Reposted by Shawn LavelleI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026In case folks missed this. 3305157
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Need to get in there while it still has that new museum smell! 000
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#LandBack! The Penobscot Nation regained 11,297 acres of their ancestral homelands near sacred Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Its the first phase of a 30,000-acre land return. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...tribalbusinessnews.comPenobscot Nation regains 11,297 acres in first phase of major land returnThe Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin as partners pursue a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres. 415968
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@wxdam.com is there any kind of rule of thumb about how to visually tell how far away clouds are? This morning I could see the edge of the approaching nor'easter, but I don't know how to convert that into anything conveyable to others. 110
Reposted by Shawn LavelleMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026fuck this country. if you're uninsured, a goodrx coupon will bring the flu shot down to about $30 to $40. (you'll have to match the coupon to the particular flu vaccine that pharmacy has). many pharmacies will not proactively offer to look for a coupon for you, some will. 🧵 4347155
Reposted by Shawn LavellePaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026That's the whole list of Trump's Top 10 9/11 Lies. But the entries are a bit trimmed for Bluesky. To read it in full, see my @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social story here: www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202... 12/12randomlengthsnews.comTrump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies -Trump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies - Until retreating to Florida in the face of criminal prosecution, Donald Trump was a lifelong New Yorker, and no event shook the city more than the 9/11 attacks that destroye... 0276
Reposted by Shawn LavelleZack @zack-aj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Must read. Mostly I stay quiet about 9/11 and its aftermath but sometimes I have challenged friends who talk about the unity after that attack and I have found Ackerman’s writings on the topic the best way to tell them what actually happened 28418
Reposted by Shawn LavelleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026New from me: The NY Times piece criticized Mamdani for using influencers to share his agenda. But negativity bias means that legacy media like the Times does not cover substantive government stories about Mamdani trying to make the government work better. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/publish/post...donmoynihan.substack.comMamdani, media, and negativity biasIs it possible to get credit for focusing on implementation? 431315318
Reposted by Shawn LavelleEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Excellent, damning investigation by @captimes.com reporters Ella Hanley and Danielle DuClos. @ellamhanley.bsky.social Dietram Scheufele – Bad guy who controlled funding. Had 2 types of women grad students–"Liked" or "Disliked" based on their inclination to f' him. "Disliked" = mocked and unfunded. 1188
Reposted by Shawn LavelleThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201209886
Reposted by Shawn LavelleCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I expand on that here. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...craigcalcaterra.comBlood on J.D. Vance’s handsA young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands 2416
Reposted by Shawn LavelleGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...newrepublic.comWhat Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really RevealsThe senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today. 61879113079
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRuss McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation. 521300905
Reposted by Shawn LavelleAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135068680
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When Sumerians or anybody else declared a debt jubilee, it meant forgiving _their_ debtors (people who owed money to them). If govt did it, it meant: "forget the back taxes, fines etc you owe us [invest in your farm]". The NYT op-ed suggests that debtors (e.g. US govt) can declare it themselves. 3697
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac... 7562632703
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If someone stood up and started shouting about turtles to a plane load of people, they'd break out the duct tape and divert to the nearest airport 000
Reposted by Shawn LavelleMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Interesting: DoorDash is supporting the GOP bill in Congress to limit D.C.'s ability to increase or decrease taxes and fees, largely in response to the D.C. Council's recent vote in impose a new 20-cent delivery fee to help fund food-access programs. www.notus.org/metro/uberea...notus.orgThat Food Delivery Is Soon Going To Cost You a Little More in D.C.DoorDash unsuccessfully fought a 20-cent fee approved by the D.C. Council that will also affect UberEats deliveries. 9395198
Reposted by Shawn LavelleMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one. 2525661274
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 18/07/2026When does the Battle of Crêcy reenactment end and the soccer match begin? 000
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/07/202614-year old girl arrested for speaking out against Data Centers in her community 31234761738
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This is immediate internet video pantheon material. 000
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 23/06/2026please join me in reminding god awful Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke that we know she exists c.org/NBwGNdQH 28736
Reposted by Shawn LavelleWaggtoon (Commissions Open) @waggtoon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026RIP Gene Shalit. In his honor, here's a clip from the best interview he ever did. 11904287
Reposted by Shawn LavelleCapital Weather @capitalweather.com · 09/06/2026So much NEW CapitalWeather.com, so little time! 🌤️ New site, new iOS/Android app — watch the video for the full tour. #DCwx 58416
Reposted by Shawn LavelleMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.thehandbasket.coA tale of two media womenOn Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world. 883090725
Reposted by Shawn LavelleColton @sniperking323.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Saw this on FB. If you’ve ever enjoyed Aqua Teen, please help if you can. Someone who’s such an integral part of one of Adult Swim’s most beloved shows deserves much better than this. 4647714497
Reposted by Shawn LavelleNosferobtu P. @tyrannosaurob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Link to his website if you can help www.careymeansfrylock.comcareymeansfrylock.comAutographs and Plushies from ATHF | Carey MeansFrylock ATHF Aqua Teen Hunger Force MERCH 39852
Reposted by Shawn LavelleOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026helpful starter pack courtesy of @laminda.bsky.social. go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e 16528
Reposted by Shawn LavelleGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/06/2026Even when you've seen countless examples of it, it's still breathtaking how much criminal behavior our society accepts and indeed welcomes from the police. 3457165
Reposted by Shawn LavelleMiss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A Black teenager was accused of stealing a backpack and ended up dying by suicide because he was kept in solitary confinement at Rikers for years. His name is Kalief Browder. He spent over 700 days in solitary confinement AWAITING TRIAL. I guess in racist America that’s worse than this. 502133889
Reposted by Shawn LavelleKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A great opportunity to be Trump's arch nemesis. Comment by noon on June 3. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...savingplaces.orgPublic Comment Period: Proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle | National Trust for Historic PreservationMembers of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. The National Trust has raised concerns about the proposed... 12262194
Reposted by Shawn LavelleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026New, from me: He turned the part of Lincoln into the party of Trump, and has broadly succeeded in turning the US federal government into a personalist regime. Here are seven signs that personalism has come to define the second Trump administration. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/scenes-fro...donmoynihan.substack.comScenes from a personalist regimeSeven signs that Trump has embedded personalist leadership in American government 33750272
Reposted by Shawn LavelleGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/05/2026This is terrible. Among other things, Alex is the creator of an incredibly useful starter pack of "A.i."-free journalists and news outlets. Please consider tossing him a few bucks if you have the means. 19632
Reposted by Shawn LavellePopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I want to know the name of the judge who presided over this. I want that judge’s name and email address public. I want people to be able to ask that judge what the fuck was wrong with him or her. /1 572083586
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Imposing real, criminal consequences for the Hegseth/Miller/Trump drug boat murders must be a top priority for the next administration. It would be a catastrophic moral failing to let them go unanswered. 23865231
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Funny how after every SCOTUS ruling striking down some protection from government abuse, the officials those protections restrained — cops, prosecutors, Republican state electeds — immediately start acting in the precise manner SCOTUS assured us they no longer do. 443179895
Reposted by Shawn LavelleHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026In case you haven’t heard we are all boycotting REI until they respect the union. Please spread the word. 8635269
Reposted by Shawn LavelleSarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 25/04/2026“All they did was kill more people, for less and less.” A stunning, acute, powerful piece by @attackerman.bsky.social www.forever-wars.com/from-lost-wa...forever-wars.comFrom Lost War To Forever War in IranTrump blinked, but now the war has become a permanent crisis 05018
Reposted by Shawn LavelleDC Books to Prisons @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Support indie bookstores and DC BtP! This weekend you can buy us books online with free shipping, plus we'll get a matching cash donation! As prison book restrictions become more onerous, our need for new books is greater than ever. Check out our wish lists at linktr.ee/dcbtp. 066
Reposted by Shawn LavelleSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 22/04/2026www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak outAn Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’ 213570
Reposted by Shawn LavelleNo Borders Books @nobordersbooks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We firmly believe that *everyone* deserves access to (good, new) books that they actually want to read so we're doing another books-to-jail drive for Rikers! Purchase books from our registry and they'll be delivered directly to us to pass along: bookshop.org/wishlists/8b... 0131100
Reposted by Shawn LavelleJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii 11283681091
Reposted by Shawn LavelleRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.ricksteves.comIranJoin Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of... 3828931172
Shawn Lavelle @shawnlavelle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Just wanted to say the eastern redbud is my joy of spring. 000
