Reposted by spiced puddingpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Something that sticks with me is the fact that during their tenure, Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan (and later, Harry Blackmun) virtually always wrote an opinion—or at least a brief statement—on why capital punishment was wrong in practically every death penalty case to reach the court 191
Reposted by spiced puddingLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Christa Pike was a victim of sexual abuse from the time she was a toddler. Rather than see her as a traumatized child, the juvenile system labeled her delinquent and denied her the care & protection she needed. This is true of many people facing execution. But Pike was so young. A horribly sad case.theintercept.comThe “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. 0223
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this execution, in particular, makes me so, so angry. tennessee failed her as a child. utterly shameless, despicable stuff. 050
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Raped repeatedly as a toddler. Again at age 11. Again at 17. First suicide attempt at 12. Beaten with a belt repeatedly by her dad. Left to crawl among dog feces as a baby. Damaged frontal lobe after her mom drank heavily when pregnant. The death penalty is barbaric, period. But especially here. 010
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 26/09/2026imo Fritz would make a great analyst/coach 010
Reposted by spiced puddingTruthout @truthout.org · 22/09/2026Christa Pike was sexually abused and raped from the time when she was a toddler until almost a year to the day before she was arrested in 1995 at age 18 for murdering fellow teenager Colleen Slemmer when the two attended a job training program for troubled youth in Knoxville.buff.lyTennessee Is Days Away From Executing a Sexual Assault VictimChrista Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years. 54537
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 17/09/2026i think also from the false assumption that anger doesn’t count as emotion 130
Reposted by spiced puddingamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.” 121507703
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 16/09/2026- what, if anything, do you think could be done to have more female coaches on both tours? - how would you rank atp weak eras and where does this era fall among them? - what changes, if any, would you make to improve The Traitors? 010
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 13/09/2026he’s abusive to her + coached her since she was a teen and is now dating her 111
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 13/09/2026imo she is in an abusive relationship. i despise vukov but i dont blame rybakina for it. 100
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 09/09/2026watch the killing! (original danish version) 100
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 09/09/2026his name is sven nordegaard and he’s never seen the sun 030
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 08/09/2026far-right fearmongers make careers out of whining about immigrants. you are a liar or an idiot or both. 000
Reposted by spiced puddingJoan Hussey Local Elections Matter @joanhussey1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At 18, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder. Now Tennessee is days away from executing a victim of multiple child rapes, multiple rapes beginning in preschool. As a child, she made several attempts at suicide beginning at 12. During sentencing as she was rep'd by a newly minted attorney. 8180141
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the point of the article is that she had postpartum psychosis and wasn’t functioning. 010
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 07/09/2026that guy doesn’t deserve to have his name said 🤷♀️ 040
Reposted by spiced puddingemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...nytimes.comHaitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)Hundreds 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. 12930991995
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP 💔. may every single person responsible for this tragedy get what they deserve. 0100
Reposted by spiced puddingTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comHaitian immigrant in Ohio takes his own life after losing temporary protected status, family saysPierre Damas Bel’s family said he felt humiliated by an ankle monitor ICE officers placed on him after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants. 581179558
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 29/08/2026so much for the meritocracy they’re obsessed with 020
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 29/08/2026it sure is. killed a homeless Black person and got a lucrative job with andreessen 130
Reposted by spiced puddingAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099453826
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 25/08/2026according to reddit he’s liked isner’s political posts 000
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 23/08/2026is it a violation of academic freedom for a geography department to fire a flat earther? 11127
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 22/08/2026the color of tomato soup if you put a lot of milk in it (sort of a pale orangey-red, not pink) 030
Reposted by spiced puddingSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"The real trouble with us professors was that we were absorbed in our day-to-day tasks. Most of us can say with some justice that we were good workmen. Is it equally true to say that we were good citizens?" Marc Bloch, 1940. 412828
Reposted by spiced puddingAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot. 15561402411
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 09/08/2026In a Lonely Place Double Indemnity Born to Kill Detour 220
Reposted by spiced puddingEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Over and over the cycle repeats: Bad tech do bad thing Politicians: make bad tech not to bad thing? Companies: no bad thing make money Politicians: ah okay keep doing bad thing just add more spy 2736341
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 29/07/2026the ptpa was always kind of joke but now they’ve become actually funny 010
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 28/07/2026agreed. and the Duckett execution is especially troubling in light of florida’s dodgy dna analysis: www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/07/23/e... 030
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 21/07/2026it’s depressing that history repeats time and time again but people just don’t learn from it 261
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 19/07/2026unfortunately not true. but it wasn’t a warm handshake at least 000
spiced pudding @spiced-pudding.bsky.social · 19/07/2026ROJA for enzo heeheestatic.klipy.comSickos Haha YesALT: Sickos Haha Yes 132