Reposted by Waste NotCaptain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something. 8710198
Reposted by Waste NotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the MidtermsSee how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress. 5124921003
Reposted by Waste NotGiulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile, Italy has introduced a fuel price cap, Germany a tax rebate, just to encourage people to burn some more fuel. And Germany still allows drivers to burn fuel to drive at 400km/h, if they feel so inclined. 34112
Reposted by Waste NotKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776122094
Reposted by Waste NotBen Shapiro's Eye Merkins @toxidrone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"could it help minimize civilian casualties?" Israel runs what they call "legitimization cells" which are tasked with finding a retroactive justification for anyone the IDF kills. This is the *only* way that Israel "minimizes" civilian casualties. By denying that they were civilians. 13110
Reposted by Waste NotPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"But now Billy was dead, and the state of Connecticut said he owed $232,733 for room and board during his earlier prison stay. Selling the house where DeSenti now lived alone would help satisfy that debt." ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...ctmirror.orgThey served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison. 22493289
Reposted by Waste NotThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 24/09/2026The mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles.theintercept.comLifestyles of the Rich & Famous War ProfiteersThe mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles. 28045
Reposted by Waste NotDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project MapBetween 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De... 3822411167
Reposted by Waste NotAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people. 172058804
Reposted by Waste NotUnited We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 23/09/2026The administration’s mass delegalization is worsening the healthcare crisis. When TPS is dismantled and programs like DACA are being chipped away piece by piece, it’s the home care workers, nurses, & doctors our communities rely on who are being pushed out of status. 165
Reposted by Waste NotKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2026This is the worst idea I've ever heard of. You'd be better off snorting asbestos like cocaine. 14733139
Reposted by Waste NotEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Did you know before the Underground Railroad went North, the path to freedom ran South? Yes it did. True story. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends—and learn the history of Fort Mose. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.nps.gov/foma/learn/h...nps.govFort Mose - Fort Matanzas National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)Fort Mose 541004474
Reposted by Waste NotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.washingtonsun.comTrump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously KnownThe data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states. 1101682965
Reposted by Waste NotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47371673218
Reposted by Waste Notⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The problem with memes like this is that they go stale so quickly. www.us-debt-clock.com 0115
Reposted by Waste Notashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die 2371136
Reposted by Waste NotProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.propublica.orgThis Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges... 161254670
Reposted by Waste NotCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Real Danger Of AI Is That It Is Run By Evil Warmongers The most obvious and imminent threat right now is not that artificial intelligence will outsmart us and escape our control, it’s that it is being fully controlled by humans who are stupid and evil. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-real-d...caitlinjohnst.oneThe Real Danger Of AI Is That It Is Run By Evil WarmongersVideo reading by Tim Foley: 313676
Reposted by Waste NotElectionCord @electioncord.com · 21/09/2026I'm sorry but this is hilarious. Trump's approval for the economy has gone so low it actually broke the scale on the Ipsos graph 411865518
Reposted by Waste NotSUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.vox.com/politics/503...vox.comSettler violence is now upending American politics on IsraelIt’s so bad now even Mike Huckabee is recoiling. 054
Reposted by Waste Not(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.vice.com/en/article/a...vice.comAll Those Antidepressants You’re Peeing Out Are Messing With Fish, New Study FindsResearchers found fish proteins can be far more sensitive to certain antidepressants, raising concerns about drugs entering waterways. 012
Reposted by Waste NotBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...billmckibben.substack.comHold my (warm) beerIt’s Existential Crises Week! 10347178
Reposted by Waste NotNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Full story: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...courier-journal.comKSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | ExclusiveAminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team. 326484
Reposted by Waste NotNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed. 222067939
Reposted by Waste Not404 Media @404media.co · 20/09/2026“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. www.404media.co/theres-a-100...404media.coThere’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. 815450
Reposted by Waste NotKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11997001915
Reposted by Waste NotGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347851228
Reposted by Waste NotMax Granger @maxgranger.info · 18/09/2026To clarify: This is for Spain's spin-off of Survivor, Supervivientes, owned by Mediaset España and Binjay Group. Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego (owner of TV Azteca) owns the corporate foundation pushing the eviction. 212742
Reposted by Waste NotMax Granger @maxgranger.info · 18/09/2026The eviction violates a recent IACHR ruling. Background here: english.elpais.com/internationa... See also: elfaro.net/en/202207/ce...english.elpais.comInternational ruling protects the Garifuna people from ‘Survivor’ shoot in HondurasThe Inter-American Court has ordered the Honduran state to return control of Cayos Cochinos to its ancestral inhabitants after two decades of exclusion and threats 214665
Reposted by Waste NotMax Granger @maxgranger.info · 18/09/2026Honduran riot cops are evicting an afro-indigenous Garifuna community so that a foreign billionaire can use their ancestral islands to film the reality TV show "Survivor." 7484358
Reposted by Waste Notⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You know who does things like that? International Criminals. International Criminals do that. 56927
Reposted by Waste NotHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients. 467103864621
Reposted by Waste NotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch. 612638949
Reposted by Waste NotThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/09/2026Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants you to know he has spent “decades” supporting the Palestinian people. But The Intercept dug into his claim and found that he actually has spent years donating to.... Friends of the IDF and AIPAC? buff.ly/0Msn7t7 1818996
Reposted by Waste Not#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 18/09/2026Israel, at its lowest point in terms of international standing since 1956, suffering from key munition shortages and manpower problems while occupying the territory of three states, on the brink of its sixth election in eleven years, is begging Saudi to normalize in exchange for nothing in return. 521246
Reposted by Waste NotFeral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#Marxistmonday 216164
Reposted by Waste NotBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Could be some good reasons the U.S. Constitution doesn’t authorize one person to take the country to war based on their erratic whims and the last person they spoke with. 19473138
Reposted by Waste NotPam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: The Trump regime plans to "cripple the court by prohibiting it from conducting transactions in U.S. dollars, cutting it off from much of the global financial system" to protect war criminal Bibi. Marco Rubio’s view is "that the ICC poses a threat to American sovereignty." 🎁 t2m.co/ZmzD7to9wsj.comExclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal CourtThe U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system. 64024
Reposted by Waste NotUAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers. Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is. truthout.org/articles/big...truthout.orgBig Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data CentersTribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is. 03126
Reposted by Waste NotProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2026The Supreme Court is making more and more consequential rulings in the shadows. Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm — and what it means for public trust. propublica.orgWatch: The New Supreme CourtFor likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. We break down how a once-rare emergency process became the ... 23558251
Reposted by Waste NotScott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/09/2026That this is a trend and not just a one-time thing seems... I don't know... suboptimal?gizmodo.com'Almost Started a War': US Military Nearly Boarded a Chinese Ship Based on Bad Intel From AIOne source told CNN that the "hallucination" was part of a trend in the U.S. military, not an isolated incident. 86429
Reposted by Waste NotArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I don't think the average American has any clue the amount of pain and destruction their country has caused the rest of the world. 5946499
Reposted by Waste NotBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This means that if the United States taxed corporations at the level Canada does, our debt-to-GDP would be stable indefinitely. 312538
Reposted by Waste NotCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 17/09/2026We were supposed to be in session all of September. We worked 2.5 days. Now Johnson is sending us home. Why? He’s terrified of votes on Hegseth impeachment articles and another Epstein discharge petition. Meanwhile, Trump is only focused on destroying the Kennedy Center and ranting like a maniac. 19733276
Reposted by Waste Notⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I remember when I didn't think it could get much worse than the 118th session of Congress. 0198
Reposted by Waste NotChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/09/2026The attorney who got Bob Kraft's solicitation of prostitution charges dismissed is Jack Goldberger, who negotiated Jeffrey Epstein's controversial non-prosecution agreement for child sex crimes. Goldberger got involved in Kraft's case after Epstein referred him. 8302100
Reposted by Waste NotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115834853
Reposted by Waste NotErin A. Snider @erinsnider.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"The Trump administration has approved a $2.8 billion sale of heavy bombs to Israel, according to a U.S. official, in what would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions there even as American public support for the country declines."nytimes.comTrump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel. 021
Reposted by Waste Notshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026these people work less than trump does 1837367