Reposted by John Sisinoae @aelkus.bsky.social · 4hthis is the first one of these "the alarm must be raised" pieces that actually makes sense, largely because he says something obvious: no one at the company has any clue about how safety engineering works 4561127
Reposted by John SisinoKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4hPlease please please stop making a big deal out of the G7 reserves release. Yes, it’s 100 million barrels over 4 months. We - the planet - use 100 million barrels of crude every…single…day. Almost literally a drop in the bucket. 331076223
Reposted by John SisinoScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 3h"The layoffs... were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area" "His broad tariffs failed to boost demand and the plant’s former owner, International Motors, chose to offload the facility." apnews.com/article/trum... 2328
Reposted by John SisinoBaltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 7hWe’ll just let Mikhail Gorbachev fact check Tucker here. 710328
Reposted by John SisinoJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pete Hegseth pretends he’s laser-focused on “warfighting” but then focuses on a lot of stuff that’s just…. Not actually that important to modern warfighting. What he’s actually doing is performing <gasp> gender ideology. 1211017
Reposted by John SisinoPeter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 23hWe can be certain that the founders, were keen to avoid religious wars If the international order of today is a response to factors that led to the outbreak of general conflict in Europe (WWI and WWII) the order the founders lived in was a response to horrors of the 30 Years War 0111
Reposted by John SisinoReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026he's so breathtakingly stupid 2265051
Reposted by John SisinoThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026Russian troops were left with no food, water, or ammunition and had to drink their own urine to survive after being abandoned by their commanders, POWs captured by Ukraine have said.kyivindependent.comRussian soldiers 'had to drink urine to survive' after being abandoned by commanders, POWs sayRussian troops were left with no food, water, or ammunition and had to drink their own urine to survive after being abandoned by their commanders, POWs captured by Ukraine have said. The claims were ... 522564
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's obvious bluster, a non-defamatory opinion. It's pure subjective interpretation. 2181
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To elaborate, for example, I frequently call Ken Paxton a "thug" on Bluesky. Is that defamatory? Of course not. While I firmly believe he is a gotdamn criminal (omg, more defamation?!?), no one reading this could believe I was making a provably false statement of fact. 2172
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A fun as this is (for the lawyer$), I doubt calling someone at an ICE protest a "left-wing terrorist" is defamatory. Name-calling rarely is. And in context, no one could reasonably believe that "left-wing terrorist" means something defamatory. 87311
Reposted by John SisinoEli @eliglazier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Real ones knew this was the Jones Act without clicking 0303
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This isn't messaging from campaigns. This is scammers, and you should ignore it and also tighten up your filters. And also spread the word that scammers are out there, Elliot. 25310
Reposted by John SisinoWhey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So the answer to Klobuchar’s “did you confuse the Hawkeyes for the Hawks” question appears to be “oh no, we’re way fuckin dumber than that.” 36413
Reposted by John SisinoJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 02/10/2026For those who don't know Finnish, the translation in the image is among the worst I've seen and it advertises Microsoft's Translator 1811
Reposted by John SisinoJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 02/10/2026Our tactical encryption remains undefeated, even by most modern Microsoft clankers 1831262
Reposted by John SisinoDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It remains a genuine mystery to leading luminaries of international relations like @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Chomsky and @dipshitbunchofnunbers as to why NATO is so popular amongst all the people we did things like this to. Totally. 330327
Reposted by John SisinoDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026OTD in 1951 *2nd* wave of Operation Osen's deportations began. Over 16000 Lithuanians were forcibly sent to Siberia as USSR continued to liberate them from fascism & also their freedom 6 years after WW2 ended. Imagine mass deportations happening today? 7637188
Reposted by John SisinoDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is only one branch of my family. I found a few in other branches. 2373
Reposted by John SisinoDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These 21 in 1951 were not the only ones. A total of 87 people with the Kašeta surname were sent off to camps or exile in the 1940-1953 period by Soviet occupiers. 1433
Reposted by John SisinoDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's record of 12 of the 21 coming back from the camps. One is recorded to have died in the Krasnoyarsk oblast in Siberia. What ever happened to the other 8 is unknown. 2546
Reposted by John SisinoDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026At least 21 members of my extended family were arrested and sent from Lithuania to camps or exile colonies in this 1951 act of repression by the Soviet occupiers. 4265104
Reposted by John SisinoAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 181965693
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Regarding the individual defendants, the lawsuit is suggesting that they were engaged in a conspiracy against Somali and Hispanic residents of Minnesota (and elsewhere) and Renee Good essentially got murdered in the course of that conspiracy. Bovino's inability to shut is fascist trap plays a role. 0315
Reposted by John SisinoGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lawgeeks, here are the complaints as filed in Renee Good's cases. -vs U.S.: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... -vs individual defx, including Jonathan Ross (shooter), Sec. Noem (fascist barbie), Greg Bovino (fascist asshole) Stephen Miller (Nazi): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 39630
Reposted by John SisinoOz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Russian's don't care about Ukrainian lives, that much is clear, but the people who only use Ukrainian suffering as a rhetorical device care just as little about what Russia is doing to this country. 331237
Reposted by John SisinoOz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Russia has bombed a school basically every single day this week, so for those people who say "if this was happening in Ukraine, it would be on the front pages every day", how many times have you seen that on the front page of even one of your national newspapers this week? Zero. 6767223
Reposted by John SisinoJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I don't trust CNN, but this lady who says every celebrity is trans and has consumed their own children, she checks out" 455240
Reposted by John SisinoJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic. 332253365
Reposted by John SisinoKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kai Ryssdal, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant -- the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 45891103
Reposted by John SisinoRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/10/2026“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."nbcnews.comJudge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool caseThe judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office. 21889254
Reposted by John SisinoAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump rambles for AGES about the White House renovation (802 words total). The interviewer then changes topic, but Trump tries to bring it back to the White House. The Time reporter doesn't engage and moves on McConnell, and Trump just SNAPS: "You haven't asked me one fucking positive question." 1422967
Reposted by John SisinoWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump's "pocket rescission" of $810 million in spending across several agencies, an appropriation Trump himself previously signed into law, is troubling, not because the spending in question is good, but because it strikes at Congress's constitutional power of the purse. [David Ditch, @cato.org]cato.orgCongress Should Put an End to Pocket RescissionsCongress has the power and responsibility to authorize and manage all aspects of federal spending. It should start acting like it. 14020
Reposted by John SisinoScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"So why did he fake apologize to Cato of all groups before saying he didn’t need any reasons to advocate centrally planning the country’s demographics?" www.cato.org/blog/sorry-c... 1122
Reposted by John SisinoWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"If [recent reports prove] true, it means Attorney General Todd Blanche’s operation is so preposterously corrupt and politically compromised that even prominent 'rigged election' truthers are having moral qualms about working for it." [Nick Catoggio]thedispatch.comTrump’s Epstein Problem Never Went AwayConspiracies and consequences. 13116
Reposted by John Sisino"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even students who choose to retain distinctive religious or cultural elements (like dress), they're still talking about the football team (could be better), have a distinctly American understanding on politics and culture, listening to the standard range of American music, etc. They're Americans. 421212
Reposted by John Sisino"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And it is striking to me how obviously idiotic that racist mindset it when I very obviously have more in common with an Asian-American or Hispanic-American or whatever-American student raised in North Carolina (or anywhere else in the USA, frankly) than I do with my good friends in Europe. 118710
Reposted by John Sisino"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Man, you have to be just...really racist...not to come away from spending basically any time at all at an American university with a nearly boundless faith in the power of American assimilation. All sorts of students whose ancestors came from all over, utterly and completely American, all the way. 1050767
Reposted by John SisinoKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 1736045915
Reposted by John SisinoAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/09/2026The ACLU's Jeffrey Stein called the ruling a "huge step in the right direction." “The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of hundreds of civilians." 🔽 17937333
Reposted by John SisinoNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump expressed support for the Iraq war as it started. He later criticized Bush for not stealing oil or doing enough war crimes (namely targeting innocent family members of insurgents). Then he acted on that vision of war with Iran, and it's failing badly. Enough Trump-absolving revisionist BS. 433854
Reposted by John SisinoI Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And like... that wasn't wrong! But also it was a monstrous decision that got 10ks of the people he supposedly represented slaughtered, & ultimately got himself killed. 321515
Reposted by John SisinoI Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In general there is an inability to recognize that parties to the Gaza war had agency & acted on it. One of the things the Atlantic article makes clear is that Hamas kept backing out of ceasefire agreements because Sinwar believed prolonging the war would drive a wedge in the US/Israeli alliance. 628337
Reposted by John SisinoI Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Biden literally did the mythical One Phone Call that would stop Israel in it's tracks, &... it didn't stop Israel in it's tracks. 24631128
Reposted by John SisinoDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 30/09/2026"if you only know one country, you know no countries." and i don't know just mean sound bites and gotchas. understanding how chile lost its democracy--and got it back--matters. valentin tapia, today: www.liberalcurrents.com/how-chile-re...liberalcurrents.comHow Chile Recovered Its DemocracyA leader operating beyond the margins of the law can yet eventually be defeated in a free and fair election. 16720
Reposted by John SisinoDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Which means when we attack Europe, we will bomb kindergartens and hospitals instead. 17544118
Reposted by John SisinoSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A migrant worker in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for posting blasphemy in a Facebook comment.tamilguardian.comTamil youth faces death sentence in Saudi Arabia over Facebook comment | Tamil Guardian 166
Reposted by John SisinoTicia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Archaeologists excavating near Naousa in northern Greece recently uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old school complex, or gymnasium. The site, which stood in the ancient Macedonian town of Mieza, may have been where Aristotle taught in the 4th century BCE ✒️Ella Spitz 📷Hellenic Ministry of Culture 1224
Reposted by John SisinoFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Youth pastor voice 16882144