Reposted by An auntSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh 29564224
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My cousin was a professor and grad director at another university. She was kind enough to give me the same advice. Thank you for being kind and realistic as well. 000
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was following a leftist account that was posting economic and social views that broadly I agreed with. As soon as they started posting stuff like “the targeting of the Uyghurs is fake,” I was GONE. I also blocked them to be safe. 081
Reposted by An auntjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot” 640106131978
Reposted by An auntSteve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on 4397421239
Reposted by An auntRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13153691942
Reposted by An auntWhirly @girlwhowhirls.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I have a theory that well-off parents say they want their kids to get college scholarships because that's an acceptable way to say that they want their kids to be exceptional and special. It's not really about paying for college. 2567
Reposted by An auntErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This Day in Labor History: September 15, 1845. Women working in the Pittsburgh textile mills met in Market Square to discuss the necessity of fighting to cut their days from 12 to 10 hours without a reduction in pay. The workers struck and a militant confrontation with capital resulted! 4358102
Reposted by An auntJesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026On @bullseye.maximumfun.org , I asked Dolly Parton why she never had children, and this is what she told me. youtube.com/shorts/k6Lil...youtube.comWhy Dolly Parton decided to not have kidsYouTube video by Bullseye with Jesse Thorn 2285
Reposted by An auntAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad. 352512636
Reposted by An auntJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/09/2026"No one has been arrested at a church." To be clear: DHS agents have, in fact, arrested people on church property. One of the incidents involved a pastor confronting DHS agents directly and filming them. In fact, DHS has *publicly acknowledged that this happens.* religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...religionnews.com'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries(RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies. 481943584
Reposted by An auntHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/09/2026The United States: where giving a frail voter waiting in the Georgia sun a glass of water is punishable by a year in prison, but the president can offer everyone $5k to vote for his party. 192189710
Reposted by An auntOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026my 2 cents on material conditions and right wing politics for @hammerandhope.bsky.social "The portrayal of economic anxiety as a standalone rather than complementary explanation to the machinations of plutocratic bigots also flies in the face of what we know..." hammerandhope.org/article/econ...hammerandhope.orgThe False Narrative of Economic AnxietyPeople are insecure, but that is not the only reason they voted for Donald Trump in 2024. 19881211
Reposted by An auntSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"In October, over 600 current and former employees at OpenAI were able to sell their shares for a total of $6.6 billion. Around 75 of them brought home $30 million each." Tax the fuck out of all of them www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-t...wsj.comMore Money Than They Ever Imagined—and No Clue How to Spend ItShare sales at OpenAI and Anthropic minted hundreds of millionaires. They’re splurging on computer hardware and espresso machines. 25117
Reposted by An auntSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 09/09/2026"it's ok to forget about 9/11" - ted cruz 51718108
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It’s also interesting considering that Hank seemed to work customer service-facing positions out of HS. He claims on KOTH that he was working at a clothing store in the mall called Jeans West when Mr. Strickland was so impressed with his salesmanship there that he got the propane dealer job. 010
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yes, both Lenny and Carl have master’s degrees. From the Simpsons fan wiki: simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Ca... 010
Reposted by An auntVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In addition to the staggering anti-intellectualism (and brazen, incredible racism) of this administration, I'm constantly floored by how fragile they all are. Years of right-wing railing against safe spaces and snowflakes and these fools are terrified of museum exhibits and children's books. 010027
Reposted by An auntVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Some in the media still claim that Trump is purely transactional, with no guiding ideology to speak of. They can only claim this because they refuse to recognize white supremacy as his guiding ideology. 14476160
Reposted by An auntKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Possibly the most American news of all timelocal12.comPrison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debtResidents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457. 280173874948
Reposted by An auntRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I really need everybody to stop giving antivaxxers any respect or “benefit of the doubt” because if you say stuff like this you should feel bad and should feel unwelcome in human society 451006199
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Frustrating because this is a clear, easy-to-understand visual example of how healthcare providers typically explain the purpose of the flu and COVID vaccines. 000
Reposted by An auntJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs—official data released this morning shows employment dropped by 4k last month and is down 42k over the last year That's not as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, but extremely bad compared to the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms 916836
Reposted by An auntMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026maria barta no movariety.comMaria Bartiromo Out at Fox News, Fox BusinessMaria Bartiromo Out at Fox News, Fox Business 1141733176
Reposted by An auntAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What this administration is doing to Haitians is quite literally the sin of Sodom. Whether you're a believer or simply looking at it from the perspective of ancient, cross-cultural wisdom, cruelty to guests is just deep, blunt wickedness. 19416
Reposted by An auntPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When people tell me that they hate NYT piece X or columnist Z, I usually agree and then add, "But Tressie and Lydia and Jamelle are great." They only know of Jamelle. If you are going to read the Times every day, it's worth not just hate reading! www.nytimes.com/by/lydia-pol...nytimes.comLydia PolgreenLydia Polgreen is an Opinion columnist. 1236341
Reposted by An auntCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On top of that, university hospitals provide crucial health services for regional cities and their large rural surroundings. 05711
Reposted by An auntRob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is exactly the sort thing ICE officials--and everybody up the chain of command, all the way to Trump--should be held criminally responsible for. This is not an accident, this is deliberate. 0218
Reposted by An auntTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What a bit of kismet. Kera edited The Dolly Moment years ago. Today we are together again in the newspaper. 01696
Reposted by An auntTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Poured myself a cup of ambition and sat down to the paper. Not bad for a girl born to be a stereotype…and Dolly, of course. 11123886
Reposted by An auntClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t 159411799
Reposted by An auntGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It's a great night to rewatch Nine To Five, a genius farce that—unlike many film comedies!—holds up brilliantly AND is packed with great performances and legit political insight 746353
Reposted by An auntDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Vought told them he was going to do this at his confirmation hearings and Republicans approved him anyway. 241098299
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My mom tells me the same thing. As in, I don’t think that my late WASP Republican grandma would ever think that I’m not entitled to birthright citizenship bc I have a brown immigrant dad. But she also passed well before she could be radicalized by Fox News and/or YouTube, so I’ll never know. 120
Reposted by An auntPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026i know this is presented as a rhetorical question, but the answer to “who is deciding what good science is or not?” can’t actually be “no one.” universities do (and should) act as gatekeepers. 351918131
Reposted by An auntMom for Ghoulberty👻 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is never what people mean by "pro family" for some reason. 35210
Reposted by An auntJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 19/08/2026NEW from me: When Rev. Jen Crow told her congregation Sunday that court filings indicate their church was one of FIVE surveilled by federal immigration agents in recent months, she added, “We know what the work of the church is.” The sanctuary burst into applause. religionnews.com/2026/08/19/d...religionnews.comDHS, probing anti-ICE activists, spied on at least five Midwest churches, court records indicate(RNS) — Church leaders were outraged and vowed to continue their advocacy for immigrants. 218763
Reposted by An auntKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026Flock probably calls this bringing people together 522537
An aunt @somebodysaunt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026When I lived in Philly, I had to be at work at 7am once and some guy was following me into the El station harassing me for my number. An older woman walking near me turned to him and yelled “LEAVE HER ALONE!” He ran away. I’m glad to see women continuing to look out for each other. 160
Reposted by An auntHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/08/2026Bet you didn't imagine the Well Actually Humorless Killjoy would be one of the first Bluesky jobs lost to A.I. 432870658
Reposted by An auntAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This shouldn't be happening to them or anyone else, but the fact is they were fine with it happening to other people as long it did not happen to them, and the same is true of tens of millions of other voters. It certainly says something about the American electorate bsky.app/profile/brad... 852675514
Reposted by An auntAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Just phenomenal reporting and analysis by M. Gessen on what’s happening to trans folks in Kansas—major compromises to civil rights, public accommodations, and plain old quality of life www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)Is Kansas just the beginning? 112544
Reposted by An auntMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14/08/202692% of Medicaid enrollees are already working or fall into an exemption category. 05712
Reposted by An auntMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I’ve seen a lot of versions of this and like No. It’s just not true. There’s no time in history Democrats as a whole have had policies this good. 3498892
Reposted by An auntDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 12/08/2026Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much. After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program. www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...foiaball.comAaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style camerasThe QB used an LLC to shield his identity. 1082037663
Reposted by An auntAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is the same old "you can't solve weightlifting with a forklift" thing that happens again and again with current consumer uses of AI: the point of reading a book is not to finish the book easily, it's to READ the book, especially if the book asks you to do something that feels difficult 391694395
