sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 19hSo what I’m hearing is that Hegseth is President Snow and we are in the Hunger Games without a Katniss or Plutarch. 010
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Colin Kaepernick talked about how the last hurdle to playing in the NFL was an interview process during which they’d ask questions completely unrelated to football. The questions were to weed out those who wouldn’t conform. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a nation led by even worse criminals? Highly unlikely. 000
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11896971921
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialCarole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you. 413190965421
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Except his acolytes and sycophants don’t see him as a lame duck. They see him as the ruler supreme. They’re still afraid of him for some reason. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 20/09/2026At this rate we won’t need AI to take over à la Skynet. We’ll have bombed each other into oblivion from “bad intel.” 040
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran. 48492414523
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026DOGE was sold as a “massive money-saving operation.” But it actually saved nothing. The story was always about gutting the federal workforce and reshaping the agencies themselves. A new GAO report estimates federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative 721453482
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢 631163185995
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We ran experiments in marine biology class in college on the effects of diesel on sea urchin embryos. Unsurprisingly, they all disintegrated. Knowing that was one thing. Seeing the blastocysts just rupture under the microscope was another. Imagine that seeping into the surroundings. Horrific. 030
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialVolk’s Beard @volksbeard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Good sir, no, you cannot have one of the few good things the United States has right now. 33635
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 16/09/2026They’re few and far between because few people are willing to really sacrifice the years for service. Poor Mamdani looks like he hasn’t slept in a decade and he’s in his first year. 110
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialNoel Dickover @noeldickover.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Washingtonsun.comwashingtonsun.comThe Washington Sun • WashingtonSun.comThe Washington Sun covers politics and policy and the people who shape life in Washington — not just at the White House and in Congress, but at the Wilson Building, at Northwest Stadium and in the nei... 811233
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialJeannetteBlue @jeannetteblue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Independent media is out there and growing. We need to elevate their reporting instead of NYT and WaPo. I’m grateful for the expats from the Sinclair-captured Balto Sun creating TheBaltimoreBanner.com They are doing a super job getting local where a lot of govt policy really affects people.thebaltimorebanner.comThe Banner: Local Maryland News, Politics, Business & MoreThe Banner: Local Maryland news covering politics, business, sports & more. Trusted, independent journalism. 18223
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There is a way to criticize the whipping of patriotic fervor as a propaganda tool without deflating whatever healing others might find from what you perceive to be a practice in hollow sentimental language. This was not it. 100
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Was that really necessary, or did you just fancy being unpleasant today? 101
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Power rests in truth. Even if the truth is awful. It’s still the truth. And just like physical wounds, exposing the sick is the only way to move beyond infection. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Every day I wake up knowing that this insane administration is going to make me want to scream. It is so nice to have NYC balance that out with goodness. It’s nice to cry with joy. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Labor Day, aka the day of irony, where the masses work in service and healthcare for poverty wage while the rich land and company owners enjoy a boozy, bougie Socialist holiday honoring the working class who violently fought for basic workers’ rights, while our gov’t strips away human rights. #USAstatic.klipy.comRon Swanson's Government QuoteAlt: Ron Swanson's Government Quote it’s never too early to learn that the government is a greedy piglet that suckles on the taxpayers teat until they have sore chapped nipples. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Not only dark but very robust. Like, all the time. 000
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026These religious leaders were arrested for protesting ICE. Looks like fascism to me. This was in Vermont 553135824570
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Jackson Mayor John Horhn said of the ruling: "We are pleased that the Fifth Circuit upheld the dismissal of these claims. The City remains committed to the health, safety, and well-being of every Jackson resident." He said that with a straight face. 121
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026Perspective. 352124744292
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 06/09/2026What a silly question. How else would you make money off of the proletariat? Or even more salient, how would everyone else know that you are ✨bougie like that✨? 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 06/09/2026From one human to another, may you one day see the sunrise on a quiet morning and have this war no where near your thoughts. Until then, I share this moment with you: a few minutes of peace before stepping into the ICU for my shift. Your country is in my thoughts frequently. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So nice to have a triple digit IQ in govt again. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I was too, then I realized that I can do all those things myself and save myself a lot of grief. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is your reminder that nurses—the vast majority women, many of whom are smaller than their patients—are able to deescalate, subdue, and treat patients who are in the midst of a psychotic break. And yes plenty of things in a hospital can be used as weapons. 1141
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 04/09/2026That last bit for sure. But IIRC the point of it was for people who couldn’t access doctors easily to be able to identify it at home? 0120
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 03/09/2026As someone who goes to therapy despite how most therapy has been detrimental in her experience, this…is a true statement for a *very specific* subset of people.static.klipy.comCute Baby Makes Funny Pouty FaceALT: Cute Baby Makes Funny Pouty Face 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The OG way is so much more fun. You discover all kinds of weird places you never would have otherwise. 😅😅 000
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialJen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/20261/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇 15362412645
Reposted by @sbp96.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it. 754222275932
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Exactly. I have never seen an establishment politician support half of those things simultaneously of their own accord. They’re called the establishment for a reason. Their politics are to be “progressive” when it is convenient and self-serving. 010
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This part. Knowing about it climate change, being capable of diverting it, and doing nothing or not enough when you could do more—it’s terrorism. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Also, tax the 1% so they get paid what their average full time worker gets paid. Surely we can do two things at one time. 050
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Me: Look at this! Friend: Wait. That’s understandable! Me: I know! Right? Friend: Are we mad about this? Me: That we didn’t figure this out sooner? Friend: Yes. Me: Yes. 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 29/08/2026And a lot of the non voters you deride overlap with the marginalized you purport to care for. These are important things to consider as you point fingers. Anyway. ✌️ 000
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 29/08/2026…the bandwidth or the energy to think about international allies or climate change. The people you call idiots and perspective free pieces of shit include people who are just trying to achieve the basic level of Maslow’s. 010
sbp96.bsky.social @sbp96.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It’s not theoretical or something I see on the news. I’ve been fighting it with my voice and my skills and my own two hands for over a decade. I’ve put hundreds of bodies into bags. Hundreds. The vast majority were minorities. People who, as they struggled to survive did not have… 200