Reposted by Rick FryAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 21hMuskism from apartheid to AI “call bullshit on the idea that these people are “futurists.” They’re not futurists. their political and economic ideas are the worst failed, most discredited ideas of the 20th century. Why we should look to them for political and economic leadership is baffling to me." 010520
Reposted by Rick FryPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 18h“The President should be impeached and removed for his ongoing corrupt abuse of power by using law enforcement agencies to target his political enemies on pretextual charges.” Fixed it. 227261
Reposted by Rick FryNick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In my mind the defining feature of Trump II is that is ✨actually✨ a kakistocracy. RFK Jr and Russ Vought have very little in common politically, but they do share one essential quality: they are absolutely the worst person alive for the jobs they have. 181379231
Reposted by Rick FryAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026another day another way he’s openly positioning himself as the GOP nominee, great uniter from the west, grand reagan bsky.app/profile/anna... 917445
Reposted by Rick FryZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon. 131691417
Reposted by Rick FryGabe Bullard @gbullard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Great essay by @annakornbluh.bsky.social and what a powerful closing paragraph.artnews.comHow Defunding the Arts Wrought Civic DisintegrationWhat Was America?: Art, Culture, and Politics in the Bicentennial Era tackles United States’ most ambitious cultural project: the bicentennial. 12511
Reposted by Rick Fryescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Democratic candidates up and down the ballot take note: when your central thesis is "i have scraped dogshit off my shoe that has more moral fiber and respect than my opponent" you can land some real body blows on the other guy across a VARIETY of topics 114531
Reposted by Rick FryConor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s an interesting and unusual choice, particularly as a Democrat, to decide to completely obliterate your opponent in a debate when you could’ve played it safe. 1525520
Reposted by Rick Frylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/10/2026me: I dunno, I still like the guys on the team but I'm sympathetic to the argument seeing the Dodgers win in the playoffs every year is boring (braves fans start doing the chop) me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance 1578083
Reposted by Rick FryHadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“I don’t know how families are making it right now.” Brooke Floyd told me, “It does make me think when I’m lying in bed at night, What are these babies eating?” hammerandhope.org/article/medi... Grateful for support from @economichardship.bsky.social to write this for @hammerandhope.bsky.socialhammerandhope.orgThe Economic Crisis in Black AmericaLife for most Black people in the United States is a scramble to get by in the best of economic times — and with Trump’s cuts to social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, the times are getting worse. 093
Reposted by Rick FryInterrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026• More than 38,000 women (22,000) and girls (16,000) have been killed, including since the so-called ceasefire. These figures likely understate the true toll, as many bodies remain trapped under rubble. 24528
Reposted by Rick FryTamper Proof Lid @readuction.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine being named Conor Geekie and you meet your line mate and his name is Charle-Edouard d’Astous 2214
Reposted by Rick Frygeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors 774164838
Reposted by Rick FryAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We allow monsters to rule us 5429113
Reposted by Rick FryJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322953644
Reposted by Rick FrySam @samd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the thing to remember about the global far-right is that it is fundamentally a movement of unhappy freaks who scapegoat immigrants for their own inadequacies 364084
Reposted by Rick Frylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026you'd like to schedule a doctor's appointment? have you logged into MyHealthChart yet? Remember that MyHealthChart used to be Healbe. If you migrated your chart from Healbe Now or Healbe Epic, you are not eligible to make an account. Please make note Healbe Epic is formerly MyHealthChartRX. 762624314
Reposted by Rick FryBen Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When witches are cackling and telling you “Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” take a step back. Breathe. Those are normal things for fire and cauldrons to do. They’re trying to mess with you. 212913717
Reposted by Rick FryMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353521837
Reposted by Rick Fryjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026someone call up will smith we need him to do something 190101611131
Reposted by Rick Fryweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Before judging your first draft too harshly, remember the original Pillsbury Doughboy sketch 713917
Reposted by Rick FryMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Putting a bottle or can of pop in the freezer to cool it quickly and assuming you'll pull it out before it explodes is known as 'the devil's fizzy wager.' 731497162
Reposted by Rick FryWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Quebec is a great place to live if you want to experience Maximum Weather. No Mediterranean temperate shit here, bitch, just raw uncut seasons. 1331210
Reposted by Rick FryMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Unsung Women Behind America’s Most Celebrated Civil Rights Protest The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘How Bright the Path Grows,’ by Marcia Chatelain (Gift Article)The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. 2345109
Reposted by Rick FryTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/05/2026When I used to write for The Guardian, every time I wrote the word “meow” the editors would change it to “miaow”. It used to really get on my wick. Don’t try to make my cats sound like your upper middle class London cats, you fuckers. My cats did not go to your posh cat schools. They say “meow”. 994837693
Reposted by Rick Frygamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"EVERYONE KNOWS they're not really like wonder woman's plane. idiots." 5704
Reposted by Rick FryDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Chicago Pope from the top rope! 331153
Reposted by Rick FryTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7943342
Reposted by Rick FryJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 352363392
Reposted by Rick FryAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30598772383
Reposted by Rick FryTruckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Monday: The Workman's Curse Tuesday: The Day of Bastards Wednesday: Heavy is the Burden of Sisyphus Thursday: The Second Day of Bastards Friday: Business in the Front, Party in the Back Saturday: Me Old Ham, My Good Time Charlie Sunday: Fairweather Friend 71044213
Reposted by Rick Fryescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Relatedly, I think Canada should pull the plug on sending the US oil for a week or two, as a reminder to voters exactly what the consequences of voting for a party that decides to explicitly undermine their sovereignty will be if they keep it up 05616
Reposted by Rick FryAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru... 382253483
Reposted by Rick FryErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it would change nothing but it would still be stunning and important to see someone brave enough to withhold communion to certain justices over this 863281
Reposted by Rick Fryryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026weird who gets a response in 11 minutes and who gets one in 6-9 months! 123845
Reposted by Rick FryLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026every lever of power in the so-called American liberal order – from the ostensibly liberal government to the ostensibly liberal media to ostensibly liberal academia – are all laser focused on one single thing...the state of Israel must be allowed to massacre as many Palestinians as they wish 129562
Reposted by Rick Frylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals 321892321
Reposted by Rick Frylowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026elon and all of the little freaks in doge have 100% done this 1272971
Reposted by Rick FryNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Imagine using A.I. instead of hand painting an amazing mural of a steer waiter serving the best steaks. 2092471
Reposted by Rick FryMaggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Animals serving or cooking themselves is one of my favorite food signs. He's so happy to be in a pot that he's wearing a chef's hat! 1311
Reposted by Rick FryA Meatwad on Elm Street @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you, like me, have a congressperson up for election in a safe blue seat or precarious purple seat, it doesn’t hurt to start calling them now, demanding oversight like no one’s ever seen come 2027 530455
Reposted by Rick FryDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'd rather shoot myself in the fucking face 52124279
Reposted by Rick FryMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. May peace be our future. 180126902235
Reposted by Rick Fryparticle dogs @particledogs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An energy weapon (work computer) is beaming harmful rays (emails) at me 2639167
Reposted by Rick FryMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 37947311060
Reposted by Rick Frylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 22/09/2026lots of discussion on here this week about how brains work and what consciousness really is so i'll go ahead and speculate that this is probably fun as fuck for the cow 531343143
Reposted by Rick Fryryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/09/2026yep www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...hamiltonnolan.comPrivate Schools Are Bad for SocietyThe starting point for any honest discussion. 15779130
Reposted by Rick Frye.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026investigating Elon Musk, subpoenaing him, making him testify under oath, and working toward significant prosecutions should be one of the leading Democrat campaign promises right now not just for DOGE, for a decade of self-driving fraud that has killed more than 60 Americans, and many other crimes 171237194