Reposted by taemakarAlejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 10hTonight. The Washington Monument, in the heart of the nation’s capital. Students converging here after a nationwide walkout from classes against sexual violence, sparked by the Cornell rape case. 12524117
Reposted by taemakarProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 11hRemember when we said that it would get really bad as the President realizes that accountability is nigh? 121068
Reposted by taemakarAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12hI think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 7842111574
Reposted by taemakarACLU @aclu.org · 17hBREAKING: We're suing the Department of Defense for withholding information about the Pentagon launching a study of the “effectiveness” of women in ground combat roles. Secretary Hegseth can't hide this from the public — we have a right to know what he plans to do with the study. 12844275
Reposted by taemakarStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19hThe CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 781052542
Reposted by taemakarRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19hThe rhetoric of tech in a nutshell: I value convenience, efficiency, ease first and also have no capacity to recognize humanity, my own or others, but feel qualified to run the world. Someone send an army of divorce lawyers; after all this guy already wants to disconnect. 511048224
Reposted by taemakarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20hICE appears to be using the parking lot of the Roxbury warehouse for processing and brief detention, and at least once appears to have taken people inside. But also, read this inside look from a federal contractor about how everyone knew the warehouse plan was insane but Miller demanded inhumanity. 19489289
Reposted by taemakarButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 9661152384
Reposted by taemakarKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8236022167
Reposted by taemakarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This was one of the more diabolical Trump admin moves on immigration; ordering ICE to stop taking biometrics for detained immigrants seeking immigration benefits from USCIS, which meant that the agency would deny their applications by default. 6728311
Reposted by taemakarRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business. 29341681722
Reposted by taemakarGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:autonomynews.coNearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 35806435
Reposted by taemakarpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026oh my GODphoenixnewtimes.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. 681788514
Reposted by taemakarMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 22037372320
Reposted by taemakarNeil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When I tell people I research and teach military ethics, the response I often receive is "that's an oxymoron, isn't it". I reflect on the importance of teaching ethics to militaries, and outline some concerns, in a new essay. www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/online-exclu...ethicsandinternationalaffairs.orgThe Ethics of Military Ethics: Teaching Right and Wrong to People Trained to KillMilitary ethics education today must contend with the potential negative effects of the increasing prioritization of speed and optimization in war, and the ways in which this sidelines the experience ... 14816
Reposted by taemakarShannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 06/10/2026All the good people left in this country need a win so badly. Please, please let the midterms go well. Unchecked, unaccountable evil is deeply demoralizing and we’re all riding on fumes. 0141
Reposted by taemakarLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 06/10/2026The leading automated license plate reader manufacturer, Flock, does not just read license plates anymore, but deploys an AI-driven system that police can use to track people. Matthew Cavedon and Laura Bondank-Harmon explain what safeguards should be enacted and the obstacles to enforcing them.lawfaremedia.orgThe Law Can’t Keep Up With Flock’s AI SurveillanceFlock promised to read license plates. It built surveillance that can track dissenters—and the law hasn’t caught up. 64032
Reposted by taemakarJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today’s Recall of the Day: Sugar!fox8.comContaminated sugar recalled in 8 states, including Ohio: FDANearly 2 million pounds of sugar is being recalled across eight states, including Ohio, because it could be contaminated with wheat kernel, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 1139
Reposted by taemakarRFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability. 621547345
Reposted by taemakarRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Convenience, efficiency, profitability, and easiness have long been the four horsemen of the tech apocalypse. 317045
Reposted by taemakarRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 44159103754
Reposted by taemakarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As the Trump admin is calling in thousands of people here for years who are protected from persecution in their home country, Tom Homan is on TV saying people who want to avoid being sent to Africa can just "self-deport." So it's accept persecution or be deported to a third country. 9261105
Reposted by taemakarJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851891380
Reposted by taemakarAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972073466
Reposted by taemakarJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/... 961992571
Reposted by taemakarRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Domestic abuse is so widespread an issue that a major employer is incorporating employees' need to deal with it into their employee benefits. Union rep: "said domestic violence and abuse affected the lives of at least one in five women, and he urged other employers to introduce similar support." 746696
Reposted by taemakarLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In Irkutsk, Russia, several hospitals have been closed for quarantine and a mask regime has been introduced at an aluminum plant due to the plague. (ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/v...) 44732
Reposted by taemakarMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing. 887114343921
Reposted by taemakarJacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Universities have been going for the “insiders strategy” of trying to lobby quietly without making public waves. Counterfactuals are hard, but I would say the strategy has been a complete failure. 310029
Reposted by taemakarDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/20261/ The biggest safety-net cuts arrives not with a Republican announcing them. They arrive as a computer decision: denied, flagged, delayed, reduced. As benefit rules tighten due to GOP, the machinery deciding who qualifies matters just as much as the law. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 4220134
Reposted by taemakarJustan @justjustan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you live in Texas, your voter registration deadline is Monday the 5th of October. Many were purged by the GOP, and you could be one of them. Check your registration today, so you can vote Talarico in the Texas primary. 044
Reposted by taemakarKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 03/10/2026Russian authorities still haven't confirmed reports that a 28-yr-old woman in Shelekhov died of pneumonic plague. But the local hospital is quarantined, a nearby city briefly warned residents not to travel there, & local pharmacies are running short of key antibiotics. t.me/Baikal_Peopl...t.meЛюди БайкалаНе ездить в Шелехов из-за чумы попросили власти Байкальска — и через два часа удалили пост. РЕН ТВ стер пять публикаций об инфекции 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛ... 1622083
Reposted by taemakarAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold 1742001421
Reposted by taemakarDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12529941784
Reposted by taemakarShoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@laikenjordahl.bsky.social 119929
Reposted by taemakarAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 14568011789
Reposted by taemakarDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026Read the full story:democracydocket.comCourt upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis. 76820
Reposted by taemakarMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026Want to learn about the history of our city? Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it. 13159151334
Reposted by taemakarFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The FDA has announced a recall of thousands of bottles of eye drops over concerns the drops are not sterile. 23201101
Reposted by taemakarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Technologically very impressive but this stuff scares the crap out of me from a societal perspective. Just the sheer amount of fraud alone that these models will enable is chilling, let alone all the other harms. 1539663
Reposted by taemakarThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026Latvian officials claim Russia and Belarus are facilitating an elaborate scheme to illegally funnel migrants from the Middle East and Africa across the border into Latvia and other NATO and EU countries. They say Russia’s goal in Latvia is to stir up tensions ahead of parliamentary elections.nyti.msA Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against EuropeThe scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin. 1416570
