Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas? 10895402182 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialZombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply. 59105263200 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 07/07/2026The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny 165608961 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialEldritch Racasner 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026OKC's bench scored 76 points tonight, as a tribute to Daryl Morey 013128 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater. Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... 1563249791 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAlyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Before the Challenger exploded, engineers tried to tell their bosses that the o-ring that failed would do exactly that. Their bosses decided their NASA contract - aka the money - was more important than safety and gave the go ahead anyway. I think about that a lot lately. 0600200 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialGore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I’m at ICE HQ 69160153129 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Unfortunately we are and remain one world. A Canadian-South African tech billionaire's support for an American political party leads to mass death in South Sudanese refugee camps in Kenya; an American-Israeli attack on Iran leads to Thailand buying oil from a Russia that is invading Ukraine. 3929223 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026While this would be an unusual outcome for a civil fraud trial, I believe he should be given the death penalty 14076721354 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 20/03/2026The USPS IS NOT LOSING MONEY. THE USPS IS SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO IT BY THE BUDGET. THE USPS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO ZERO OUT ITS BALANCE SHEET IT IS NOT A BUSINESS IT DOES NOT HAVE SHAREHOLDERS. IF THE USPS IS OUTSPENDING ITS BUDGET IT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED MORE BUDGET. 344961533 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/03/2026"did you know the USPS is losing money" no I didn't know and I still don't care do you know how much money your president has lost you since January 1655748891 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe what’s happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropic’s AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance. Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation. 7559621747 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJ. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 22/02/2026DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIXED FEELINGS? 652319448 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...nytimes.comA Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing 6440561808 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026We’re gonna win they’re gonna lose 61768259 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I owe you an apology, Amber Glenn. I wasn't really familiar with your Magic: The Gathering Game. 72123428 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible 228189743893 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialGuido @arealguido.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Do you know how f*cked up you gotta act to get banned from Xbox Live in *in 2013*? 111564264 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialMagic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 30/01/2026We are deeply saddened at the news of the passing of Magic legend Kai Budde. His achievements in the game and community go beyond what we could say in one post. Our thoughts go out to Kai's friends and family in this moment. Remembering Kai Budde: magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno... 351400405 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money. And he was still threatening to kill someone. 6446651807 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026 146100093920 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/01/2026They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history. If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them. Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people. 4741147 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place 15213585082 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/01/2026There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected. 15956382914 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/01/2026Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X) 620100644445 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJohn Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I can't look at the images from Minneapolis and not think of Charlottesville. Because that's what ICE is now - It's all the same guys in khakis, but now they work for your government. Now they are legally empowered to dominate you and murder you. And you're literally paying them to do it. 27117 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office. 1455269048306 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 04/01/2026My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives. 277197604195 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/01/2026You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat 60190454112 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialkrat @kwholesaler.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state 2850331342 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Sounds about right. 398195395643 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/12/20257News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed A 43 year old married father of two He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland No experience with guns He was walking past He has two bullets in his arm 8140461174 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... 959149276102 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 04/11/2025Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thanks, God 337163183954 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/11/2025ICE officers reportedly shot a 25-year-old named Carlos Jimenez. He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.motherjones.comReport: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kidsAccording to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle. 11921331429 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Gee, I can’t imagine why… 43799743944 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAuthor Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The photo: The comments you will laugh at: 761310425 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialalice @alice.mosphere.at · 19/10/2025happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote 3551672233 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 11/10/2025Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection. Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is. 278230096795 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialUnusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Elizabeth Warren has called for probe of Trump family foreign crypto deals 1233538 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target 17535857513262 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Last year: Austin Peay State University learns prof is Nazi who went to Charlottesville rally. Admin drags heels, pays him $56k severance to leave This week: APSU prof posts screenshot of headline - Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment- & is immediately fired 5837661481 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialThe Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2025The whole thing with Charlie Kirk really does confirm what I’ve long suspected about right wing assholes: They want it to be illegal not to like them. It’s the same reasoning as incels but for everyone’s attitudes towards them, not just women. 28952259 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/09/2025People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police 13833736211243 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs. 303248466261 0
Reposted by @readstate.bsky.socialJacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened 91129173287 0