Reposted by Susan Ferrariderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this. 644282326
Reposted by Susan FerrariAxios @axios.com · 29/09/2026"In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who knows what else," one top GOP campaign consultant told Axios.axios.com"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in IowaTrump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable. 961001341
Reposted by Susan Ferrariroad.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa, has since deleted his profile. It's not the first time a politician has been caught out by the exercise app's tracking and mapping features. road.cc/news/cycling... 921070
Reposted by Susan FerrariSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future” 385135532355
Reposted by Susan FerrariKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752341420
Reposted by Susan FerrariAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026These people are obsessive freaks. 83104890
Reposted by Susan FerrariVoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.” 6855051012
Reposted by Susan FerrariArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership. 193126803
Reposted by Susan FerrariTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy 9/25 Eve. Don't forget to leave out a plate of chicken and dumplings and a bottle of nail polish or Dolly won't come and visit you tonight 730153
Reposted by Susan FerrariKai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dems need to commit to finding every one of these renditioned people, repatriating them with full citizenship and reparations. They can use the money from nationalizing Elon's companies and zeroing out DHS/ICE's budget 316930
Reposted by Susan FerrariKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/09/2026One thing that encourages me is that despite individual Democrats capitulating on trans rights, I think if the polling holds, we will elect the most pro-trans congress and senate in US history. 161445164
Reposted by Susan FerrariOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Like someone like Tammy Duckworth is safe as hell. She’s a blue Dem in a safely blue seat. And yet she’s out here saying “don’t try to remove the fascist racist from office, maybe he’ll see the light now.” What message does that send people other than “just give up?” 612218
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 24/09/2026The Trump admin keeps trying ways to break and take over NIH and we keep pushing back and winning. Two takeaways: 1. Together we have power; your voice matters. 2. This isn’t over; they are going to keep trying more ways to take over NIH and science for their political ends. Be ready! 17234
Reposted by Susan FerrariPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...newrepublic.comMAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to GoThe “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales. 373185781
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026Can confirm (see 🧵 ). But let me share some optimism. A NIH colleague said today that against all odds, NIH has been…winning. “We made this EO a necessity. We fought hard. We threw sand in all the gears. All the lowdown ways of blocking grants failed to produce the results Vought et al wanted.” 217876
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026That is right. NIH is in terrible shape. But it is not dead. Peer review is weakened but not yet dead. Program staff advocacy for good science is weakened but not yet dead. Grants are going out the door, fewer than before but not yet dead. 16211
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026Russell Vought has done grievous damage to US science and he’s practically killed NSF, but NIH is still alive and kicking. I’m not in the grant making side of the agency, I’m just cheerleading for the people fighting like hell to keep things going. 17814
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026These people inside NIH working on grants are really the best of the country, people who are not being paid big bucks but care about the mission; care about something bigger than themselves. 110017
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026After we get through September 30th, all the program side of NIH and everyone left inside fighting to get grants out should get a monthlong vacation. Give them off until November. 1475
Reposted by Susan FerrariMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026Give NSF people and advocates credit for fighting too! They are in a harder position in part because of the NSB clean out (thanks, John Roberts), the slightly less-formalized peer review procedures compared to NIH, and the medical and health mission of NIH. 1466
Reposted by Susan FerrariLearnedLeague @learnedleague.com · 23/09/20261. Identify the current member of the U.S. Cabinet who appeared on MTV's The Real World: Boston in 1997, and later competed in Log Rolling and Speed Climbing at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the early 2000s. IN A SANE WORLD, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO. #LL110 #bestwronganswers 212031
Reposted by Susan FerrariJennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"trans people require medical care for the rest of their lives" is the craziest anti-trans talking point because everyone requires medical care for the rest of our lives. 16923249
Reposted by Susan FerrariBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves! 7866851028
Reposted by Susan FerrariPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So many people got yelled at for months on here when they correctly pointed out that Gavin Newsom was a rat. 291803345
Reposted by Susan Ferrarianil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Congress was not a fan of the reports circulating this weekend that Vought is pushing for a commission to review all NIH grants www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/t...statnews.comMembers of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grantsSeveral members of Congress voiced strong opposition about a reported plan to create a panel of political appointees to sign off on NIH grants 29045
Reposted by Susan FerrariTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“School choice” is pernicious inequality rebranded as a type of consumer-based freedom. 815926
Reposted by Susan FerrariThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist… 811137163284
Reposted by Susan FerrariOrrin Grey @orringrey.com · 21/09/2026No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988). 71261395
Reposted by Susan FerrariCalvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people. 41351452
Reposted by Susan FerrariErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026It's important to remind readers that while there are a few anti-trans dems, many are doing great work. Spanberger in VA did not flinch at anti-trans attacks. Now, she just ended Governor Youngkin's infamous rule that would ban trans students from bathrooms. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comVA Gov. Spanberger Kills Youngkin-Era Rule That Would Have Banned Trans Students From Bathrooms“Spanberger showed how Democrats win amidst Republican attacks.” 313232685
Reposted by Susan FerrariEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have been reliably informed that Chua’s favorites are known as “Chua pets” and I’m not sure I’ll ever forget it 1292
Reposted by Susan FerrariProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Two of the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activists & grifters—Andrew Wakefield and RFK Jr—headlining a conference held by the extraordinarily damaging anti-vaxx group Children’s Health Defense in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in 35 yrs tells you all you need to know about MAHA 1121975
Reposted by Susan FerrariChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥 45784552665
Reposted by Susan FerrariMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. 633174667
Reposted by Susan FerrariThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm going to try and be as polite as possible about this: this isn't a purity test, this is a "will you defend a minority group when the government is working hard to murder them" question, and acting like it's a wedge issue rather than the entire game is a failure of empathy and historical vision. 714443
Reposted by Susan FerrariClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026it is unforgivable how Democrats are granting the right's premise about trans kids in sports even as they attempt to navigate a "moderate" position so they don't look so bad (hint: not possible) they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!! 21431325
Reposted by Susan FerrariIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131733349
Reposted by Susan FerrariTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026Attempting to frame these bigots like they’re brave pragmatists breaking from some kind of stalwart trans-affirming norm is the type of enormous lie where the ground should open up to pneumatic-tube you directly to hell. 81157273
Reposted by Susan FerrariClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026an admittedly tertiary but still annoying side detail of the "trans kids in sports" debate is that these were already the worst kind of sports parents and now they think they're The Face of a Movement 1890150
Reposted by Susan FerrariJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026BREAKING: Judge Dennis Saylor (GWBush/MA) temporarily blocks Trump admin drive to impose a 4-year limit on student visas now issued for length of study. Calls the rationale for the new rule "exceptionally weak." Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.orgPAHEIvDHSOrd091426 101237349
Reposted by Susan Ferrariworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026we need more bats on here 14392782499
Reposted by Susan FerrariKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This video lowered my blood pressure 635852
Reposted by Susan FerrariAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.transiticsnews.comI’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids. 9164162556
Reposted by Susan FerrariEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights. 150108031820
Reposted by Susan FerrariKate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"what if a robot sees you talking shit on the internet and then years down the line decides to punish you" I don't know, what if trans people see you talking shit on the internet and years down the line decide to punish you. 171458248
Reposted by Susan FerrariNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 6539021325