RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I find it really confusing that being an expert in one field makes some folks more convinced in their expertise outside their field, rather than less. Seems like experts, of all people, should know how hard it is to come by expertise, and notice the kinds they haven't worked hard enough to claim. 010
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Can we please just Truman Show him until it's over? Please? 000
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Very proud of all y'all in the comments getting the apostrophe in the right spot. 000
Reposted by RoughestDraftsCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One thing that's been bugging me today: people who claim Dolly Parton wasn't political. False. She was very political. Her art and life's work were about interrogating power + amplifying the powerless. You only think she wasn't political because she did this by example, not bullshit slogans. 936413956
Reposted by RoughestDraftsFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99268126332
Reposted by RoughestDraftsT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world. 13872852044
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Two arguments I'm tired of hearing about AI in education: 1. "We have to teach students how to use it; AI is inevitable and they need to know how to use it to get ahead." Okay, except is it? Sure seems like folks are increasingly rejecting AI products as careless, lazy, and unreliable(1/?) 200
Reposted by RoughestDraftsMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Warning⚠️ Every one of us whether we're a rich business person, a supermarket clerk, a teacher or a plumber is at risk from #ICELawlessness. They can target anyone. If your business has a rival, maybe that rival sends his brother in ICE to detain or harass you. That's authoritarianism inaction.🧵 27906539
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is going to be my framing this term. It's non-judgmental, succinct, and (I hope) compelling. It leads with care for students and reverence for the subject matter. Well done! 020
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Fighting in the Dark - Preorder Now! www.the-reframe.com/fighting-in-...the-reframe.comFighting in the Dark - Preorder Now!My new book, FIGHTING IN THE DARK, is now available to preorder in paperback and ebook! It comes out on August 4, 2026. Read on for more details. 000
Reposted by RoughestDraftsBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Process knowledge (08 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 5675183
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm genuinely saddened by Lindsey Graham's passing, because - and only because - Seth Meyers had built such a rich, Tennessee-Wlliamsesque narrative world around him and his Meemaw. 030
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I've loved watching the U.S. tean. I love our players. But given the way things unfolded above their heads leading up to this game, I'm glad Belgium won. Any victory we could've achieved from here on in would have been tainted. Such hateful lust for ruining even the things he doesn't care about. 040
Reposted by RoughestDraftsAmy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026imputing consciousness to software is 1. factually wrong, 2. pathetically credulous, 3. dangerous, 4. demeaning to actual life. i admit that it's 2 that pisses me off the most but 3 and 4 are the true problem and they weren't the case, 2 would be less aggravating 111418
Reposted by RoughestDraftsLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026So, you know,, sorry to the individuals who wanted a nice thing but I wanted a nice thing too and instead I got thi Maybe, when you don't celebrate the whole country, EVERYONE who belongs here and lives here, the celebration should go to shit and everyone should be miserable 72519248
Reposted by RoughestDraftsJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 29/06/2026a PLEASURE 535131
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 24/06/2026As long as I live, I'll never understand the need to wallow in and spread one's defeatism. Does it comfort you to sow your hopelessness in others? Does it make you feel intellectually and morally superior to people who hope and work for change? Is it how you reconcile yourself to inaction? 010
Reposted by RoughestDraftsPfunk, the Shenanigator @gluonsrule.bsky.social · 20/06/2026folks, it's 'weary' when you're tired and 'wary' when you're suspicious/careful. i get so confused when i'm reading something and the person writes 'weary' 'cause i'm like...you TIRED? thank you for your continued understanding during this trying time in our nation's history. 153550
Reposted by RoughestDraftsElizabethwithaZ @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026There's a night that's the very last night your child wants you to rub their back while they try to fall asleep. You likely won't know what night it is until weeks after it's already happened. 1527
Reposted by RoughestDraftsStrategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center. 1164635912
Reposted by RoughestDraftsEllen Hokanson @ellenhokanson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026It’s an insult to “working class voters”—many of whom are women!—to claim that a candidate who represents them is bound to have a history of partner abuse, mercenary soldiering, and acting like a Nazi tattoo is cute. 671473
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I fear that this hellish timeline is teaching our young folks that the world is your oyster the moment you learn to overcome your distaste for insincerity. 010
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Anyone else look back fondly on the unhinged descriptions of the Skymall catalog, plainly written by people paid too little to be proper corporate shills, or else, as I suspect, by the greatest authors of our time trying to outrun their writer's block via a cheeky side hustle? 320
Reposted by RoughestDrafts𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋™ @devononearth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Happy 226th Birthday to John Brown, the only white boy to ever truly understand the assignment 302838631
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Listening to the unimpeachable Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack has me a. mainlining nostalgia and b. realizing why so many Boomers are estranged from their children. Every other song is like "Ha ha ha here is how I compensate for my utter lack of emotional self-awareness and it's cute actually" 000
Reposted by RoughestDraftsAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/05/2026look, it’s time to embarrass these people. ask them if trump could play quarterback right now for the cowboys, ask them if trump is more mortal or god, ask them if donald trump deserved an oscar for his performance in home alone 2 743189683
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Reflecting back on the life events that have made me who I am today, I think 13 is probably the worst age for most anyone to discover the Johari window 100
Reposted by RoughestDraftsMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible. 238207355374
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hedy Lamar, Rita Hayworth, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 030
Reposted by RoughestDraftsAysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it 3556041652
Reposted by RoughestDraftsDelegate Elizabeth Guzman @guzman4virginia.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I’m an immigrant, mom, union member, and social worker running in the new VA-07. We don’t just need more Democrats - we need Democrats with a backbone. I’m ready to bring the fight to Congress. Join me: GuzmanforVirginia.com 23678221
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Admittedly not the first trait you're looking for in an FBI director, but can we really blame Kash Patel for concluding he'd been fired when he couldn't open his email? The internet is out here dunking on him for this as if his boss didn't have a penchant for firing ppl on live TV, via tweet, etc. 011
Reposted by RoughestDraftsRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 18/04/2026Inconvenience? I just had to dig seven pages deep to find the unsubscribe for one of the four TV subscriptions I need, I'm measured & optimized against in my supermarket, lamps, music, games, and travel. Every service I love gets enshittified to buy billionaires yachts worth 100 times my house. 391635501
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hoping you'll all join me in the Criticize Melania Trump Without Resorting to Gross, Lazy Misogyny 2026 Challenge! 010
Reposted by RoughestDraftsAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026As a constituent of yours, @kaine.senate.gov, I hope this story isn't true. You know better than to enable a war run by fools and murderers, the kind of people who help kill schoolgirls then lie about it.politico.com‘We’re in it’: Democrats won’t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East warDemocrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump’s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war. 1626354
Reposted by RoughestDraftsLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/02/202651 children dead. Each one a universe. 627183
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I wish students wouldn't use AI to "check their work" in Spanish, but I'm glad they're at least coming to me afterwards to find out why ChatGPT did them dirty. It gives me a chance to remind them that a tool that only returns one "correct" answer is likely to undermine, not build, their confidence. 030
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 24/02/2026On the one hand, it's great that we've spontaneously developed an allergy to the kind of casual misogyny we heard in the call between DJT and the U.S. men's hockey team. On the other hand, it feels like a lot to ask a bunch of hockey bros to be the vanguard of solidarity. Hot take in 3...2...1... 120
Reposted by RoughestDraftsChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 19/02/2026People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all. 182292945
Reposted by RoughestDrafts𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13133614716657
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Dragging my 9- and 11-year-old sons thru their school valentine exchange, I realize how much Kid Me pored over the choice of valentine design and handwriting size to divine the deepest feelings of boys whose moms almost certainly harangued them to finish up already, it's time for soccer practice 030
Reposted by RoughestDraftsJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal 2159173
Reposted by RoughestDraftsMary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Every American needs to watch this: 5972080810427
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Amd yet I hear there's a male loneliness epidemic. So confusing 071
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Week 23 of ##SewAndTell is all about kids, and hence, in my wheelhouse. Early on, I stumbled on a formula of cotton pajamas + fleece accessories for comfortable, practical kid costumes. Here are a few that I laid out and photographed to sell or give away, but alas, no takers. DM me if you need one! 2120
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I will not waste time seeking common ground with people who are in outer space. I will not waste time seeking common ground with people who are in outer space. I will not waste time seeking common ground with people who are in outer space. 030
Reposted by RoughestDraftsA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It's true that when a government becomes tyrannical it is the duty of the citizens to overthrow it and form a new one. It's just that the people who have been saying it in my lifetime have been saying it in response to stuff like the existence of Hannukah, and Black people, and the Spanish language. 111408283
Reposted by RoughestDraftsJohn Drake @johndrake.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA 7569431410
RoughestDrafts @roughdraftjess.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Stop with the "we're cooked, no more elections" rhetoric. You're doing their work for them. January has already been a long year, November is functionally unknowable, so stop ejaculating your panic all over the place and for Pete's sake don't forfeit the levers we still DO have at our disposal. 030