Reposted by SnorlaxcatsCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Something significant could be lost when that team of 10 developing the ideas that lead to a breakthrough is whittled down to two or three researchers and a chatbot." You don't say 11039
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsRachael the Spicy Hobbit @rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And they didn't do a damned thing to improve safety for women and girls in college campuses. The backlash to MeToo won. 0212
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The people talking about the dignity of being, say, a welder, have never welded anything. And as far as “the pay is actually good” arguments go, the starting pay is good. The pay a few years in is good. But there’s a ceiling and it hits at about the same time the physical toll of the job does 1675375
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience. 311421259
Reposted by Snorlaxcatsbadgerfem @badgerfem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Do people with PhDs "make money"? Money is not the end goal for many people. Learning has value, but DJT wouldn't understand that. 0755
Reposted by Snorlaxcats🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 29/09/2026I got an art degree and a religious studies degree, but of which have paid off. Not immediately. Not in a way you can directly tie salary and earnings to money spent... but over a lifetime both degrees have absolutely earned out. 2287
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsBarry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Glass, Like Glass. Sunday's sunrise at the entrance to the Chicago River. 321811277
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsChris @exnerd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026At this point, I consider every unsolicited "wrong number" text to be an attempted pig butchering scam (with a small chance that it's some data harvester trying to double check accuracy or correlate data points, since some address me by my name, or a name of a family member). 1241
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This is a big deal. @govpritzker.illinois.gov's Republican predecessor put the state's finances in the crapper. Pritzker has invested heavily in the state's people and infrastructure AND restored its fiscal stability. No small feat. 361995580
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people. 76485101788
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsJosh Sewell @joshsewell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Cool, man. My family is paying $300 a week for groceries; gas is almost $4 a gallon because you started a pointless war; and nobody except your MAGA cult is going to call it this (see: "Gulf of America"). Everything is SO fucking stupid and I'm tired of news organizations pretending it's not.apnews.comTrump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United StatesPresident Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. 062
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsGrace (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social · 26/11/2025And the more that women insist on being acknowledged as human, and doing things that are just human, the less territory is left for men to define as exclusively masculine. Which is why fragile men are becoming so extreme. 0153
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsMinnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I feel like conservatives fundamentally don't understand the point of a college course. You have to study something in order to gain skills that can be applied more broadly You might as well do it on something you're kind of interested in. 4467
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsThe Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 20/08/2026Some female sharks can reproduce without a mate. The process is called Parthenogenesis. 217832
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed 402853859
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsNPR @npr.org · 05/08/2026The FAA says the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when Trump's Marine One helicopter took off from the White House around the same time that a commercial plane took off from nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.n.prAviation authorities investigating apparent safety violation by helicopter carrying TrumpThe FAA says the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when Trump's Marine One helicopter took off from the White House around the same time that a commercial plane took off from nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 1820962
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 05/08/2026www.wsj.com/politics/nat...wsj.comExclusive | FAA Investigates Marine One Safety Incident in WashingtonThe president’s helicopter took off from the White House despite commercial traffic flying at Reagan National Airport. 16312
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This is INCREDIBLE news 7424130
Reposted by Snorlaxcatsshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026us: can we have healthcare and trains that run on time? the government: 18 space rockets for the pentagon? you got it. 04013
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/07/2026They are going after the school district that serves the Maryland State Capitol and the Naval Academy 2549
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comA Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in ThereA trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information. 3418571083
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room. 486113863202
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsHaden Plouffe is Very Scary @haydnpuff.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have to add the Actual Greatest Slur in music to the conversation 11518
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974902711
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It isn’t mentioned much, but the MAGA regime has legalized the hunting and murdering of over 20 threatened species once protected under the Endangered Species Act including allowing drilling and construction in protected habitats. He wakes up every day wanting to destroy. 41593269
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsChalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 24/07/2026State education leaders and lawyers knew Riverstone Academy would be religious before it opened. They gave it a public school code and state funding.bit.lyState officials knew “public Christian school” would be religious before it opened. They let it move forward.State education leaders and lawyers knew Riverstone Academy would be religious before it opened. They gave it a public school code and state funding. 067
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/07/2026That is one surreal social-media slide. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b... 41731280
Reposted by Snorlaxcatsmikerevolution.bsky.social @mikerevolution.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I think it's bad when the "paper of record" lacks object permanence. 0142
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A new Fox News poll has Dems up 53/46 on the generic ballot. Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... 351277307
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/07/2026NEWS: Democrats hit 53% in the latest Fox News generic congressional ballot—the highest percentage either party has reached in Fox's polling since 1996. 913100676
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just pointing out that amidst all the ludicrous screaming and yelling by Trumpists about communism, the Trump administration had and has in senior positions individuals who are genuine and unabashed fascists. 462575576
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsBrian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026NEW: Taylor Farms is a big player in conservative politics. The company donated $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025 and its CEO has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates. It's also spent $810,000 on anti-regulatory lobbying since 2025wired.comTaylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC. 24515293
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Fox News poll: Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you think would do a better job on immigration? 50% say Democrats 49% say Republicans *Quite* a turnaround after Dems got destroyed on immigration politics in 2024; it is (was?) Trump’s best issue. 19688132
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026jesus fucking christ 4530761154
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 22/07/2026When power is rooted in disinformation, data become a threat. apnews.com/article/eeoc...apnews.comUS civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 yearsThe Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ... 4368175
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Mexican man who was killed by an 18-wheeler as he ran from the masked thugs of ICE in #Florida has now been ID’D -- he was tourist with a valid visa. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comMexican man killed by truck as he ran from ICE in Florida ID’D as tourist with valid visaThe Mexican man who officials say was killed by a truck last week in St. Augustine while running from immigration officers was identified by a farmworkers’ advocacy group as a father of two on vacatio... 715963
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 21/07/2026“In a world that can often feel dark be like Nolan. Be a light that brightens the lives of those around you.” Absolutely devastating. 💔 Sending love, strength and prayers to the family and loved ones of Nolan Wells. They deserve answers. 301060257
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 19/07/2026A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.socialnbcnews.comIdaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America. 342693917
Reposted by Snorlaxcatspresidentjefferson @presidentjefferson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I studied non-employable things in college. 19th century Europe, history of ideas. Years later I took pre-med classes, went to med school, and became a doc. Humanities background was key in becoming a doctor who could think. Life is long. We cannot let obtunded morons in suits make our life choices. 1362
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsNDuggar @nduggar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Isn’t that going to leave most of the arts, literature and history programs in deep trouble? 5513
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsGolgariGlenRoss @golgariglenross.bsky.social · 19/07/2026We allowed businesses to offload the cost/responsibility of employee training onto the employees and it’s made everything worse. Businesses complain their hires aren’t trained properly (train them yourself), academia is warped from what it is supposed to be, and workers/students are suffering. 215113
Reposted by SnorlaxcatsOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026things like this are especially funny when you remember that the @washingtonpost.com is owned by the 4th wealthiest man in the world and is now dedicated almost 24-7 to arguing that you should never tax a dollar of jeff bezo's over $246 billion dollars 821879467
