Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22hI think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8245691700
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23hthese people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4039891132
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/10/2026This is a big f'n deal. 13440225
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSkredberry @skredberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Per Reddit, voters in Ohio who are going in today to vote early have been purged off the BOE site when they were shown as active yesterday. I fully expect more shenanigans. 133
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026WATCH: “You’re a SELLOUT!” Highlights from the MEMPHIS MORATORIUM MELEE last night, where 7 city council members voted to “HOLD” a data center moratorium vote until 10/20 — again without letting the people speak 🤔 9476172
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Pike's lawyer also notes that, to the extent the state is complaining about the scope of the requested preservation, that is largely due to the state's own secrecy provisions regarding executions. 215418
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026LIVE: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Appear Before Tennessee Judge After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...nytimes.comChrista Pike Live Updates: Judge to Hear From Her Lawyers After Failed Execution (Gift Article)Lawyers for Ms. Pike, a condemned murderer who survived two doses of an execution drug last week, want access to their client and the preservation of evidence. 626773
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPatric Reynolds @patricjreynolds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah, why blame the guy currently in office who is directly responsible for all the shitty things happening right now when you can just point the finger at some a guy who hasn't been president since 2016. 072
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/10/2026While the driver was asleep, three men made off with four pallets of ground beef shortly before 3:45 a.m. Tuesday.inquirer.comGround beef worth $40,000 stolen from tractor-trailer in Northeast Philly 7431594
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAutonomy News @autonomynews.co · 07/10/2026ICYMI: Two groups with anti-abortion ties received almost $9 million in federal family planning grants. Trump admin is “sending every signal that they will select grantees who align with their ideology, rather than highly qualified providers with a proven track record of delivering quality care.”autonomynews.co‘Destructive’: Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 15730
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026Both doctors are advocates of "restorative reproductive medicine" which right-wing and MAHA groups have presented as an alternative to in vitro fertilization, but which major medical societies say is ineffective at best: 1336
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026We already had a national family planning training center, which had been run by the University of Missouri since 2006. But the center's funding ran out last week after HHS did not renew its grant. 1377
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026Another grant, to establish a national training center for family planning, will go to an organization run by an endometriosis surgeon who has discouraged the use of hormonal birth control. His organization was awarded a total of almost $4.3M, despite having never handled more than $50k in a year. 13710
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:autonomynews.coNearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 35807435
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸 20261331967
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th 12745422309
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTruthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026In at least 40 cases, LGBTQ individuals were sent to countries that either criminalize same-sex relations or have been designated as dangerous for LGBTQ people. All of these people were granted legal protection in the U.S. for fleeing persecution for their LGBTQ status in their countries of origin. 05521
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTruthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026The Trump administration has reportedly deported dozens of LGBTQ immigrants who sought or were granted asylum for their sexuality and gender to third countries where they face danger of persecution and criminalization, a new report says.buff.lyReport: Trump Admin Is Deporting LGBTQ Asylum Seekers to Hostile Third CountriesOfficials have deported LGBTQ people to Sierra Leone, where they could face life in prison for same-sex activity. 8182125
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026FACT: The federal government can't track the millions of Americans who move every year. That’s why Trump’s proposed state-by-state eligible voter lists are not only unlawful but simply not feasible, pro-voting groups say — and could risk Americans' privacy: demdock.com/4y6DqbY 320593
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026President Trump denied $227m in storm aid to Democratic-led states, POLITICO reported, while ABC News said he separately approved more than $846m for nine Republican-leaning states. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-deni... 12213
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy. 12251602257
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“We are under attack by an enemy in the Oval Office and we can put an end to this expanding emergency…But that depends on enough Americans channeling their fury about Trump’s corruption, crime and indifference to their needs and getting out the vote.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...americaamerica.newsWe Are Under Attack From an Enemy WithinBy listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic 732096807
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionLisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Alito, a devout Catholic conservative, says in his new book that he believes SCOTUS’ decision allowing same-sex marriage was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty." How does someone else’s marriage affect your religious liberty? 🤬 abcnews.com/Politics/thr...abcnews.comAlito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new bookA new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom. 5199
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve covered death row cases for nearly a decade and witnessed several executions. What happened to Christa Pike wasn’t an anomaly. It could happen anywhere. With another execution planned for this week in Texas, let me explain why. THREAD 🧵 17388146
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Christa is the first person in the U.S. to survive a lethal injection. The outcome is unprecedented but what went wrong isn’t — and shows how easily another botched execution could occur. www.propublica.org/article/chri...propublica.orgWhy Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen AnywhereThe complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida. 822441
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.bit.lyArmy study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fearThe shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures. 4511582
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“.. the latest example of Trump advisers profiting from far-right politicians abroad who have sought favor from the U.S. president ..” @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... 15376156
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionBolts @boltsmag.org · 06/10/2026Many states require that mail ballots be postmarked by a specific day. But due to a USPS rule announced late last year, voters may need to put their ballot in a mailbox days in advance.boltsmag.orgIn an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - BoltsA change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers. 614380
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionLouisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 06/10/2026"No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease." New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declares a measles emergency, and its attorney general joins other Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration over its changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.lailluminator.comNew York governor declares measles emergency • Louisiana IlluminatorNew York Attorney General Letitia James announced the state would join 15 other Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration over its decision to scale back the childhood vaccination schedu... 083
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionSenator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If we can’t even trust them to tell the truth when U.S. citizens are detained, how can we take them at their word regarding immigrant arrests? Check out this amazing reporting from ProPublica projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 0124
Reposted by 📚A Personal Opinion🎃 Trick-or-TweetNevets 🍫 @nevetsboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So, let me get this straight. Trump "celebrates" America's 250 birthday by *checks notes* getting rid of a 250-year-old tree. Am I getting that right? 0296
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionMáirtín Ó Loċlainn @mr--mo.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026www.kxan.com/border-repor... nothing is safe.kxan.comAncient geoglyph damaged by border wall contractors, archaeologists sayAn ancient geoglyph that the Tohono O’odham tribe considers a sacred site was reportedly damaged by federal contractors building a secondary border wall in southern Arizona. 17219
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#TrashingThePlanetForNoReason 0198
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: 20,000 voters have already submitted absentee ballots in Detroit. City clerk is "very encouraged" to have 20% return rate already, per spokesman for nonpartisan voter information campaign in city 10775205
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you are wondering why it is so warm. El Nino has made an area of the ocean greater than the size of the USA an average temperature of 30.5c. This huge bath tub is warming the whole planet up by 0.5c and some places by 1.5-2c. 24123
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionWisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 06/10/2026With Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by mail. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/05/r...wisconsinexaminer.comTrump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls • Wisconsin ExaminerWith Republicans falling behind in the polls, Trump urged his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by mail. 035
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797473033
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/10/2026this is excellent and a low lift thing that will make the city more livable for people. 337741
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026The NAACP is suing DOJ for records on the 1,000+ election monitors it plans to send to the polls on Nov. 3. One question it wants answered: Does a lawyer who pleaded guilty to hacking election websites work for the department? We broke the story on him back in August. Read it here:democracydocket.comExclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’Levin’s involvement in election monitoring could offer a hint of the kind of personnel who will staff the operation this fall, when the DOJ has said it will send 1,000 monitors to the polls. 5388144
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Origin is an effort to fundraise for 2 groups launched by Dr. Zach Bush, an ally of RFK Jr. and denier of germ theory. Instead, he believes in “terrain” theory, that environmental contamination makes us sick. Bush also sells ‘detox’ supplements. He denies that vaccines have ever been successful. 25510
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026NEW: October 17 marks a global event called “Origin,” focused on Earth regeneration. Rather than a movement to directly influence climate policy or polluting companies, Origin promises change through synchronized prayer and body movement. Behind it? A fossil fuel heiress and an anti-vaccine doctorimportantcontext.newsExxon Heiress Aims to Regenerate the Earth With SpiritualityThe great-granddaughter of one of America’s wealthiest oilmen has teamed up with an anti-vax doctor. 39274109
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042061690
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120073571
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is not a problem you can fix with calm, reasoned debate. you can't even fix it by improving people's lives with policy. there is no clear, proven, non-violent solution to this issue. finding one is the most significant problem of our age. 642215337
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We murdered four more people in a boat today 12524931067
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851891380
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.boltsmag.org“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - BoltsVoters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting. 191173305
Reposted by 📚A Personal OpinionDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 522311837