Reposted by Ted Friedmanbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 8hah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 79103843696
Reposted by Ted FriedmanMicah @rincewind.run · 4hTrump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it 382804729
Reposted by Ted FriedmanPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 3hTrump is unpopular enough right now that I think journalists should at least consider treating this like it's a big deal. 1265
Reposted by Ted FriedmanCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 4hthe Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 542454621
Ted Friedman @tedfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don’t forget James O’Keefe’s music video! www.businessinsider.com/project-veri...businessinsider.comProject Veritas CEO James O'Keefe starred in a video parody of a 1981 Prince song. Concerns about using company resources on 'theatre stuff' were recently brought up in a staff memo.Concerns about James O'Keefe's spending on "theatre stuff" was brought up in a staff memo sent to the Project Veritas board of directors. 020
Reposted by Ted FriedmanDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7737661084
Reposted by Ted FriedmanJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322928636
Reposted by Ted FriedmanMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides. 6448021126
Reposted by Ted FriedmanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up 453771732
Reposted by Ted FriedmanSnowden St. @snowden.st · 04/10/2026hell yes, Pat Murphy saying the roof wires were Bob Uecker knocking the ball down from heaven 0151
Reposted by Ted FriedmanChris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...nytimes.comCornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for CampusMichael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. 261536402
Reposted by Ted FriedmanDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2026as ever i'm struck by the doublethink of these people, who feel the need to dress up their mindless longing for heirarchy and exclusion in the language of liberalism--"high trust," material prosperity, blah blah blah it's a form of magical thinking: "if we do enough racism, good things will happen" 40662103
Reposted by Ted FriedmanDan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ughhh. Instead of recognizing the strength and popularity of progressive mayors like Mamdani & Wilson, too many Black mayors like Bibb, Dickens, and Young are leaning into their corporatist-machine regimes. It’s exhausting. 0153
Reposted by Ted FriedmanMatthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fact that there are multiple Tolkien, Star Wars, and Star Trek properties out there that I have no interest in and I’m taking the side of the Pope against the AI geeks is strong circumstantial evidence that we’re living in an ironic hell built specifically for 14-year-old me. 512922
Reposted by Ted FriedmanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026Students in defiance of the Yale administration's new anti-free-speech restrictions and built a replica of the famous Claes Oldenberg Lipstick sculpture, which was originally built by alums during the Vietnam War and stood for years as a symbol of protest and free speech at Yale. 216338
Reposted by Ted FriedmanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP! 4500107
Reposted by Ted FriedmanNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I dunno, Yale... Are you actually envious of Cornell and Columbia? Think things are going well for them at the moment? That appeasing fascist demands has yielded positive results for them? And the Trump regime is on the upswing, so better hurry up and forfeit core university values now? You sure? 624365
Reposted by Ted FriedmanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wow… at Robert Kraft’s stadium… 332400406
Reposted by Ted FriedmanGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The only good news story is the one where the guy who looks exactly like Michael McDonald turned out to be the son of Michael McDonald 1123823
Reposted by Ted FriedmanMatt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026a comic by Russ Heath, who drew the comic one of Lichtenstein’s most famous panels was based on 121392495
Reposted by Ted FriedmanBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 212038380
Reposted by Ted FriedmanBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sukkot commands us to welcome guests and to find joy together. You never know when strangers might turn out to be angels. It was an honor to welcome @mayor.nyc.gov — and some very special ushpizin (exalted guests) — to our sukkah this week. 739967
Reposted by Ted FriedmanDiscontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Flutie Flakes (1998-2001): Quarterback Doug Flutie got his own cereal--frosted corn flakes-- as a fan favorite sensation with the Buffalo Bills. Three versions of the box were produced, and remain collector's items in Western NY. Proceeds went to Flutie's foundation for autism 2737535
Reposted by Ted FriedmanGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In 1969, a large sculpture of a lipstick on tank threads was installed in the middle of campus as a monument to free speech. In the wake of Yale’s new rules limiting public assembly, today students built their own new version of this iconic piece of art. 0464
Reposted by Ted Friedmanryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/10/2026side note but I was always annoyed by this implication that the parrot brain is well understood and therefore a good point of comparison. its just as much of a black box as an LLM! and some parrots are pretty dang clever! 2311
Reposted by Ted FriedmanTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 02/10/2026iso cam on Charissa Thompson as she's forced to listen to praise of a rapist 1242250389
Reposted by Ted FriedmanKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Congratulations to everyone in the education and mainstream press who validated and platformed this guy, well done 218049
Reposted by Ted FriedmanSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm old enough to remember smoking on airplanes as a child. I hated it but they made you do it. 363207363
Reposted by Ted FriedmanPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 421681445
Reposted by Ted FriedmanCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/10/2026ICE has notified me that another person has died in their custody. This is the 58th death under ICE’s watch since Trump returned to office. That’s 58 too many. We need to dismantle ICE, eliminate private, for-profit detention centers, and reform our broken immigration system. 34566259
Reposted by Ted FriedmanAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 01/10/2026Would love to see @democrats.org get behind this 1142
Reposted by Ted FriedmanKavi Kat 🌬️ @katinthestars.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Capital punishment doesn't benefit society. It's time we abolish it. 👀 deathpenaltyinfo.org/studies-deat...scientificamerican.comEvidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death PenaltyCapital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane and has no moral or medical basis 09129
Reposted by Ted FriedmanZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Breaking: "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is pausing all executions this year after Christa Pike survived two deadly doses of pentobarbital." Calls for a 3rd party review of Pike's botched execution. Tennessee had planned to kill another person on Dec. 3.tennessean.comCourt stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: UpdatesChrista Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30. 31526182
Reposted by Ted FriedmanCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026Ah I see the JCO coin flip has landed on "no" today 271298115
Reposted by Ted FriedmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.lawdork.comAfter SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the executionSCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee. 71058267
Reposted by Ted FriedmanChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's hard to fathom that, let alone be OK with the fact that, the six people who allowed tonight to happen will start hearing cases next week, the outcome of which will affect us all. 171767318
Reposted by Ted FriedmanEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Remember women's history too! @mayor.nyc.gov Duesy b-girl from the Bronx aka Arlene Belton Q: Tell me about your earliest recollection, the first time you saw someone breaking? 30:50 Duesy: First, it was called battling. We used to battle. It wasn't called break dance then. It was called battling.youtube.comInterview with DuesyYouTube video by Bronx Hip Hop Oral History Project 1125
Reposted by Ted FriedmanElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that. 19466951291
Reposted by Ted FriedmanAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is awesome: in lieu of autographs or selfies at events (this was from outside the XM Radio event in NYC this week), David Byrne now hands out this business card before cycling away. www.reddit.com/r/talkinghea... 1018526
Reposted by Ted FriedmanA$AP Clocky @robingriswold.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hegseths idea of a commander is your worst idea of a football coach who screams all the time and watches game tape 20 hours a day and goes 4-13 in the NFC South. 1253
Reposted by Ted FriedmanMel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Student journalists across this country have been churning out some of the best journalism these last couple years Thinking of the radio crew covering the encampments in New York, UCLA crew doing the same, not to mention groundbreaking investigation after investigation Brilliant, the best of us 221249347
Reposted by Ted FriedmanEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 192926542
Reposted by Ted FriedmanJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i remember talking to my dad my towards the end of my senior year about all the time i had spent at the sun over the years and he said "well, that was really your fraternity for your time there." never been prouder to be a small part of this brother/sister/siblinghood 🫡🫡🫡nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two YearsThe student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 249043
Reposted by Ted FriedmanLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember when the president of Cornell got so mad at some anti-Israeli-genocide protestors on campus he tried to hit some of his own students with his car? 141357261
