Reposted by NormaGMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1hIt's not often you see a war-related bombing and say, "Hey, it would be great if that happened here." 0505
Reposted by NormaGMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1hI'm going to use that video of the data center on fire as my virtual Yule log. 07110
Reposted by NormaGDave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 3hThese systems should not be controllable from the internet. They should, at most, be reporting data to the network, but they should not have any remote command and control. 131
Reposted by NormaGthe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"Why are you criticizing the democrats, when the republicans did this??" Here's the thing: there's no need to call out the ominous evil hole in the ground. It's an ominous evil hole in the ground. You need to call out the guy guiding travelers into the hole instead of putting a fence around it 923727
Reposted by NormaGSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5h"This year Gavin Newsom has shown that he would be a billionaire-friendly president. Which means he shouldn’t be president at all." 018631
Reposted by NormaGstacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 3h“Gillis…was fired in 2019 prior to making an appearance as a cast member on the late-night show, an executive decision made by network NBC after his previous anti-Asian and anti-gay comments were resurfaced” deadline.com/2026/10/dan-...deadline.comDan Levy Slams Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: "I'm Speechless"Dan Levy is not holding back his thoughts on Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live monologue. 071
Reposted by NormaGGlen Weldon @ghweldon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Sometimes I imagine my life if I’e never come out. The self-hatred. The shame. The hooded, throttled sexuality. In exchange for universal acceptance. Fitting in. Lying to absolutely everyone, as a means of existence. I was lucky enough, safe enough, to take the step that ultimately saved my life. 517510
Reposted by NormaGNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 11/10/2026sorry but seeing men write positive pieces about Shane Gillis' latest run at SNL, where is opening monologue was "women dress like whores now" after the weeks we've had of women yet again pouring a collective trauma about violence at the hands of men that trade on these same sentiments is fucked. 11333197
Reposted by NormaGAl @dash-notheactualworddash.com · 11/10/2026Finished Opus and it’s as good as Pope Leo says. @garethgore.bsky.social describes an organization that has parallels to Scientology and wields an extraordinary amount of money and political influence. I highly recommend @clairewillett.bsky.social read it because it rates getting a thread from her 28716
Reposted by NormaGBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts? 214148052516
Reposted by NormaGTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan.” 9725176
Reposted by NormaGGabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots. 7755681990
Reposted by NormaGClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026THIS IS THRILLING INFORMATION I was asked about my fave Shakespeare movies and this Midsummer with Lindsay Duncan as Titania, which I had on VHS from some video store clearance bin, was the source of a lifelong crush on Lindsay Duncan 111010
Reposted by NormaGJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The discourse on antisemitism in the country is such that Mike Rogers can simultaneously attack Abdul El-Sayed *as* antisemitic, as a scary foreign Muslim critic of Israel, and also *with* antisemitism, as a tool of the foreign-born Jewish puppeteer. 371841511
Reposted by NormaGMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We can talk about re-engineering government <after> we: - Restore all the NIH/NSF funds - Restore at the Dept. of Education Title VI/FLAS funds - Rebuild USAID - Hire back as many of the fired federal workers as possible & replace those we can't with new talent as fast as possible - Etc. - Etc. 1657393
Reposted by NormaGMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 532159483
Reposted by NormaGMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Again, we don't need chapters about "what DOGE might have been if the people involved had had any decency at all." We need to send these people to jail forever for unprecedented crimes. We really need to <not> spend anytime on "right idea, wrong execution" right now (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).slate.comThe Guy Behind The Big Short and Moneyball Is Back to Take On Elon Musk and DOGE. It’s a Roller Coaster.Michael Lewis’ Blockers tells the stories of good public servants driven away by the Trump administration. 16849204
Reposted by NormaGLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“I tried a thing because I might not like it, but I like sharing stuff with other people” is an incredibly prosocial and awesome impulse. 123835
Reposted by NormaGthe moon report 🌑 @seachanger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026love how we were told performative social justice was the problem, but the performance of literal violence is these people's entire life purpose 121146
Reposted by NormaGMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 96115012669
Reposted by NormaG🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026fwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher 682369387
Reposted by NormaGKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Honestly live streaming an execution for the clicks feels like a natural consequence of not regulating the tech industry 321790319
Reposted by NormaGdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i would think the secretary of state might be a little more informed about possible corruption with the us ambassador to greece or at least a little curious 2465599
Reposted by NormaGPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026White people attended public lynchings in droves and had picnics with their children there. I mean, PLEASE. 251835384
Reposted by NormaGdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh 583526406
Reposted by NormaGAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now. 14652278
Reposted by NormaGSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 08/10/2026Since Donald Trump is awarding Roger Clemens the presidential medal of freedom, I'd just like to point out that his "affair" with Mindy McCready began when he was in his late 20s...and she was 15. Fuck Roger Clemens, now and forever. 615631
Reposted by NormaGGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hasan was paralyzed in the shooting, so as if this wasn't all bad enough already, sit with the image of him being executed while in a wheelchair for that extra frisson of barbarity. 511518398
Reposted by NormaGMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Karl Rove hasn't made a weekday Fox appearance since September 14. Trump condemned that interview, and Rove's WSJ piece condemning Bo French came out two days later. Fox benched him -- but why? www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...mediamatters.orgWhy has Fox News benched Karl Rove? 1223142
Reposted by NormaG🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026.. what GOOD do you want to see for other people ? That’s the thing that is the most troublesome about this moment. I know EVERYTHING everyone hates It’s easy to find. What do you love? What is the ring you want to have ready for people when you win ? 1289
Reposted by NormaGNate Bowling @natebowling.com · 04/10/2026Tiffany Sloan is a joke stealing AI generated stand-up comedian that has amassed a following of 350K users on Instagram. AI is supposed to transform the world and it's doing it in the worst and dumbest possible ways. buttondown.com/natebowling/...buttondown.comThe Joke ThiefThe AI Powered Joke Thief (or Fine, Somebody Wants This) 24474145
Reposted by NormaGCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 05/10/2026Oh man, just fuck this guy. 11596
Reposted by NormaGAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026The Trump administration wanted NYC to explicitly turn away trans veterans from a shelter so NYC was forced to turn down funding for it because it would violate city and state law. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...cbsnews.comNYC turns down $1.3 million for homeless shelter due to dispute over transgender veteransThe city says the federal government would have required them to exclude transgender veterans from seeking shelter beds at the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence. 15847216
Reposted by NormaGMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Those who build walls are their own prisoners." --Ursula le Guin 231359
Reposted by NormaGDave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Don't think of Trump when voting, just think of these piece of shit anti-women's rights doctors and vote the way most certain to make them miserable 011
Reposted by NormaGemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I see people are blaming Dems for shit SCOTUS did again. 1735066
Reposted by NormaGGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And, for the coup de grace, two bills protecting fire survivors from predatory insurance companies, which he vetoed, deliberately, to punish fire survivors for rejecting his "reform" bill that was actually a huge payout to SCE for starting fires. calmatters.org/economy/2026...calmatters.orgNewsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort. 82738664
Reposted by NormaGGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113444114
Reposted by NormaGBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes 792817515
Reposted by NormaGMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Most of the commentary about this concentrates on how it's just an asshole move. And it definitely is. But it's also a violation of ADA 15847173
Reposted by NormaGJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026What are we even doing anymore, people 212118791
Reposted by NormaGNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 02/10/2026Consider this your sign to go outside before it gets dark at 4pm again. 527758
Reposted by NormaGBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think they'll ever recreate what it was like to be on twitter in the 2010s. Soap opera stuff happening constantly. Poster you were vaguely aware of involved in federal fentanyl bust. Poster whose jokes you occasionally liked posed as his aunt (or wife?) for 6 years. Pastor who steals jokes 1875593486
Reposted by NormaGdrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i had heard about gamers for years. a lifestyle dedicated to having fun sounded to me like its adherents would form bonds based on positivity, friendship and the joy of fair competition 063391
Reposted by NormaGsocalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This👇👇👇👇👇👇 162446558
Reposted by NormaGmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anyway I don't want to be accused of starting drama. I don't want to be assaulted, and I don't want to be a problem! So I leave and the men assume I'm tired or dull or maybe they don't care bc without me, they don't have to confront the creeps, they can claim ignorance and buy the bar another round. 313762259
Reposted by NormaGmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The good men, the friends and lovers even, say to me later "well why didn't you just tell that creep off" as though I wouldn't be accused of starting shit, as though they'd stand up for me and not interrogate me to make the creep comfortable instead. Experience tells me most men will do the latter. 134029345
