Reposted by Stuart Drunsfieldkaranormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 07/04/2025tech bro is short for technically broken 3259591470
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldSan Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 6hJack Poulson, a Bay Area journalist, was entitled to report on sealed police records about the arrest of tech executive on suspicion of domestic violence, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled.bit.lyAppeals court rejects lawsuit against Bay Area tech journalistJack Poulson, a Bay Area journalist, was entitled to report on sealed police records about the arrest of tech executive on suspicion of domestic violence, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled. 043
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h“He says the military viewed Catholic clergy who advocated for social justice and human rights as communists. He was detained, beaten and hospitalized, he says.” 04225
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 6hIsraeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero's welcome — is already predetermined. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/the-...mondoweiss.netThe Pardon of Elor Azaria: Killing, maiming, and culpability in the Israeli lawIsraeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero’s welcome — is already predetermined. 32819
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 13hMy lack of interest in AI stems from how I've structured my life around freedom and intentionality. I'm in the fortunate position that allows me to move slow and optimize for experience not productivity. 91367
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldSenator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 6hI’m on the Senate floor to force a vote to block Trump’s illegal line item veto of funding already authorized by Congress. He’s violating the Constitution—we need to stop it! 2036390
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldScience Magazine @science.org · 6h“I don’t use [generative AI] when I write grants or papers. … So I don’t particularly want them reading my work either.” scim.ag/46Qiqv3scim.agU.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayedThe AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns 02812
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldTruthout @truthout.org · 6hAs of late August, before the latest renewal of strikes, the war had damaged or destroyed 80 energy facilities, 27 airports, 12 bridges, two tunnels, over 210 health centers, and at least 1,288 schools, including 32 universities, in Iran, the report finds. 0194
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldTruthout @truthout.org · 6hA new report details the widespread damage to civilian infrastructure in Iran amid the U.S.-Israeli war, adding to war crimes allegations as the U.S. openly targets civilian sites and threatens genocide against the country’s 92 million residents.buff.lyReport: Nearly 1,300 Schools, 210 Health Centers Damaged in Iran Amid US AssaultThe war has knocked out six hospitals, including a children’s cancer hospital that was temporarily rendered inoperable. 13622
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6hWatching Hegseth, I think of Eco's 'Ur-Fascism': "Since war and heroism are difficult, the Ur-Fascist transfers his will to power to sexual matters. This is the origin of machismo (which implies both disdain for women and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits)." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...nybooks.comUr-Fascism | Umberto EcoI think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra... 618455
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 6hJoin @usf.edu students for a rally on Sun, Oct 4. Happening one day before Florida’s voter registration deadline, and voter registration will be available on site for anyone who still needs to register or update their information. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/angieforflorida/eve… 29438
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 8hJust read @katemanne.bsky.social ‘s fantastic piece in The Cut about the Cornell rape and she points out that students protesting conditions in Gaza were treated more harshly than the rapists and holy shit, this detail 226788
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h"It was bitterly ironic to see Darline Graham demand that Smith, of all people, should feel ashamed....in today’s GOP, there is no shame."lnk.thebulwark.comJack Smith and the Republican Smear SquadIf holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know. 19455100
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldOregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 6hThe Hyde Amendment blocks federal funds from being used for abortion. As more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in January, some anti-abortion advocates fear such a change could be a serious threat to the amendment's future. buff.ly/BPE8nX2buff.lyAnti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority • Oregon Capital ChronicleAs more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in January, some anti-abortion advocates fear a… 272
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@jkbjournalist.bsky.social reopened the Epstein case; Heidi Blake seems to have restarted the UK prosecuting Andrew Tate; Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor made the system finally go after Weinstein for real. Journalism has again and again made the justice system do its job. 111598387
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 6hThis amount of corruption is unprecedented, and Oversight Democrats are focused on four main areas: Trump family corruption, ICE and DHS abuses, corporate corruption, and justice for the Epstein survivors. We're going in hard. It's time for accountability. 1313660
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldBryan Heal @bryanheal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Housing First works. 04310
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldAnn M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 6hIf this doesn't show up in Disney's case.... 0255
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 6hWe'll never have justice for Nolan Wells, for in a just world he'd still be alive. But there must be accountability. We'll never stop saying his name & demanding the answers his family deserves. And we'll never stop fighting for a world where Black men can grow old and thrive. 114642
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13hA list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy. 326127
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So Trump told reporters in the White House today that “Canada are going to come in and say, ‘Sir, we are sorry’…” Trump is managed to do something I didn’t think was possible — guarantee that Canadians will never say “sorry.” 89983195
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8halert the press -- Trump is conked out in the Oval Office again 3782879725
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldRebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 6hmutual aid but internet feed your cravings for internet etc. 083
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldGene47 @gene47.bsky.social · 9hWe can also check out small tools, telescopes etc. Can get reduced rate museum passes. Staff are wonderful and calm. Huge childrens section. They show movies, in the summer have breakfast/lunch for school kids it is a warm, caring place of refuge in this chaotic world. 043
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7hNurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the "People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement. 302520969
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 8hAgain with the testosterone… As someone with a deeper voice and more body hair than Pete Hegseth, let me say: - Few problems have military solutions. - Human rights are a force multiplier, not an obstacle. - Everyone belongs here in the US. - Ordering soldiers to commit murder demands consequences. 721146
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8hUh, maybe it would be good if we did not have a tax dodger in charge of the IRS. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal TaxesMeta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 112235
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9hReminder: Cosplay Patton here is 0-1 in wars and he took an L to a B-level power 1782537441
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldDave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 6hChris Snow died three years ago today. He’s been present with me each day since. Take a moment to learn about Chris: dailyorange.com/2023/11/chri... And if you have the means, please consider making a contribution to help people living with ALS: www.alsab.ca 0134
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldPé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 8hIt's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies. 671878711
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 9hThe Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 25920221118
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 6hThe bullying and harassment that this will enable is the point. This administration wants to make life unbearable for “undesirable” populations. It’s fascist scapegoating 101. thehill.com/homenews/edu...thehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 1021785
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldCourthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 6hCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a closely watched bill that will help media organizations in the state keep their existing employees and hire more journalists. www.courthousenews.com/new-tax-cred...courthousenews.comNew tax credits offer 'lifeline' to California mediaGovernor Newsom signed a bill to provide refundable employment tax credits to qualifying media outlets. 054
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldRuth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 6h“To the ICE agent who took away my mother: I hope it was worth it,” wrote Samuel Gonzalez Terrones before taking his own life. This is the reality of what mass deportation looks like. Not only impacting those who are detained but also leaving a path of destruction for the family they leave behind.latimes.comHis mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicideSamuel Gonzalez Terrones, 21, struggled with depression and schizophrenia. His mom's arrest by ICE became too much to bear. 14826
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 6hHow to Spend Two Perfect Days Riding a Bicycle in Paris. momentummag.com/how-to-spend... 0123
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 6hTrump criticized $2.4bn rehab amid attempts to pressure then Fed chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest ratestheguardian.comFederal Reserve watchdog finds no criminal violations for building renovation cost overruns 02010
Reposted by Stuart Drunsfieldmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6hOnly doing this in states that are on the federally-run exchange also makes this another straight up theft from (mostly) blue states. Intolerable 623760
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6hTrump has insisted on so many flyovers of DC that they are regularly interrupting normal air traffic and also crowding the ones DC used to have for service member funerals. And insane price tags for all of this: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comFrom birthday celebrations to murderous dictators, Trump brings out the jetsThe President's military flyovers are torturing DC-area residents. 513068
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldTom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 6hThe idea that one branch of government could endow itself with uncheck-able power to kill people is completely anathema to the country's founding principles. 063
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15hI think it's not a great argument against AI eating a lot of the arts to say that AI can't be creative/original. Setting aside the question of whether they can... does *most* art strike you as extremely original? The vast majority of people, including great artists most of the time are mid. 3422616
Stuart Drunsfield @stuartdrunsfield.bsky.social · 15hSave our Scottish wildcatsc.orgSign the PetitionSave the Scottish wildcats 000
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17hor buy 400 copies of Imperial Island for less than £5k and then maybe you'd stop trying to deport everyone x 311413
Reposted by Stuart Drunsfieldelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 18hHow the f- is any of this normal? Labour can choose to undo this immediately. Deproscribe Palestine Action. It was a disastrous decision by the Starmer admin and Burnham can undo it. 216154
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 21hBREAKING: Tory talking sense on ULEZ etc. "If we campaign on a platform of taking out LTNs, be aware that we’re campaigning to send floods of traffic back down the now quiet streets where many of our voters, and many more of our potential voters, live."conservativehome.comAndrew Gilligan: Popular among activists, scrapping ULEZ doesn't add up - either politically or financially | Conservative HomeOn the subject of motoring in London, there’s a long history of utter Tory refusal to look the electoral facts and numbers in the eye. You don’t have to agree with me on this. So please, let’s start t... 68920
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldDagmar Fischer @dagmarfischer.bsky.social · 17hthis year’s deadly cocktail of extreme heat and dirty air subjected more than one-third of humanity to dangerous levels of ground-level ozone pollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy useThe injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification 001
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17hNEW: Plans for an immense data centre campus in Scotland, which would be the largest in the world if approved, have been condemned as 'reckless' 🗣️ 'This is one of the most seriously concerning data centre applications to date'thenational.scotPlans for 'world's largest data centre campus' condemned as 'reckless' 4168
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldNationCymru @nation.cymru · 17hA North Wales Police detective has pleaded guilty to upskirting a teenage girl with his mobile phone cameranation.cymruDetective admits upskirting teenage girlKim Pilling, Press Association A North Wales Police detective has pleaded guilty to upskirting a teenage girl with his mobile phone camera. Detective Constable Lee Harshey-Jones, 45, admitted a count ... 001
Reposted by Stuart DrunsfieldFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 17hRussia extends diesel export ban ft.trib.al/HPNn4IKft.trib.alRussia extends diesel export banCurbs imposed in response to Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries threaten to worsen global supply crunch 0167
Reposted by Stuart Drunsfieldjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 17hThe purge swept DHS, FBI, and the IC, gutting defenses against foreign adversaries to fight an enemy within that never existed. As @dkimmage.bsky.social argues, we don’t need revenge. We need a record: every firing, every decision, every name. Our enemies are abroad, not across the aisle.thehill.comWe need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretensesI was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C… 1152
