James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One of the things I find baffling about this Ed Sheeran business, or Tim Apple kissing up to Trump, or any similar thing: why did you work so hard to become rich, if the goal was not to amass fuck-you money? 000
Reposted by James NostackOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026imagine trying to write innocently about Your Struggle in the midst of today's cancel culture 945917
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is how you know none of the people talking about AI superintelligence (or even ordinary intelligence) believe a single word of what they're saying. 110
Reposted by James NostackImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6673032109
Reposted by James NostackLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026‘My kid coulda been Caitlin Clark but a trans person existed’ was tested in a lab called ‘I can’t go to the school I deserved to go to because a Black person has my spot’ 631381
Reposted by James NostackSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 12/09/2026Zohran is extraordinarily gracious, but he should not have to be. Why is it acceptable to ask people to accept buckets of gutter bigotry as the inevitable price for being Muslim in public life? And then news media legitimates this bigotry by presenting it as a debate! 6768105
Reposted by James NostackBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025But we're going to touch the stove and we'll be touching it more than probably ever before. And we're not going to get burned. We're not going to get burned 85134941797
Reposted by James NostackRed Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The thing about "if voting actually mattered, they wouldn't let you do it" is that they are very much trying to stop you from doing it. 0172
Reposted by James NostackJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There’s a whole generation of (mostly white) Americans who were told we were done and we could stay home. Voting was all that was required. 313210
Reposted by James NostackZach Rosenberg @zachrosewriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hey, Kathryn, did this puckish little scamp just leak an ad from Rockstar or was he part of a much more sophisticated hacker operation focused on targeting vulnerable people by extorting them and stealing their identities to make millions? 2171
Reposted by James NostackEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026These marathons were one of his defining achievements. And the British media pretended there was no evidence they happened. That it was just something he 'claimed' to have done... Now try and tell me their hounding was about "getting to the truth" RIP Jason 😢 26/26 7679126
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wild that a man who cannot control his bowels controls a major political party. And the world's largest nuclear arsenal. 010
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026@wagatwe.bsky.social and @chadstanton.blacksky.app got me puzzling my poor brain over police abolition. I agree with the position, but also have trouble thinking through the implications. What follows is a well-meaning abolitionist-curious person thinking out loud. 120
Reposted by James NostackJohn Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I thought my life would be a Mardi Gras A never-ending party, ha! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVmB...youtube.com"Oh, Streetcar!" from "The Simpsons"YouTube video by Phil Touchette 141
Reposted by James NostackSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026Here’s the key takeaway from our report: Epstein couldn’t have carried out his trafficking and criminal activity without the help of the highest ranking employees and executives at the most powerful banks in the world. Wall Street is complicit in Epstein’s crimes from top to bottom. 91335413
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 11/07/2026@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com 's post got me thinking about the politics of V for Vendetta. Like her, I re-read it recently for the first time in decades. As a piece of political art, V is really good as anti-fascism. But it's pretty disappointing as an anarchism... 120
Reposted by James NostackDerek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Realizing that Trump II has made me a very spiteful person. Everyone involved needs to suffer for what they have done. It’s no longer enough to defeat them and get our country back. 1192
Reposted by James NostackGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Maybe if I scroll just a little bit more the world will become less awful somehow 1312015
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The thing about Harlan Ellison is that he was a good enough writer for people to pay him to do it--which is impressive! But if you're gonna sneer at other working professionals, buddy, your work really needs to be a hell of a lot more memorable than anything Ellison ever wrote. 042
Reposted by James NostackGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/06/2026Any Democratic politician who denies the need to reform/pack the Supreme Court is serving white supremacy. Call them and yell at them and support their primary challengers. 313726
Reposted by James NostackVeronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 31/05/2026So Jasmine Crockett had all this star power that couldn't propel her to a win but has the star power enough to propel Talarico to a win?static.klipy.comRichard Attenborough: Back to Work!ALT: Richard Attenborough: Back to Work! 211218
Reposted by James NostackMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 29/05/2026Placing innocent civilians on Rikers is evil. Delaney is not worse than Rikers. By most metrics, Rikers is 10 times worse than Delaney. What's different, is the level of empathy that the typical US Democratic voter is able to feel for innocent people held at Delaney versus held on Rikers.🤷🏿♂️ 0357
Reposted by James NostackDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Our greatest power is our ability to withdraw our cooperation. 25521
Reposted by James NostackChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I think my inherent disgust towards LLM AI is because it divorces the user from the weight of creation. What brilliance illuminated your life? What insights left you breathless? What strange paths did you wander? What work did you put in towards understanding what it means to be human? 15713127
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The thing that links institution lists like Chuck Schumer with fascist lunatics like Pete Hegseth is a complete, uncritical belief in American Exceptionalism. If you act like America should be some mystical place outside of normal historical forces and basic truths, this slopes down to fascism fast 100
Reposted by James Nostackbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 28/04/2026begging you all to occupy more of your time with things other than him 2323
Reposted by James NostackShawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026@chrislhayes.bsky.social ICYMI, a piece that reminded me of Twilight Of The Elites, for obvious reasons. "a world with universal basic income is more meritocratic than a world without one" www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...scottsantens.comThe Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBIWhy Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc... 13873320
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Yeah guys, Team "Wait, the Strait of Hormuz exists?!?" led by President Blabs-a-Lot executed a false-flag so that Blabs-a-Lot, who already got away with a coup and who has faced zero domestic pushback or consequences, can finally get public support for building the World's Ugliest Ballroom 000
Reposted by James NostackMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026he got everything he ever wanted and he’s fucking miserable 1053682310
Reposted by James NostackShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026for the ten thousandth time, it's been proven the the best way to deal with this guy is look him in the eye and go "oh yeah make me buddy boy" and the lesson they take away in the USA will of course be that they continue to give him everything he demands in case he gets upset with them 121006181
Reposted by James Nostackcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/04/2026all of America's bravest elected Democrats jumping into action to post vaguely on social media about how somebody else should do something 3039811083
Reposted by James NostackRob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Ouch. And yes. www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-...joanwestenberg.comThe "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneursI had coffee last year with a guy - I won't use his real name - who told me he was "building a business." I asked what it did. Dropshipping jade face rollers. I made him say it twice. Jade face roll... 722192
Reposted by James NostackJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 31/03/2026> what do you want? reading comprehension! > when do we want it? screw you! 168955
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I was at the Manhattan No Kings by myself, which is not a good thing for me. Gets my depression & alienation going overtime in a setting that's supposed to be about community and optimism. What follows is NOT a criticism of No Kings & folks who go, but simply venting my personal mental illness / 100
Reposted by James NostackFACING PAGES Comics News Satire @facingpages.bsky.social · 25/03/2026THE KIRBY AWARDS: New Industry Prize Named After Roz Kirby & Jack Kirby; Creator Of Stan Lee 0297
Reposted by James NostackCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/03/2026Finally: one of the ways we got here was to normalize anti-Islamic bigotry at every level of our government and society for decades. That is also horrific. None of us are free until we are all free. The traps we build for other people will harm us.horrific.one 122431
Reposted by James NostackCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/03/2026So let me be clear: Israel and the United States have started a horrific war. People who claim that Jews are to blame can fuck off with their antisemitism. 5991180
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The problem isn't that we can't come back from Trump because of Trump. We can't come back from Trump because the rot that produced him is still with us. White men like me aren't gonna get democracy back until we end white supremacy and rape culture 000
Reposted by James NostackSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 07/03/2026“He gotta know how to dress” No he don’t… You looking for someone that spends their free time fantasizing about chivalry and saving the day That’s the one that’s gonna pay off a mortgage 542841
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Once in a while, I see a car with a Blue Lives Matter flag and a Punisher decal. And I think, whoever owns that car is probably racist. Because: 100
Reposted by James NostackBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/03/2026To stop this senseless war ye see, ye must answer these riddles three 862058
Reposted by James Nostackproblem goose @mammothfactory.bsky.social · 03/03/2026why do you expect an empire to behave rationally? why do you expect institutions to be any more rational than people? like every empire the american empire is racist; like every racist it imagines a hierarchy of races & would rather collapse with its favored races than exist with the ones it hates 12910
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026My only issue with this is that it's not just the Roberts court 000
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Sure would be nice if someone could attempt explain why a bunch of innocent kids have to die. Or American service members. Iran has allegedly been 5 minutes from getting a nuclear weapon for th last 30 years or longer. Kinda think if that's what they wanted they'd have them by now. 000
Reposted by James NostackNope @torshi.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Horses can get any job they want now, haven't you heard. My dental hygienist is a horse 0996
Reposted by James NostackSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 23/02/2026What is Wunmi Mosaku address? apple.news/AljsxQ8nIS0e...apple.newsHeaven Has a Physical Location, a Physicist Claims—And He Thinks He Knows Where in the Universe It Is — Popular MechanicsThe “horizon” he points to isn’t a doorway to the divine, other scientists say. Yet, modern physics has been trying to answer questions once left to religion. 0271
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I realize everyone on this website is 38, but if anyone is, say, 60+, how much time did you personally spend worrying about nuclear war? Just watched Threads and it seems Barry Hines took it very seriously indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads...en.wikipedia.orgThreads (1984 film) - Wikipedia 200
Reposted by James NostackSpork loves you @strivingally.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Part of the reason it’s been so hard to get any traction on anti-ICE legislation - or even people in power openly criticising their actions - is because it’s basically impossible to thread the needle of condemning their brutality and cruelty while “supporting law enforcement” since cops do the same. 25721
James Nostack @semsu.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Okay. I've had it. Muting "Gavin Newsome" forever. I invite everyone to join me, including Gavin Newsome 140
