Reposted by RobertMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 58mMike Johnson about possibly losing the speaker job: “If God moves on our hearts and says we should ... go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor.” He’s saying that God has told him, for now, to prop up a dictator. Mike Johnson is full of shit. 3626252
Reposted by RobertNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV. 371404265
Reposted by RobertJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this is the funniest thing i've seen in a looooong time. city passes new rule allowing prayer before city council meetings. satanist prays. city council then debates proper time to "undo the curse that was just put on our city" www.404media.co/it-is-done-h... 712061499
Reposted by RobertMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026👇🎯 I, for one, also look forward to Elissa Slotkin, Brian Schatz, President Obama, & Ezra Douthglesias offering their thoughts on how the Republican Party has a Funny Words problem. 78412
Reposted by RobertSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mike Lee's transformation over the past decade has been hard to understand. 3726449
Reposted by Robertalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026every time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check" 10708140
Reposted by RobertNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The 2024 GOP policy platform was: -Put Trump above the law, let him crime without consequence -Hurt the darkies and the queers -Make things more expensive -Censor media and academia -Empower corrupt tech oligarchs And it worked! Voters were into it. So I can see the logic of trying that again. 821948
Reposted by RobertNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump has trashed the economy, destroyed America’s international standing, and suffered a humiliation at the hands of Iran. But a woman I’ve never heard of before sent her kid to the wrong school in a city I don’t live in. I have never felt more politically homeless. 740945
Reposted by RobertSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275922511
Reposted by RobertJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002200778
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the way. AOC for prez talk is incredibly out of touch, lunatic talk. AOC for Senator from NY is just good politics. 030
Reposted by RobertPremillennial Decompensationalist @smollusk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Republicans are evil and want to kill and terrorize millions but Democrats are annoying and that's worse" is so incredibly predictable the mating call of people who have never had any actual problems 247057
Reposted by RobertJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092983069
Reposted by RobertAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282163857
Reposted by RobertCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843461195
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Jesus tap-dancing Christ it is not “very likely” illegal IT IS ILLEGAL. 1201
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It didn’t go rogue. So-called “ai” can’t do what it’s not programmed or allowed to do. It is not sentient. It cannot “go rogue.” A human either didn’t do their job right, or intentionally let this happen. Please bother to do a modicum of research. Please. 2141
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m convinced there’s a connection between these rich assholes who are weird and violent and predatory about sex, and this modern slander of Chris Hansen & TCAP as itself predatory. 010
Reposted by RobertDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6838731539
Reposted by Robertmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The New York Times has now run two prominently placed stories about Zohran Mamdani's comms department coordinating with unpaid influencers as if it is a huge scandal. Will they cover Trump using our tax dollars to buy literal campaign ads as if it is equivalent scandalous? If not why not? 171320296
Reposted by Robertdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12771111697
Reposted by RobertAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088203854
Reposted by RobertMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/08/2025- DC/PR/USVI statehood - Enlarging the House - MMDs - New VRA - Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop... - Automatic universal voter registration - Rewriting <all> the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop... - Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop... Etc. 31639148
Reposted by RobertKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president. 34567501532
Reposted by RobertPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...newrepublic.comMAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to GoThe “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales. 373182781
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Well then it’d be nice if they’d actually made it work. I currently can’t watch anything on their service, because it wants me to watch an ad first. And the ad won’t load. No matter how many times I refresh or restart. I barely watch television. This isn’t making me want to start. 000
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For the life of me I will never understand how Microsoft is still in business. Your software is bad and you should feel bad. 000
Reposted by RobertMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired. 573327940
Reposted by RobertJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026Gonna be a lot of ink spilled abt the President’s assault on the free press from the corp press and I wonder how much is performative For the last 10yrs, he put reporters in holding pens, called them piggy, debased them, called them enemies of the state, etc. & they kept coming back. Access. 1/ 427868
Reposted by RobertFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm going to say it How is it possible that he skates on this stuff. This is like a Benghazi^2 level of scandal. 1939689
Robert @robertgonyo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You’ll never convince me this wasn’t intentional. Yes, they’ll be called out for it. Yes, they’ll apologize. But this racist dog whistle is has now sounded for anyone listening for it. The outraged will forget it was a thing, but those racist fucks it was intended for won’t. 000
Reposted by RobertMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk. 571263304
Reposted by RobertMike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You're not, because chemtrails aren't real. 46912
Reposted by RobertNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Is there one (1) conspiracy theory this man does not believe? Like, is Bobby also looking for the lizard king's castle at the heart of Hollow Earth?!?! 1261497213
Reposted by RobertAnne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yeah. It'd be nice if the electorate would remember this happens *every single time* a conservative gets elected to the presidency (at least in my lifetime) 48819
Reposted by RobertMelissa Paints @melissavandiver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026They are saying it can end humanity mysteriously at some point in the future because they don't want anyone to focus on the less exciting damage it's doing right now. They are volunteering to self-regulate against threats that don't matter so we won't regulate them against the ones that do 26220