Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 09/08/2026See Demona, Goliath, and Bronx from #Gargoyles in #Chibiverse: “Underground Monster Wrestling!” #KeithDavid act SPEAKS as Goliath for the first time in the Chibiverse! disneynow.com/episode/db91... 073
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I’m sorry, @notpodium.bsky.social, but on Nation’s Dumbest tonight, host Jack Whitehall called the lecterns the p word on episode 3 ☹️. 110
Reposted by Sonia LaiACLU @aclu.org · 07/07/2026Mocking the vice president is protected by the First Amendment. People can't be excluded from official VP public events just because they make fun of him online. We'll remind the government of that fact in court.thedailybeast.comJD Vance’s Thin Skin Exposed in Cat Lady LawsuitA satirical Instagram account seems to have gotten under the vice president’s skin. 12573132
Reposted by Sonia LaiACLU @aclu.org · 07/07/2026BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocked Governor DeSantis’ classroom censorship law, the "Stop WOKE Act," from taking effect. The law would've restricted students and educators in Florida from discussing things like race and gender in higher ed classrooms. 181499491
Reposted by Sonia LaiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026😳 Trump just flubbed his way through his meeting with Zelenskyy, at various points referring to the "Islamic Republic of Japan," repeatedly calling Zelenskyy "President Putin," and railing against the "JCPOC" Here's the blooper reel: 41033891402
Reposted by Sonia LaiAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/07/2026Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.aljazeera.comDisplaced Gaza farmers turn to dirt near tents to grow cropsIsrael has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn. 8281191
Reposted by Sonia LaiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026SpaceX has joined the Nasdaq 100 today, nearly a month after its IPO. As I warned then, this Ponzi scheme will affect all of us — even if you don't own SpaceX stock. 501748651
Reposted by Sonia Lairandy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Zuckerberg wants fascism to win 321168
Reposted by Sonia LaiAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community. 726250339965
Reposted by Sonia LaiNeal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Oh fucking GREAT. Starts July 12. Source Pirate Ship. 32718
Reposted by Sonia LaiZach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 08/07/2026Here’s the part we all want to know which is behind the paywall. You’re welcome. 325432265
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 08/07/2026A new Steve Sack cartoon! FIFA included!stevesack.substack.comThe Tarnished Trophy and the Persistence of WeirdnessA new Sacktoon on Trump’s World Cup meddling, plus a look back at my brief and very strange flirtation with surrealism. 011
Reposted by Sonia LaiMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com'It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's GroupsFacebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough 2424241031
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I write reviews for a small website without any pay or any other compensation. I don’t think I’m making things worse for everyone else. I pay for all the things I go to and write up about out of my own pocket. Maybe I’m not a journalist, but how am I hurting everyone else by typing 6 hour reviews 000
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I write reviews for a small website without any pay or anything else other compensation just because. I don’t think I’m making things worse for everyone else. I pay for all the things I go to and write up about out of my own pocket. How is that hurting everyone else?! 000
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026How dare you still refer Türkiye as Turkey after the country has asked the world to refer to them as the name it has called itself for centuries, #NBC! Stop calling it Turkey! You should change how you refer to Türkiye now when you cover news, especially after the showing in the World Cup! 000
Reposted by Sonia LaiForbes @forbes.com · 07/07/2026Belgium’s goalkeeper said his team was shown a “lack of respect” while captain Tielemans suggested the controversy motivated them to “do our talking on the pitch.”forbes.com‘Overturn This’: Belgian Team Celebrates 4-1 Win Over USA After Balogun Red Card ControversyBelgium’s goalkeeper said his team was shown a “lack of respect” while captain Tielemans suggested the controversy motivated them to “do our talking on the pitch.” 24652811042
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026What happened to freedom of religion 🙄? Stop justifying bigots as correct!kttc.comWalz responds to post shared by Trump on Minnesota kindergarteners wearing hijabsA Minnesota mention by President Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social Monday has the state’s governor responding. 010
Reposted by Sonia LaiZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/07/2026Layoffs are a failure of leadership.theverge.comMicrosoft is laying off 4,800 employeesMost of the job losses are in Microsoft’s Xbox and commercial sales organizations. 29958251548
Reposted by Sonia LaiFred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I don't like to speak ill of the dead. So, because they refuse to confirm that he is, I can still say, "fuck Mitch McConnell." 613952
Reposted by Sonia LaiOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over. 8740801229
Reposted by Sonia LaiClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026an election is a job interview to become one of the most powerful people in the country. he is “innocent until proven guilty” in that no one can throw him in jail without a trial. it doesn’t mean “you are legally obligated to give him the job he wants and he can’t ever face a single consequence” 11683294
Reposted by Sonia LaiMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I’m sure he’s fine 2062038265
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Yes, this happened yesterday because Cramp sent US troops into US cities. A US citizen was shot and KILLED/MURDERED by the US military on US soil.taskandpurpose.comNational Guard soldiers shoot and kill man in Memphis overnightAuthorities are investigating an overnight shooting in which two soldiers fatally killed an armed man after a chase. 000
Reposted by Sonia LaiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/07/2026Trump dozes during the fireworks show on July 4 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) 1602245472
Reposted by Sonia LaiGregXB @gregxb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Every single one of the Trump supporters in congress and the senate are letting a child rapist off the hook. www.huffpost.com/entry/montan...huffpost.comTrump-Backed Senate Nominee Let A Man Who Sexually Abused A 6-Year-Old Serve Less Than A Year In PrisonAs U.S. attorney, Alme cut a plea deal in 2020 that let Mychal Thomas Damon serve less than a year in prison after sexually abusing a 6-year-old. 021
Reposted by Sonia LaiWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026once again reminding folks that police commit violence against women at a higher rate than the general population. 101737547
Reposted by Sonia LaiJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one. 35384902046
Reposted by Sonia LaiNPR @npr.org · 06/07/2026Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing. n.pr/4goBOVUn.prNY man sues DHS after agents tracked him for sending an email to the head of ICEFederal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing. 21611181
Reposted by Sonia LaiJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026UPDATE: CNBC responds, says it only includes the disclosure of their financial relationship with Kalshi when it is "directly relevant to the story" These are examples of stories where CNBC determined it wasn't "relevant" to disclose that the company invests in Kalshi and gets paid for new customers 382095754
Reposted by Sonia LaiMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Plans for the largest data center in the world have been abandoned. Blackstone-owned QTS has decided not to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, giving up on the world’s largest data center. Fierce opposition and organizing from residents of Price William County ultimately beat out Blackstone.tomshardware.comBlackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicalityProject faced several lawsuits despite initial approval 5526171071
Reposted by Sonia Laimtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The story here is not this stupid movie – which will never get made and never come out – but how the Tilly Norwood people keep getting these credulous articles placed in national news sources despite zero demonstration of any success or demand for this. 964515822
Reposted by Sonia LaiLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The tariffs were just another CON to manipulate the stock market and profit billions from insider trading and crypto corruption — $2.2 BILLION to be exact, and we paid the bill. Trump’s tariffs cost the average US household $1,500 per year. 13488199
Reposted by Sonia LaiJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 06/07/2026¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...huffpost.comMitch McConnell's Office Won't Confirm If He's Conscious 2271991587
Reposted by Sonia LaiMegan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.politico.comExclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted herThe Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.” 776581976
Reposted by Sonia LaiChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026My interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...advocate.comMan in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded himRoswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history. 52829880
Reposted by Sonia LaiLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 06/07/2026He lied about every single thing. Everyday. He ran knowing full well who he is while presenting himself as someone else (poorly). He wasted everyone’s time & money & shattered people’s credibility. He used the political process as a vanity project to the detriment of the folks he wanted to represent 946124905
Reposted by Sonia LaiColin Warriner @colinelmustard.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. From Reuters, published on the Guardian website. 21175191880
Reposted by Sonia LaiPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Sounds like the annoying and shrill pro-DEI ladies who said that perhaps running someone who in adulthood knowingly had Nazi tattoos inked to their body was not a great idea were right... 272047309
Reposted by Sonia LaiMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026this dynamic described by jenny racicot is, as i understand it, very common among progressive women in maine. they’ve been put in an impossible position and feel like they’re tanking platner’s campaign when in reality he did that on his own by being a violent and reckless person. 543824583
Reposted by Sonia LaiMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.politico.comExclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted herThe Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.” 23985941579
Reposted by Sonia LaiMikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 06/07/2026So if you were around when I first criticized Platner you might remember me and a few other female vets talking about this being a likely reveal. At the time one of his earliest defenders insisted it was our bias. No, it was our experience www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/g...cnbc.comPlatner Senate campaign taking 'time to reflect' on path forward after sexual assault allegationPlatner and his campaign denied the accusations made by 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot in a POLITICO article published Monday. 422404506
Reposted by Sonia LaiThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/07/2026Trump’s World Cup intervention has ruined the game | Robert Reichtheguardian.comTrump’s World Cup intervention has ruined the game | Robert ReichWe try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tack 59482117
Reposted by Sonia LaiThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/07/2026Justice Alito relied on misleading data to support his claim that “Black voters now participate in elections at similar rates as the rest of the electorate." Using the DOJ’s data, Alito omitted the fact that the racial voter gap is actually widening. trib.al/HMp9rjctrib.alSamuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights ActAlito cited data provided by the Department of Justice that used faulty methodology. 2218694
Reposted by Sonia LaiThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 06/07/2026His message is loud and clear: My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working class men—more political power to transfer to you. trib.al/ssXm3Uqtrib.alPalantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic PowerThey’re saying the quiet part out loud now. 31252150
Reposted by Sonia LaiAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/07/20261000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative 522110993
Sonia Lai @solai.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I MISSED PAYING IN CASH 😭! THANK YOU, MSP, for still accepting cash along with credit cards! Also, LAX’s Delta terminal does NOT have enough food variety! What the heck, Delta? It’s all the same food there! 010
