Paul G @paulgoodman.bsky.social · 4hSo much for fostering! As a birthday present for @inkingimps.bsky.social, I paid the adoption fee and we’ve officially added Pumpkin as a member of our cat family. That she has gets along well with out other kitties definitely helped cement the decision 😄 150
Reposted by Paul GBrian Crecente @crecente.bsky.social · 5hI'd like your help. I would love suggestions for any non-Western horror movies that are missing from my list. I just don't have enough awareness to be sure I'm not missing some gems. 142
Reposted by Paul GEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10hJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 19523081401
Reposted by Paul GJesse Graves @jessegraves.bsky.social · 14hThere are men whose worse "sex offense" is being caught pissing outside because they couldn't find a bathroom in time and are now registered sex offenders for LIFE yet Jacob Geller gets no criminal record and has admitted to raping one woman and gets eloquently written rape apologia. 1679
Reposted by Paul GCommander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 21hI guarantee you AI won’t kill us all. The claim’s a projection of reckless rich buffoons who can’t wait to be the only humans alive, openly fantasizing about a cull. Again. I’ve never been scared of AI, but the megalomaniacs forcing it on us are terrifying. I can’t guarantee they won’t kill us all. 361610399
Reposted by Paul GPete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026what to watch this weekend: pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...pvguide.ghost.ioWeekend Watchlist, 10/1: SeasonalWhat to watch this weekend 0169
Reposted by Paul GNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm not linking the piece because I'd like for as few people to read it as possible. I'm writing about it here because: - I want to be clear about what happened to anyone who saw that article and felt betrayed to see me associated with it. - These are bad decisions that deserve public shame. 32435162
Reposted by Paul GNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5239071203
Reposted by Paul GNathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 17hLight in our Thoughts, Fire in our Hearts, Power in our Paws. A new poster illustration for day 2 of the October art challenge. #artober #inkdrawing #cats 0435
Reposted by Paul GBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22hEveryone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22595023007
Reposted by Paul Gillumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd. 15464301118
Reposted by Paul GDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12128671706
Reposted by Paul GJjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation” 8776242
Reposted by Paul GDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 251179534735
Reposted by Paul GQuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i just cannot get over how large parts of the Pentagon are being used in the service of this one man's desire to do Patton LARP i cannot believe we're doing Make-A-Wish shit for a Guantanamo prison guard turned Fox News personality. i cannot believe a major priority is producing hype edits, content 1231555
Reposted by Paul GTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 02/10/2026When military police found Adrian Martinez's body, his bags had already been packed for his trip home to Houston. The army says he took his own life, but their investigation seemed to ignore one key fact: He was a sexual assault whistleblower.texasobserver.orgA Texas Soldier's Death Casts Doubt on Federal Whistleblower ProtectionsAdrian Martinez reported a sexual assault two years before he was found dead on a Hawaii Army base. The Vanessa Guillén Act is supposed to protect soldiers like him. 210968
Reposted by Paul GMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trying to think of some other policy areas where we should expect similar moves. *ever-more-brutal immigration enforcement *crackdown on nonprofit status of left groups *more press bans and FCC actions against news outlets *another round of tariffs *bogus charges in "grand conspiracy" case 25643116
Reposted by Paul GDale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mark Carney announces a new "national council" on digital asbestos, but so long as the underlying motivation is to find ways to force adoption on Canadians (usually by gaslighting us into believing that it's "safe" and "responsible"), it should be treated with derision. 2157
Reposted by Paul GMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20061342826
Reposted by Paul GBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...ms.nowMAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media. 642010395
Reposted by Paul GMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624356861
Reposted by Paul GInking Imps Art @inkingimpsart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today is my birthday. 🎉 In lieu of sharing my artwork, I'm asking for people to share and/or donate to Kate’s Cat Rescue. Even $2 would help the rescue build to their next TNR day. I've worked with them in the past. They're amazing at helping the strays and ferals in Cornwall, Ontario. 267
Reposted by Paul GSoldierExclipse || 18+ Illustration @soldierexclipse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this is no longer a joke 6144411239
Reposted by Paul GMike Vincent @mikevincent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is truly bonkers. I can have zero experience, refuse any certification, curriculum, or accreditation AND take public money while teaching literally whatever the hell I want to in my choice of 9 states 1020563
Reposted by Paul GCatsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"When your hardwork is labelled AI" (by Studio LKY) www.studiolky.com 4644187
Reposted by Paul Gsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it. 14827191
Reposted by Paul GHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Lot of words when the term “stalking” already exists.tampabay.com2 Pinellas deputies arrested for tracking people they were interested in, sheriff saysOne deputy queried a license plate reader database 300 times to track a woman, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. 141341336
Reposted by Paul GChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028 131495248
Reposted by Paul GGiovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Reflecting on the Resident Evil movie, and a thematic takeaway that's sticking with me with me is that it posits that no matter how insecure and incompetent you feel, you will never be as stupid as the people in power whose real incompetence will fuck up your life way worse than you could yourself. 1039082
Reposted by Paul GJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/10/2026I will be forever grateful to @tristanelwell.bsky.social for his Starter Villain cover art. The moment we all saw it we were all, "Oh, we're gonna sell a LOT of this one." And we were right! Authors, please use Tristan for all your cover art needs. 70128386
Reposted by Paul GSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026your response to “I was raped” should not be “I was right” 6493081766
Reposted by Paul GErika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey, if anyone has any screen recordings of Echoes of Sekigahara, esp cinematics, I’d love to see it! (still need to buy and download my own) And with permission, I’d also like to use it in a little video I’m hoping to post later today and/or my acting reel. I’ll tag and credit you! 523719
Reposted by Paul GAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Well, this is dumb. I guess they're mad that Americans were angry that ICE officers killed a woman, so they decided to completely invent their own version of events for a low-budget movie that nobody is going to watch? 60485168
Reposted by Paul GAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30697622351
Reposted by Paul GNathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's one of my cat propaganda posters. If you like what you see please follow me here for more and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thank You, Cats of Yore. 427461
Reposted by Paul GKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672351412
Reposted by Paul GCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14237751248
Reposted by Paul GAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Evergreen 81895594
Reposted by Paul GKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AI will never be able to make art. Thanks. 1085602801