Reposted by NotNotSamThe Lever @levernews.com · 10/10/2026In Tuesday's Maine Senate debate, Senator Susan Collins said she once couldn't afford health insurance. What she left out: after she lost a campaign in 1994, an assault-rifle maker who’d donated to her campaign helped land her next job. She later backed a bill shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.levernews.comSusan Collins’ Hard-Luck Story Has An Assault-Rifle TwistAn assault-rifle manufacturer helped Collins land a job after a failed gubernatorial campaign. She later backed legislation shielding gunmakers from lawsuits. 36028
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A win sure would salve the pain of missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize. 010
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A pear, a white carrot, and a turnip walk into a recruitment office… 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In any decent “benevolent dictatorship”, you wouldn’t be allowed to use the word ‘efficient’ without defining your terms. 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Won’t they just be replaced by Trump? I’m all for removal, but I wouldn’t want him to have the chance to select younger ghouls. 100
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is it faulty reasoning (or just too glib?) to suggest that any state that uses the death penalty is almost certainly unwilling or unable to look at what it is doing? 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And the taxpayers will be on the hook paying for the settlements. Meanwhile the cruel idiots making these rules just skate. 020
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Isn’t this a huge violation of disability and employment law? 110
Reposted by NotNotSamCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You can make a good living while helping people. It's not either/or. You don't have to be a crook. 010421
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not to mention the bill for cleaning up all that oil. 0150
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m curious: does this rhetoric just open up a 6-lane highway for the eventual employment discrimination lawsuits? Or is the military somehow immune to such considerations? 011
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The effort to get open primaries in MA is billionaire-funded. Ranked choice voting gives voters more choice. Open primaries favor the best-funded candidates. No thanks! 110
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t follow closely, but I’m interested in ideas about how these issues can be addressed. Thanks for the article. I’ll take a look. 110
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Is this being addressed in any proposed legislation at the state level? [any state?] 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A $40 fee payable to all citizens every time someone uses the word “compute” as a noun. 051
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can you do a chargeback? I don’t really even understand what that is, but I’ve seen it referred to as the ultimate method of getting your money back in situations like this. 000
Reposted by NotNotSamJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump is historically unpopular, launching an illegal war no one wants, doing everything he can to increase prices, and breaking records for corruption. Any Democrat running for office who embraces transphobic talking points is acting like a loser in a defensive crouch. Nobody likes losers. 1221261
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think they have “apologized” by now. I’d like to see a list of the people they are firing over this. The fact that this could not have happened coincidentally means there was clear intent all along the line. Those responsible should be removed and have to carry this into the job market. 110
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Are the people in the grandstand behind him real, or some kind of backdrop to make it look like a bigger crowd? 010
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Genuine questions: why are Captchas so intensive lately? I thought it was getting easier for them to know if you’re human. But lately I have to go thru 10-12 screens of identifying crosswalks before I can complete my transaction. Is it just that I’m bad at doing them, or that AI needs more data? 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Oh, nm. I see in the linked thread that it’s Australia. 020
Reposted by NotNotSamAsh, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What's the corollary to Hanlon's Razor? "Any sufficiently advanced ignorance is indistinguishable from malice"? 071
Reposted by NotNotSamJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes. 2055153956762
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Only a year ago the league was dealing with ppl throwing sex toys on the court. The summary I skimmed said these jerks were banned for a minimum of a year. I hope it turned out to be lifetime bans for most. Throwing a dildo like this guy onto the court should get proportionally harsher treatment. 120
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026-remake unnecessarily, -remake again as unnecessary animated or live-action version -make a shit sequel only to ensure the original ip doesn’t go off-copyright -hire fleets of lawyers to vigorously “defend” any re-use or re-imagining of their ip… 130
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yes. As I read it here, this wave of re-invention (of the VCR, etc) will benefit only people in those countries that cease to enforce the US-driven laws. No benefits will accrue directly to American consumers as we live in this artificially constrained bubble. <cue triumphant screaming eagle noise> 1140
Reposted by NotNotSamMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract. 9052042614
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Thanks! I guess a biography of FDR could be a starting point. 110
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Where can I learn more about this particular public debate? Any book you’d recommend? <sincere question> 100
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’d heard of aCfL, but not read (or aware of the gist of) it. Added to my queue. 000
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It seems unlikely that anything Player had to say would have influenced Rickey, given their age difference. 110
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Passing this would be a step in the wrong direction. No on Three, please. 0115
Reposted by NotNotSamGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"The news media need to say plainly: Trump is building a dictatorship. Use the D word...say that the president is mentally unstable...state painful truths directly and loudly before it’s too late." Via @markjacob.bsky.social, the conventions of political reporting aren't up to the moment: 18593211
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What if you are struggling to pay the $148 million you owe the election workers you defamed? 040
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Yes, this is hugely valuable to corporates/oligarchs. Consider the amount spent to suppress unionization as a rough indicator of the value of an insecure and fearful workforce. 170
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That seems like a good idea, but in no way sufficient. 010
NotNotSam @oshendoschen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026They are probably being paid by the booze industry and maybe the prison industry (but they don’t have to disclose their funders, so…) There are similar efforts in other states: ME, AZ, ID. As well as anti pot legislation recently proposed in TX. 020
