Reposted by Anne StottRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy. 581286254
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Me: What are doing? Ellen: Scrolling Blue Sky Me: Learning anything? Ellen: The world is horrible. People love their pets. @houseofrousseau.bsky.social @bsky.app 010
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Very late to the sad news that Annie Dillard died. What a singular radical voice she unleashed into our world. There is a perfect piece by @shamblanderson.bsky.social in @nytimes.com But if you haven’t read this book, well, I’m not sure you can fully understand being alive. All gratitude and awe. 000
Reposted by Anne StottRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For the NYT I wrote about Ed Sheeran, the fantasy of political neutrality and the politics of self-interest www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for CelebritiesCelebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge. 1844796
Reposted by Anne StottAnne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s shocking how pervasive anti-solar sentiment is. We installed solar last year and have reduced our energy bill by 80%. I’ve talked to so many people who are well positioned for solar and were discouraged to get it by their contractors. Maddening. 1212
Reposted by Anne Stott🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Next year the Islamophobes are going to have to try to ban the victims' families. 29614
Reposted by Anne StottPencilSketchy @brainspore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Democrats shouldn't be asking what they did to upset Silicon Valley CEOs. Silicon Valley CEOs should be asking themselves why they are now among the most reviled people on the planet. 11216
Reposted by Anne Stott🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared. 158393168504
Reposted by Anne StottNicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton 195124231796
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I know my following here is super small but I still thought SOMEONE? would want to talk about women’s orgasm in film. 000
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I watched The Idea of You, a romance w Anne Hathaway & Nick Galitzone. When they hook up, he gives her an orgasm before they have intercourse & I realized how rarely we see this in films. Can you name films where the male character give a woman an orgasm (not through intercourse)? 100
Reposted by Anne StottMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"There is a country in the Middle East, whose name begins with an 'I' that has not just nuclear power, but nuclear weapons... Israel. It doesn't allow inspectors in." Nice to be back on @msnownews.bsky.social, with @velshi.com, discussing Israel's actual nukes vs Iran's imaginary ones. 341678479
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This is the most under discussed aspect of AI: it’s wrong all the time. Which means (checks notes) it doesn’t work. 110
Reposted by Anne StottCooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 22/06/2026You wanna know how dumb chatgpt is? I asked it a question about Olivia Rodrigo's 3rd album and it told me she's only released 2 albums. Her third album not only released but was #1, the singles all charting. Chatgpt can't even google shit. If you trust it's info for *anything* you are insane. 1482083325
Reposted by Anne StottAmalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly. 5544301532
Reposted by Anne StottMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It's also important to remember that if Lindsey Graham had had the courage to come out as a gay man, he would still have been every bit the terrible person he ended up being and probably would have cheerfully voted against our interests. I would gently warn against discussing it as the key to him. 1346041
Reposted by Anne StottAnne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If the Senate Democrats were fighting fascism the way they should, I would not care at all what they said about Lindsay Graham. But the softening over of Graham’s support of fascism and cruelty is another example of Democrat’s outdated decorum politics that are insufficient for this fight. 001
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Breakfast at Wimbledon: Once again, the women’s final has one woman and three men doing commentary. The men’s final has all men doing commentary. Women can’t talk about men’s tennis? Women can’t talk about men’s tennis without men to validate their presence? 000
Reposted by Anne StottMolly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Breaking: Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered the release of $5 million+ in damages owed to E. Jean Carroll by Donald Trump. Trump failed to convince the judge to delay the payment. This comes more than three years after he was found liable for sexual assault. 1073882897
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 08/07/2026🧵The important facts re: Graham Platner… 80% of women who are sexually assaulted report that the perpetrator was someone they knew. 50% of women who are sexually assaulted report that the perpetrator was an intimate partner. These are people these women know and sometimes love. 131
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026So streaming @espn.com is $30 a month to stream and you still see ads?!?!?! That’s… 000
Reposted by Anne StottMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026For a long time, the New York Democratic machine was corrupt, sclerotic, hostile to progress, and completely implacable. That started to change when 13 women came forward, at great personal cost, about the sexual harassment they experienced from Andrew Cuomo. 81974282
Reposted by Anne StottTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16/06/2026Immediately hunkering down in the Situation Room because the Epstein Files are getting released doesn’t exactly scream “I have nothing to hide.” 12480101804
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Bruce Springsteen playing guitar for Patti Smith while she sings People Have the Power when he’s getting a social justice award gives me hope for humanity. 041
Reposted by Anne StottDSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 12/06/202620:09 on Tuesday June 9th, over the North Pacific Ocean 052
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 07/06/2026For those of us who cancelled CBS and Paramount because of… well… everything, how are we watching the Tony’s? 000
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Theories on why Peter Thiel has moved to Argentina?… 000
Reposted by Anne StottChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/06/2026The arc of the moral universe only bends towards justice if we bend it. There's no karmic comeuppance for fascists. There's just us. Community and hard work and a willingness to to take risks and fail. 292661776
Reposted by Anne StottTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 03/06/2026i yearn for the days when "brain fever" or "nervous breakdown" were acceptable excuses for "too upset to function" and you could just lie abed with the occasional sip of beef tea for nourishment and have long baths 43100065
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 03/06/2026What’s the movie you’ve watched the most in your life? And how many times have you watched it? 000
Reposted by Anne StottDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/05/2026I remember, not that long ago, when I used to be That Guy, looking forward to upgrades -- the latest phone, the latest laptop, the latest OS, the latest new gadget. Now I've basically come to dread upgrades of any kind, because they are all -- ALL -- "more AI in your face all the time." 2328135
Reposted by Anne StottMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It‘s inexplicable that after a decade the NY Times is still swallowing the Trump regime‘s disinformation and puking it back up for the public. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, despite this headline that ran last weekend. 591524299
Reposted by Anne StottFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Mother Jones: The Roberts Court Takes a Page from Plessy v. Ferguson In destroying the Voting Rights Act, the justices echo the court’s darkest and most racist days. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Roberts court takes a page from Plessy v. FergusonIn destroying the Voting Rights Act, the justices echo the court's darkest and most racist days. 451040444
Reposted by Anne StottClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026whoever leaked that he’s panicking about leaks is the funniest person in the government 35345937
Reposted by Anne StottAnne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The rage I feel in my body listening to this and thinking about the people I know who died of Covid is… intense. 071
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Always interesting when your daily horoscope says “resist the urge to do something impulsive.” 000
Reposted by Anne StottMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This is the kind of thing where, if you are a Democrat in charge, you haul Kash Patel's ass in front of a committee and give him one of the worst days of his miserable life. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...nytimes.comF.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend 1041271
Reposted by Anne StottMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/04/2026To be clear: These people want us dead. Erasing us from history makes erasing us from the present easier, because if we don't have a past or a heritage, how real can we possibly be? 7596188
Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Kuwait has held journalist Ahmed Shahib-Eldin since March 3rd for sharing publicly available information about the friendly fire incident. Please sign this petition demanding his release. #freeahmed cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait-r...cpj.movements.movKuwait: Release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention | SIGN NOWAn award-winning Kuwaiti-American journalist has been detained since March 3 for sharing publicly available, CNN-verified footage. Journalism is not a crime. 000
Reposted by Anne StottAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense. 251189724366
Reposted by Anne StottPasquinel 🦇🎃👻 @pasquinel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets 943656936
Reposted by Anne StottAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 13/04/2026TFW your mom went to the moon, but she came back 292096328
Reposted by Anne StottMichele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Six minutes of four brave people in the peak heating of velocity meets atmosphere. This is the heart in mouth time 1295
Reposted by Anne StottCrystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A perfect splashdown! Thank God! #ArtemisII 07712