Reposted by SpelunkingTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers. 9539031172
Reposted by SpelunkingEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/ 271626360
Reposted by SpelunkingRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello? 398132433977
Reposted by SpelunkingPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Between October 2025 and July 2026, the U.S. accepted 10,258 refugees. All but three (3!) were white South Africans. Regardless of your opinion of South Africa's laws and government, I don't know how you could call this anything other than an explicitly racist policy. 311943569
Reposted by SpelunkingBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She 1752271401
Reposted by SpelunkingNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX 411168494385
Reposted by SpelunkingIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot. 1453451317
Reposted by SpelunkingTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/08/2026Earlier: In an attempt to overcomply with Texas law, the University of Houston will eliminate over 100 women's studies, gender and sexuality courses from the core curriculum. It won't be enough to appease extremist Republicans.texasobserver.orgUniversity of Houston Is Gutting Its Gender and Sexuality Classes. That Won’t Stop Texas' Crusade Against Higher Ed.College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education. 16218136
Reposted by SpelunkingAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026Blanche also argued Privacy Act grounds for why he redacted perpetrators' emails. He also redacted an AUSA and law enforcement officer, which isn't allowed under the act. Katie and I are going to discuss on this Sunday's episode of The Breakdown. I'll have link for you Sunday morning. 2/ 121006165
Reposted by SpelunkingAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026NEW: DOJ has submitted unredacted Epstein Files for review in chambers by Judge Sullivan in the @katiephang.bsky.social case. DOJ contends it redacted victims' names, but check out their definition of "victim." 1/ 20431461000
Reposted by SpelunkingKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go. 2360117152524
Reposted by SpelunkingMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/07/2026NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections. 1235812983
Reposted by SpelunkingAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22/07/2026INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months. 341904884
Reposted by SpelunkingRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless. 15748521940
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 15/07/2026How is it that you, history professor mine, keep expanding my musical world? Anyhow thanks for everything & Happy Birthday Forest Whitaker! (Everyone go & watch The Crying Game.) 010
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Tremendous series. The incremental changes — just chilling. Astoundingly good investigation & analysis. 172
Reposted by SpelunkingGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense. 310121264557
Reposted by SpelunkingRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/07/2026He never deleted it. 854282596927
Reposted by SpelunkingPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026specialto.thebulwark.com/p/the-corrup...specialto.thebulwark.comThe Corruption of Lindsey GrahamA case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by review... 1242890
Reposted by SpelunkingNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice. 8682241480
Reposted by SpelunkingZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10/07/2026Reminder: The FEC already lacks a quorum because of Trump. 4369141
Reposted by SpelunkingGod @thegodshow.com · 10/07/2026Expand and reform the Supreme Court. 29769942384
Reposted by SpelunkingAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care. 774175217218
Reposted by SpelunkingJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 04/06/2026So grateful to @velshi.com for sharing our reporting—and for continually keeping abortion rights in the spotlight on his show. Watch the full segment here: youtu.be/M2sBNPIXbDw And read the full story on Abortion, Every Day: jessica.substack.com/p/cps-separa... 523457
Reposted by SpelunkingJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I’m going to keep writing and making videos about this until something goes viral because this shit is *ridiculous* 718091
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Same story with court filings. Or client memos. It’s not you. Typographical poltergeists. 000
Reposted by SpelunkingMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026has this story broken through at all? i can’t tell. 881732777
Reposted by SpelunkingGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/05/2026You don't have to overturn Citizens United to beat it. Corporations only exist because states charter them, so a state can decide spending in elections isn't a power they wield. Not regulation, redefinition. Hawaii made it law. Montana's gathering signatures. More states are watching.thinkbigpicture.substack.comThe Novel Progressive Legal Theory That Could Undo Citizens United 441824474
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I want to read the chapter on Jane Jacobs. Caro wrote one, but it was edited out. Because the original manuscript was too long to be printed. Too big to be bound. (Caro’s views of John Lindsay were shocking to me. As was the extent of Moses’ damage.) 030
Reposted by SpelunkingSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I have no words. Actually I do. Just not today. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comAmerican Bar Association votes to eliminate DEI rule for law schoolsA longstanding diversity and inclusion requirement for U.S. law schools is teetering amid mounting pressure from the Trump administration and Republican states. 1001817531
Reposted by SpelunkingWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/05/2026#OtD 16 May 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters went on strike, shutting down almost all commercial transport in the city. The dispute lasted over three months, ending with most of the workers' demands being met in a landmark win shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str... 06830
Reposted by SpelunkingFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/05/2026One does wonder just how much all that Hungarian filthy lucre running through Orban was subsidizing. 451527320
Reposted by SpelunkingRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/202694% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. 85% of teachers are working second jobs during the school year, often just to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile, the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Something has gone terribly wrong. 31074682515
Reposted by SpelunkingJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 05/05/2026YouTube has removed one of my videos because I reported that women can still access abortion pills. I shared *factual & medically accurate* information about women's health—yet the platform says I'm "facilitating the sale of illegal drugs" 16474812439
Reposted by SpelunkingMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026this is so beyond fucked. take care while watching the video. 181033355
Reposted by SpelunkingSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk. @allinwithchris.bsky.social 462186861
Reposted by SpelunkingAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is so terrible. The third country removals are human rights catastrophes; South Americans fleeing persecution in their homes, then being dumped in Kinshasa and told they can’t stay and must go… somewhere. Preferably right back to where they fled. 5523651163
Reposted by SpelunkingThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/04/2026CBS didn’t air some particularly troubling rants, which depict a man who is much more petulant and incoherent than the broadcast would suggest. Read the entire transcript in full here: trib.al/mVertTn 1462016786
Reposted by SpelunkingChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comFederal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth. 6113033932
Reposted by SpelunkingAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/04/2026NEW: We obtained the government’s settlement agreement with Michael Flynn. As previously reported, DOJ agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle Flynn’s claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted. But docs suggest a separate settlement could be in the works: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s....lawfaremedia.orgU.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn SuitLawfare obtained the settlement document through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this year. 851075548
Reposted by SpelunkingLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 17/04/2026The United States government has agreed to pay $1.25 million to former national security advisor Michael Flynn to settle his malicious prosecution lawsuit. Read the agreement, from @annabower.bsky.social.lawfaremedia.orgU.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn SuitLawfare obtained the settlement document through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this year. 73715
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Unfortunately, looks like Casar doesn’t understand the Affordable Care Act either. Big Beautiful Bill did not eject enrollees “off” ACA. Instead, it eliminated the formerly discounted premiums. Subsidies, available thru tax credits. These were only offered at certain family income thresholds. 120
Spelunking @spelunking.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Thank you for this clip, most particularly. Just stunned by this, & its implications. 020
Reposted by SpelunkingAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026CASAR: You've met with CEOs, you've met with billionaires. How many have you met with that have lost their health insurance? RFK Jr: I've met with the advocacy community on virtually everything C: Have you met with any of the 1.4m who lost their coverage? K: They're almost all illegal immigrants 1521452418
Reposted by SpelunkingDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Very good news. And a five-year timeline is pretty fast by municipal standards. Also: "The city has roughly three million parking spaces, and full trash containerization is expected to take about 150,000 spaces, or 5 percent."nyc.streetsblog.orgFIRST ON STREETSBLOG: Mamdani To Fully Fund Trash Containerization - Streetsblog New York CityHe's finally trimming New York's 5-o'clock shadow. 101260132
Reposted by SpelunkingThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Wow — hey @nytimes.com are you gonna explain to your readers why you changed the headline to this @ezraklein.bsky.social piece about Hasan? Who did you capitulate to? 🤔 441022226
Reposted by SpelunkingAndy Muirhead @andymuirhd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc. 40597762325
