Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Looking forward to Justice Alito explaining how it's actually a core requirement of Constitutional law for a governor to be able to delay primary elections in order to prevent Democrats from winning elections. (not that this idiotic scheme is likely to do Republicans much good in '26 or '28) 1387
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialCalifornia Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 30/04/2026STRIKE: Ahead of May Day, Popeyes workers in Los Angeles are on strike due to life-threatening workplace violence, extreme heat, cockroaches in the kitchen, wage theft, and broken restroom, to the point we’ve been forced to urinate in a closet drain because it is the only place without cameras. 🧵 8962369
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialmerriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 01/05/2026For context, the man is a former BPD officer who did the black face performance to raise money for the six cops who were indicted after killing Freddie Gray. 8136102
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/05/2026very few people care enough about this man to pay to see him but he’s still out there making viral clips because someone is paying to keep that machine churning out vile slop. 7000 subscribers aren’t keeping the studio lights on. but someone is! 241222243
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Yeah the rotisserie chicken amendment is neat! Unfortunately it was attached to the Farm Bill which locked in $187 billion in cuts to SNAP. So, yes, now SNAP can be used for rotisserie chickens but more importantly, this bill means red tape, cuts & tons of people losing access to food completely. 6837091488
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Now I’m just a backwoods small town hyperchicken, but it seems to me that if a company is big enough to existentially threaten the government then you don’t actually have a functioning government anymore. 502077523
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialMooiest @mooiest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026History keeps repeating itself; no one ever learns www.npr.org/sections/the...npr.orgWhen The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High SchoolersIn 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued. 03313
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The solution to a child dying on a farm every 3 days and 33 children being seriously injured and left permanently disabled on a farm is NOT NOT TRACKING ITdayton247now.comChild dies in Clark County farming accidentCLARK COUNTY, Ohio (WKEF) -- The Clark County Sheriff's Office released details on Wednesday about a tragic farming accident that happened last Friday, that l 13110
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"About every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident, and each day, at least 33 children are seriously injured"marshfieldresearch.orgMarshfield Clinic Research Institute - 2022 U.S. Childhood Agricultural Injuries Fact Sheet released 35822
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"Arrest illegals as they come into the country." So this basically means that we're closed to all foreign travel. You're not allowed to even visit the USA, because they will assume you are entering permanently and arrest you. 48116
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialThought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 23/03/2026Praise be Bishop Coco. 182
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialWandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Every so often I remember why @snowden.st is an advocate for abolishing this state. 4124
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialThought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 21/03/2026If your hobby discourages proxies, it's a poisoned scene with big neon sign for bad actors & shitty people. You shouldn't be wondering why that scene constantly struggles with them. The elitism doesn't come in its own bubble. The picture spells itself out. Not just a Magic subpost. There's a lot. 6254
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialCascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Great read. 3263146
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I'm open to lots of dings about the experience here, but saying Bluesky is more emotional than Twitter is hilarious. The owner of Twitter bought it because he was mad at Twitter. He literally flew home to yell at his engineers when Joe Biden got more like than him on a post 1759464
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/03/2026It's interesting how The Daily Wire attacks the idea that gender is a performance when their sets are all about gender performance. Look at the aesthetics here — the cigars and crystal decanter with Japanese whiskey, the black dress shirt, the tight suit with two-toned double monks and tie bar ... 827174722698
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🤡 232670
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialchuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 19/03/2026i don’t like this painting in my hotel 26471301210
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialkey-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 19/03/2026USPS must be fought for and protected. If USPS goes away, or is made private, it will negatively impact EVERYONE. The USPS is a service and not a business. The cost for operating shouldn’t be seen as a business loss. Stand up for the USPS! 💌 CALL YOUR REPS 5calls.org 1760577
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialdan @danabra.mov · 19/03/2026the most important tip about reading books is you can skip the “introduction”. it’s just some rando’s opinion and a bunch of spoilers. skip it 4591
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 19/03/2026Gov. Mikie Sherrill and New Jersey legislators are trying to ban surveillance pricing for grocery stores, but some South Jersey lawmakers want to go further.inquirer.comYou could be paying more for groceries than your neighbor. Here’s what Jersey lawmakers are doing about it. 0249
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialAllegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The current spread of measles in the U.S. warns of future rubella outbreaks, since the vaccines are given together. “It will come back with a vengeance," an ex-CDC doctor says. "We will see babies being born who are blind, deaf and have heart disease.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-rob...talkingpointsmemo.comHow Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood PlaguesProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up... 46441
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialC. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Words have power. 04916
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Judge: Are your glasses talking A guy who wants to be a property manager again: Yes Judge: Take them off A voice coming out of his shirt pocket: It sounds like you're concerned about judicial standards Judge: Is someone feeding you answers Guy: No it is chatGPT Guy: I mean it is a taxi drivergizmodo.comJudge Says Witness Wore Smart Glasses to Sneakily Inform Their TestimonyA UK judge determined that a witness was being fed answers through his smart glasses during cross-examination. 5312115
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialNelvana @scarletpath.bsky.social · 10/03/2026You don't understand how amazing this is! This is HUGE. All the work they put into restoring this show is nothing short of amazing. Please check it out! I grew up watching this. I believe this was the first computer animated cartoon and it's so good 3201129
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared 43200188797
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialpaul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Read it for yourself but it really bothers me that this is framed as a choice between two options with advantages and disadvantages rather than what is on a more significant level; a choice of whether or not to eliminate billions of infrastructure spending in Baltimore City. 183
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The President offering "oversight," "visible officer identification," and "no deporting US citizens" is yet more indisputable evidence that no funding should be provided. Before funding can even be discussed, all of that must be done and everyone who thought otherwise must be fired. 20826181
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialStef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Alt text: X user Blakeley posts: This isn't democracy. Screenshot of a pie chart labelled SUPER PAC SPENDING IN ILLINOIS RACES Total spending: more than $56.9 million AIPAC & aligned groups: $19.9 million Crypto: $14.1 million AI: $2.5 million All others: $20.4 million 063
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialthe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit 126162173986
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/03/2026i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible. 8063671232
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 07/03/2026also, all of these things reset in 2030! it's ridiculous to pretend this is a permanent state of affairs 3689
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialAlec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 01/03/2026IMPORTANT: this letter in the WSJ is amongst the clearest expressions of wisdom you'll read, re: blanket bans on teen social media access. We saw this with peanut allergies: early avoidance yields later life-threatening adult reactiveness at scale. Managed exposure during youth prevents harm. 0108
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialKarlito P @litop12.blacksky.app · 01/03/2026Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation. 11385192889
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 01/03/2026As out turns out, the “civilization“ spread by the western powers was always repression, plunder, & mass death disguised under the language of universal rights. 7536176
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The "healthy young breasts" of it all. This isn't about concern that someone might make a mistake and be dissatisfied with their choices when they look back, it's about an instinctive sense that those breasts belong to the world (of men). 942046
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I think people still underestimate the extent to which the panic over an increase in trans boys transitioning is about the belief that AFAB bodies are rightfully for breeding and should be preserved as property belonging to their future husbands. 141403443
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horsegradient.horsegradient.horseDraw a horse, watch it run! 3569813589
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialmaya ventura @mayawalkwith.me · 13/02/2026nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up 158172565369
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell. 5342902026
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Trump/MAGA have long regarded pro football as "their" part of the culture. They used to post video of stadium crowds cheering Trump. He tried to shame black players kneeling for BLM out of the sport. This is why Bad Bunny doing Super Bowl cuts so deep for Trump. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2062... 151215207
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialEllie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026My latest story: "Aspiring teachers thought they were getting a full ride. Then the bills came." Students are accusing the state's higher education commission of bungling scholarships for the second time in six months. This time, for teacher education. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...thebanner.comAspiring teachers thought they were getting a full ride. Then the bills came.The Teaching Fellows for Maryland Scholarship is advertised as covering all tuition and fees, but it didn’t work out that way for some students. 037
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Reminder that Discord immediately leaked more than 70,000 government IDs the second they required scans. Fuck this, fuck off. 4184120
Reposted by @stepchildofthesun.bsky.socialAllenk_81 @allenk81.bsky.social · 08/02/2026FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month. 14040231485