Reposted by Sarah Goldbergrandog @randog.bsky.social · 22hWhy am I paying for this? Take that money from police pensions. 03312
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Carl Quintanilla: Real average hourly earnings down 0.7% on the month, that's the sixth straight month... Jim Cramer: Look, rich people are making a lot of money. God, I sound like Marx. I really don't want to sound like Marx. It's just, look at the data. 1953568794
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Thank goodness they were acting on their own and no one could be held accountable🥸 416130
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergE.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 10/10/2026Barry Seid, last known for giving Leonard Leo an absurd amount of money, is apparently intentionally spreading nuts around Northern Chicago to create a rat infestatio? www.axios.com/local/chicag...axios.comChicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat problemChicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat infestation 02416
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Gift Article on the CIA Guy who stole $145 million: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comEx-C.I.A. Officer Who Stashed Gold Bars Admits to Far Larger $145 Million Scam (Gift Article)A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden. 076
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 10041601266
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know this is my third or fourth go around with this kind of technological innovation for consumers and citizens. And a lot of it is the same. Same pattern of exaggerated benefits, underestimated challenges. What’s new this time is the sector isn’t even pretending to care about the consumer. 563795
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergDavid Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 0167
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The guys planning our AI future do not understand human psychology or behavior. 010
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I participated in some public library ai courses. I’m telling you that the state of literacies and the complexity of lives deeply enmeshed in the bowels of late stage capitalism cannot find a use case for an agent & if they could, people don’t have the scaffolding to imagine one that could be useful 7102283
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>nytimes.comRahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 PlayThe longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028. 28982199
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026it's quite remarkable how a failed war in iran has pushed: -american mortgage rates up -bond rates up -consumer price index up -gas prices up -stress levels up -the president's net worth up. 321953
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergNina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“A traveling bookmobile displaying copies of the Jeffrey Epstein files stopped in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood Wednesday as part of a national campaign to educate the public on the 3.5 million declassified federal documents” Hadn’t heard about this until now Gift 🔗chicagotribune.comDonald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Bookmobile stops in ChicagoA traveling bookmobile displaying the Jeffrey Epstein files stopped in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood Wednesday as part of a national campaign to educate the public on the 3.5 million declassifi... 03912
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says (Gift Article)The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 000
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMax Read @maxread.info · 22/09/2026really liked this @himself.bsky.social piece. discursive inversion going on right now where, within ai circles, especially on x, "believing in the imminent machine god" is considered the grounded/serious position while "being skeptical of imminence of machine god" is the laughable freak positionprogrammablemutter.comMachine god metaphors eat your brainThere are other ways of thinking about AI 1447
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good to see this national AI conversation get going. But it’s still too much on Silicon Valley’s terms. The rest of us don’t have to act like everything is computer. We can talk real world instead of sci fi. We don’t need to put tech companies’ power and profit first, and societal impacts second. 7712104
Reposted by Sarah Goldbergcorpse eating dog @thuleanperspective.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Me saving something in my drafts: this will come in handy later! Me looking through my drafts later: damn I should have gone to the hospital 251059
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And another terrific TrueAnon interview to compare with the NYT’s Marchese mess 020
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“the wealth rapture” a fantastic phrase for our times from Naomi Klein. 140
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As a person who has had a nervous breakdown, I feel moderately qualified to say that we are having a societal nervous breakdown 271374122
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump has made 28,700 stock/securities trades since returning to office - more than all of congress combined. Note that he is pushing for a stock-trading ban for lawmakers that wouod exclude him www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comTrump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of CongressDonald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt 15355148
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS. 51764416
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/09/2026It's amazing how much the WH freaks out when this particular WH employee is mentioned anywhere. 221207205
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 13/09/2026He and AOC clearly hired the worst consultants in all the land in the last month 151273179
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I haven't been able to shake the feeling over the past 6 months that we are at the precipice of something truly catastrophic. It started for me in earnest with the War on Iran. 2432617
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The dueling Anton Jager interviews are such a gift for those of us who hate Ezra and love TrueAnon 000
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The poll-pilled political elite no longer have any access to or understanding of human psychology. 011
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There is zero reason for politicians to be talking about "trans issues" except as a result of a 100% bad faith campaign of bullying and bigotry and it is important to point that out whenever the topic is raised, or you grant bigots legitimacy they don't deserve. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...hamiltonnolan.comYou Have to Call Bigots What They AreStop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate. 7685203
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 10/09/2026www.newyorker.com/news/essay/g...newyorker.comGeorge W. Bush’s Code of SilenceHe lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump? 2162
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Gift link for Natalie Harp's gifts: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...nytimes.comTrump Doled Out $45,000 Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp and Other Aides Last Year (Gift Article)The money, listed as “cash gift for the holidays,” was detailed in financial disclosure forms released by the administration. 010
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/09/2026Hey reporters, before publishing your latest "I built AI and now I think it's going to destroy the world" piece, ask the person what equity position they retain in the AI company. Thanke. 337162
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergKaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 07/09/2026You can tell this is true because when Michelle Obama made healthy eating and exercise her issue as First Lady, this same movement failed to coalesce around her and in fact she met a ton of resistance from the same people who made RFK Jr possible 203089716
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Even in the annals of the second Trump era, the Haitian TPS deportations may be the most morally reprehensible and indefensible act.nytimes.comHaitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and StrandedHundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go. 212343
Reposted by Sarah Goldbergsirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I WANT THIS TO BE THE NEW MORAL PANIC 0253
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026There's a lot to say about all this, but I just keep coming back to how *embarrassing* it is that we've let this crass, tasteless moron reach this position & do all of this stuff. It's a damning indictment of the whole culture & the whole political system. So goddamn embarrassing.nymag.comInside Trump’s Ballroom ObsessionThe president’s bid for architectural immortality is barreling toward completion. 2840669
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergJeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Every single character in "Breaking Bad." Every single one of them was a complete asshole. Team Skyler v. Team Walter? Fuck both of them and everyone else forever. Hated them and hated the show. Could tell it was good tv, but even watching them added to my stress levels. See also: Succession 7783
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 02/09/2026Would you look at that A relationship with Jeffery Epstein dukechronicle.com/article/duke...dukechronicle.comDuke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files showAriely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein. 26314
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I'm not sure people fully understand how influential this guy's work has been OUTSIDE the academy. It was a big part of the behavioral synthesis that resuscitated economism after 2008. 912838
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The arrival date is less important than scanning the package regularly along the way. I want to follow my new bath towels’ journey to me in detail. 000
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergRay Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing newrepublic.com/post/214946/...newrepublic.comYou’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is SkyrocketingHere’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August. 20445941953
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026What Black people think does not matter to them, how Black people have used the term and how we understand it does not matter to them. They don’t have any use for the opinions of Black people because they don’t think Black people’s thoughts hold any value. 331880458
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A truly wild convo -- I'm always so impressed at how composed Bouie is while I'm cursing at my laptop. 030
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In which @jamellebouie.net reveals the Secret Sauce of his punditry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o... 1154699518
Reposted by Sarah GoldbergSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026More of your wealth than ever goes to them, less of it than ever goes to you. It's a class war. But only one side is waging itft.comUS corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wiltPre-tax earnings hit highest share of national income since aftermath of second world war 11525197