Reposted by Amy HendrixWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 21hFun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute. 411877357
Reposted by Amy HendrixChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 4638371193
Reposted by Amy HendrixAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026There is no Super Intelligence. There is no Department of War. There is no Lake America. There is no Gulf of America. There is no Fort Bragg. Any media outlet or platform that spreads these lies is an enemy of the people, determined to undermine democracy. Make note. 748288
Reposted by Amy HendrixMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.  1375111506
Reposted by Amy HendrixSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently. 612415434
Reposted by Amy HendrixMark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026Because the reforms that are needed are things like expanding the civil service, cutting use of contracting, more mission alignment, making hiring faster, and consolidating legal requirements. The right both wants to make govt fail and is ideologically opposed to a lot of that 314319
Reposted by Amy HendrixNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 268196496047
Reposted by Amy HendrixSkrrt Russell @cidmcdp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is like a super villain origin story in real time. Do you want the Clockmaster? Seems like this is how we end up with Clockmaster. 122
Reposted by Amy HendrixRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026hi abolish the death penalty the state should never have the power to murder (yes this includes indirectly, I see you, ICE) 151355244
Reposted by Amy HendrixHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 01/10/2026End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never. 111539280
Reposted by Amy Hendrixdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/12/2025look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts 3568431674
Amy Hendrix @sabreuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026OH MY GOD KAT I have been fighting for our rights since I was probably 10 and organizing that shit since I was like 16 and I'm fucking 55. And these dickfaces have been saying "well you need to, like, protest and fight" as if we never once thought of that. 020
Reposted by Amy HendrixEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The meaningful divide in the Democratic party for the foreseeable future is going to be a lot less about center vs left ideology and a lot more about people who grasp this vs people who don’t. 962297
Reposted by Amy HendrixCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls” 431661431
Reposted by Amy Hendrixgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 24/09/2026i want these people's lives to be deserved hell but probably more importantly i want 80% of the work of exposing their crimes to be done before the 2028 election. i want dossiers ready on the relevant agency head desks at 12pm eastern, january 20, 2029 213318
Reposted by Amy Hendrixgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 24/09/2026yeah this is my line on this. no they won't be convicted. if things get really bad maybe you swing one or two. but trump isn't (vocally!) afraid of being impeached because he fears being removed from office 21308
Reposted by Amy HendrixJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460321484
Reposted by Amy Hendrixcville1989🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @cville1989.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do you remember? youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...youtu.beEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 092
Reposted by Amy HendrixBirds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Civil rights is a battle with phalanx tactics because if they get the guy to your right, you're going down next. Lock your shields together because this only works if we all protect each other. 1314
Reposted by Amy HendrixHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As far as I can tell, Effective Altruists are Utilitarians who are relieved that in the Trolley Problem, saving 5 people justifies their innate desire to kill the one guy 732716365
Amy Hendrix @sabreuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Babycat: turns self into an absolute pretzel to be the cutest most charismatic being on earth. Grumpy old man cat: I HATE IT WHY MOTHER WHY 030
Reposted by Amy HendrixHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I say this over and over again. It’s trans rights. It’s immigrant rights. It’s Palestinian lives. It’s always been Black and indigenous lives. No one is free until everyone is free is a warning, not a mantra! 41496483
Reposted by Amy HendrixDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump saying we urgently need well stocked sniper nests overlooking the nation’s main location for political protest should ring alarm bells. 15546180
Reposted by Amy HendrixCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 20/09/2026Putting a drone launching site directly in the landing path for DCA is a stupid, dangerous, and unworkable idea. Trump clearly expects to lose a lawsuit and therefore wants to set up a pretext to argue that the arch is tied to national security. Which is obviously idiotic. 39829166
Reposted by Amy HendrixShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the thing about Trump we know from an entire lifetime of him building things is that he can post about how his arch has gun turrets and death rays and a rocket launcher and then when it's built it'll just be a guy up there with finger guns making pew pew sounds 1260685
Reposted by Amy HendrixAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 20/09/20261) Thank you, Karin. I’m happy that both the 1998 and 2026 DNA tests results jibe with the historical evidence compiled in my first book. I also think the historical information alone should be enough. But I know the world we live in & why DNA was brought into the picture. 122952
Reposted by Amy Hendrix🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886312303
Reposted by Amy HendrixHelena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the thing they don't tell you about being this age is my god what a fucking relief 227214
Reposted by Amy HendrixLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’ve seen some people making comments about not caring about the Kennedy Center, or even wanting it gone, and if you’re not local, maybe sit this one out. It may be an abstraction to you, but to me it’s where I want to take my kids someday to see the symphony, the ballet, touring shows, etc 41862141
Reposted by Amy Hendrixjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 431103821923
Reposted by Amy Hendrix🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026I’m gonna keep saying it. It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump. It’s cishet white guys. you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise. 682700522
Reposted by Amy HendrixThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169613027
Reposted by Amy HendrixMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026this isn't "these guys are annoyed at regulation and if we tone it down they'll go back to being on our side" this is "elon is now the single biggest GOP donor and everyone else has had their brains cooked by group chats and have gone full fash" 3980132
Reposted by Amy HendrixMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026the problem for Dem consultants is that they haven't properly internalized that tech - not the rank and file, but the guys at the top - has completely turned against them and should now be treated as an implacable political enemy you can't win them back by playing nice on policy and you shouldn't 532650573
Reposted by Amy HendrixMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You really shouldn't be in politics if you can't take advantage of your opponent being sponsored by The Job Destroying Factory That Raises Your Water And Power Bills And Whose Creators Say It Might Kill Us All. 461581376
Reposted by Amy HendrixAmelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans” 5159151627
Reposted by Amy Hendrixsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present 322231395
Reposted by Amy HendrixTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Reading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015: "I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.” 6881255
Reposted by Amy HendrixJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115801941
Reposted by Amy HendrixErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's so hard to have a reasonable discussion about anything consequential these days because an accurate description sounds batshit. 1817
Reposted by Amy HendrixFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026Also, these people’s central source text, their Bible, is a Harry Potter fanfic, and I am not kidding. These dorkass weirdos are unthinkably wealthy and powerful now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_P...en.wikipedia.orgHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Wikipedia 672033210
Reposted by Amy HendrixFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860751590
Reposted by Amy HendrixLynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 15/09/2026Thousands of government sites run on USWDS. It's what makes them 508 compliant, trustworthy and easy to update. We're scrambling to make backups in case of catastrophe, but this will be a hugely time-consuming and costly mistake if they intend to rip it out and replace it with vibe coded trash. 411064
Reposted by Amy HendrixTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Driving me crazy that a lot of very smart people aren't entertaining the idea that the **AI might kill us all** narrative is kabuki theater -- orchestrated by some of the world's richest people, whose net worth is tied up in people believing their technology is just on the cusp of super intelligence 2859577
Reposted by Amy HendrixMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SIX MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT: the sky is blue BRETT KAVANAUGH: the sky probably isn't blue, but y'all aren't ready to have that conversation ALITO AND THOMAS: the earth is strapped to the back of a gigantic chicken 6664125
Reposted by Amy HendrixMicah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026my dream is to one day see Sam Alito’s seat filled with the wokest rainbow-haired trans lesbian puppygirl imaginable 533370363
Reposted by Amy HendrixClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026an admittedly tertiary but still annoying side detail of the "trans kids in sports" debate is that these were already the worst kind of sports parents and now they think they're The Face of a Movement 1889150