Reposted by PlainfieldMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50167175480
Reposted by PlainfieldNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone. 832527546
Reposted by PlainfieldElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026so word on the trail is that 15 days for the whole JMT is “fast” and I am “insane” 102074
Reposted by PlainfieldMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear? 1132503357
Reposted by PlainfieldJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 21446861282
Reposted by PlainfieldAndrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 13/09/2026I also don't buy into the manufactured doom cycle but it's still pretty funny that the signal is "the public is at great risk" and Trump is instinctively like "good" 3254
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026static.klipy.comRalph Nader: Green Party in 2000ALT: Ralph Nader: Green Party in 2000 000
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026SpaceX violations were first allowed, illegally, under Mayor Pete when he ran DOT/FAA. 000
Reposted by PlainfieldAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026Democrats need to drag every one of these spineless executives in front of congress when they retake it to have them explain in thorough detail why they acted like such feckless cowards. 1240755
Reposted by PlainfieldMother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/09/2026Though it seems clear that the destruction of the East Wing and its replacement with a 90,000-square foot ballroom atop a new military bunker is illegal, the court’s Republican appointees have cleared the way for its completion. All, that is, but one.motherjones.comIt’s just too late for John Roberts to say he doesn't like Trump’s ballroomThe president's lawlessness is the chief justice's fault. 1417866
Reposted by Plainfieldjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026one real problem in the political media is that a lot of folks don’t actually know anything 47911
Reposted by PlainfieldKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1193326736243
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Some people are inherently inferior isn’t a neutral view point. 030
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Correct. Scrutinize the recruitment and ongoing failure to mentor and oversee that he attended to his post doc duties. 000
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I do not think Jefferies is the right leader. I also do not trust the NYTimes to describe this meeting neutrally. I fully expect it to be slanted negatively. 010
Reposted by PlainfieldAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566281248626
Reposted by Plainfieldthe Lone Futurist @thelonefuturist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There are sub-amendment fixes that could yield substantial benefit and we should try several of them: 1) Wyoming rule the house 2) Admit DC & PR as states 3) Expand SCOTUS 4) Strip SCOTUS of jurisdictions (and/or modify its composition) It's a start. Amendments sure would help, though. 47214
Reposted by PlainfieldSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15/08/2026Homeless and foster youth face barriers most kids will never encounter applying to college. We should make it easier, not harder, for these kids. I have a bipartisan bill to make sure homeless & foster youth get the hand up they deserve. 921645
Reposted by PlainfieldMother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/08/2026“What we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.”motherjones.comMichigan’s primary reckoning for the DemocratsDespite record outside spending, Abdul El-Sayed and a slate of left-leaning candidates triumphed over establishment and incumbent rivals. 634276
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion….” 000
Reposted by PlainfieldAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026MacFarlane: We are near the new gold-plated statues the Trump administration unveiled near Memorial Circle, Memorial Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial. It’s really, really gold.… 5852521849
Reposted by PlainfieldMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media. 514113293378
Reposted by PlainfieldScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026TABLES TURN: Democrats are using “Shadow hearings” to press issues and secure millions of on-line views. And clips Even without control of Congress Just filed open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...open.substack.comTABLES TURN: Democrats Use "Spotlight Hearings" to Level Playing Field Against GOPA recent series of faux-Congressional Hearings put Democrats on offense 33788285
Reposted by PlainfieldJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I worry that they are moving so fast—and that the media has been so bizarrely silent—that the “new global order” (Pax Silica) will be in place (& impossible to unwind) before the public knows anything about it. Thread. #PaxSilica 1/ 38610377
Reposted by PlainfieldRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO. 612191336861
Reposted by PlainfieldTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Trump is pursuing this war in the HOPE that Iran carries out an act of terror in the US. And even if it doesn’t, which I doubt it will, consider the possibility that Trump's people would fake one. Please consider this essay, written back in March. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...snyder.substack.comThe Desire for TerrorAnd the defense of democracy 40903421
Reposted by PlainfieldG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/07/2026What 'moderation' really means is adopting the views of a very small group of loud, centrist writers and their big business backers, and is increasingly out of step with (a) the big problems in the US and (b) the polling on what Americans say are the biggest problems they want government to fix. 332297495
Reposted by PlainfieldMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Well... bsky.app/profile/mich... 211170384
Reposted by PlainfieldReuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm 15236041944
Reposted by PlainfieldMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 14/07/2026This is inside baseball but as soon as I saw the byline on this 2010 Politico piece I knew. This reporter’s job was to take the most salacious things said on Fox and turn them into Drudge hits. This point about pre-Trump/Graham is really about the GOP media ecosystem ripening us for authoritarianism 1216
Reposted by PlainfieldAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not. 14898932534
Reposted by PlainfieldSalon.com @salon.com · 10/07/2026The lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism. salon.com"Where's Mitch McConnell?" mystery exposes media failuresThe lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism 3019353
Reposted by PlainfieldProject Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The extreme heat we are experiencing around the world is anything but natural. 🚨 For information on how to stay safe during a heatwave, make sure to check out this guide from the Red Cross 🔗 rdcrss.org/4vcsLv3 🚨 For more information on solutions 🔗 drawdown.org #projectdrawdown #heatwave 05124
Reposted by Plainfieldmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Constitutional Crisis started in 2000. You've been living through it your entire adult life. The reason politics feels hopeless is by design — conservatives broke our democratic form of government to guarantee that the people cannot act against them and are continuing to break it. 522726649
Reposted by PlainfieldDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The broader lesson is simple enough. Trump’s govt politicization is wholly dependent on the Supreme Court. They could stop it, but instead they are using the shadow docket to send a signal that it is open season on public employees. SCOTUS deserves the same institutional support it extend to others. 211734
Reposted by PlainfieldAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This is why people who relentlessly push unscholarly work into public spaces have to be called out and resisted at every turn now more than ever. The power of social media has given them great power to mislead and misinform. 17410
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Sometime in Sept the paycheck jumped 8% bc taxed income reached the SS tax cap. Ridiculous. 000
Reposted by PlainfieldMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Blanche v. Lau is devastating for green card holders. It means that if they leave the U.S. then return, a border officer can claim they committed a crime at some point, revoke their lawful status, and confiscate their green card without meaningful evidence of wrongdoing. It's really, really bad. 2826911080
Reposted by PlainfieldAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I wrote about forced labor in ICE detention: the way it mirrors concentration camp systems around the world and grim parts of U.S. history as well.degenerateart.beehiiv.comForced labor in concentration campsShameful exploitation of captive workers has deep roots at home and abroad. 6497251
Plainfield @plainfield.bsky.social · 16/06/2026After birthing the Mother can leave to get water and food and would come back While the foe dries. 010
Reposted by Plainfieldmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026press everywhere all at once with one goal — make trump and his administration as unpopular and toxic as possible. rather than rigid discipline trying to make a single story stick, you do what trump does and test the fences with a lot of different messages. if there's weakness when you test, push 551179
Reposted by PlainfieldAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026When these people insist the mere presence of people unlike them is an attack on them, their country, or their rights, this is exactly the outcome they are seeking, and disappointment among far right Trumpists is largely that he failed to produce events like this here. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comElon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attackThe use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona... 8637551294
Reposted by PlainfieldMark Reznicek @realmarkrez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A few pics from our (The Toadies, that is) KEXP Session this morning. Should be up on YouTube at some point. Lots of fun! 2403
Reposted by PlainfieldLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 09/06/2026“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”nbcnews.comBrad Paisley criticizes data center planned next to Nashville ZooThe petition, created by the zoo’s communications team, has 331,824 signatures and 126,599 shares. 345179915099
Reposted by Plainfielddell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026NEW: One day after we revealed Meta was quietly building face recognition into its smart glasses, the latest version deletes it. Meta execs, who called our reporting "dishonest" and "misleading," continue to dodge our questions.wired.comMeta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED ReportThe code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. 601422566
Reposted by PlainfieldAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I find it curious that Mike Lee is now taking the position that the government should not be weighing in on matters of religious doctrine, despite joining an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit that urged the court to uphold the Ten Commandments in public schools, now that he's on the receiving end. 802019414