Reposted by Peter Bjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city 1775940852
Reposted by Peter BJacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 08/10/2026NIST is the only SI I will recognize share.google/1vLoWA7Hzcfc...share.googleSI Superheroes VideosEmerging from their environmentally shielded world headquarters at NIST, the SI superheroes are dedicated to the fight against uncertaint 001
Reposted by Peter BThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 342100876
Reposted by Peter BAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026There is no Super Intelligence. There is no Department of War. There is no Lake America. There is no Gulf of America. There is no Fort Bragg. Any media outlet or platform that spreads these lies is an enemy of the people, determined to undermine democracy. Make note. 848587
Reposted by Peter BJohn Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 27/09/2026A tool I built to use Claude Cowork recurring tasks to watch for job listings for me. Maybe useful for you; maybe not. github.com/jpyuda/job-s...github.comGitHub - jpyuda/job-search-watcher: Claude tooling to assist in your job searchClaude tooling to assist in your job search. Contribute to jpyuda/job-search-watcher development by creating an account on GitHub. 091
Reposted by Peter BAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Danger! Danger!! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in AmericaThis place is much too dangerous. 717735
Reposted by Peter BTapa @tapatv.de · 27/09/2026“How could it be done to you, and your ancestors, and you turn around and do it to someone else?” #Genocide youtu.be/dFjOb9DGS1w?...youtu.beMandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to JewsYouTube video by The Interview 528845
Reposted by Peter BRandy Hart @randyhart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026concerning stuff happening right now at USWDS: -removing open-source contributors, -losing institutional knowledge, -departing from principles, -security risks through an “agentic-first” approach, and -making changes without sufficient human accessibility and usability testing. 11512
Reposted by Peter BPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 354163204190
Reposted by Peter BGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347841233
Reposted by Peter BDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Kennedy Center joins the Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park and sort of the White House itself (no tours) where supposed renovations have led to indefinite loss of public access. After taxpayer funded plans/construction, these places are fenced off and closed down, not improved. 32572239
Reposted by Peter BThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/08/2026Julia Curlee devoted her life to serving her country. She briefed Mike Pence and served as a director on the National Security Council. But when her gender identity became public, she was told she was no longer needed.bit.lyThe Wrong Kind of AmericanThe Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public. 07625
Reposted by Peter BTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico. 290101092999
Reposted by Peter BBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"White House officials have asked the Justice Department to consider a new prosecution..." This sentence was unimaginable since Watergate. Now it's just a normal Tuesday. 26627160
Reposted by Peter BJust a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote against the Epstein Survivors. 0169
Reposted by Peter Bmike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here 3970631409
Peter B @pburkholder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Since we are picking nits, they wrote (emphasis mine): > All visitors of the _house_are required to sign up for a tour This is true. You can't just wander the residence unattended. 100
Peter B @pburkholder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That tour was the best $45 I've ever spent at museum. Full stop. 000
Peter B @pburkholder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Agreed. We were there about two weeks ago for the "From Slavery to Freedom" tour. Our guide seemed in control of how she presented, offered her own experiences with the history, and wrapped up the tour with a 40-m period of guided reflection. 120
Reposted by Peter BWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens. 647173574126
Reposted by Peter BWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 15/07/2026Under Republicans' segregationist logic, it's not racism or sexism unless Hegseth says "I refuse to promote anybody except white men," and even then he'd be afforded every possible opportunity to explain that further. If he added "because white men are just better," that would be accepted. 24316
Reposted by Peter BGregg Levine @greggjlevine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Parades nixed in Philly and DC. National Mall evacuated. Flyovers suspended. NYC’s fireworks display on weather watch. Parades canceled all over because of extreme heat; fireworks replaced with drone shows because of fears of wildfires. The Climate Crisis is the signature event of #America250. 311004305
Reposted by Peter BDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A lot of govts have limited this guys company in order to ensure affordable housing, but he has a different explanation for housing shortages, one courtesy of an organization too racist even for William F. Buckley. And he also in charge of digital branding for the US government under Trump. 221434375
Reposted by Peter BOn the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"We need to get rid of this talk that we're somehow this exceptional nation chosen by God,” @esglaude.bsky.social told @brookegladstone.bsky.social. “We need to grow up. We can't grow up if you don't admit who and what you are.” 425957
Reposted by Peter BChristian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history. 174167742317
Reposted by Peter BMaggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE 176113873797
Reposted by Peter BAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"It is not a contract between equals. It is a loyalty oath, enforced with the full weight of federal prosecutorial power, demanded of people who already swore a different oath — to the Constitution."donmoynihan.substack.comTrump wants all federal employees to sign NDAsA breathtaking expansion of the culture of governmental secrecy 37123
Reposted by Peter BChad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A federal judge had sex with a police officer in chambers, lied about it in writing twice, and got a private reprimand. The public can't learn the judge's name. The system worked, judges say, because no conflict of interest landed on the docket. I am not having it. Read and share. #LawSkychadtopaz.comThe reprimand is sealed — Chad M. TopazA close reading of the Eleventh Circuit misconduct order affirmed in May 2026, and what it asks the public not to notice. 2226694
Reposted by Peter BSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Who has really been mistreated by a weaponized Justice Dept? Abrego Garcia 481924344
Reposted by Peter BDr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 25/04/2026“I feel that if we don't take seriously the ways in which racism is embedded in structures of institutions, if we assume that there must be an identifiable racist who is the perpetrator, then we won't ever succeed in eradicating racism.” — Angela Davis 415357
Reposted by Peter BDaily Grail @dailygrail.com · 25/04/2026H-o-w-d-o-I-b-u-i-l-d-a-g-u-i-l-l-o-t-i-n-e-? 155
Reposted by Peter BBiochemDoc @albireo-50.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Florida is missing out on amazing people. 16414
Reposted by Peter BRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment 1391350997740
Reposted by Peter Bmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I think especially because the news media has recently demonstrated what "we think the president is incompetent and that he should not be in office" looks like in how they covered Biden post-debate and don't do the same for Trump 222017441
Reposted by Peter BCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Reminder that you are being lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale 31075403
Reposted by Peter BCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026America is beyond cooked. Falling off the damn bone. 521373
Reposted by Peter BRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers 234104233453
Reposted by Peter BKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Should just call this article "The Fascists are Succeeding in their Efforts to Muzzle Academia" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...nytimes.comProfessors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze 261602512
Reposted by Peter BAxios @axios.com · 16/03/2026The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) sued the Trump administration today, alleging efforts to dismantle a Boulder-based federal lab are "unlawful retaliation" against the state of Colorado.axios.comTrump faces lawsuit over move to dismantle Boulder NCAR science labA Boulder-based climate research group argues that dismantling NCAR is unlawful retaliation. 10714210
Reposted by Peter BBen @burriscommaben.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The computers suck, the educational materials on them are weak, and there's a cottage industry of scammers on YouTube telling kids how to get around the school firewalls to access whatever they want. As a parent they're a headache and a liability; they turn snow days into "work from home" days 0282
Reposted by Peter BMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I don’t choose that word lightly. The idea that an entire field of medicine, as well as numerous academic journals, systematically suppressed evidence that gender-affirming care doesn’t work is a conspiracy theory. Meanwhile, none of these people can provide a shred of evidence for their core claim 263165470
Reposted by Peter BPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 16/03/2026NYT's Jeremy Peters expressing stronger personal views in the comments to this article on transgender medicine than in the article itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u... 941169135
Reposted by Peter B🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 12/03/2026While we’re worried about the war, the Epstein files, drone attacks in CA… Josh Hawley and Republicans are taking this moment to push legislation to strip FDA approval for Mifepristone The assaults on Americans are coming from inside the house. 521141746
Reposted by Peter BJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/03/2026DC folks actually sort of need to demand that heads roll over this. It’s a real problem if law enforcement in the capital is so pathetic, weak, and supine that their instinct is to act as stormtroopers for illicit federal power grabs. 22282567
Reposted by Peter BWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 07/03/2026It is not enough to say, in oversight hearings, “you are committing crimes and there will be consequences.” I want these people to see draft indictments written up, the construction of the courtroom where they’ll be tried, their proposed prison sentences. Voters want to see this too. 36012
