Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14hOne of us is The other is just taking campaigning. orders from Trump. 1852788591 2.8K
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2hTrump's economic approval rating has fallen to 28%. At this point in the 2018 midterms, Trump's economic approval was 49%. About 3 in 4 Americans currently disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation and the cost of living. 28860239 860
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Michael Martin @mcmartin.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Not a dunk, but I do think I disagree with this diagnosis, at least on recomps. AI tools really did wreck the status quo here in a way that's hard to fix and that did real damage. A thread of me noodling about this. This thread got *way* out of hand, sorry in advance 1113 11
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 16/10/2026the "median" is what separates the lanes going one direction from the lanes going the other direction. "mean" is when smart people expect you to know math words. 1203 20
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Paycheck to paycheck: "I can't put any money away because grocery staples are getting more expensive, SNAP only goes so far, and I need to feed my kids." Not paycheck to paycheck: "I can't put any money away because rent on the Palm Beach time share is killing me." 357960 579
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I think the real finding from surveys like this is that a lot of self-pitying rich people don't know what "paycheck to paycheck" means. If you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on voluntary expenditures like prep school tuition, you don't count. finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...finance.yahoo.comMore than a third of Americans earning over $500,000 say they’re living paycheck to paycheck, Goldman Sachs findsNearly half of $500K-plus households pay only the minimum on their credit cards, and 80% have put off a major financial goal—more than middle earners on both counts. 321449212 1.4K
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I think it’s even worse than this. This often means, “after I deduct expenditures *and savings* from my cash flow, my cash flow is net zero.” 1233732 337
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Snowden St. @snowden.st · 16/10/2026The Drop Biden movement came from rich Democratic donors! This was not the workings of the labor or progressive base. We were on this app! 68612 86
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Snowden St. @snowden.st · 16/10/2026We have to keep restating this banal fact because so many people seem to keep forgetting it 2758 75
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Snowden St. @snowden.st · 16/10/2026Again, many progressives in Congress were some of the quickest to endorse Kamala, and before her Biden. This is because they knew how to play ball, and Biden was the most labor-friendly WH Democrat in more than half a century 519431 194
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026this should be her only campaign ad 391701214 1.7K
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026i'll criticise lefties who abstain or promote abstention, i've got 10 years of being yelled at by online (& occasionally in person lol) on that front omar isn't the problem here—get ahold of yourself 346522 465
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026more or less real-time reaction 267730 677
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026she endorsed harris the same day biden dropped out 341687168 1.7K
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I swear to god so much of this is literally just people confusing measles and chicken pox 1783508472 3.5K
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻werewolf2000ad.bsky.social @werewolf2000ad.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Fascinating watching certain peoples deeply held convictions against AI basically vaporise like morning dew on first contact with a piece of ragebait slop that confirms their priors. 526443 264
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻George Pearkes @peark.es · 16/10/2026omg she's already done, quick someone calc the Scaramuccis *ZACHARIA IS “TRANSITIONING OUT” OF POSITION: FOX NEWS 54854101 854
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Hellscape Navigator @hellscapenavigator.bsky.social · 16/10/2026this has fun pro-social, culturally beneficial effects on crime and punishment policy. really there's no downside to fixating on rare, isolated exceptions or outright fantastical scenarios across the board when we make decisions. yup. no downsides at all. none whatsoever. it's good to do this. 0496 49
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16/10/2026and if you post a chart showing the supposed thing happening is statistically zero, you are in fact a bloodless quant who should be beaten to death with hammers Nothing matters anymore. Let the lunatics run the asylum. Who cares 1221917 219
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻grave meltzer 📓📇🤼♂️ S. Qiouyi Lu 陸秋逸 @s.qiouyi.lu · 16/10/2026every day at least one of my followers is learning about a new luchador 1131 13
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I’ve honestly been wondering where Sky went and this explains it perfectly. If you care about data, if you care about policy - if you care about *reality* - it’s hard to even express how depressing it is to see everyone mutually agree that facts simply don’t matter anymore. 1529818 298
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026God every time I take inter-city busses anywhere I get immensely angry about how much this country hates poor people 1292 29
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 16/10/2026the number of people i see expressing the desire that AI should be conscious so they can torture it convinces me that 1) they're all sheep who will swallow whatever swill jreg sells 2) they are deliberately performing evil behavior to establish ingroup solidarity, as is a classic in gangs 2438029 380
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026yeah! like if, inshallah, the public option IS actually overwhelmingly better for everyone, it'll pokemon evolve into M4A naturally lol 1121 12
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026but like... M4A as the *only* option? in a universe where we can elect Trump to the Presidency? do people NOT think it's bad enough that the Federal government can ALREADY coerce fed-funded hospitals to not provide abortion care and transgender care 2454 45
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026but like... M4A as the *only* option? in a universe where we can elect Trump to the Presidency? do people NOT think it's bad enough that the Federal government can ALREADY coerce fed-funded hospitals to not provide abortion care and transgender care 2454 45
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026it'll be wretched and awful and *still probably a really good thing to have* for a *lot of people* and will make insurance companies step up their game in terms of services they provide (that's part of why I'm pro public option, lmao, it's because i'm a big old capitalist) 2333 33
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026it'll be wretched and awful and *still probably a really good thing to have* for a *lot of people* and will make insurance companies step up their game in terms of services they provide (that's part of why I'm pro public option, lmao, it's because i'm a big old capitalist) 2333 33
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026people think - and i am being embuggered by this *right now as we speak* - that insurance companies are obnoxious about pre-approving imaging studies or w/e and "exist to deny claims" and like, i WANT a public option but dawg we have no idea how obnoxious it's gonna be in practice! 1364 36
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026people think - and i am being embuggered by this *right now as we speak* - that insurance companies are obnoxious about pre-approving imaging studies or w/e and "exist to deny claims" and like, i WANT a public option but dawg we have no idea how obnoxious it's gonna be in practice! 1364 36
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 16/10/2026Like, if I was in charge of the Ayn Rand publishing rights I would invest all of my money in making sure we get M4A in the completely rational goal of creating a generation of *furious* Randians *immediately* 2566 56
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 16/10/2026I’ve been saying that I think if we pass M4A we will create the biggest anti-government backlash in the country’s history becuase it will *inevitably*, in the absolute best case scenario, lead to everyone directly blaming the government whenever they’re denied any treatment they want 917218 172
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻POGtastic @pogtastic.bsky.social · 16/10/2026We also do a lot more scans and tests, and while there are obvious cases that this is wasteful I also feel like Americans would become Extremely Mad at the inevitable nature of that tradeoff: "we're 95% sure, sucks to be you if you're in the 5%." 2987 98
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Da Sparrow @sparrowstrike.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Like yes the US has a large inefficient and extractive healthcare system, but education and healthcare is also the largest employment sector in the country AND it pays nearly triple on average that it does in a country with universal healthcare. It's extractive because it creates jobs. 3647 64
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Da Sparrow @sparrowstrike.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In general I think the US has basically the same outcomes as any other country, just with different mechanisms to get there, same with the proportional vs fptp or any other system. Most of the issues we decry are essentially tradeoffs with other systems where we prioritize one thing and they don't. 11724 72
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16/10/2026and like, I know i'm an american throwing stones in my glass house a bit here (lord knows i've forgone care for $ reasons) but like, if you're going to advocate for m4a you shouldn't try to bait and switch folks with "well in canada there's no medical debt" when that's just straight false 1735916 359
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16/10/2026but much more saliently, the canadian healthcare system does not fully accomplish its stated goals because its coverage is so limited. 17.5% of canadians are in medical debt, with the average burden ~$6000 usd (for some comparison, around 40% of americans have an average of ~$9000 in medical debt)biv.comCanadians face three times more health-care debt than Australians, survey showsCanadians face an average of more than $US6,000 in medical debt, largely driven by dental bills and prescription medication, a new poll has found 1824817 248
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16/10/2026also, and I know this is not the point, but knowing a few canadians IRL: their healthcare system kinda sucks. it's not transferable between provinces without a 3 month waiting period (and for short trips, for quebec), it doesn't cover most drugs, and then there's the "you should kill yourself" thing 9933323 333
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026oh man this is the best thing i've watched all week 14811 48
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all. 284150164891 15K
J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 16/10/2026this is wild and neat, it'd never have even occurred to me to try this 2191 19
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Thorne 🌸 - Play Cozysters! 🎢 @ens0.me · 15/10/2026And if you're marginalized, you're more likely to be targeted all well (as has happened here) people accuse you just being some cishet white guy LARPing as a marginalized person online Which is so insulting in and of itself, acting as marginalized groups are hiveminds 31054 105
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Thorne 🌸 - Play Cozysters! 🎢 @ens0.me · 15/10/2026AI as it exists today almost certainly isn't conscious. But a lot of people refuse to engage with the idea that they are more than just stochastic parrots that are obviously useless or whatever and get violently angry at anyone expressing anything contrary to that. 31339 133
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Thorne 🌸 - Play Cozysters! 🎢 @ens0.me · 15/10/2026For the record, I don't agree with Shibbi, but she's a good-hearted trans woman who is now being dogpiled and smeared for an unorthodox take that doesn't really harm anyone 924619 246
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Fennec Fox Fanfare @fennecfoxfanfare.bsky.social · 15/10/2026it's amazing how often someone is like "getting a kick out of performing cruelty toward objects is actually fine lmao, it's not like they're fantasizing about torturing real people" and then you read their profile and they're fantasizing about torturing real people 2293 29
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Albert Lee @albertl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026404media really, really wants you to know the level of audience capture they're on 1243 24
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026First of all, it's crazy how many people on this app are dogshit pieces of garbage. Look at this dogpile. Second of all, it's REALLY crazy how many people ostensibly on the left are literally begging for permission to find something or someone they can be extraordinarily cruel towards. 1721421 214
Reposted by J. C. Cantwell 🌻derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Here's how to build a wardrobe that lasts 10+ years. 🧵 582912416 2.9K