Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I hate it when US officials refer to warfare, includng the deaths of thousands of noncombatants, as "kinetic engagement." Euphemism is the weapon of charlatans. 852058416
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026we built a machine that can automate internet crimes. who should be held accountable? nobody of course 613403635
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.sociallawngnomesorceress @lawngnomesorceress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026if i were a republican, idk if i'd want to be breaking the seal on 'televised firing squads', what with the way the polls look lately 536265
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4142311217
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thinking back to a year ago, when Ezra Klein did a podcast with Ross Douthat & said that to be competitive Democrats should run anti-abortion candidates in Ohio & Kansas. 36960162
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660503462
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8536921441
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026You can't get anyone in political media to say it plainly, but GOP strategy for several decades now has been built around the fact that its core goals/policies are *wildly unpopular*. Everything depends on a) polluting the information environment, b) cementing unfair structural advantages, & c) $$$. 341622444
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 01/10/2026“what is the information diet of politicians” is an increasingly urgent question 236578
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The reason not to triangulate against trans people isn't that it's bad politics (although I believe it is) or unnecessary (although I believe it is). It's because YOU MUST NOT ABANDON THE VULNERABLE TO DEPRAVED PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THEM HARM. If we will, what's the point of anything else we do? 231461254
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026It really is worth remembering just last year the conventional wisdom on immigration was that people supported mass deportation to such a degree people should be cautious in opposing the Trump administration snatching people and sending them to CECOT. 312036433
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026no amnesty 4565132
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here. 5949461460
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I assume it was coordinated that both Gina Hinojosa and Talarico’s campaigns came forward to be vaguely? anti-trans?? during the Republican National Convention — but I cannot imagine what median voter this would sway. Though I can promise the nearly ***200,000 trans Texans*** will feel this hit. 371135195
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Working on a piece for the newsletter, this is a data point - smart people keep shrugging and saying “communities don’t like data centers because of ‘vibes’” etc when it’s really that people are in fact smart enough to know they are bad faith neighbors. It is *entirely rational* not to trust them. 2423531007
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What do you do when you've launched a moral panic about transgender athletes in the WNBA, but there has never been an active trans player in the league? Simple: you start a conspiracy theory about every single woman on the court.wired.comThere Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some UpAs culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play. 8442601189
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026ALT version. 10357201297
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here 1404818839
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026these guys need to go to jail for this, theres no coming back from this without it 18465021363
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 08/08/2026this is an admission of a crime btw; superpacs cannot coordinate with candidates 472325539
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Over the last year, the GOP collectively decided to start talking about Muslims like Nazis talked about Jews in 1934 361512406
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026As I've said before, the Trumpists are *hunting* trans kids. The media is silent. The Democrats are silent. And someday they'll all claim they fought against this. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/anti...lgbtqnation.comAnti-trans news site outs Olympic skater's trans sibling - LGBTQ NationWomen's gold medalist Alysa Liu has a sister competing in track and field in the San Francisco Bay Area. 3646451550
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We keep screaming from the rafters that we are being fired/not hired in numbers that can only be due to discrimination, but no one cares. 11729189
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 02/08/2026whatever you think of harris's chances of regaining the nomination man this is a deeply welcome early stake to see claimed in the 2028 primary positioning 351400164
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112466088
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin... 295114782682
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026People need to start getting disbarred for this shit. 743774730
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comExclusive: RFK Jr. will host a new cooking show with celebrity chefsHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an exclusive interview, says he will be 'reintroducing' Americans to cooking again in a new series. 5622180407
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialWriter of “Rape Apologists Must Die!” @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If this gets instituted, we’re going to see a study in a few years that says, “Black children, and children of color, were pepper sprayed at nineteen times the rate of white children,” and mfers are going to act surprised, despite how clearly every data point says this will be the case. 21336354
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The fact that after receiving classified briefings about COVID, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue downplayed the virus to the public and invested in BODY BAGS should have been a bigger a story. 12783247
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back. 5553911355
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I am 53 and have been essentially forced into retirement. I thought it was just me, until I found an entire community of women in the same situation on Instagram. So many of us have just been told that we simply have nothing to contribute to society anymore. 661803397
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like. 123119474104
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 25/07/2026WHCA letting him do this at their expense SHOULD be the slap in the face that wakes them from their sycophantic trance, but the laughter and applause for the man who gets rich off threatening their lives and applauding their deaths seems to say otherwise. 15803145
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026blue state electeds need to understand that THIS IS WHAT CONSERVATIVES ACTUALLY BELIEVE take them seriously and start taking your own control over armed agents of the state seriously. 341933414
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not! 15860591239
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross. 20563562587
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20368812824829
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/07/2026In 2021, there were roughly 101 gender clinics offering care to transgender youth offering a full range of gender affirming care. By July 2026, there are only about 31 left that still prescribe hormones and puberty blockers. 19964342
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Absolutely wild. Read that again: the *actual* costs of *just wildfire smoke* are higher than the currently projected costs of *all climate impacts combined*. 7193108
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026appears the US war apparatus is pivoting from general war crimes to a more openly genocidal strategy 301352496
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The WH is objectively pro-cancer for black kids 291304329
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/07/20261. Fire all employees on week 1 of a Democratic administration. Everyone. No exceptions. 2. Start now to pull together state-based ICE People's Assemblies. Collect testimonies about impacts on your communities. Release reports by December 2028. 3. REPARATIONS for all ICE victims - $$ & citizenship 212640789
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org: 8953072937
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026“merit” means illegal gender discrimination because women in command make pete hegseth’s dick feel soft www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...nytimes.comOpportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More PromotionsFor the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. 872840564
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I think it’s important to interpret these comments from Trump in the context of him clearly wanting to use the nukes but having been dissuaded from using the nukes 1333138
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/07/2026and people wonder why the DSA is winning primaries 227851
Reposted by @talkingabouttrash.bsky.socialCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026deeply annoying that creative breakthroughs don’t come on schedule from direct work but from things like “open-ended conversations with interesting people” and “doing nothing” 594393905
