Sign in

Spelledw1n

@spelledw1n.bsky.social
82 followers 105 following 12 posts

Used to be there. Now I'm here.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Spelledw1n
AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've been busy lately, but there's always time to tap the sign.
Alt National Park Service: In a court filing late last night, the Justice Department argued that Trump has the legal authority to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, calling access a “privilege, not a right” and citing national security concerns among its reasons.

[AltNPS links to Courtlistener.com]The "Don't make me tap the sign" meme. The sign says "Anytime AltNPS links to court docs, it means they saw the news somewhere else, and they're avoiding crediting a journalist.
18715
Reposted by Spelledw1n
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hey, I just wrote an essay about this!
423934
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
18169581384
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In 1994, I took a lot of heat for this speech warning that the American middle class was in danger. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
youtube.com
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
In 1994, I took a lot of heat for this speech warning that the American middle class was in danger. That was 29 years ag
24963622194
Spelledw1n @spelledw1n.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 9th anniversary of people who claim to cherish the Declaration of Independence getting extremely angry when they encountered its text in the wild. PRRI poll: Competing Visions of America at 250: Politics, Religion, and American Identity prri.org/research/com...
Table titled:Percent who believe the following characteristics are either very or somewhat important to being truly American. A red circle is around the item, Believing in the Declaration of Independence which polled as important for 88% of All Americans, 96% of Republicans, 90% of Independents, and 90% of Democrats. 

When asked about how important the following traits are to being “truly American,” most Americans say that believing in individual freedoms, such as freedom of speech (93%), believing in the Constitution (91%), accepting people of diverse racial and religious backgrounds (89%), believing in the Declaration of Independence (88%), respecting American political institutions and laws (88%), and being able to speak English (75%) are very or somewhat important.

Smaller majorities of Americans say believing in God (57%) and being born in America (54%) are very or somewhat important to being truly American. Americans are less likely to say that being a Christian (43%) or having ancestors who served in the military in previous wars, such as the world wars and the Civil War (42%), are important. Just 23% of Americans say that being of Western European heritage is important to being truly American.

With the exception of Western European heritage, where only one-third say this trait is important (33%), majorities of Republicans believe every other trait is important to being truly American. Conversely, fewer than half of Democrats say that being born in America (42%), believing in God (41%), having ancestors who served in the military in previous wars, such as the world wars and the Civil War (34%), and being a Christian (29%) are important to being truly American. Majorities of Democrats say all other traits are important. Though independents mirror all Americans very closely, they are 8 percentage points less likely to say believing in God (49% vs. 57%) or being Christian (35% vs. 43%) are very important to being truly American.
000
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This is, to put it mildly, a double standard. This guy was part of a government that encouraged online social media figures to engage in routine harassment of government employees to the point that many were fired or went into hiding. Some of it was done by Elon Musk, this guy's boss.
To give a sense of scale, 33 million people saw Musk’s post. Ashley Thomas has since made her social media accounts private after the wave of online harassment from Musk’s followers. She is one of an increasing number of public officials who are learning that bullying and intimidation is part of the game plan for how the right governs now. She might reasonably infer that she will be fired from her job for no reason other than the fact that one of Trump’s courtiers wants to show that he can follow through on his threats.
472755913
Reposted by Spelledw1n
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Economists call this (essentially) first degree price discrimination: seller set prices to perfectly fit consumers' willing to pay, so the joint gains from trade ("consumer surplus" and "producer surplus") go entirely to the seller. I took it as a thought experiment when I was in grad school.
24724
Reposted by Spelledw1n
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
the-reframe.com
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
4543051019
Reposted by Spelledw1n
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
422890480
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/02/2026
it’s amazing how these rich and powerful men’s core problems, their central complaint about the world, is “someone called me a mean name and it made my tummy hurt”
16699108
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Instead of everyone reviewing that Melania film to talk about how bad it is, since it’s not really a movie more than it is a bribe, how about writing about some of the great films this year that people may have missed? I don’t think we need 100 of the same reviews about a non-movie.
114115
Reposted by Spelledw1n
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Let me give you a thought experiment: Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should. www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
the-reframe.com
Absolute Immunity
Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.
503518885
Spelledw1n @spelledw1n.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
"If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product." No we can commodify each other, too.
011
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
5682880011202
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
13643219
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
AI shows ingroup bias towards AI content! If we deploy LLMs in decision-making roles (e.g., purchasing goods, selecting academic submissions) they will favor LLM agents over ordinary humans www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
03811
Spelledw1n @spelledw1n.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I know multiple people who reported their cars stolen just to have the cops accuse them of trying to commit insurance fraud so they didn't have to bother investigating. Then the victims had to fight w their insurance companies for months bc of this. See also: Mike Birbiglia's car accident story.
010
Reposted by Spelledw1n
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Multiple times yesterday, Trump attacked decisions he made himself - because he can’t remember his first term. He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell. Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
36848244
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'm about to do it. I'm about to say "imagine if Biden did this." I don't want to but I must, because it'd be very funny. Imagine if Biden said his uncle told him how brilliant the Unabomber was a decade before he was identified. Imagine the very funny NYT push notification you'd get on your phone.
663833371
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT. The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
389115593147
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 12/07/2025
Tapping the sign that says “NSF, NIH, and public investment into basic research are the real engines of US innovation”
2448142
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This is one of those examples where, if the flood hadn’t happened and a camp director was telling you about this story it would be a perfect example of red tape, bureaucracy, the hassle of regulation etc. And yet. apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing ...
16954411414
Reposted by Spelledw1n
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Senator @marshablackburn : no town halls since 2017 @senatorhagerty : no town halls.. ever What are y’all so afraid of? You must really not like your answers. @RepTimBurchett @repandyogles @RepChuck @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 RepJohnRose RepHarshbarger
311090295
Spelledw1n @spelledw1n.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy 8th anniversary to people getting PO'd at NPR because they didn't recognize or agree with the Declaration of Independence when it was tweeted out line by line. apnews.com/general-news...
apnews.com
NPR's Declaration of Independence tweetstorm confuses some
National Public Radio marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence, but it seems some Twitter users didn't recognize what they were reading.
1029160
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill: 3M Altria AT&T Charter Communications Chevron Cisco Comcast Delta Airlines Door Dash Great Clips Hair Cuttery T-Mobile Uber United Airlines UPS Verizon
18123551564
Reposted by Spelledw1n
davematson.bsky.social @davematson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The math on preventative health care for all is so blindingly obvious that everyone sees it except us. So we just keep paying the most money per capita for the worst outcomes and the most suffering, while for-profit health care manages its quarterly earnings.
16415
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
463562819
Reposted by Spelledw1n
David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
confident that if Biden were blackmailing Corporate Media into giving him $16 million in cash, Corporate Media would call him out for blackmail AND how that weakens freedom of speech, democracy, and our economy. instead, Corporate Media normalizes Trump Family corruption by treating it as business.
361238331
Reposted by Spelledw1n
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
11265949315763
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 13/03/2025
“America is deeply unprofitable” it’s a country not a B2B startup you fucking dweeb
Chamath Palihapitiya ® Au @chamath
Follow
Make no mistake, just like in a private company, these are losses. America is deeply unprofitable, far away from breaking even and if outsiders stop lending us money, we will go bankrupt.
So, in case you didn't know better, if you are still wishing DOGE to fail, you are wishing for America to default.
497115051594
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
politico.com
Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan
The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.
66781162321
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/02/2025
Thought I'd write something about how Elon Musk has access to every expert he could possibly need to understand stuff, and yet appears to simply believe any random chud on ExTwitter spewing utter nonsense. And why journalists should ask him about that. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/13/s...
techdirt.com
Some Follow Up Questions For Elon Musk, After He Admits He Gets Stuff Wrong Sometimes
Here’s a story about being wrong. Not just regular wrong — we’re all wrong sometimes! — but spectacularly, publicly, “I’m going to double down again and again and again on t…
451575365
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 02/02/2025
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Musk saying he’s shutting down illegal money launderers and it’s Lutheran Social Services
57988963502
Reposted by Spelledw1n
DeeJ @passthesalty.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Fuck you, Target, Meta, Amazon, McDonalds... Who am I leaving out?!
41654179
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊
18592660110407
Reposted by Spelledw1n
Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
We’re in the final days before Trump takes office on behalf of the wealth class. Here’s a brief guide to preparing for what’s coming, starting to organize, scrutinizing media as oligarchical propaganda, and getting mentally and emotionally prepared. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/preparing-...
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
Preparing for the Storm: A Brief Guide to Getting Ready for What's Coming
We're close to the inauguration and the beginning of something very dangerous. It's time to get ready.
1082259962