coHow Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holdersSB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community. 9051612149
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Little scoop before publishing a full story on the situation later — I've obtained the email sent to all Kansas DMV employees by Kent Selk, Driver Services Manager for the Kansas Department of Revenue on how to handle the compulsory gender marker change for trans people. Full text of Selk's note: 521189419
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This one is for a REAL need and imma hopeful that an auto company gonna step up. KELLY PANNEK from the women’s hockey team got hits by someone who totaled her car. She needs a new car. Lots of brands commenting that they want to help,, but few truly stepping up. Who can help,?? 382336509
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!! 10469261338
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Formal invitation to the hockey team sent,,, if any people with connections to the hockey team wanna have them email my team my bio. I’m for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 533187603067
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/02/2026Waiting to see how long it takes institutions reinstate the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs they shut down, re-hire those they pushed out, and rewrite all the language they rushed to change. Something tells me it'll likely be a long wait. 14754170
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026He has 3 sons. bsky.app/profile/atru... 5924443753
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u... 9158851109
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/02/2026With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has given it another reason to celebrate: an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games.bit.lyBrazil’s first Winter Games gold is about much more than the medalWith Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has given it another reason to celebrate: an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games. 112922
Reposted by @orangecatchaos.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13/02/2026“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.” 10719317
