Reposted by Stephen IstIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1hUtter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast. 3440886
Stephen Ist @stephenist.bsky.social · 44mThanks for the reminder to stop following @vanityfair.com 010
Reposted by Stephen IstNC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 4hNational Democrats are rethinking their campaign strategy in North Carolina as Republican groups — and even the GOP candidate — pause spending in the state’s open U.S. Senate race. ncnewsline.com/2026/10/08/d... @christinezhu.bsky.social #ncpolncnewsline.comDemocrats see opening in NC as Whatley campaign pauses ads • NC NewslineNational Democrats are rethinking their campaign strategy in North Carolina as Republican groups — and even the GOP candidate — pause spending in the state’s open U.S. Senate race. 033
Reposted by Stephen Istamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20hThis was a pretty small protest, but it honestly seemed incredibly effective. I don’t think that they’ve done this before, the only time I’ve been to a protest at this building was on a weekend. I really don’t think these workers liked being shamed! 436494
Reposted by Stephen IstWUNC News @wunc.org · 07/10/2026Raleigh will temporarily halt approvals for certain large-scale data centers after the City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to impose a six-month moratorium in an effort to give city officials time to study the industry's potential negative effects www.wunc.org/politics/202...wunc.orgRaleigh approves 6-month data center moratorium as activists push for longer pauseRaleigh City Council paused large-scale data center development for six months in order to study potential impacts. 272
Reposted by Stephen IstElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just burst into tears. FREE THEM ALL. 332352
Reposted by Stephen IstTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 101158856
Reposted by Stephen IstPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 04/10/2026What do writers do when their book proposals are rejected? Of course, they WRITE about it! www.confrontthehate.com/p/top-new-yo...confrontthehate.comTop New York Editors Loved My Story of Confronting Hate. Then Came the ‘But...’What happens when a “hair-raising,” “powerful,” “impressive” story meets a “challenging market”? And where does that leave important stories? 310926
Reposted by Stephen IstSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We still don't talk enough about Elon Musk going in and forcing Grok to adhere to his warped worldview. Seems relevant to all of these smoke and mirror discussions. 216921
Reposted by Stephen IstNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The techno-dystopia I actually fear is a future where most people think truth is whatever Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok say, and the very small number of people who control those systems use that to manipulate for their own ends, making our current epistemic crisis seem small in comparison. 29625175
Reposted by Stephen IstDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cities across the country have gotten the message that residents hate Flock cameras. But one growing response is to replace them with *other* license plate readers (like from Axon, makers of the Taser), as if the brand name is the concern. @thorbenson.bsky.social has the story.prospect.orgLicense Plate and Switch - The American ProspectCities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities. 15626
Reposted by Stephen IstScoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 30/09/2026Consider decimation, in the classical sense. 3623
Reposted by Stephen IstBrendan @brendanmcginley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Walking up behind the guy with Meta Raybans on the train and whispering, "Okay, Muse, transfer my entire holdings to Doctors Without Borders." 011
Reposted by Stephen IstHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5441381127
Reposted by Stephen IstNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The headlines on the SCOTUS SAVE ruling are doing Trump's PR for him. 2 things they skip No mass voter purges before the midterms. The law bars them 90 days out & we're in that window Noncitizen voting? FL, IN, IA & OH ran voters through SAVE & found almost NOTHING -TNdemocracydefendersaction.orgThe Big Lie aka La Gran MentiraThis analysis exposes Donald Trump and his allies’ disinformation campaign around immigrants and voting. 33986423
Reposted by Stephen IstYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026quite a sunset tonight 1356326
Reposted by Stephen IstSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The moment the AI company is asking you for your bank account data, that’s what we call a “clue.” That’s the ore they’re mining from you. That will become the basis for surveillance-pricing you on everything you buy in the future. Including those groceries 530671
Reposted by Stephen IstRetro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026youtu.be/3A7OUxer4FI?...youtu.beHow this 1977 book led to The Sims and WikipediaYouTube video by dreamwieber 210612
Reposted by Stephen IstJohn Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Vice President Vance is speaking in town right now but my local paper says a new grocery store in annoying city is more important 071
Reposted by Stephen IstMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4) 9389279
Reposted by Stephen IstDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026…jfgdic. Like, I've talked about how bad an idea it is to place "AI" in administrative positions, and air traffic especially. Where was the review period on this? How is every congresscritter currently clamoring for "AI Pacing" still letting THIS go through?? (Original image reposted w/ alt text) 1521673
Reposted by Stephen IstAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This deal's getting worse all the time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_...youtube.comThis Deal's Getting Worse All The Time | Robot Chicken | Adult SwimYouTube video by Adult Swim 1344983
Reposted by Stephen Ist Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 19/09/2026What if Idiocracy had Skynet. 3796
Reposted by Stephen IstHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026A lot of people suspect he just was told about old agreements and bases but he is saying he will "immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence." Let's see what the Danes have to say. 711512
Reposted by Stephen Istevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Buyers of pervert glasses join the war on pervert glasses: www.latimes.com/business/sto...latimes.comMeta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claimsPeople who use Meta's smart glasses or were recorded with the gadget are worried about how the social media giant is using their photos and videos. 851469643
Reposted by Stephen IstThe News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 18/09/2026Wake County says parents can now only prevent their children and not other students from borrowing specific school library books.bit.lyWake, other NC schools will no longer take challenges to library books. Here’s whyWake County says parents can now only prevent their children and not other students from borrowing specific school library books. 1359
Reposted by Stephen IstJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17/09/2026Relatedly: Today Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC minister who was among the Minneapolis faith leaders who pushed back against DHS in January, testified before the state's "Truth Council" created by Gov. Walz. She called the DHS surge a "spiritual crisis," then listed all the reasons she sees it that way: 121563
Reposted by Stephen IstGovernor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026To connect federal dollars for natural disaster recovery to the outcome of an election is absolutely offensive. 26026
Reposted by Stephen IstErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In 1965, an American scholar bought her first stolen god from two boys outside a Kathmandu temple. Grains of rice were still stuck to it — offerings from worshippers. She paid less than $2 and wrote in her diary: "I don't think the temple will miss it at all." 🧵 www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...himalmag.comMary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritageA US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States 6211114
Reposted by Stephen IstElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Well this explains some things. Sheeran’s played Robert Kraft’s wedding three years AFTER Kraft was arrested for patronizing massage parlors staffed with sex trafficked women, and described Kraft as “super sweet.” 🤢 www.soapcentral.com/entertainmen...soapcentral.comEd Sheeran performed at Robert Kraft’s wedding and described billionaire as “super sweet” four years before dropping Macklemore from tourMacklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour. 23329117
Reposted by Stephen Isttalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lang’s rally at City Hall Park was given a permit by @nycparks.bsky.social but any marching in the street is NYPD territory, and they did not receive an NYPD permit. Will have to look later for permit details but it does look like NYPD facilitated, and led, a christofascist parade in NYC on 9/11. 38129
Reposted by Stephen IstKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026Sometimes I feel old for remembering when the tech industry’s primary product wasn’t death threats 111203242
Stephen Ist @stephenist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If this were a movie, Liam Neeson would be furiously looking for Coco‘s missing dog while she publicly tanks set after set as the dognappers demanded. Then she’d make a stunning come from behind win… 100
Reposted by Stephen IstHumble @humblebundle.com · 09/09/2026Last call on The Greg Bear Birthday Bundle and sci-fi reads like: - Eon - The Forge of God - Anvil of Stars - and more! Supports @sfwa.bsky.social | bit.ly/4qBMuUa 051
Reposted by Stephen IstMore Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 04/09/2026🧵 So, today I was blocked by Tico for criticising his VEO animation posts. He takes a still from a well-known movie and creates an AI animation of the said scene, "recreating" the scene and sharing for likes. As with all AI slop, they have an uncanny valley-ness about them, to me, they look awful... 11367
Reposted by Stephen IstHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/09/2026The next president should take the oath holding a sledgehammer and then begin their presidency by taking a giant whack at that thing. 2147848
Reposted by Stephen IstHoward Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026no joke, I have been wondering if the father who appears in the anti–Roy Cooper ad had been misled about what kind of ad he’d be speaking for and appearing in. of course he was. 051
Reposted by Stephen Istdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026i have used 1password probably since their first version and now i have to move everything including my passkeys what a mess 67866100
Reposted by Stephen IstGovernor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Ireland is one of our top trading partners and is now a direct flight away from both Raleigh and Charlotte. I spent the past few days visiting Ireland-based companies that do business in North Carolina to discuss opportunities to build on our relationships and ways to bring Irish visitors to... 1201
Reposted by Stephen IstSaly "and more" @salylockheart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026youtu.be/xxD1ekkA7hc?...youtu.beHarry Potter Is Manufacturing Your ComplicityYouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark 163
Reposted by Stephen IstIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/09/2026If you’re going to the fair and figuring you can do the things you missed by coming back another day, learn from my mistakes and either do all the important things on the first day or wear a mask in the crop art line because I am almost certainly going to be too sick to do that 51205
Reposted by Stephen IstSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 01/09/2026My position remains: fuck the Supreme Court and donate to abortion fundssecure.actblue.comSupport Texas Assistance FundsWith the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade, countless Texans are forced to travel out of state, delay care, or forgo care altogether. 16817
Reposted by Stephen IstManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today’s this week on ABC with the awful Martha Raddatz was a disgrace with predominantly Republican talking heads and an interview on the Afghanistan withdrawal when we are in the midst of one of the greatest military debacles for the U.S. in the so called Iran war. 0154
Reposted by Stephen IstGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026The is white privilege in action. There are brown and Black people who are sitting in detention for months, AFTER they already gave up on their valid claims to be here and agreed to be deported. Then they’re deported shackled on an ICE flight while this guy, who had no valid claim, goes commercial. 131052333
Reposted by Stephen Istmae @hellagur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026because i know people don't click articles, the packages look like this 21107858
Reposted by Stephen IstKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026every so often the orphan crushing machine catches the publisher of Why We Must Crush Orphans Dot Net which is not a justification for the machines existence but it is worth a little chuckle 08412
Reposted by Stephen IstClay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 28/08/20268/29/2026- A Campaign Tradition www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/au... 718083