Reposted by Susan Sawindr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 17hhow does ohio boy vance keep walking right into the buzzsaw of one of the midwest's most Ancient Tribal Hatreds. dog no one in michigan cares what your OSU ass has to say 695039682
Reposted by Susan SawinMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”cjr.orgNicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest. 12452261075
Reposted by Susan SawinRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.commondreams.orgNewsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally p 86187073678
Reposted by Susan SawinGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/10/2026An outrageous story on its own. Even more outrageous when you find out the same county has charged three children with falsely reporting sexual abuse since her case. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...motherjones.comPolice didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.” 4306118
Reposted by Susan SawinDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Y'all denied her tenure 263343622
Reposted by Susan SawinYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026bad things happening to Sam Altman and OpenAI only seems fair given all the bad things they've already inflicted on the world 0161
Reposted by Susan SawinTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch. 121112220
Reposted by Susan SawinUnite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves 982124839
Reposted by Susan SawinRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 378121113493
Reposted by Susan SawinMissing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Breaking: WNBA credits Caitlin Clark with Assist of the Year. 734533661
Reposted by Susan SawinAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 15980563616
Reposted by Susan SawinElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that. 19266941293
Reposted by Susan SawinW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability 1843198694
Reposted by Susan SawinHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10135043787
Reposted by Susan SawinSecrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication! 371222222
Reposted by Susan Sawinnick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 6453642147
Reposted by Susan SawinTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 331887303
Reposted by Susan SawinAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages. 448121382980
Reposted by Susan SawinAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026NEW: Netanyahu was warned about the 10/7 attack ten days before it happened. apnews.com/article/isra...apnews.comUAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report saysAn Israeli newspaper says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant gro... 19622841009
Reposted by Susan SawinAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us. 810136923347
Reposted by Susan SawinSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions. 325149874072
Reposted by Susan SawinKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.' 448148195279
Reposted by Susan SawinDePassage Fella🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🗽🇪🇺 @sudetsoleil.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Give 🇺🇦 the damn Patriots. Do it now before you need them yourself. Anyone who has them - send them to 🇺🇦 6545861143
Reposted by Susan SawinAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026All of these Natalie Harp stories are leaking for one reason: Someone in the West Wing is sick of Harp’s shit. Probably just a coincidence that it’s all happening as Leavitt is leaving. 792170383321
Reposted by Susan SawinAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that. 2440121398
Reposted by Susan SawinPeter Barnard @peterbarnard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There's a horrifyingly poetic irony in Amazon starting out selling books to buying books and then destroying them. 4355
Reposted by Susan SawinTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House. 473962600
Susan Sawin @sasreads.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I believe the origin of the term derives from just such an example suffered by brilliant writer Rebecca Solnit. See "Men Explain Things To Me" (Haymarket: 2014) pp. 1-3. 000
Reposted by Susan SawinBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026These people are not Democrats and should not be listened to or treated like them. 1353659645
Reposted by Susan SawinGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/08/2026What the fuck do you mean “speaking out”?! He stalked her when she was a girl and is using NBC to continue to insert himself into her life four decades later. This is not news, this is aiding and abetting. @nbcnews.com should take this down and apologize. 273485579
Reposted by Susan SawinDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective. 1455038927
Reposted by Susan SawinJustin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The NBA players union may need to have a talk with their alum about transphobia and their disrespect of the WNBA. It’s a bad look. 616132
Reposted by Susan SawinKarin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Seen at Hudson News. Always. Have. Stickers. 1421236
Reposted by Susan SawinConnect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 08/08/2026@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social's got a bold take: the most important job in America right now belongs to our election workers 🩵 The poll workers, volunteers and community members who show up to help put democracy into action. Thank you for your service 🙏 721144
Reposted by Susan SawinPatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Here, I’m seeing adults who describe a people as if they were a person, denouncing antisemitism by engaging in Islamophobia & vice versa, engaging in shockingly casual racism & prejudice, saying the most vile garbage to defend ‘their side’. You are all losing your decency. Stop 438065
Reposted by Susan SawinMeanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026America as a whole is now “paying the bill” with bloody interest. 512085563
Reposted by Susan SawinWelsh rarebit @welshrarebit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Hard to think of a better example of a useful idiot. If left liberalism has imperfections, then address those imperfections! Instead he uses them as an excuse for throwing the entire liberal tradition overboard. Faced with the fascistic consequences all he can manage is a feeble "oops". 1432
Reposted by Susan SawinNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026That move—acknowledging that events proved him wrong then proceeding as if they didn't—is what I wrote about in "The Non-Education of Ross Douthat." In late 2020 he scoffed "there will be no Trump coup." After Jan. 6 he admitted he underestimated the risk, then incessantly downplayed the risk. 4/xthebulwark.comThe Non-Education of Ross DouthatThe New York Times columnist insists on defending a version of the Republican party that doesn't exist. 81489156
Reposted by Susan SawinSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions. 409177784819
Reposted by Susan SawinDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone. 23795432536
Reposted by Susan SawinACLU @aclu.org · 26/07/2026Participants in our National Advocacy Institute for youth and our broader community joined us to honor our collective fight to build a more perfect union and to uplift key individuals' contributions. Our honorees included Bruce Springsteen and Colin Kaepernick for their tireless, powerful advocacy.usatoday.comBruce Springsteen honored alongside Colin Kaepernick by ACLUBruce Springsteen accepted an ACLU award and reflected on activism. See what he told the crowd. 5249021149
