Reposted by Richard PundMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297687666
Reposted by Richard PundMissouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 03/09/2026Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote #moleg #mogovmissouriindependent.comMissouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri IndependentMissourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled. 25520
Reposted by Richard PundKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 183142602641
Reposted by Richard PundStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion 253382759
Reposted by Richard PundSherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Early results — as in too early to draw any conclusions — show 71% voting against the constitutional amendment. That's with 126,572 votes posted. #ksleg 413413
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My newest opinion piece for @kansasreflector.com featuring Mister Gotcha #kslegkansasreflector.comGOP messaging on Kansas judicial selection amendment has a democracy-sized sincerity problem • Kansas ReflectorIt’s not a coincidence that the democracy Republican politicians want voters to choose is one that would give them more influence. 000
Reposted by Richard PundThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/07/2026The work of building efficient, scalable AI systems hasn't been done, Alex Reisner argues. He explores the the industry's inefficiency, and how it’s costing the rest of us:bit.lyGenerative AI Is an Engineering DisasterA shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project 616161
Reposted by Richard PundDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 14353951168
Reposted by Richard PundAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Buttigieg: Let's talk one more thing, one more radical proposition on the executive branch. What if everybody's vote counted the same? 652493573
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 30/05/2026“I want to urge my political allies, those who share my commitment to substantive policy outcomes, to adopt this same political orientation, to embrace feminist politics of solidarity rather than personality.” www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...liberalcurrents.comAOC for PresidentWhether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism. 910125
Reposted by Richard PundBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possibletheringer.comThe 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in TechThe bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI 932484836
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Count me in as another AI skeptic and UBI supporter. Thanks as always to @kansasreflector.com for letting me have my say.kansasreflector.comAs data centers sprawl across the landscape, AI companies should pay Kansans what we're owed • Kansas ReflectorIf we want AI to benefit all of us and not just the tech billionaires, then we need different policies to spread the wealth. 2178
Reposted by Richard PundDennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"Making [proportional representation] a “hundred days” reform . . . would upend our calcified two-party system. Only a few party insiders and timid squishes would miss this most contemptible aspect of the old republic." "What would a multiparty U.S. House look like? Let me speculate . . . " 14616
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 11/05/2026“We can fix our broken system. We can change the structure of elections in America to make them more free, more democratic, and more fair to every voter. Here's how.” @dennislytton.bsky.social today www.liberalcurrents.com/proportional...liberalcurrents.comProportional Representation Would Fix ThatWe can change the structure of elections in America to make them more free, more democratic, and more fair to every voter. Here's how. 38830
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 04/05/2026"The main problem is the usage of single-seat districts as the basis of representing the population in the House. There is no such thing as a set of maps that is fair, competitive, and representative. Gerrymandering is just tweaking a bad system at the margins."liberalcurrents.comLessons from the Redistricting WarsGerrymandering is just tweaking a bad system at the margins. 410638
Reposted by Richard Pundryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/04/2026sucks that it’s come to this, but if congressional Republicans wanted to put up a national gerrymandering ban or multi member districts etc, it would pass *for sure*. until then fight fire with fire 171975234
Reposted by Richard PundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Orban made grand appeals to “Christianity” and “Western Civilization,” but his “illiberal democracy” was just a scam, a way to make him and his buddies rich while subjecting Hungarians to stagnation and robbing them of their freedom. Sound familiar? (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 533427968
Reposted by Richard PundNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One of my favorite things about the Trump Era is that any invocation of civic virtue or decency, no matter how anodyne, is implicitly understood by his supporters as an attack on him and his movement. 09518
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This makes me wonder how bad the global memory shortage would be if these AI companies actually optimized their code. Would there even be a shortage at all? 093
Reposted by Richard PundMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it. Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.thehandbasket.coRefusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'Humans, however flawed, are 321925530
Reposted by Richard PundMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The US has the fewest parties represented in our national legislature of any country in the industrialized world. We don't just need better candidates--we need a new political system with more parties. 94724181
Reposted by Richard PundLee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026"There will be an after. There always is. The Gilded Age ended. The boss system ended. The Solid Jim Crow South gave way to voting rights. This era of dysfunction and discontent will end too. The real question is: What comes next?" New from me -> www.vox.com/politics/480...vox.comUS democracy has repaired itself before. Here’s how we can do it again.America has remade itself every few decades. Are we due? 0158
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Great piece. I think the end makes a good point. Proctor has been promoting policies that primarily harm voter turnout. By manipulating the electorate like this, he's doing more harm to our election integrity than good. 000
Reposted by Richard PundProtect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 23/02/2026We need more people to know about this simple solution to gerrymandering ⬇️ Here's how proportional representation could make map manipulation impossible, and it’s actually achievable. Watch and share to spread the word: youtu.be/xN5V0au9Xmsyoutu.beHow Proportional Representation Could End GerrymanderingYouTube video by Protect Democracy 34020
Reposted by Richard Pundjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice. 220103491719
Reposted by Richard PundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 261120183987
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I've started playing #CluesbySam. It's a fun logic puzzle! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.comcluesbysam.comClues by SamA daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal! 000
Reposted by Richard PundSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths. 633627698
Reposted by Richard PundCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 04/01/2026Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world. 523802754
Reposted by Richard PundBolts @boltsmag.org · 24/12/2025Congress could mandate that states use proportional representation, with parties getting a number of seats proportional to their share of the vote. Advocates are already pushing for some states to experiment with this reform.boltsmag.orgThe Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions AnsweredHow are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? You asked, and we’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting. 610330
Reposted by Richard Pund🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 11/12/2025I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY 5749901549
Reposted by Richard PundKansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 02/12/2025U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s disdain for Electoral College in presidential elections still matter of debate | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #kslegkansasreflector.comU.S. Sen. Bob Dole's disdain for Electoral College in presidential elections still matter of debate • Kansas ReflectorTwo attorneys and four expert witnesses at Dole Institute explore replacing Electoral College in election of U.S. presidents with a national popular vote. 395
Reposted by Richard PundG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12/11/2025you should quit social media if you can. if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...gelliottmorris.comYou should quit social media for goodPlatforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web. 25468121
Reposted by Richard PundFieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Play it Later - Gator Days 504027695
Reposted by Richard PundKansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 05/11/2025Kansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #kslegkansasreflector.comKansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run • Kansas ReflectorKansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said Tuesday that he didn't gather enough support from his Republican caucus to force a special session. 33311
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 31/10/2025“We cannot go back to anything approaching the old constitutional order, which already had been in a long, terminal decline.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...liberalcurrents.comThe American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted AgainIt’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive. 523668
Reposted by Richard PundMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/11/2025“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”thehandbasket.coSNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for moreJournalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong. 6542218
Reposted by Richard Pundpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/10/2025In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning 794722786
Reposted by Richard PundNPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025Kansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress. (via @kcur.org)n.prKansas Republicans start redistricting process aimed at unseating Rep. Sharice DavidsKansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress. 43348166
Reposted by Richard PundAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people. 323189114309
Reposted by Richard Pundjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/09/2025great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movienytimes.comOpinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left 252195478
Reposted by Richard Pundderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵 IG msviciousdesign 412164325
Reposted by Richard PundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 11263191606
Reposted by Richard PundG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/09/2025if we are going to have online magazines for Abundance, i think a wealthy patron should fund an online magazine for electoral reform — specifically for furthering the twin causes of proportional representation and democratic revival. seems like a comparatively neglected space 1745766
Reposted by Richard Pundjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/09/2025a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society 672854692
Reposted by Richard PundOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2025this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either 360318178273
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Sometimes, the YouTube algorithm actually works. Can't believe I've never heard Stromae before but it's really speaking to me right now. youtu.be/VHoT4N43jK8?...youtu.beStromae - Alors on danse (Official Video)YouTube video by StromaeVEVO 010
Reposted by Richard PundMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Political violence is often the result of people living in a political system they no longer believe can deliver the things they want or need. We need to change how our political system works so more of us believe that it’s possible to solve problems together through our government. 1945975