Reposted by Randie MeltonDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths. 371661273
Reposted by Randie MeltonGiant Boy Detective @captfamous.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have a cultural blanket assumption of "parenting = selfless" that lets parents get away with so many selfish things 041
Reposted by Randie MeltonGod @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026How are you feeling these days? God’s just watching in Heaven and wondering why you don’t rise up and put them all in prison and stuff? Think about how good that would feel. 2944017745
Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the real closing of the American mind. We will pay through the nose for it. 001
Reposted by Randie MeltonThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s… 315174753302
Reposted by Randie MeltonDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Between 29 and 35 percent of the American citizenry is too fucking ignorant to operate a republic. As Churchill noted, democracy is the worst form of government there is -- until you consider every alternative. It's hard, quotidian labor to self-govern, so the worst of us are exploring alternatives. 829237
Reposted by Randie MeltonTweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Never Forget: Old Dogs Are Beautiful Too😊🖤🤍 Original post 2819086673
Reposted by Randie Melton𝐩u𝐫e i𝐦b𝐞c𝐢l𝐞 @pureimbecile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This regime will put @theonion.com out of business. 073
Reposted by Randie MeltonSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So that's the thing. I grew up Mormon. And there are ~progressive poly folks~ who insist "Oh but haha we're not doing it BAD like those crazy Mormons did, we're GOOD people!" and then merrily describe doing shit that "oppressed Mormon sister wives in the 1860s" 100% would not have put up with. 758989
Reposted by Randie MeltonJoshua Tait @joshuatait.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Many years ago, when millennials treated the Harry Potter books with a weirdly religious reverence, people used to say, “Read another book.” The freakout about Greta Gerwig’s casting of Meryl Streep as the voice of the still-a-male-lion Aslan in the upcoming Narnia adaptation... 🧵 316515
Reposted by Randie MeltonBrynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Republican House members Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson have called for all transgender people to be rounded up and forcibly institutionalized. They want us gone, but will they let us escape? trib.al/S5fGeoftrib.alThe Fascists Want Trans People to Leave. I Left. But Should We All?I moved north. Polls show many trans Americans would leave if they could. Should Canada make us an offer we can’t refuse? 74212
Reposted by Randie MeltonLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026It seems like this is a good time to tell you all why LLMs are never, and can never be, conscious. 6475141
Reposted by Randie MeltonLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 17/09/2026“The problem, as French sees it, is clearly the mere existence of Texans with South Asian heritage. That’s it. That’s the entire message.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-future-o...liberalcurrents.comThe Future of the Republican Party After Trump Is in TexasThe white male supremacists of the Texas GOP embody what the national party has become. 1467
Reposted by Randie MeltonJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 16/09/2026The Manning moment is small, in the scheme of all the things happening in this god forsaken time. But let's be clear -- this is not a product of this time. The AI aspect, yes. But men in sports, especially football, being shitty about and to women? Male journalists joining in? Old shit. 537564
Reposted by Randie MeltonEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How a particular candidate can motivate their base while also reaching out to other voters is specific to the candidate and the race. But it's silly to act like the only task the candidate has is to reach out to low-info swing voters and the base should motivate themselves or be blamed for the loss. 414621
Reposted by Randie Meltonanniempeterson.bsky.social @anniempeterson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I tried here to explain why anti-trans activists are targeting Portland, the struggle I have with covering some of these issues as a reporter and how transgender athletes belong in sports. Exclusion is incompatible with equity. 312141
Reposted by Randie MeltonThe IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This week in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's Soccer Insider for The IX Sports she explains why anti-trans activists have chosen to target the Portland Thorns FC and women's sports bar the Sports Bra. Read: www.theixsports.com/newsletter/inclusion-is-the-path-to-equity-in-womens-sports/theixsports.comEveryone Belongs | The IX SportsAnti-trans activists have descended on Portland, targeting the Thorns and the Sports Bra. Why they chose Portland and what can be done. 03612
Reposted by Randie MeltonK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026one thing i think this president has been outstanding is reframing every fight as one where minorities and the marginalized have all the power and white folks are just smol beans along for the ride who are politely asking for things like segregation and open prejudice and lower gas prices 414825
Reposted by Randie MeltonJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/09/2026Elsewhere on Bluesky folks are noting that The Kids These Days aren't much into Douglas Adams. As someone who is much into Douglas Adams (and in fact wrote an intro to new edition of his works) allow me to remind folks that it's not actually surprising when The Kids aren't into decades-old stuff. 1242259201
Reposted by Randie MeltonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online" 98362092197
Reposted by Randie Melton💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Period! #FDT #Pinks 9735551086
Reposted by Randie Meltonvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections 555444944
Reposted by Randie Meltonriksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Meanwhile, at the flicks..... 824460580
Reposted by Randie MeltonLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 11/09/2026"For those of us who lived it, it feels like everything that has happened since still lingers in the shadow of those burning towers, those plumes of smoke stretching across the skyline, the silence before the second strike. "But history rolls on." www.liberalcurrents.com/after-septem...liberalcurrents.comAfter SeptemberThe grief lingers, and the mistakes cannot be overturned, and the dead do not return from their graves. 27321
Reposted by Randie MeltonTawni Marshall @tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Being a transphobe is so fucking embarrassing. What do you mean your special interests are Ray Blanchard and trading pics of surgery? You gonna bully some kids at a softball game? You gonna wear your suffragette colors? Should we invite glinner? Fucking losers. 330752
Reposted by Randie MeltonRoy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump told 9/11 families that he was rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center -- an obvious and shocking lie. Here's how the New York Times reports it. This is like reporting George Wallace's "segregation forever" speech as "Governor speaks at inauguration. Some remarks controversial." 1271950661
Reposted by Randie MeltonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109082686
Reposted by Randie MeltonAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation. 4541361750
Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Fuck. Farewell to a true Goddess/legend. 😢😢 She made the world a better place. 000
Reposted by Randie MeltonDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Get in line. Americans won't trust Americans again. A third of my fellow citizens put their hand on the same hot stove twice and most of them would still do it again. 1533958
Reposted by Randie MeltonDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Today is Senior Citizens Day I know this poem is very well known but it’s brilliant & I really can’t think of a more apt poem for today. I’m all for practicing now too. In fact, of the list of dos and don’ts I’m 40% of the way there already #poetry #poemoftheday 75710
Reposted by Randie MeltonSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 21/08/2026I wrote about how angry I feel watching people write columns about trans women in sports.sydney-bauer.comJust call me a man already and get it over withI'm angry. I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can even get t... 141529476
Reposted by Randie Meltonmelodicsighs.bsky.social @melodicsighs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Restore “the warrior ethos” while he single handedly destroys the most professional and effective military on earth. 051
Reposted by Randie MeltonSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece. In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue." We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards. 261768452
Reposted by Randie MeltonMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Rank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/... 484471576
Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres R.E.M. Mary Chapin Carpenter Brandi Carlile 030
Reposted by Randie MeltonNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting 1093988836
Reposted by Randie MeltonJesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)Is Kansas just the beginning? 71065356
Reposted by Randie MeltonToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026modern fascists aren't posturing, or saying stuff for some other purpose—they mean it my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...liberalcurrents.comFascists Really Believe ItMillions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory. 441541522