Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 8hET screaming when he was found in the shed. And an apocalyptic SciFi movie on TV - a scene where ants engulfed a vehicle and left only skeletons 010
Reposted by EthanKasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 14hJust saw a preteen girl run across the floor towards a model of the JWST shouting "JAMES WEBB JAMES WEBB JAMES WEBB" if you need a big shot of hope for the future 338743
Reposted by EthanHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 16hno, she’s the wolf from a 4th or 5th century mosaic depicting the founding of Rome 374134567
Reposted by EthanGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15hIt's easier to think that people are cutting off their family because of social contagion or viral therapy trends than it is to accept that families are very often places of pain and domination where escape is the only alternative to lifelong misery or death. 6797168
Reposted by EthanGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15hI think when we hem and haw about people going no-contact with their families and what it says about society, what we're often doing is revealing our own discomfort with seeing others starting to pull blocks out of the Jenga tower of Empire and refusing to suffer Just Because. 141100205
Reposted by EthanMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 15hAs I’ve asked many times now, what constituencies does a university president represent? Because too often, the answer seems to not include anyone who works or studies at the university, and that seems like a problem. 453692
Reposted by EthanFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 661548954
Reposted by EthanGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had the party for the five year old and her best friend (who just had her last preschool day) brought her a framed picture. A picture she made from the pressed flowers she had collected on her walks home from their school days together 623731
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026important little thread (only 11 posts, you have time) 000
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Why should she get a handout just because of who she knows and the color of her skin? She should pull herself up by her own bootstraps instead! This is welfare! /s (obv I hope) 000
Reposted by EthanMolly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026you almost have to admire the effective altruists for coming right out and saying “we feel a keen debt to the criminal who stole the money that provided seed funding for Manifund, which is why we’re hiring her and paying her with some of it instead of returning it to FTX creditors” 11747144
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On the upside, I think we successfully converted Russia to pure capitalism. Like ducks to water. 000
Reposted by EthanNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5441671274
Reposted by EthanNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wow. I hadn't actually read the NYT story yet when I wrote this. But what actually happened to Jane Doe is the exact kind of thing that I'm talking about in this thread.nytimes.comStatement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was RapedDocuments obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges. 039548
Reposted by Ethanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25661281140
Reposted by Ethan🇲🇽🕷️rustbelt rebel🕷️🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The entire Cornell situation is sitting alongside the story I read about a 14 year old girl that gave birth to her father’s child on the side of the road (with her father right there) and left the baby, who wound up dying. That girl was initially wanted for murder. Not the father. The girl. 2298
Reposted by Ethanblair @blairaf.com · 30/09/2026"You may not deadname superintelligence but you should deadname trans people" is now 100% real US policy 012443
Reposted by EthanGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 192148749
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm at the drug workshop. I'm at the nuke build joint. I'm at the combination drug and nuke facility. 010
Reposted by EthanRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026we're 4 weeks into the season at this point. has any broadcaster done the bare minimum of saying "Watson was accused of sexual assault by 20+ women" instead of merely saying he was dealing with some sort of indeterminate "issues" 961989
Reposted by EthanKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Congratulations to everyone in the education and mainstream press who validated and platformed this guy, well done 218049
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Disturbingly, my first thought was of Chani when she sees Paul as the Kwisatz Haderach and not Usul (I think Dune but it might be Dune Messiah). 000
Reposted by Ethanhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 357207645000
Reposted by EthanDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I was told by a Hill staffer that this Permitting Reform bill allows fossil fuel companies to enlarge (that is, expand) their natural gas pipelines without any environmental review so long as there's an existing pipeline in place. This is very bad. 68926
Reposted by EthanDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 01/10/2026it's actually quite striking to me how much the illiberals are starting to argue, quite directly, "we want a fragmented chaos on our frontier, so we can dominate it more easily" feels like decadent roman empire frontier management tbh here's one about canada:defenseanalyses.orgThe Centrifugal StrategyFragmentatation as strategy in the northern Monroe Doctrine. 1925346
Reposted by EthanGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c... 10703261
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have purchased five or six games reviewed by Mothership @mothership.blog and Aftermath @aftermath.site this year and they are all great! 0445
Reposted by EthanSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62831391116
Reposted by Ethansanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Crime case in Tennessee Failed execution of Christa Pike – Witnesses report disturbing scenes She received two poison injections and still remained alive: The execution of the convicted murderer Christa Pike, nothing went as planned. The victim's mother has a clear message to the governor 1/spiegel.de(S+) »They fucked up«: Zeugen berichten von verstörenden Szenen bei verpfuschter Hinrichtung von Christa PikeSie bekam zwei Giftspritzen und blieb dennoch am Leben: Bei der Hinrichtung der verurteilten Mörderin Christa Pike lief nichts wie geplant. Die Mutter des Opfers hat eine deutliche Botschaft an den Go... 433
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The film starts off as deadly serious. A breach that enables access to military bases. There’s a situation room and tense yelling. 20 minutes in, bumbling soldiers, obviously not American, begin showing up in every scene and it becomes a farce. The climax in the Sit Room has only foreign agents. 000
Reposted by EthanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now 56299101500
Reposted by EthanJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Okay this is incredibly weird and if you know something about it, please let me know! Per this article, the Lancaster PA (whom I wrote about in @newrepublic.com ) is "on track to criminally charge more than 100 undocumented immigrants this year." My question is charge with what? 76413
Reposted by EthanCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571622057
Reposted by Ethanjon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comPeople Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-AllUrine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine. 1602559648
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone dies and Marvel announces they are giving all the IPs to the artists, authors, and others. 000
Reposted by EthanAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026The more I learn about this Cornell situation, the angrier I get because it's SO normalized in academic environments. 61097230
Reposted by EthanBlack Intellect Media @blackintellect.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NYC Mayor Mamdani & Nas sit down to discuss the past, present & future of hip hop in NYC www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xwq...youtube.comMayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYCYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 011
Reposted by EthanRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic 47838220
Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Weirdos, every one of them. Like anxious chihuahuas without any of the charm or affection. 000
Reposted by Ethantinybaby @tiny.baby · 30/09/2026This guy was personally convicted of the largest Medicare fraud in history 114418
Reposted by EthanMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There's literally more human content out there than you can listen to, and you'd rather ask a machine to show you an statistical average? Loser behavior 3299
Reposted by EthanTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Loll Yudkowsky, Soares and such AREN'T SHILLS? The Yudkowsky who founded the eugenicist, rationalist cult? The one who predected singularity to be 2025? The one in the sex parties that women have to attend to "network? The rape orgies with dubious consent mechanisms that Soares coorganizes? 635269
Reposted by EthanSouthern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 30/09/2026#OTD in 1919, Black sharecroppers near Elaine, Arkansas, gathered to organize for fair pay. What followed was days of racial terror that left an unknown number of Black men, women and children dead, with estimates reaching into the hundreds. We remember them. #TheMarchContinues 04716
Reposted by EthanAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 30/09/2026The FOIA Bakery has an op-ed in today's issue of Board Rule where we argue that annual stories about declining enrollment at CPS are actually about white fearboard-rule.ghost.ioChicago School Board Prez Candidates on Special EducationPlus, school funding is based on property taxes, not enrollment. So let's stop telling scary stories about declining birth rates. 33214
Reposted by EthanAvishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Domestically, Netanyahu will try to milk this to set a security agenda for the elections that isn’t about 10.7. This is does not mean this is an Israeli false flag plot. It isn’t. Just that Netanyahu is a Wiley politician and will always try to take advantage of circumstances. 210913
