Julie @splashikins.bsky.social · 12hThe kid just sent me a tiktok referencing Regan and asked "What did he do? 😭" Oh boy, kiddo, BUCKLE UP. 040
Reposted by JulieTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.mississippitoday.orgWrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers diesAfter Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him. 17694257
Reposted by JuliePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This was the first abortion rights march I ever attended. I made the trip from Montreal to DC to attend: www.history.com/this-day-in-... People were already saying that Roe was NOT ENOUGH and that it would fall. This was in 1992.history.comAbortion rights advocates march on Washington | April 5, 1992 | HISTORYA march and rally in support of reproductive justice for women draws several hundred thousand people to demonstration... 1015728
Reposted by Julie🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This Cornell 7 are the children of Cavanaugh , Charlie Kirk, Andrew Tate , streamers , left podcasts made of screaming dudes , and soft bois Men grown in the crucible of DL republicans and Reddit We are about to hear some things 17222
Reposted by JuliePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"It's mind-boggling" is actually fully delusional. 2061390
Reposted by JulieBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I hate the dismissive way politics-heads talk about lefties having “purity tests” as an insult. It’s such a sneer. But looked at another way - what it really means is that they have DIFFERENT purity tests. E.g. if we demand full trans rights, that’s supposedly a purity test. Why? [cont] 202588456
Reposted by JulieDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply. 121068394
Reposted by JuliePatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion. 10566150
Reposted by JulieMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the autumn of 1883, a national paper reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...themarginalian.orgCosmic Threads: A Solar System Quilt from 1876A serenade to the universe in wool and silk. 321975
Reposted by JulieFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“ME TOO went too far” said the country that re-elected a rapist. 101432279
Reposted by JulieAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030971089
Reposted by JulieT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts." 151597325
Reposted by JulieNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026as @joshstein.bsky.social has argued, a good way to make this point would be for the Pope to excommunicate Vance. Alito too. 110832
Reposted by Julieseranine @seranine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"At Cornell University, it turns out that protesting genocide is a removable offense. But meanwhile, drugging, trafficking, and raping a woman is a writing assignment." 4210100
Reposted by JulieRocketgirl 🚀 @rocketgrrl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Get in, loser. We're going Trekkin'. 312918
Reposted by Julierax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026think all straight people who discoursed at great and punishing length about a western mass lesbian bar should have to give equal airtime to this. it’s your own community this time! 92070405
Reposted by Julie🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please contrast the journalism of students with the folks who seem to forget last week let alone two years ago 011735
Reposted by Julie🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 125123755272
Reposted by JulieQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026a society of senior law firm partners who never learned how to use the printer 2774799
Reposted by JulieMicah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it 303184899
Reposted by JulieGourmet Spud @gourmetspud.bsky.social · 27/03/2026ME: See you later, Spock. SPOCK: Prosper. ME (turning around): Hey wait a minute- SPOCK: You heard me. 638558
Reposted by JulieMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union. 483375797
Julie @splashikins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Kiddo just drove off on his first solo drive. I think I’m having more big feelings about it than he is. 130
Reposted by JuliePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Can I be honest and say that I would be extremely pleasantly surprised if this happens... But I am really not holding my breath. 728243
Reposted by JuliePhil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Be interesting to see how many GOP pols will be wearing Converse at their next presser 101528
Reposted by JulieTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026wow its amazing how much lighter i feel after completing an extremely daunting task that's been weighing on me for months. i guess procrastination really does lead to more stress. good thing i'll definitely remember this for all future daunting tasks 1492995
Reposted by JulieSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Someone at OpenAI should have to talk to the FBI—always assuming we lived in a world with a functioning FBI—but if you talk about all of this in terms of a scary killer machine god, it’s conveniently easy to evade considerations of real legal liability 1266
Reposted by JulieSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Among other things, a really important point gets brought up here, which is that it’s apparently easier for us to imagine killer robots taking over the world than a concrete system of laws that applies to someone like Sam fucking Altman 27936
Reposted by JulieKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New contender for the ultimate "Imagine if Obama said it" submission 33913100
Reposted by JulieMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Not a change of heart; a rat fleeing a sinking ship 3557
Reposted by JulieYTJF. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If Joe Rogan has been “left wing his entire life” I’ve definitely been 6’3” my entire life 0546
Reposted by JulieAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Mike DODGERS is too cowardly to show up to debate me. 430177973680
Reposted by JulieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My brain refuses to believe that Kansas is in play but man it increasingly seems like Kansas is, in fact, in play. 46929148
Reposted by JulieMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o... 34836185
Reposted by JulieMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started 23086341532
Reposted by JulieJess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Since we're a state school, all of our salaries are available online. Which is great for investigative journalism and bad for employee morale, because I know how much the administrators make and can't stop comparing the value of air conditioning vs the value of college administrators. 2714
Reposted by JulieAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I take that back, I have a second response. Some of you are allowing the fact that Mitch McConnell is a fascist motherfucker to justify, in your minds, being vilely ableist. And you can all stop that shit right now. Immediately. There are no passes for violent oppressive bigotry. NONE. 510534
Reposted by JulieCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Never using any AI chatbot at all ever for anything means you never ever need to worry about prompts showing up in a court document. Big win for smart people. If you're secretly using this stuff maybe stop because clearly they're gonna start digging into prompts when they feel like it 7463131
Reposted by JulieMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/09/2026Amid all the Republican pearl-clutching over election integrity, ERIC was the single organization best equipped to help states ensure exactly that. And suddenly MAGA Republicans wanted nothing to do with it.motherjones.comStates already have a good way to ensure election integrity—and MAGA hates itThe rejection of ERIC by GOP officials has, ironically, undermined their own voting systems. 812135
Reposted by JulieRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OMFG WOMEN: IT'S OK TO AGE AND GAIN WEIGHT COMPLIANCE WITH FASCISM WON'T LET YOU LIVE LONGER OR BE HAPPIER FUCK ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT WANT YOU TO HARM YOURSELF FOR THEIR APPROVAL (this psa brought to you by *the emmys*) 51033129
Reposted by JulieDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss 2234801349
Reposted by Julieunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/09/2026Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park: Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz." 4930354
Reposted by JulieChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 12/09/2026That rock skipping, yes tossing stones across a pond or river, is a gender segregated sport, should tell you something about how gendered sports are not about fairness of physical ability, and is instead about the male ego 201582251
Reposted by JulieAlice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026BREAKING: EPA is launching a study of water contamination that will, for the first time, test for the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. Anti-abortion groups consider it a major win that could pave the way for restrictions. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pillsThe new study will test for trace amounts of chemicals, pesticides and drugs — including ones used to induce abortions — in drinking water in multiple cities. 35296170
Reposted by JulieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026New in PN: Mike Johnson runs out the clock on his own speakership "He hasn't had *any* agenda beyond serving Trump. (Trump has boasted he’s effectively “the speaker and the president.”) If Blanche has reduced AG position to Trump’s lawyer, Johnson has transformed speakership into Trump’s lap dog."publicnotice.coMike Johnson runs out the clock on his own speakershipIt was the most sycophantic of times. 671653444
Reposted by JuliePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It's not about "fairness in women's sports" any more than it was about "ethics in gaming journalism." 22036431