Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 22mWell, it slowed to a crawl with still a long way to go. So we cancelled out, and I’ve brought it home to consider its sinful nature overnight instead. 😏 Hopefully it will be sorted out by morning.😁 010
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏robo @itsthatroboguy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026pisses me off how ever since ai can make websites, every website for "small open source indie app" and "community database" looks like this and you can just TELL they all used the same ai to vibe code it 271443390
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hThis photo says everything about why Trump keeps hiring unqualified worshipful young women (who look like his daughter) 95064211674
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 1hIn hopeful news, its initial estimate of 24 hours has clicked down prettily steadily. 112,000 files transferred and counting. 😅 130
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 1hEveryone send speedy thoughts to my backup drive, which is currently chugging along trying to transfer my most recent backup into my new Mac. If it can’t get done before the store closes at 8, I’ll need to take it all home & try again. 😅 130
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 2hThis is totally misleading. Teacher pensions aren’t anywhere near the $1M threshold. We need to spread the word. We also need to tell the @no645.bsky.social campaign to respond - from what I’ve been told, they don’t think they need to or should. (Which is bizarre and wrong.) 6165
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 4h🧵 0508
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6hCrazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it. 402017554
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 2hEditorial cartoonist Nick Anderson takes a dim view of Donald Trump’s priorities: Making deals with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to influence the U.S. midterm elections at the price of allowing the U.S. adversary to slaughter Ukrainian civilians. 012
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026STOP LETTING JD VANCE MEET POPES 8595951593
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 5hHe's really going to keep pretending he can knock out two rallies a day like he used to. This one was bad, one of the worst I've seen. Dead crowd, jokes not landing, memory lapses, rambling and repetitive stories he's told for years. Montana tonight will be worse. 911022194
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 5h“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine views were a major factor in shelving an Agriculture Department avian flu response plan, according to five people with direct knowledge of the matter, a pause that’s alarming lawmakers as wild birds begin migrating for the winter.”politico.com‘It's time to get a vaccine in place’: RFK Jr.’s views helped stall bird flu planUSDA shelved strategy for inoculating birds after the Health secretary criticized the idea. 16935
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 5hThe anti-Ukraine war left is a real stain. Either we value self-determination and popular sovereignty--or we don't. 818832
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8hIf this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. And we certainly wouldn't have public executions. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It's about cruelty. 9036811187
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 6hAaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public. 4784683289
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 12hTo practice as in-house counsel in CA you don't have to be licensed in CA - but you do have to be licensed and in good standing in some other US state. Which Zacharia was not. (www.calbar.ca.gov/admissions/s...) Odds on her lasting past 1 Scaramucci? 1112120
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6hThis is going to be very appealing to the all-important "After three days, I suddenly noticed that my child was missing" voting demographic. 471355200
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 5hDoes any capital in Europe or the Americas say without equivocation that Beirut or Damascus have the right to defend themselves? When Israel obliterates an entire village in the south of Lebanon or kidnaps a Syrian grandpa, does anyone give the Arabs a MK-84 bomb to hit Tel Aviv with? 111721
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 16hAbsolutely 💯 12751301316
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 15hMusk can not be allowed to keep Starlink. The FCC should never have allowed its implementation without significant oversight and restrictions. It represents an incredible national security threat. … 413833
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 15hPlease note that, despite all Musk’s talk of Mars, that’s not what Starship is meant to do. It’s meant to deliver large numbers of ever more powerful satellites into Earth orbit. Musk currently has unchecked, dictatorial control over the most important battlefield technology. And it will get worse. 18517
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5hWishing a speedy recovery to Pope Leo XIV. He continues to serve the world as a much needed source of moral authority when many leaders, at home and abroad, are abdicating their responsibilities. 633431986
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 6hMy Prius does need an oil change - once a year - but the engine hasn't needed a darn thing done to it. My biggest expenses have been replacing tires, worn out power door locks, and a stolen catalytic converter. 🙄 It probably helps that I'm only at the 130,000 mile mark after 23 years of driving. 😁 030
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 11h 🎁Gift Article Link to Washington Post Opinion by Kate Andrews How Donald Trump, agent of chaos, lost control The president should be far more attuned to why his party is likely to suffer an electoral rout. October 14, 2026 at 6:30 a.m. ET wapo.st/4hLJmT2wapo.stOpinion | How Donald Trump, agent of chaos, lost controlThe president should be far more attuned to why his party is likely to suffer an electoral rout. 001
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 10hJust one data point, but I am still driving a 2003 Toyota Prius, and it has *never* needed a big-ticket repair. It’s had new struts, and a new battery - at the 21 year mark. Still gets 35mpg in town. I see others of the same model still around, too. 😏 130
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 11hExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/t...nytimes.comRogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers (Gift Article)Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion. 001
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 11hElon Musk is sabotaging Ukraine. 😠 030
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 11hThe inimitable @petridishes.bsky.social on the new excuse for a Press Secretary: 010
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Gayle Dourn Plantz @plantz3610.bsky.social · 11hIncredibly long read but his comparison to tech firms is spot on. Definitely worth a look www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 051
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏nattybees.bsky.social @nattybees.bsky.social · 11hExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around (Gift Article)The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has. 001
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Mike 🇺🇦🕯️ @mike-teevee-1971.bsky.social · 11h“Driving through arizona on a Saturday morning, I saw a line of cars nearly a mile long stopped along a high-desert highway. I slowed, thinking there had been an accident. Then I realized that all of those people were waiting in line for food.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comGoing Hungry in Trump’s EconomyThe president said the “American dream is back.” Rural Arizonans don’t think so. 269
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Knitting Queen @knitting-queen.bsky.social · 20h"Plenty of people are getting health advice from chatbots, but ... "When AI guidance causes harm, no record exists outside the platform, no channel allows users to report it and no independent researcher can measure the consequences," the authors write." www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comThe invisible risks of AI-generated health informationNature Health - This Perspective describes the pathways in which users access health information via AI-based chatbots and highlights the related risks, advocating for making these interactions... 011
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏WokeMooseAndSquirrel🌊🫏 @wokemoosensquirrel.bsky.social · 20hJudge Timothy Kelly in Washington, D.C., granted the outlets’ request for a preliminary injunction to block the administration from enforcing the ban while their litigation is ongoing. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...wsj.comTrump Can’t Reinstate White House Ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW, Judge RulesThe decision extends a temporary block on the president’s move to restrict access for three news outlets while they challenge it in court. 031
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Micah @rincewind.run · 14/10/2026my most fervent wish is for every one of stephen miller’s fears to come true hound him everywhere he goes prosecute him any way you can sue him and sue his wife and bleed them dry until the end of their days 442276391
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/10/2026mary mother of melted candles i don’t like body shaming but this admin is fucking TESTING me 3662484237
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Trantifa Prime @shredybettymtb.northsky.social · 14/10/2026We need to start treating billionaires like the national security threat they clearly are. 212650
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack. 6526621394
Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Here’s my question: If I got them to add a charging station on my street, would that bring in enough electrical service so that I could get a heat-pump? 🤔 Because as of now, they expect me to pay $100K (that I do not have) to improve *their* service line. 😒 130
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The saddest part of this debacle is that CBS just produced probably its strongest piece of the year — Leslie Stahl, on the Israeli thugs rampaging through the West Bank — and then CBS’s thin-skinned managers crapped all over it. Bari & Co. saw someone doing real journalism and were like ... whaaat? 836673
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Terri from Colorado @tebaile.bsky.social · 14/10/2026👇👇 175
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/10/2026We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 321353799
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026They are so out of juice they’re not even trying any longer. 8840233
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/10/2026the question here isn’t “why are we part of a media ecosystem that doesn’t give a microscopic fuck about truth,” nah, it’s “why didn’t talarico’s campaign keep us from looking like gullible rubes” 2849266
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Mike Collins' staff after watching that opening:static.klipy.comGive Up No MoreALT: Give Up No More 361581187
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Let's do it 👇 1227240305890
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/10/2026“Avalon, Rise," about a small Appalachian community pitted against a very online foe, is intellectually complex and slyly funny—and “a very direct story about facing evil with courage,” writes Lily Meyer.bit.lyGood Villains Are Hard to Come By. This One’s Great.A fascinating new novel pits a small Appalachian community against a very online foe. 0153
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14/10/2026This is different from a malware botnot how exactly 2540139
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11. 1354281653
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Bari Weiss' handpicked foreign editor referred to the allegations facing Benjamin Netanyahu as a "sideshow" and told correspondent Holly Williams she was "wrong" to try to mention them in her story, per leaked audio I obtained of Tuesday's heated internal meeting. www.status.news/p/bari-weiss... 13315112
Reposted by Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ossoff talking directly to @atrupar.com. 584280622