Reposted by plasticpigKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 12hnothing says "pride," "empowerment," and "respect" quite like mass terminations as you force labor to eat the massive debt load from pointless consolidation and nepobaby cosplay 313617
Reposted by plasticpigJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1232603702
Reposted by plasticpigHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026Launched in May, “the page uses data from customers’ activity to generate details about them in categories like Product Preferences, Interests & Hobbies, and Home & Family, which Amazon then uses to personalize users’ product experiences.”fastcompany.com'Has flat buttocks,' 'cusses when scared': Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here's how to find yoursAmazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies. 57522209
Reposted by plasticpigAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:paidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 301753747
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Apparently this statement is so beyond the pale that Bluesky is giving me a “Translate” link 110
Reposted by plasticpigDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just public about his instinct for mob boss thuggery 095
Reposted by plasticpigDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty. 23928271
Reposted by plasticpigOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s 186 years to the day since a man called Thomas O’Conor wrote a report about a stone figure on a church in Kiltinane, County Tipperary. This would be unremarkable were it not for what the statue looked like, because this was the first written use of the term Sheela-na-gig 629998
Reposted by plasticpigKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 28/09/2026Of course, one should bear in mind that correlation does not equal castration. 412116
Reposted by plasticpigSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The illegal boat strikes began exactly one year ago today. The boat strikes weren’t really about stopping drugs. They were about testing for compliance to see who would obey illegal orders & purge objectors. Trump was normalizing his ability to smite anyone—like the angry God of the Old Testament.🧵 8513213
Reposted by plasticpigPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/09/2026Oh my. The aurora borealis, seen in ultraviolet light from space. Our planet, putting on a show ✨ 20683169
Reposted by plasticpigJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940261044
Reposted by plasticpigScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just another day on the West Bank. 23021
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026She was explicitly told her mission was to destroy the department 181
Reposted by plasticpigDr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities. 4367126
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lord, grant me the strength to tariff the things I cannot change, the courage to tariff the things I can, and the wisdom to tariff the difference. 010
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This might be the most clearly illegal thing they’ve done yet 000
Reposted by plasticpigLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802001
Reposted by plasticpigDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case. 412097714
Reposted by plasticpigLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Interacting with a flexible, accordion-like kinetic paper sculpture crafted by Chinese artist Li Hongbo using stacked paper sheets in a honeycomb structure. youtube.com/shorts/hLpe9... 1484037782
Reposted by plasticpigWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103644413
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026They’re afraid of his money being used against them 100
plasticpig @plasticpig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think the copyright violations is the point. Lawsuits will get press coverage. And then take vengeance on those who dared object. 030
Reposted by plasticpigChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Weird coincidence that all this is happening the same day as the AI air control rollout. “You’re absolutely right - a forty five degree angle of approach is entirely too steep for landings, and that’s on me. Would you like me to call some local mortuaries?” 451318364
Reposted by plasticpigDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff. 8390191
Reposted by plasticpigSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 18/09/2026dario's friday letter demanding a new regulatory regime and asking for a waiver of antitrust laws so they could form a cartel was signed off on by sam, dario, elon, and something like half of all politicians. so everyone who sees this as a bid for Complete EA Takeover and has any other ideology 436039
Reposted by plasticpigFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/09/2026Right now, WAY too many resources and way too much attention are going to largely silly Hypothetical Futuristic AI Doom Scenarios - because that's what the AI Millenarian Death Cult cares about - instead of actual, right-now, AI harms. And they've been getting away with it for too long. 731647
Reposted by plasticpigAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I know this is alarming people, but it looks to me like someone just restated the terms of NATO membership to him 351127255
Reposted by plasticpigRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Poll watching right now is like, "Normal candidate with normal opinions ekes out small lead against sweaty bag of farts who sends dick picks to orphans and once dropkicked a puppy with leukemia." 221149222
Reposted by plasticpigFantasy shark detective writer @skis-n-reads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026More Everything Forever by Adam Becker is a really good read if you are interested in this thread. 1255
