Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My feed is absolutely filled with NFL posts so I guess I’m gonna have to stop scrolling on BlueSky on Sundays for the next few months. 120
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How bad are things for the GOP? This bad… G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanic Voters ‘Feel Betrayed’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...nytimes.comG.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with His... 010
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@sixersnba.bsky.social what's a guy gotta do to buy season tickets?? I have submitted my name for information multiple times, starting over a month ago, and nobody has gotten back to me. I can't chat with a rep... I can't get anyone on the phone... I had tickets 2 years ago and it wasn't this hard. 010
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is without doubt one of the most fun parts of having a kid. One of my sons decided, around that same age, that the “Jose” of “no way Jose” could be more widely evoked in exclamations. He used to say stuff like “Oh man, Jose.” 040
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If your judgement is so poor that you think you should listen to RFKJ rather than your pediatrician, there’s nothing I nor anyone else can do. If people have agency, you need to acknowledge the consequences of their agency rather than shifting the blame elsewhere. 042
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you’re a football fan, you’ve seen the latest study showing that at least 25% of NFL players get CTE, and probably much more. This is your regular reminder that American football is a bloodsport and should not exist. 040
Reposted by Scott MintzerThe ɅɅeech @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 14/08/2026this is the funniest political ad i've ever seen 01856398
Reposted by Scott MintzerAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union. 212552806
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026share.inquirer.com/3SgaoH Infantino just concluded a highly successful World Cup. That he now finds himself clinging to the FIFA Presidency by his fingernails has to go down as one of the greateat political missteps in decades. A truly breathtaking feat of hubris, misjudgment, and stupidity.share.inquirer.comEurope maintains World Cup boycott threat after Gianni Infantino’s FIFA crisis meetingUEFA on Thursday reiterated that it had lost confidence in Infantino, and said conditions to withdraw its threat had not been met. The boycott would start with next month's under-20 women's World Cup. 111
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This is just a very large-scale and severe demonstration of the principle that when you play too hard to win your primary, you screw yourself for the general election. 000
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Lindsay Graham died. Meanwhile, the World Cup semifinal matches should be pretty awesome. 020
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Just went to Wawa to grab something to eat and the total came to $7.11 and I feel like that’s some weird juju right there. 020
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Nadia is perfectly channeling my feelings today 020
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026OMG this is just too good... Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is facing a very stiff challenge from Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola , and the race could be quite close. Now somebody else has filed to get on the ballot, and his name is ... Dan Sullivan. 🤣 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...nytimes.comSenator Dan Sullivan Has a New Challenger in Alaska: Dan Sullivan 021
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... There’s enough snake oil in this piece to deep-fry a whole Indiana Jones movie scene full of snakes. Some blame modern medicine, but I think the problem runs much, much deeper than that. This is a failure to understand expertise. And it’s infecting every field.newyorker.comWhy Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake. 010
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is actually very good news in the form of resistance (and a giant “fuck you” to Donald Trump). 010
Reposted by Scott MintzerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/04/2026He's worse than Roger Taney now. He's the worst Chief Justice in history, I'd say. 13067281456
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026All of this. The problem is that there is been not nearly enough of a PR push in this direction, so the country likely would not be a place to support these things yet. 0181
Reposted by Scott MintzerMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Cesar Sayoc, a Trump super fan & obsessive Fox viewer, sent pipe bombs in 2018 to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, & many other top Dems. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In the wake of the attacks, Trump said about his rhetoric: "Tone down, no. Could tone up." 6255791852
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I knew back in November that this team was liable to win it all. They looked *that* good. #GOBLUE 🟦🟨🟦🟨🟦 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀 000
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It appears that even this corrupt Supreme Court won’t go for the utter ludicrousness of banning birthright citizenship, which is plainly enumerated in the Constitution. Which, of course, leaves us with the question of why they took the case in the first place… www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...nytimes.comLive Updates: Key Justices Appear Skeptical of Limiting Birthright Citizenship 050
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The large majority of “Chronic Lyme Disease” is a psychosomatic condition egged on by quacks. 150
Reposted by Scott MintzerDavid Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 30/03/2026The AMA is a trade organization. Its true mission is to protect the financial interests of physicians. 68524
Reposted by Scott MintzerAaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I think we're going win, but I want to win hard enough that we start paying artists to paint murals in post offices again. (This time the post offices are also banks.) 373391541
Reposted by Scott MintzerYou only think you see me @katisipp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026If more income inequality, more fantasies about beating the rich. Why don’t the rich understand this? 021
Reposted by Scott MintzerYou only think you see me @katisipp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026We should try capping political donations in PA. Tell Mike Bloomberg & Yass & Bezos & Musk—from now on, the max donation to a candidate for governor is $1,000 or whatever. Letting Bloomberg give $2.5M to our governor is bananas, no matter who the governor is. share.inquirer.com/1LtrB5share.inquirer.comAs Josh Shapiro seeks reelection, his business-friendly brand has drawn millions from CEOs — including some with interests in HarrisburgDozens of CEOs in industries ranging from coal mining to gambling to real estate are helping to bankroll Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s campaign. His fundraising could invite scrutiny ahead of 2028. 063
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026The Republicans are heading for a historic drubbing in the midterms, and no, Trump’s threatened proto-fascist bullshit won’t be even close to enough to stop it. And despite the fact that this is entirely predictable, the whole narrative around Trump and the GOP will change dramatically. 031
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Exactly nobody is gonna have the slightest sympathy for the evil and regressive Iranian government. But you don’t just take out the fucking leader and expect things to get better. What exactly does Apprentice President think is gonna happen now?!Underwear gnomes form a new government? 020
Reposted by Scott MintzerYou only think you see me @katisipp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Oh, sure, we could fund health care, dental & vision for us all with that amount, who’s asking? Call me, I have thoughts about how to keep America safe! (from misery) wapo.st/40sgBRzwapo.stTrump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on militarySome senior officials resisted the decision to approve the major military spending increase, sources say. 152
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/02/2026What is wrong with these fucking people, Exhibit #347. 010
Reposted by Scott Mintzerfinrodsauronverynsfwprivatefolderdonotlook @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol 3555091296
Reposted by Scott MintzerCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason 384530995
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Also, in lieu of performing his lauded opera "Einstein On The Beach", the Kennedy Center has announced that they will be performing "Kid Rock At Hooters". 000
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026How bad is it for the administration? Even John Fetterman is calling for Buchenwald Barbie to be fired, that's how bad. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comSen. John Fetterman asks Trump to fire DHS chief Kristi NoemThe Democratic lawmaker known for his independent voting record and willingness to work with the GOP slammed Noem as "betraying" the agency. 010
Reposted by Scott MintzerBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out 378268718137
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I want to make another point: We in healthcare understand that prevention is nowhere near as sexy as treatment, but it saves a whole lot more lives. Krasner is directly preventing deaths by doing this. Other DAs who follow suit would also be saving lives. 0113
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Every DA in every big city in America should be saying this right now, and be fully prepared to back it up. share.inquirer.com/bPy1NTshare.inquirer.comDA Krasner condemns fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, says officers who commit crimes in Philly will ‘be convicted’Krasner said the actions of the ICE agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good were unlawful. 7358119
Reposted by Scott MintzerShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025It's kinda funny how every third political post on has some variation of "oh so you think there's going to be elections how cute" in the replies while the daily news is of Republicans getting boatraced in elections, manufacturing the reality you desire to be outraged about isn't just a rw phenomenon 581322191
Reposted by Scott Mintzerdr. 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 3568441673
Reposted by Scott MintzerAlexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 12/12/2025"You have to use AI." ...why? 241382634
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Seriously cannot understand all the hullabaloo over this. It doesn’t much matter whether light drinking is *beneficial*. The real point is that the evidence of *harm* from light drinking is so modest as to be fairly trivial. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/h...nytimes.comHeart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You 220
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The thing about this is that’s it’s applicable to so much more than creativity. There’s a whole techno-utopian mindset that’s just grossly out to lunch about so many things: science, healthcare, politics, education, law. Don’t buy anything these people say about anything. They have no notion. 020
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025It’s hard to know what the longer-term future holds, but in 2026 the GOP is fucked. Wonder if we’ll see a slew of Republican retirements in Congress soon. 020
Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025The aggressive gerrymandering stuff that the GOP is doing is undemocratic, unconscionable, and should be illegal. But it won’t even be close to enough to save their House majority. 010