Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialMalachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The solution to this dilemma is for Democrats running for office to NOT GO ON FOX NEWS AND SAY THEY AGREE WITH REPUBLICANS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION BEING GOOD! 030433
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Trump wins on the shadow docket to proceed with the ballroom. Just another mess a Democrat will have to clean up if we're ever allowed to have a free election again. Destroying whatever monstronsity Trump puts up and restoring the East Wing must be a First 100 Days priority for the Dems. 57956197
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is 100% true. They'll gleefully destroy any institutional space that makes room for Black people, and then turn around and say it's for "intellectual diversity" or similar bullshit. And meanwhile, most of these "anti-wokers" are mediocre--at best!--occupants of those same spaces 10806188
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialLady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Most athletes I know aren’t too scared of playing against the other gender In fact, I’ve seen young women run circles around guys on the basketball court The real issue with sports is that men, in general, can’t handle losing to women 2745327709
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Guys I just want to find planets and show other people planets and think about how cool planets are. 😭 2634917
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Just my whole job being dragged by Andy Weir. 58810
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialNicholas Venture @nicholasventure.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I spoke with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes tonight and then he was like "Oh, wait Lindsey Graham just showed up, wanna talk to him?" 131633330
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It took me a solid five minutes to realize that Lindsay Graham was dead because I kept mentally reading Mitch McConnell and then an additional minute to realize they’re both probably dead now hell yeah Saturday night baby 392024234
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socials. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/07/2026Just thinking this morning about how many women are forced to serve up the most intimate and horrible moments of their pasts because people blast through a veritable thicket of red flags in support of a political candidate, and in retaliation, they are smeared and harassed. 73176646
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Whatever Platner did or didn’t do, pay attention to how quickly conversations about sexual and physical violence against women turn into “aw shucks” meditations on second chances in a way almost no other harms do. What you frame as deserving of grace tells me who you believe should absorb the cost. 372522525
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialHalloween Mike @schatzipage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job 212200515
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialdan solomon @dansolomon.com · 07/07/2026the high-profile people who supported platner ignored the nazi tattoo, so a bunch of women came forward to report sketchy behavior, which they also ignored, until this woman had to come forward and tell her full story. i hope they do some reflecting on how and why they put her in that position 7781163
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.social 川上信 (Shin Kawakami)🇯🇵🇨🇳🇺🇸 @nkfinity.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It’s honestly crazy how this is like, taken as a matter-of-fact on social media when Biden is healthy and making public appearances and speeches still. 13948124
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport 854624673
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/06/2026Algae are prolific producers of oxygen (and consumers of carbon dioxide), en masse producing a huge proportion of the oxygen we breathe, which means that the greening of the Reflecting Pool might be the most pro-climate thing Trump has ever done. 10164931339
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKelly “Free Link” McGonigal @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it 1789771860
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/06/2026World Cup players are being denied entry to the US. Some are being detained, searched and treated like criminals. They have one thing in common…. They’re not white. The US has no business hosting the World Cup when it’s hostile to those from other parts of the world. 30164061924
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 03/06/2026There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding. 267142082845
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Watch Stephen Colbert's show and then never watch CBS again. Make em feel it. 370113341810
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026i think it is a testament to the inherent radicalism of the reconstruction amendments that the supreme court’s main project with regards to them has been to limit and weaken their impact on american society. 132427375
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Folks! Who do you think can apply for a low paying, high prestige job? It's neither average people (representative) nor salaried technical experts (massive pay cut). It's people who don't need the income! 949857
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling 232184004189
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 07/05/2026I have said this before, but if Pope Bob was on the conservative end of the Pope spectrum, we would get hourly updates on him and every catholic dem would face a barrage of questions suggesting they excommunicate themselves 550368
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Much like how knitting (a feminine-coded activity) is relegated to "crafts," while sculptures (a masculine-coded activity) is elevated to the "arts," it's assumed that this sort of stuff isn't "serious" and thus subject to harsher scrutiny. 112328212
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/04/2026Get yourself a man who cries when Scott Hunter comes out on Heated Rivalry. 2402
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialTim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men. 82134655341
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/04/2026While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to breakplanetary.orgYour Guide to NASA's BudgetHow big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as… 392166924
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵 712228483317
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialdonoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 10/04/2026sick of these catholic converts showing up and saying "well I have a different interpretation of the scripture" no you don't. that's protestantism and a heresy. don't like it there's the (incredibly beautiful and heavily ornamented with precious metals) door 9182191342
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The good news is that my lecture on the Cuban Missile Crisis scheduled for tomorrow just became a lot more relatable for my students! 3091294
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it. 412150033769
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026There is no more dangerous political idea than claiming another civilization must be annihilated to prevent the annihilation of your own civilization. This great replacement theory will lead to the annihilation of both civilizations, of all civilizations, of human civilization. 012928
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialAmanda Rykoff @amandarykoff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was letting a smart woman be in charge. 011020
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialJemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was allowing 10 trans athletes to play college sports, which has a total of 500,000 athletes. 6733146
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/04/2026so wild that the dark side of the moon is as far as humans have ever travelled into space and every other tech bro thinks moving humans to the Moon or Mars is a more reasonable path than you know, saving this planet. the lack of humility that capitalism breeds... 531153
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 07/04/2026At this point, Trump support doesn't just require one to be a Fake Christian. Trump support requires one to violently hate and reject the actual teachings of Christ. Enjoy your body bags & gas prices, MAGA. If you'd ever read the Jesus parts, none of this would be happening. 25680175
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Again, there’s a reason democracies — and in particular this one — were specially designed to avoid putting all power in one person’s hands. Weird that we did away with those limits because of some people’s vague sense of grievance. 1024632
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Like… We cannot go ahead and have the World Cup now like nothing is going on. Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen tonight. Countries should simply refuse to send teams. The rest of the world cannot treat us as a remotely normal country after this 6114102240
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country. Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale. 30180681872
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialEric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 07/04/2026No big deal just a solar eclipse as seen from the moon streamed to us here on Earth by astronauts who are farther away from their home planet than any human has ever been 8688941463
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026The problems with US government spending priorities are vast and extremely depressing/enraging much of the time. I desperately wish much more was spent on improving people's lives directly, and much less on war. Science spending just isn't really part of that particular equation. 122024169
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026It's frequently pointed out that NASA activities (and basic/exploratory science in general) have a fantastic return on investment, contributing far more to the economy than they take. But even if they didn't, no one's actually taking from the "cure sick people" pot to put money in the "rockets" pot. 232554321
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice. 333198604405
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them. 9380132385
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2026they view the mere presence of nonwhites in positions of influence as “DEI,” regardless of credentials or performance. again, all of this was extremely obvious. 252059212
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 27/03/2026TIL that flight attendants aren’t paid during boarding and that had simply not crossed my mind as a thing that was possible? what the actual fuck 473433585
Reposted by @skiingsheltie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you're a Democratic politician and you're paying a consultant to tell you that the way to beat the Republicans is to foreground their issues, adopt their framing and just promise to be 50% as ruthless on it, you should retire from politics immediately and take the consultant with you. 251038190
