Reposted by CciokMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/10/2026Happy Italian Heritage Month, New York. Here’s continuing to fight for Vito Marcantonio’s vision of a government that works for all working people. 784768921
Reposted by CciokJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Ken Paxton stole someone’s $1,000 pen. He’ll steal your tax dollars. He’ll steal your healthcare. He’ll even steal your pen. I'll be a Senator who puts money in your pocket — and I’ll never put your pen in mine. 291146373858
Reposted by CciokAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As @katemanne.bsky.social notes, it's reinforcing male entitlement to female deference. If men wallow in AI porn and bots saying "yes, sir," all day, they may react poorly when real women say no. It could lead to violence. katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 418452
Reposted by CciokEmily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA. 10186827362
Reposted by CciokMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 08/06/2026By far the biggest problem with delegating judgement to machines is the people who own the machines can tune them towards outcomes they prefer but those who don't own anything can't. It's not the technology. It's a transfer of decision making power from rational accountable systems to capital. 52819805
Reposted by CciokRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy. That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it. 40497402439
Reposted by CciokLa Repubblica @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Usa e Iran, non solo petrolio. Le guerra scuote anche il mercato del pistacchio www.repubblica.it/economia/2026/04/… 001
Reposted by CciokLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 26/04/2026"If your goal is to acquire and exercise the power of the state, (. . .)it does not follow that the best tactic for achieving this is armed resistance. In our world, nonviolent but confrontational resistance is the most effective way at building towards that goal—as the empirical evidence shows."liberalcurrents.comFrom Powerlessness to PowerWe will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance. 05911
Reposted by CciokStephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 09/04/2025to all who celebrate... 5543171286
Reposted by CciokRutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 08/04/2026GiveDirectly has sent $1 billion in cash directly to people in extreme poverty. Their model has no middle man and study after study shows it works. Any billionaire could call them tomorrow and help pull an entire country out of poverty. For some, it would cost about a year in the stock market. 315352
Reposted by Ccioklastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I do think that fundamentally a lot of discomfort with effective altruism is because it just forces us to admit that we would in fact rather spend money on frivolities than on helping other people with necessities. But I'll admit it doesn't help that the EA world is full of eugenics-curious wankers. 4242438
Reposted by CciokAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I don't know what SCOTUS will do on birthright citizenship case, it's anybody's guess. But if they endorse Trump's diktat, the only response is defiance. Outright, open defiance by the states. A decision not just erroneous but illegitimate, beyond their power, null and void from the day it's issued. 613775908
Reposted by CciokMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Funny thing about American mass media is how woke content is broadly popular, routinely pays for itself, and sometimes goes blockbuster, whereas right-wing content is a narrow niche that rarely reaches breakeven, never goes blockbuster, and usually requires immense subsidies for it to exist at all. 273106292373
Reposted by Ccioksouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Lee was a horrible man and a traitor to the republic. The army he led into an invasion of Pennsylvania with kidnapped free black people and sent them into slavery. Whatever tactical genius he possessed led him in his most famous battle to just march his army straight into the enemy’s front. 1022380451
Reposted by CciokHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026It could only be more obvious if they asked you to sign a release form that said “I am agreeing to devalue my labor.” 228915
Reposted by CciokTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone 14451701634
Reposted by CciokRadley 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 234104223453
Reposted by CciokNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2026NEW: This new report, from BBC, is the best takedown of the insanity of Trump you will see anywhere. Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating. Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins. (🎥 BBC News) 11444652002
Reposted by CciokExistential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 18/03/2026AI actually is causing a lot of unemployment in tech. Not because it has been able to successfully replace anyone's job, but because the big tech companies are all gambling so much on becoming trillionaires that they have to throw tens of thousands of workers into unemployment to pay for it. 6490175
Reposted by CciokRuss The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 02/03/2026"Deference rather than interdependence may soothe short-term psychological wounds. But it does so at a steep cost: it can undermine the epistemic goals that motivate the project, and it entrenches a politics unbefitting of anyone fighting for freedom rather than for privilege" 15314
Reposted by CciokLeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I know it's not the main issue, but what's the FIFA protocol for when a host nation for a world cup attacks or declares war against a participating nation in the run up to the competition? especially when the head of the host nation is in receipt of your inaugural peace prize? 719383
Reposted by CciokAmy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $ 32128609
Reposted by CciokGrumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 20/02/2026This is so grim. Authoritarian forces are typically massively outnumbered by people who hate living under them. Tyranny relies upon ordinary people collaborating with the regime. 075
Reposted by CciokWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/02/2026When you dig deeper around mysteriously successful figures you generally find that rather than being incomprehensibly brilliant masters of the universe, they actually just lied a bunch and committed a bunch of crimes that no one wanted to look too hard at 221378167
Reposted by CciokAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin 101585221201
Reposted by CciokBonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 08/02/2026“The morning after the tour, the mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don’t know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough.” 14515
Reposted by CciokBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 01/02/2026For those commenting on the agents' surnames.press.princeton.eduBordering on IndifferenceHow a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work 20846285
Reposted by CciokProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.propublica.orgTwo CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti ShootingThe two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym... 22633487917180
Reposted by CciokAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann... 7168221749
Reposted by CciokPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Sometimes this reminder is helpful on Bluesky: It’s good to oppose Trumpism. Trumpism is evil. But there are plenty of people who oppose Trumpism who are also petty, shitty, annoying people. Block them or ignore them and go back to opposing Trump. 362968302
Reposted by CciokPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 30/01/2026/5 But Ezra Klein isn’t a liberal. He’s a professional pundit, which he made clear is why he felt kinship with Kirk. Values are not his children, they’re his tools. 1679271
Reposted by CciokPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I like neither Ezra Klein nor shouting down speakers. I think Ezra Klein profits, metaphorically and literally, by being shouted down by Sarah Lawrence students, and that doing it to him was more or less like trying to discourage a dog by throwing bacon at it. /1 40962106
Reposted by CciokFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/01/2026The U.S. has successfully convinced its people that “the humanities are frivolous and STEM is Important and Real” is basically a law of nature: this is absolute nonsense that we should stop putting up with. 381458268
Reposted by CciokThe Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 28/01/2026She took a half step back and then stepped AT this dude. ICE needs 30 masked guys each with their own body armor and assault rifle to even approach this level of courage. 312779532
Reposted by CciokStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️ 619219715887
Reposted by CciokBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27/01/2026Very Online Democrats and Leftists: Bovino down. Noem on the ropes. Go for Stepher Miller: AFGE: 352533512
Reposted by CciokBrad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This is the question history will ask us. 201480248
Reposted by CciokChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list. 1488168626977
Reposted by CciokIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections. 498257407241
Reposted by CciokDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response 1750661116
Reposted by CciokNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Whether it's protesters filming ICE agents or ICE agents murdering protesters, there's plenty to criticize on both sides. 1490391
Reposted by CciokRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him. 11655841840
Reposted by CciokAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!" 759296429464
Reposted by CciokBoringMNGirl @boringmngirl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are. 2143201460
Reposted by CciokMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year. 142206967872
Reposted by CciokMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I’m so proud of Minnesota. I understand why some people belittle protests as not enough, but I really think this shit matters. I saw a clip on Fox News and they had to admit thousands of people showed up. It’s not going to stop Trump, but it’s a signal to your neighbors that they’re not alone. 14157681148
Reposted by Cciokonion person @junlper.beer · 23/01/2026minnesota coming together to show us all how to stand up against ICE is such a beautiful display of what solidarity looks like 6899941846
Reposted by CciokAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti... 5650451301
Reposted by Cciokm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 20/01/2026trump getting his feelings hurt by european leaders is the culmination of this new type of guy that emerged in the last decade or so: guy who goes out of his way to be a huge asshole who then gets really offended when the people he's being an asshole to don't like him 10581281550
