Reposted by OrnwenCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 10mWell, now I have to ask the question. Are we sure Pierre "threw himself" in front of the truck? 1377
Reposted by OrnwenMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2hHere's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 8366184
Reposted by Ornwen404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.404media.coOur Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study FindsThe estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s... 6135972
Reposted by OrnwenMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence. 939169773141
Reposted by OrnwenLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111279376
Reposted by OrnwenDavidThingy 🎸 @thebiscuithunter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Don't look for a complicated justification when the simple one - that Trump objects to anti corruption measures - is so obviously true. 1206
Reposted by OrnwenNPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030. trib.al/m96Iu6Utrib.alCOMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030. 813060
Reposted by OrnwenElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cornell is 💯 going to end up paying through the nose for this. I hope Jane Doe burns the institution to the ground. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comStatement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges. 18598102
Reposted by OrnwenWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Michael Tracey seems to see himself as goring sacred cows, and interprets the resulting hate as proof he's a free-thinking iconoclast. The problem is, he's not smart enough to find actual sacred cows, so instead he just acts like a lout, then bizarrely celebrates being widely despised. 1536330
Reposted by OrnwenNelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Things we owned in the 1970's Water Gas and electricity NHS Schools Council houses British Rail Royal Mail Things we had in the 1970's Hope A social safety net A future And the best music 🙂 93819
Reposted by OrnwenElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m sorry, what? Fraternity brothers at Cornell have a practice of taking away the phones of drunk women at parties? AYFKM? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...nytimes.comCornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault ClaimWith their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes. 26414160
Reposted by OrnwenChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.” 10633381097
Reposted by OrnwenA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from? 963626663
Reposted by OrnwenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive" 33951631077
Reposted by OrnwenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026If we promise not to bring an iced coffee into a job interview, will you promise to pay us a living wage? 2038463994
Reposted by OrnwenKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776452129
Reposted by OrnwenAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seeing that number at the gas pump is the difference between being able to afford your groceries or not. All because of an insane war that we had no business fighting. 11448041362
Reposted by OrnwenSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A good, sobering rack-up of what Trump and RFK have done to the CDC. A third of staff gone, basic functions neglected, pervasive politicization of what's left. We'll need an unprecedented rebuilding effort if we get the chance to reverse this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h... 33013
Reposted by OrnwenDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 26/09/202611 million ppl voted in Florida in 2024. This means that instances of illegal voting—if all 20 of these cases are actually that (which, doubtful)—would have been .00018% of the total vote. 2038597
Reposted by OrnwenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He’s a weak little man. 2031195235
Reposted by OrnwenBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026750,000 Texas Voters Disenfranchised Up to 750,000 Texans registered through the DPS online portal are missing from County Voting Rolls. Talarico “the government failed to do its job.” Registration deadline: Oct. 5. 🧵 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTexas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r... 21532451994
Reposted by OrnwenSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On November 5, 2025, the Oregon GOP hosted it's annual gala event--the Reagan Dinner. One of the headline speakers was MMA star Chael Sonnen, who at the time was talking about running for governor as a Republican. Three months earlier, Chael bragged about how he was going to steal the election. 214657
Reposted by OrnwenJoyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles. 6888832662
Reposted by OrnwenClimate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break. 25750256
Reposted by OrnwenBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is pulling out of a federal program meant to help veterans transition out of homelessness, alleging the Trump administration would have required New York City to discriminate against transgender vets seeking shelter to receive the funding.thecityreporter.nycNYC Ditches Federal Homeless Veterans Program, Citing Concern for Transgender VetsThe city says the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would require it to discriminate against trans vets to receive funding. The VA says that’s “false.” 0153
Reposted by OrnwenI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This case is malicious prosecution and that it's still ongoing is insane. 427672
Reposted by OrnwenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected?” #AbolishICE 10159632396
Reposted by OrnwenJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The department’s assistance line, on average, automatically disconnected 74 to 81 percent of the calls coming in during the first six months of 2026, according to the 19-page complaint." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/m...bostonglobe.comThousands in Massachusetts are losing food assistance because of disconnected SNAP calls, lawsuit says - The Boston GlobeThe state's Department of Transitional Assistance automatically disconnected 74 to 81 percent of incoming calls in the first six months of 2026, complaint alleges. 48052
Reposted by OrnwenAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The recent arrest of Clavicular on rape charges shows that misogynist beliefs become misogynist actions. This *should* be obvious, but in the world of "cancel culture" hysteria, it's not. Unsurprisingly, MAGA is painting him as the real victim. www.salon.com/2026/09/25/c...salon.comClavicular's charges shows the real danger of MAGA manhoodLong before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women 820354
Reposted by OrnwenJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Judges should award attorneys fees to media defendants in cases like this. The case is frivolous and it is transparently an effort to chill reporting protected by the First Amendment, as the NYT’s lawyers say. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...nytimes.comFlorida Files Lawsuit Against The New York Times 13810
Reposted by Ornwenpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Me: I voted for Donald Trump because I had him confused with that other guy. Donald Duck. NYT reporter: Are you sure you want me to print that next to your real name and a drawing of you? Me: Yes. 67105321640
Reposted by OrnwenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481851694
Reposted by OrnwenScott @gatorgrad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just the dumbest human to ever take a seat anywhere in the White House. 510924
Reposted by OrnwenMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58754981509
Reposted by OrnwenPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073712301
Reposted by OrnwenFor the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When you realize your punishments as a child (stay home, take a nap, go to bed early) are now your goals as an adult. 1005198590
Reposted by OrnwenProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)propublica.orgWhat I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign AidPhotographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again. 361020551
Reposted by OrnwenI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Institutionalized cruelty. 02210
Reposted by OrnwenJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The single greatest improvement to quality of life in NYC in my lifetime, and it's not even close. My father's go-to example that anything was possible: "If they can get the dogsh!t off the streets of NY, there's nothing humanity can't accomplish!" An immortal, may he rest with the gods.nytimes.comEdward Lehner, Who Made Dog Owners Pick ‘It’ Up, Dies at 93Before the law passed, navigating New York was a harrowing exercise in dog-feces avoidance. As he put it, sometimes “you would come home and have it all over you.” 14710
Reposted by OrnwenCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For 50 years the US has answered people like this by basically agreeing with him about who is real people 1235
Reposted by OrnwenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah, just tell Big Oil to reduce their profit margins. I’m sure Trump and the Republican candidates who are raking in tens of millions in campaign money from Big Oil for the midterms and millions more in personal investments will get right on that. 1401212261
Reposted by OrnwenJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.socialnbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 23535662005
Reposted by OrnwenToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026remigration is what today's right call ethnic cleansing 631469
Reposted by OrnwenAndrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... Tens of thousands of Texas voters are missing from county rolls because the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) did not properly process their voter registration applications....democracydocket.comTexas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r... 44530
Reposted by OrnwenAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"[A]rticles [of impeachment] would have been brought to a full House vote on September 17. ... House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP leaders cancelled that day's House proceedings, ending the [House]'s session a day early, before its recess slated to last until after the midterm elections." 04017
