Reposted by Son of Flying PigMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11567851513
Reposted by Son of Flying PigCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...houstonchronicle.comTexas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midtermsDemocrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection. 771532770
Reposted by Son of Flying PigMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... 131226461
Reposted by Son of Flying PigEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/08/2026Joined the Times Tech Report to talk about how 70%+ of Amazon, Google and Microsoft's AI revenues come from OpenAI and Anthropic, meaning that outside of two unsustainable AI labs, there isn't anywhere near the demand to justify the capex or the data center buildout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=68X8...youtube.comThe AI boom isn’t real: 70% of AI revenue comes from OpenAI and Anthropic | Ed ZitronYouTube video by The Tech Report 230770
Reposted by Son of Flying Pigjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126037991
Reposted by Son of Flying PigBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all. 4261941616
Reposted by Son of Flying PigDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Cars kill in more ways than one.theguardian.comFive Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study findsResearch suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution 3333117
Reposted by Son of Flying PigPee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) @peeweebigadventure.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I knew the police wouldn't help. 121
Reposted by Son of Flying Pig🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 14/05/2026MAGA Mike Duggan wants to do this for all of Michigan!gandernewsroom.comMike Duggan left Detroit with hundreds of toxic waste pits - The GanderMike Duggan wants to be Michigan's next governor. But there’s something buried in Detroit you might want to know about first. 0225
Reposted by Son of Flying Pigkrat @kwholesaler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor 109207834675
Reposted by Son of Flying PigMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked. When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.gizmodo.comWhy Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017Look. All technology comes with a learning curve. 3636071208
Reposted by Son of Flying PigCato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3 8043812253
Reposted by Son of Flying PigTyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 03/02/2026Martinez is recounting her harrowing experience: after being shot by CBP agents, she drove a mile to the safety of an auto shop where she called 911, got treatment at a hospital for 7 bullet wounds, then was immediately taken into custody by federal agents. 71364397
Reposted by Son of Flying PigJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies 10884182638
Reposted by Son of Flying PigMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.” 100104432173
Reposted by Son of Flying PigJohn Jackson @jpj.bsky.social · 31/01/2026This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgSt. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting residentThe police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in... 451044341
Reposted by Son of Flying PigTheodora Ruhs @theodoraruhs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Father of the 6-month-old being taken to the hospital because of flashbang ICE threw at his car. From Instagram. 211310602
Reposted by Son of Flying PigTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 12/01/2026The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract. 6371681704
Reposted by Son of Flying PigLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I wrote this feature in 2013 for Esquire, probably my first "viral" story, about the heyday of Buzzfeed and Upworthy shareable dog shit and how it seems like fun and games now but one day we will truly regret it. Right too soon again award. Bonus that it no longer exists on Esquire. archive.is/C0yBR 29613
Reposted by Son of Flying PigSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 03/01/2026OK, crash course in oil. Oil has two main gradings, viscosity (light or heavy) and sulfur (sweet or sour). A light (low viscosity) and sweet (low sulfur) oil is easier to process into gasoline and other products than a heavy and sour one, so the light & sweet oil commands a premium price. 631808477
Reposted by Son of Flying PigJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 21/12/2025That’s why conservatives are pouring millions intro trad-wife bullshit and birth control disinformation. They need young women to believe the erosion of their rights is a good thing, actually! It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.) 71482300
Reposted by Son of Flying PigSigne Maene @signemaene.com · 20/12/2025'Around us hover the shades of The dead of long ago.' -A Christmas Eve, Victor James Daley 🎨Wilhelm von Gegerfelt #BookWormSat 015754
Reposted by Son of Flying PigSamantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comI'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine." 14051612766
Reposted by Son of Flying Pigcuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 01/12/2025“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to 195233179467
Reposted by Son of Flying PigAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I want to go back to this excerpt. What students learn when we talk about ethics but don’t act on them is that we are hypocrites who actually don’t give a damn— and that they shouldn’t give a damn either but should pretend that they do. 26712
Son of Flying Pig @ryanwalker78.bsky.social · 27/11/2025James Brown Danzig NIN Radiohead Weird Al 010
Reposted by Son of Flying PigA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society. 17907312
Reposted by Son of Flying PigDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests. 1789043575
Reposted by Son of Flying PigDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Keeping with Australia: free solar energy is being offered in 2026 to its residents - www.reuters.com/business/ene...reuters.comAustralia to offer three hours free solar per day to millionsAustralia will offer at least three hours of free solar power every day to households including those without solar panels under an energy-saving programme that is expected to go live in 2026, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Tuesday. 1413
Reposted by Son of Flying PigJeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comJeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy. 13830320
Reposted by Son of Flying PigAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal. 262121443193
Reposted by Son of Flying Piglauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/11/2025pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes 6587831504
Reposted by Son of Flying Pigfeminist next door @emrazz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025What was the point of making government employees work for 40 days without pay and SNAP recipients lose their benefits if you were just going to capitulate and vote with the Republicans anyway 415826
Reposted by Son of Flying PigDefector @defector.com · 06/11/2025Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...defector.comLet's Check In With People Who Threatened To Leave Zohran Mamdani's NYC | DefectorWhen Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, it led to a lot of histrionics. The usual fear tactics against a young Muslim democratic socialist… 341154240
Reposted by Son of Flying PigA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...the-reframe.comThe Death of ShameModern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age. 24943294
Reposted by Son of Flying PigSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 05/11/2025WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around. 354202473631
Reposted by Son of Flying PigSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:thenation.comHis Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, DiesAs much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history. 18978242352
Reposted by Son of Flying PigMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 31/10/2025On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.newrepublic.comICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting BackFear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing. 211182376
Reposted by Son of Flying PigJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...404media.coLibraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts DownWhy it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library. 5022101243
Reposted by Son of Flying Pigderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Known as the Battle of Blair Mountain, this was the largest labor uprising in US history and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. For a month, 10,000 coal miners confronted some 3,000 company guards, state soldiers, and strikebreakers. Nearly a million rounds were shot. 112333276
Reposted by Son of Flying PigRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song. But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left. 295101393371
Reposted by Son of Flying PigMary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025That “raid” in Chicago is a dark story. It’s a lot to process. 9592192
Reposted by Son of Flying PigAmano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Just in case someone missed this detail: Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity 361014695
Reposted by Son of Flying PigKevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2ino.toIndigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours." 5248051570
