Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 02/09/2026thank god, the one month a year i'm visible 1925612
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here's the dramatic improvement of Republicans' opinion of Vladimir Putin in 2016. As with anti-Canada sentiment now, the unmistakable main cause of the change is Trump. I think of these examples when pundits claim politicians can't change public opinion so they must follow wherever it already is. 18592127
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I reported this for Quartz in 2020: qz.com/1909779/is-a... 1732586
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board. 513247639
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzWar-ravaged hellhole Enthusiast @unlawfulassembler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For those of you thinking SCOTUS might step in: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barret helped stop the Florida recount that would have made Gore the winner www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comHow the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for InsurrectionThe post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event. 143
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yet another issue where every single person who touched it needs to end up in jail for us to have any semblance of the rule of law. You cannot have a functional democracy where the government creates a plan to literally throw away votes from places that don't support the incumbent party. 362474768
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/09/2026🚨NEW: USPS whistleblower warnings are now rippling across lawsuits challenging Trump’s mail voting restrictions. Voting groups say the rushed system risks mass ballot delays, rejections and disenfranchisement.democracydocket.comUSPS whistleblower report bolsters challenges to Trump’s anti-mail voting orderVoting rights groups are pointing judges to the allegations as fresh support for their warnings that the administration’s rushed new system could disrupt the delivery of thousands of ballots before… 8595226
Reposted by Rachel Haimowitzsteakum dress @twrksumn.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026Oh babe I’m sat!youtu.beGeorge Michael: The Faith Tour | Official TrailerYouTube video by George Michael 4229
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzMirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Reminder: we ALREADY know that LLMs given case notes downplay women’s physical and mental health needs compared to if the LLM is told that the *same case note* is written about a man. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study findsExclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes 024
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/09/2026Two biologists were studying frogs in a remote national forest when a man allegedly took them hostage. Josh Partlow reports on what happened next:bit.lyThe Growing Lawlessness in California’s ForestsTwo frog biologists were kidnapped in the woods. More bizarre situations may come. 25422
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzTyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Spoons are a species of bowl. Knives are a species of plate. Forks are descended from a now-extinct dish that would be completely incomprehensible to the modern diner 1534183
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What's the point of having fuck you money if you're never going to say "fuck you"? 573112521
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzProPublica @propublica.org · 02/09/2026Two ex-DHS officials described the practice of repeatedly rebooking immigrants into two Florida jails as an attempt to evade detention standards. “What it shows is that they were very aware that they were breaking a rule,” a former DHS staffer said.propublica.orgThese Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu... 21992492
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“My psychic told me that in just 15 years, you will stop being The Stupidest Man Ever To Be Elected President.” 32394401452
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Liberals say the Supreme Court is hastening the end of our democracy. They’re wrong— the Supreme Court is hastening the end of our republic. 382799421
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzAlan Smith @flanderosa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Guardian picture team continuing with some truly stellar work finding the least flattering pics of the man they can find 0231
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzAltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 01/09/2026The Department of the Interior is considering a proposal to sell part of Yosemite National Park to developers. Please take action. The National Parks Conservation Association has a form to voice your opposition to selling or trading any National Park property (i.e. public property!) to developers.act.npca.orgYosemite is Not for SaleYosemite National Park is priceless, beloved by millions – and not for sale or exchange. But now, the federal government appears ready to provide a developer with a piece of the park. Urge Secretary B... 18266
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Honors roll student who applied for legal admission through the now-defunct CBP app. Lost his college sports scholarship when the feds revoked TPS for all Haitian refugees. Wanted to be a doctor. They're killing our kids, our neighbors www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comHaitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitorPierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later. 9435173
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 02/09/202612. “Anti-trans politics lost," she said. "Mass. rejected the idea that attacking trans people is a shortcut to political power. Voters chose a different path: one where equality is not negotiable, cruelty is not courage, and transgender people do not have to disappear for Democrats to succeed.” 228242
Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026May this be a lesson to other dems who are willing or even eager to throw the most vulnerable members of our community under the bus. Suck it, transphobe. 17115
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Generational damage being done right now 24665216
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY 271368223
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzNatalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This one’s been on my mind after listening to the dorky Steller’s jays in my backyard try to do the red-tailed hawk call… A LOT. They’ve been cracking me up and I can only imagine what the neighbor hawks are thinking. 🪶 #TerribleComicTuesday 12806250
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"a tanker for a tanker leaves the whole world short on petrochemicals." -gandhi, probably 314016
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzFawnduu🐮🔜 A Big Gay Market OCT 4th @fawnduu.com · 01/09/2026The USDA is trying to recind the Roadless Rule which currently protects 45 million acres of National Forests from logging and deforestation. We have until September 20th to comment and tell the USDA we don't want this! File your comment w/ link below: action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d... 1532141695
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzWhimsy Bunny Doodles 🐇 @whimsybunnydoodles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026 1640231453
Reposted by Rachel Haimowitz🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 02/09/2026flotillas aren’t nearly as edible as they sound 821462
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591063163
Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The most damning statistic here is not about Trump, it's about his voters. 80% blame him for inflation and 68% don't approve of him, but only 17% of them wouldn't vote for him again??? Way to knowingly punch yourselves in the dick over and over, assholes. 010
Reposted by Rachel Haimowitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026you see, no one has standing when it comes time to sue the president because he is a very special birthday boy 1375202922
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 31/08/2026Children are not property. The law should not allow parents to treat their children as property — so long as it is in the name of religion. Oregon used to make that error. Oregon changed the law decades ago, fewer children have been tortured to death by the Follower cult. 431196
Reposted by Rachel Haimowitzlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 31/08/2026microsoft shoving copilot into places it doesn't belong (and google being probably as bad about this but in kinda different ways you might not see if you don't have a pixel) probably did at least as much reputational damage to the tech industry as the data center stuff 371591143
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzGil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026He doesn't get enough attention, but Coinbase's Brian Armstrong is one of the most radicalized billionaires in the USA. He's part of the Network State cult that seeks to build new tech nations. Now he's leading the crypto cartel's takeover of our electoral system newrepublic.com/article/1857...newrepublic.comThe Most Powerful Crypto Bro in Washington Has Very Weird BeliefsCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the U.S. is in “decline” and embraces a cultish tech movement to build “network” societies beyond the reach of nation-states—and he’s got Congress eating out of his h... 68735357
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Just like local police, retiring while under investigation is a standard law enforcement move.chicagotribune.comBovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records showFormer Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and Chicago, records show. 0432122
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzFight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026No one working for a trillion-dollar company should live in poverty. When massive corporations refuse to pay a living wage, taxpayers foot the bill through public assistance. We are subsidizing their record profits so the elites can buy another election. 25325
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The Trump administration has carefully selected right now as the appropriate time to cut cyclospora research. “We’re basically not allowed to continue any research on that beyond trying to preserve the samples that we already have from previous outbreaks”.politico.comUSDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocationsThe shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply. 11183115
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We need this to be front and center for everyone with any platform or power. This and the torture and trafficking of people from babies to seniors is what any "opposition" leader ought to be denouncing at every instance. 323299
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"I told it to use my voice" is not a thing. Stop acting like this is a thing. If ChatGPT wrote it, the voice is ChatGPT. 513335
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzBree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 18/08/2026Quick PSA. Looking at you, local orgs and small businesses. 1061502465
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzGay Breakfast @ Nekocon @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🏳️🌈✨jimothy✨🏳️🌈 1840260
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.inquirer.comThe CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. ShapiroHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak. 6929831344
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzDJ Boozy Brunch @griph.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I feel like we’re missing the real story here which is that historians now have a rough date for the invention of the power metal album cover 232369
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 31/08/2026Still cracking up over the idea of a movie asking "What if Scrooge had a point," because A) he didn't and B) it's not as if we haven't already had the entire run of DuckTales to explore this question 674328659
Reposted by Rachel Haimowitz🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Black and trans women TOLD EVERYONE THIS WAS WHAT THEY WERE GOING FOR THEY TOLD YOU 7531171
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dangerous sunroofs! It's like they're made of food! 5374
Reposted by Rachel HaimowitzAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Haha, a more fitting logo for Google. 586259356979