Reposted by SnowbeagleLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 9hKind of highlights the absurdity of the entire fucking thing that you can ritualistically try to kill a person, fail at it, then send them to the hospital for life-saving medical care. What a cruel fucking joke. 732244
Reposted by SnowbeaglePeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3hGood. But you don't get credit for not doing something you should never have even have considered in the first place. #MLB www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comMLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National ParkAfter The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition. 311817
Reposted by Snowbeagledarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12hwill the reflecting pool algae story continue into october u were wondering to yourself 526214
Reposted by SnowbeagleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5hThe people who run our government are are obsessed with appearance, unfamiliar with blue collar work, and worship President McCheese 1040946
Reposted by SnowbeagleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5hThe President is unable to stay awake during Oval Office press conferences 741274256
Reposted by SnowbeaglePrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3hNew: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.zeteo.comJasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in OfficeThe offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office. 68564134
Reposted by Snowbeagle Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3hNewsom took it as a challenge to make every new action shittier than the previous. bsky.app/profile/tech... 18720
Reposted by SnowbeagleAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 3hAlt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo. 15525
Reposted by SnowbeagleAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4hLast year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US. 141327485
Reposted by SnowbeagleSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 9hEgypt is one of those things where you have to look askance at people (both GOP/Dem) telling you entirely committed that they think the US role in MENA is democracy promotion 1027129
Reposted by SnowbeagleJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 11hwaking up every day in 2026 like: 114045928
Reposted by SnowbeagleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14hAmerica today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 442144755
Reposted by SnowbeagleGary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 8hsort-of former-historian here to underline the whole "memoirs are deeply suspect as sources and notoriously unreliable" thing everyone already understands implicitly 419223
Reposted by SnowbeagleEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 8hhey its @nora.zone. i run this account. if you want to see my posts go to @moderation.bsky.app and set "rude" to "off". (i told the new york times pr desk to suck shit out of an ass) 1624647
Reposted by SnowbeagleStéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 8hTrans people have been saying this for YEARS. But, oh no, it’s not until they discover that punching down and beating trans people to a pulp is not having the desired effect and, if anything, it’s leading to things that could affect them and their loved ones. Honestly, this makes me want to scream 119144
Reposted by SnowbeagleSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 8houtside of LatAm, where exactly does the economist see "murderous leftists?" the era of the revolutionary left militia is well behind us 1617329
Reposted by SnowbeagleMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10hThis is just disgusting, especially the comments of the governor. Pike is now in critical condition.apple.newsTennessee pledges investigation after botching second execution this year — The Washington PostGov. Bill Lee said he was "highly disappointed" in the botched execution of Christa Pike by lethal injection. 159013
Reposted by SnowbeagleBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 10hJUST IN: Federal judge has blocked Trump's termination of court-appointed Seattle US attorney Roger Rogoff, for now, ordering AG Blanche to give him access to the office right away. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comJudge Invalidates Trump’s Firing of Seattle US Attorney For NowA federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s termination of the court-appointed US attorney in Seattle, ordering the Justice Department to restore his appointment in response to a ... 219755
Reposted by SnowbeagleChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 11hSCOOP “When I look at who is being pushed out, who is losing their positions I see people who have been vocal about workplace conditions, people who have been involved in union activity, and people who have raised ongoing concerns about our leadership,” Ash Orr said. www.advocate.com/news/a4te-la...advocate.comWorkers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff emailAdvocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs. 08127
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hThe most important way to fight data centers is to take everyone you meet protesting one and organize with them to scare the shit out of "your" politicians so they don't *dare* compromise on *anything*. 07313
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hData centers are very bad and very visible, so they make for good targets. But data centers are only the physical extrusion of a vast, brutal, extractive system. 1556
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hOligarchs have it easy. Where we have to convince people to fight, they can pay or threaten them to bring them into line. But oligarch power is wearing thin. The data-center uprising shows how much fury there is out there, looking for a productive outlet: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-b...bloodinthemachine.comWith the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.The backlash against data centers is difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it. 1262
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hThe reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity. 110029
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hThe right's leadership understands this very well, which is why they've spent years attacking unions, community organizers like Acorn, and activist institutions like Planned Parenthood. 1295
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hIn other words, voting only matters if it's the final stage of a sustained campaign to build and mobilize popular power. Without that, voting will get you precious little. 14210
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hVoting for Mamdani was important. It got him elected. But staying organized - in unions, neighborhood clubs, affinity groups, DSA chapters and mutual aid groups - is what's letting him get stuff done, and stopping him from bailing on his promises as politically infeasible. 27213
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hOf course, Trump is doing everything he can to extinguish *both* small p politics *and* Big P Politics. It's not just his wildly illegal voter suppression tactics. 1282
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hIf you've ever wondered why your vote seems to accomplish so little, I think you can blame the near-abolition of small p politics by Big P politicians of every stripe. 2426
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hWhich is to say, Big P politics matter, but to *make* them matter, we need a lot of small p politics. That means that democracy isn't something you do every couple of years with a ballot paper (though that's an important aspect of the process). Democracy is continuous. 1405
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hFrom the Magna Carta to the Constitution to the Emancipation Proclamation to 19th Amendment, voting rights (what you might call "Big P" Politics) were always downstream of protests, riots, petitions, mass movements, strikes and good, old fashioned community organizing (that is, "small p" politics). 16512
Reposted by SnowbeagleBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11hHere's a funny thing about the right to vote: it wasn't won by voting. 221277
Reposted by SnowbeagleKen Vynall 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 @kvynall.bsky.social · 10h"The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity." 14715
Reposted by Snowbeagle#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 10hLess than two days later it is reported that the USG will be waiving human rights conditions requirements on $320,000,000 in military assistance for Egypt "in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war with Iran".reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: US waives rights conditions for $320 million in military aid to Egypt, letter showsThe US State Department has waived human rights conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war with Iran, according ... 529389
Reposted by SnowbeagleElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10h“Right now, the public backlash is so strong against Flock, and the public is not as well aware of the concerns with Axon and some of the other surveillance companies,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @thorbenson.bsky.social for @prospect.org.prospect.orgLicense Plate and Switch - The American ProspectCities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities. 411965
Reposted by SnowbeagleMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16hHuh. @cnn.com is reporting early voting numbers consistent with my tally as of last night. They do not provide their data source. Using my work without reasonable attribution is a violation of my creative commons license www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/p...cnn.comEarly voting data shows emerging signs of a Democratic advantage in the midterms | CNN PoliticsElection Day is still a month away, but more than 550,000 Americans have already voted across 29 states. There are signs emerging of the advantage Democrats have in motivating their voters – a trend t... 717133
Reposted by SnowbeagleCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11hAI companies made an imaginary friend who you talk to all day and are addicted to and now they can pitch big clients on "hey we got all these people on the hook and can push them to buy your product or vote for your guy and they'll trust the message because it's coming from their friend" 532263
Reposted by SnowbeagleCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11hThe reason they want more people to adopt chatbots is because that could theoretically create a new revenue stream by eliminating the need for marketing or advertising and just taking cash from brands/parties/etc to change what the chatbot tells the user. 632443
Reposted by SnowbeagleCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11hIf your goal is to push people to a product or service (or ideology!), you need to establish that AI is coming to these conclusions on its own, and therefore more trustworthy than someone with an obvious agenda. Chatbots can be leaned on by their owners, but most users don't know that. 134539
Reposted by SnowbeagleCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11hDark thread. Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking 14768209
Reposted by SnowbeagleMicah @rincewind.run · 10hI don’t think John “torture memos” Yoo should be allowed to opine on ethics on national television or really anywhere 18767108
Reposted by SnowbeagleIng aka Tophat Artooning @ingforart.bsky.social · 10hUnfair, Koko knew more than 14 words 441333
Reposted by SnowbeagleBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10hThe man with the nuclear codes. What could go wrong? 812130
Reposted by SnowbeagleCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 11hFor a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 12933731080
Reposted by SnowbeagleGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 12hYou only matter as a victim if you are useful to the carceral system and its narratives. 19024
Reposted by Snowbeagletim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 15hMy god, everything this administration does is stupid. 4543067
Reposted by SnowbeagleThe Callie is Coming from Inside the House @calliedot.bsky.social · 13hHopefully my bank follows suit and starts sending me new debit cards in giant neon envelopes proudly proclaiming my new card is here and to open immediately to see my new PIN inside 2518
