Reposted by SamJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 06/04/2026There is a path. It’s the path that Michael Vick walked. He has worked with the Humane Society for the last 17 years to educate folk about animal cruelty. He says he’ll do that work for the rest of his life. Call me when Louis or Kanye devotes even one weekend to making reparation. 1767231260
Reposted by SamAnise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I agree with all the slave ship & forced labor camp comparisons, but also, on a practical level, this is not how you build a detention center where you expect either violent inmates or long-term prisoners. The very floorplans betray the obvious lie; they are meant to warehouse harmless folks. 12537217
Reposted by Sammolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 07/01/2026they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it. 1967302077
Reposted by Sammolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 03/01/2026babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes 211163365491
Reposted by Same.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 03/01/2026trump the type of messy bitch who could have the ideal internationally-accepted face for his wildly illegal imperial adventure and throw it away because she won the nobel prize and he didn't 26977179
Reposted by SamThe Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026i mean the draft-dodging son of a millionaire slumlord picks this song to launch a war to and i’m like, damn, does nobody in the world listen to fucking lyrics 3447
Reposted by SamMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13/12/2025So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verifiedirishtimes.comAt least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher 3920721155
Reposted by SamThe Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 06/12/2025Food service company Aramark is leaving incarcerated people in West Virginia with empty stomachs and their loved ones with empty pockets, a federal class-action lawsuit alleges. Our story from @dajaehenry.com:themarshallproject.orgAramark Cuts Free Prison Meals to Boost Profits, New Suit ClaimsA lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food from the same vendor. 24932
Reposted by SamTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 01/12/2025The arts? Totally decimated, no hope there. All the computer jobs kids were told to chase? Also ending to automation and vibe coding. Why on earth would anyone go into education in this climate? The jobs of the future seem to be menial, to keep the computers that do our thinking clean and maintained 232734
Reposted by SamMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining 270300417066
Reposted by SamTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 12/09/2025memes and violence and racism and antisemitism all meld together in the acidic stew a ton of young men dip their heads in daily online, and that shit can cook your brain fast 11806105
Reposted by SamTony Ho Tran @tonyhotran.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...cnn.comAt least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNNAt least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. 6869673298
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I got PTSD from this as a journalist and likely again from seeing crime scene and autopsy photos while serving as a juror recently. You don’t need to see it. 1362297
Reposted by SamUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I think the idea of Dying for Something is very appealing for young men because living for something is much, much harder. 623830
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Granny panties, game pad, hoochie, laggy, go bag Anti-SLAPP law, Lock Screen, nanotech, nevirapine Shoegaze, vacay, paleo BDSM LET’S GO 040
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025JetBlue, earlier this evening: Your flight is delayed by 20 minutes JetBlue, 8:06 PM: Your flight is back to being on time, go to the gate NOW JetBlue, LESS THAN TWO MINUTES LATER: LOL actually your flight is actually delayed even more now, bet you’re out of breath 040
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I’m visiting NYC and know that some areas are rougher than others, but I can’t help but think about the number of suburban acquaintances who were convinced I’d be accosted at every corner. The only time I’ve been yelled at since leaving the airport was by a food cart guy offering me a free falafel. 000
Reposted by SamRobert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 23/04/2025It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids. Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag... 7838142046
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Just going to scream into the void regarding Cigna, which just sent me a notice that they’re going to stop covering one of my medications and that I can take a generic version instead. THERE IS NO GENERIC VERSION! 060
Reposted by SamProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2025NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.propub.liThe October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal BureaucracyHistorians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ... 12050672202
Reposted by SamVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion." It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history. 6132581310
Reposted by SamAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2025While the State Department CAN revoke *visas* with very little legal process involved, stripping someone of a green card is done by DHS (not the State Department) and requires filing formal charges alleging a violation of immigration law and a removal hearing in front of an immigration judge. 12453291744
Reposted by Samjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/03/2025re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens 4334850810698
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I don’t care how you feel about the protests — if you’re OK with the government disappearing someone like this for ANY reason, you’re a Fascist, an existential danger to any hope of a future for this nation. No one you know should feel safe around you ever again. 120
Reposted by SamZito @zeets.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Why don’t you say that the Tate brothers built an audience by constantly humiliating the boys and telling them that they’re always in a state of humiliation and emasculation unless they’re abusing or dominating over women in some way? And they brag about their own abuses as triumphs? 254971
Reposted by SamJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all 2052451058
Reposted by SamBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 06/03/2025Amateurs don't dabble in the Leo Frank case; that takes an exceedingly well practiced professional anti-Semite. 14663147
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025They Might Be Giants are so good live that I forgot about the chaos of the world for a couple hours. 81134
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I saw either @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social or his doppelgänger at They Mighe Be Giants and while I had a little “omg is that him” moment, my husband asked who John Green was. Who did I marry?! 020
Reposted by SamCyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 201311584
Reposted by SamAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off. 21792922175
Reposted by SamHamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum. Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama. Our exclusive look at a new front in Pres. Trump’s immigration crackdown: 231291540
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I understand the cruelty is the point, but I don’t understand how there will be any people left to be cruel to at the rate they’re dismantling public health. 010
Reposted by SamfranciscOOoOo👻 varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 10/02/2025re: 'move fast and break things' - it's important to keep in mind two things: first, this is a good strategy only when everyone else is *excessively* cautious or myopic, and second, it is now a thing believed by people who are mostly idiots 47111
Reposted by SamAshley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 10/02/2025Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize 216438807078
Reposted by SamKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/02/2025Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place advait.org/files/lee_20...advait.org 13475082522
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025The whole crowd at the Grammys shouting out A MIIIIIIIIINOOOOORRRRRR might have given me enough life to get through this week. 020
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Have y’all gotten your…uhh…*double checks notes*…Malcolm X™ shirt from Old Navy yet? 010
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Being against “DEI” isn’t about preferential treatment of marginalized people but rather the sheer audacity of us to exist in positions meant for white men. 000
Reposted by SamBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 02/02/2025More of this. Resigning in protest has little significance anymore. Say no, throw a fit, make waves. Politicize the public in favor of the civil service. We are in danger without it. 492915744
Reposted by SamKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 01/02/2025“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work. The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”nytimes.comHealth Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign AidLifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. 17550297
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 31/01/2025As a cisgender she/her person named Sam, I am once again asking folks sitting by to realize that these asshats are fine with harming us non-trans folks, too. 220
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Free speech doesn’t mean freedom from personal consequences, but these people know that. 000
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Does anyone who’s truly “on the fence” about trans and non-binary rights realize that this government’s efforts to control your gender expression aren’t gonna end even if you are cis? 120
Sam @samturley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025There is undoubtedly a chunk of this nation that hates HIV/AIDS medications because they saw AIDS as God’s rightful punishment of gay men and drug addicts. 110