Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianJustin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 46mI dare one these dweebs to ask their AIs to try to explain surplus value to them 171
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 45ma major societal problem is that conservatives are socially conditioned to assault anyone who disagrees with them while liberals are socially conditioned to avoid conflict at all costs 314117
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 33mWe play different roles. Electeds working within a harmful system - who succeed insofar as they make it less harmful. activists who push electeds based on movement values. If you expect electeds to behave like activists or activists to applaud all an elected does, you’re going to be dissapointed. 1259
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29mLove to get a campus-wide email about how the “Vice Provost for Administration and Finance” is now the “Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance.” 1102
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h“One source told the outlet that officers were “told to go after anybody, they can pick up anybody.” newrepublic.com/post/216405/...newrepublic.com“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in CaliforniaICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms. 10183146
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1hI think this discussion on here tends mostly towards excuses—not here for that—but I wrote abt an example of this militant & grassroots approach from the Birmingham Children’s Crusade. Circumstances change, but identifying & then overwhelming weaknesses in the fascist apparatus is always the way.buckscountybeacon.com 151
Reposted by Bat-child Librarianpork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 3hhe posted this TWO DAYS AFTER HIS CHILD WAS BORN 810417
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianStateline @stateline.org · 3hUrban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, according to a new study. stateline.org/2026/10/08/u...stateline.orgUrban, rural hospitals closing at similar rates, study finds • StatelineUrban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, acc... 185
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianSkel-E the soc @ethesoc.blacksky.app · 4hJust to add that within the past two days, Black children that were adopted by a white couple who had them in slave conditions were awarded 4.4 mil not just because if what happened at the hands of that couple, but the reality that CPS in West Virginia refused to take it seriously for years. 2389
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9hHere's what happens to high school students in the U.S. protesting ICE: whyy.org/articles/qua... - most people barely batted an eye.whyy.orgQuakertown police chief on leave after clash with student protestersScott McElree was seen on video placing a student in a chokehold during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 316274
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 15hThe person remains on the vehicle, in a makeshift tent of space blankets confining her in the fumes, with BP or perhaps a contractor periodically running the vehicle. BP agents standing on the Roosevelt reservation with pepper balls and tear gas 16119
Reposted by Bat-child Librarianbiologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 6hI'm genuinely surprised by these early Phase 2 results for a new lung cancer drug: 90.5% disease control rate! This means tumors shrunk or stopped growing for most patients. It's close to triple standard chemo. Promising stuff to learn about. 2217
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 6hWho were the idiots in Metropolis who thought Superman was a bird or a plane? 1112329
Reposted by Bat-child Librariannige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 20/06/2026That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools 79133564622
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 8hNice going Jared Polis 114232
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 21hArizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.transiticsnews.comDemocrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump DemandsThe policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care. 421155517
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22hMy February 1968 Fortune magazine just arrived from an eBay seller (5 stars) and now I want to destroy the internet for what it took from us. It's gorgeous. I bought it for the article about industrial design that set Victor Papanek off. He references it in the intro to Design for the Real World. 78010
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 18hwe've had at least four moral panics around Hasan Piker fomented by Democratic politicians but they (or their comms) see stuff like this that is literally algorithmically shoved onto people's timelines and they say nothing and that is starting to feel like A Choice. 1254
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 18hBolsonaro supporters light a university on fire after threatening Lula supporters there 27531
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 21hThe Access Hollywood tape was released a decade ago today, which simultaneously feels like a century ago and like yesterday. 316636
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianDan Meyer @ddmeyer.bsky.social · 23hHigh school kids in Vancouver, WA, walked out over AI. An organizer: > I don’t think it’s fair that teachers get to use AI in lesson planning and grading and that students can’t use it for anything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4yR...youtube.comWashington students stage walkout over lack of AI guidelines for the classroomYouTube video by KGW News 3123
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026LOUISIANANS OF BLUESKY! ASSEMBLE! I'm working a story related to the Louisiana US Senate race. Any Louisianans here got family members or friends who are Republican or independent but voting for Jamie Davis? Think they'd want to talk to me? If so DM me!!! 55836
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianThe Lever @levernews.com · 06/10/2026Your water bill could be 67% higher simply because a corporation owns your water system. A new analysis found households served by for-profit providers paid about $823 a year for drinking water in 2025. Public-system households paid just $494. 211556
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianRacket @racketmn.com · 22hWant 2 free tickets to see hip-hop legend Rakim w/ Room 3 Collective (late show) on Oct. 15 at the Dakota? Hit repost for a chance to win! 01411
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 23hPeruvian immigrant Martin Soto was moved to Elizabeth Detention Center at the height of the protests and held in solitary confinement there for more than 100 days, his attorneys allege.buff.lyImmigrant at Center of Delaney Hall Protests Released Following Federal Judge’s OrderPeruvian immigrant Martin Soto was moved to Elizabeth Detention Center at the height of the protests and held in solitary confinement there for more than 100 days, his attorneys allege. 0185
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1958141830
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026there is no plausible construction of these words that is not racist 443296
Reposted by Bat-child Librarianunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 07/10/2026ICE is slamming far northern Illinois for a second day in a row. Rapid responders in Rockford say federal agents detained a group of roofing workers this morning—eight men all the way from Minnesota. Volunteers are currently trying to locate their families. From a local immigration attorney: 14536304
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianGOOBER © (Official) @goober.bsky.social · 07/10/2026dad im bisexual its like being a gay guy without the voice and i still have girlfriends too 0132
Bat-child Librarian @stopthatadam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When my players are fishing for a Perception Check 010
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Glen Powell will not see this he is probably somewhere Fucking 3992
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianSkip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 07/10/2026how i’m logging on 5324
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianSusan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Austin: heavy ICE activity in the Riverside/Oltorf-I35 area. Spread the word. 0911
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Full disclosure: I have deals with Apple, Google, OpenAI, Adobe and a bunch of others. Unfortunately the deal is that I pay them a monthly fee in exchange for their services. 956812
Bat-child Librarian @stopthatadam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026youtu.be/8hYdHBfZrp4?...youtu.bePatato & Totico - Mas Que Nada ( 1967 )YouTube video by Jm Leta 000
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianLiving in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you're upset about David Ellison's Skydance monopoly, you should be furious at Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is what made this possible. Clinton signed it and Biden voted for it in the Senate.currentaffairs.orgHow Deregulation Created a Corporate Media NightmareIn this excerpt from ‘The New Power Elite,’ sociologist Heather Gautney explains how the consolidation of media into a few powerful corporations is a key part of the neoliberal project to co-opt this ... 79951
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It’s pretty clear at this point that algorithmic social media makes my life worse. It’s addictive and distracting and has actually done a lot of harm societally as a whole. Beyond that, the biggest Silicon Valley projects were NFTs, Crypto, & the Metaverse. Huge resource sucks providing nothing 3295
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 07/10/2026Organized labor won a major victory in a settlement ordering the Trump administration to announce it has abandoned its attempt to illegally fire millions of federal workers during last year’s government shutdown. prospect.org?p=145947 2326
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianBill Hauk @billhauk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I was under the impression that the primary purpose of universities was to train the youth for the clergy or maybe one of those newfangled mendicant orders. Or is that something that we no longer do because of Woke? 2273
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 07/10/2026The weird need of the institution to be desired - the term of art in these parts is “employer of choice“ - despite doing very little to show that it actually wants you to be there. 1313
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026ICE removal flight to African continent outbound 612767
Reposted by Bat-child Librarianmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312294597
Reposted by Bat-child Librarian@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Not a Skydance Corporation” is a banger tagline for @status.news to use on its must read media newsletter. 10/10 No Notes 436861
Reposted by Bat-child LibrarianAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026God everything is so DUMB. 1413924643