Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.social5 Calls @5calls.org · 11hTake a little extra time to learn more about who's running, what they stand for, and what a measure really means for your community. Need help prepping your ballot? We got you covered @ 5calls.org/midterms 0134
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 10hMargaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 291568643
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 10hGrieving today at so much needless death and ruin. 03711
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12hThey’re all crooks. Some are just dumber than others.wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 341153256
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22hNEW: A 26-year-old man has become the de facto advocate of last resort for families who are homeless in Arizona’s most populous county. As ProPublica’s @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social reports, it’s a scene that’s “both heartening and disconcerting.”propublica.orgHomeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who a... 15833366
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 23hI, and I cannot stress this enough, loves me county (AND this is more effective advertising than ten thousand AI generated flyers) 42492109
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 21hNEW: Remember that AI website the Trump admin launched last week? It was built by the National Design Studio, a successor of sorts to DOGE. Some NDS workers, though, are actually on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s GC—himself a former DOGE operative. @telliotter.bsky.social has the story:wired.comA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel. 14423
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 20hHello, beautiful: paidforby.infopaidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 2178
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialOrganization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 20hWe've been surveying journalism professionals working and living in the U.S. and territories. How many have responded? 81. How many do we still need to respond? Hundreds... thousands... more of you. accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumV 033
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialpaulreda @paulreda.com · 18hBefore Time Warner, Warner Bros. was owned by Kinney Services Inc, a holding corporation of funeral homes, parking lots, and industrial cleaning services. (They also bought DC Comics before they bought Warner, this is why Warner owns DC.) 45717
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialJacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 14hIt’s fun to explain to someone the physical origins of “cc:” aka “carbon copy” to someone born in the past 50 years 4281
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 13hah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 86117764086
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every now and then, when people say stupid things about socialism, I have to roll out these lines from Arthur Lewis, on what socialists want. 1421785
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Gary Busey fucked a *whole* lotta rich guys' wives 8822180
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can buy a huge media conglomerate with money you don't have using leveraged debt you'll never pay off and then immediately start firing its workers, but people will still say that capitalism is compatible with democracy and is capable of "reform" or "regulation" 71346447
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026it may not be his origin story but “nobody liked my art” is such a common denominator among world-historic assholes 763266680
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialMike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 07/10/2026Hi! It's me, the "Corporate media is hostile to you and your way of life" guy, here to say: corporate media is hostile to you and your way of life. It must be left behind. All of it. 133297
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve covered death row cases for nearly a decade and witnessed several executions. What happened to Christa Pike wasn’t an anomaly. It could happen anywhere. With another execution planned for this week in Texas, let me explain why. THREAD 🧵 17380145
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II. (Published August)propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe... 58632320
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books 32383249
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 06/10/2026Might I point you at kickbezosintheballs.org 26221
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.social5 Calls @5calls.org · 06/10/2026Very normal stuff. Seems totally legal and fine.finance.yahoo.comMost Obamacare $500 rebate checks are going to states that are midterm political battlegroundsCritics of the Trump administration call the move an attempt to sway voters ahead of the November midterm elections. 03611
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2026Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...anildash.comWe are going to kill “unalive” - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 15725245
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.social99% Invisible @99pi.org · 06/10/2026A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago 🧱 Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4jBvagA 1203
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hold up, I'm confused, probably because I'm nauseous. The passports aren't for visitors, they're for citizens. I don't need to be welcomed, because this is actually my home. On a visa, this would make sense, tho still be tyrannical. On a passport, it's incoherent. 418631
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialtweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 05/10/2026new newsletter, laying out in probably far, far, far too much detail how yudkowsky and the weird ideological commitments of ai safety eventually led to OpenAI and Anthropic massively overtraining their models on cybersecurity and being shocked at them "going rogue"buttondown.comTracing the rogue ideology of the frontier labs to their product choicesA drawing of Eliezer Yudkowsky as the Paperclip Optimizer that I commissioned back in 2016 and have an alarming number of chances to use since This is a... 10414105
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialScott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/10/2026This should be considered a 5-alarm democracy fire. 59882461
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a note: if you'd like to read this story without repeatedly watching footage of violent arrests, you can click to disable the videos at the beginning 3306135
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026Americans beware: 3 new mergers could drive food prices even higher. Kroger + Giant Eagle Sysco + Restaurant Depot McCormick + Unilever The Trump admin must not just rubber stamp these mergers. 50847293
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...unitedwizardsofthecoast.comDungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWAToday, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli... 10674232706
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialShriram Krishnamurthi @shriram.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Local journalist @phileil.bsky.social has an op-ed on how a well-known local progressive newspaper has been taken over completely to be AI-written. He offers a fairly balanced take, though unsurprisingly he comes down on the side of the humans. ↵ rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/10/05/c...rhodeislandcurrent.comCan AI agents produce real news reporting in Rhode Island? A human journalist has some thoughts. • Rhode Island CurrentA human journalist shares thoughts about Uprise RI’s use of AI-generated “LLM reporters,” which raise broader questions about transparency, trust and what it means when machines begin reporting the ne... 2215
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 19953549
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialKen Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 271576930
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 05/10/2026Money speaks all languages, it's a very small global cabal ripping off the whole world 0226
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Humans are such a frustrating species. They are considering a cull of greenland sharks due to pressures on the fishing industry. But as usual, nature isn't the problem, people are. It's just much easier to kill wild animals than to address the tougher issues. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 13412
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381194690
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here's a sign of how Anthropic views the importance of maintaining political relationships: it is hiring a "Political Programs Lead" with a salary range of $295,000-$345,000. www.daybook.com/job/politica... 352
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialWe Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Want to learn more about the fight against book bans? Follow and support these groups/organizations! 13214
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 05/10/2026"Concerns"! Perhaps it also "raises questions"? Never mind what those questions are, or certainly what the answer to those questions might be, that's not within the Times' purview. 1233
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.social5 Calls @5calls.org · 05/10/2026A new proposed rule by the Trump administration would change the way the Census is conducted, to sway federal funding and representation away from racial and ethnic minority populations. Call your reps and leave a public comment by October 13th! 👉 5calls.org/issue/census...5calls.orgOppose Harmful Changes to the U.S. Census ⭑ 5 CallsA fair and accurate U.S. Census is both a constitutional mandate and an imperative to a functioning democracy. The data collected determines … 02725
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Find the blockers between us and what we want, Elon told his young followers. Find the blockers and eliminate them."theguardian.com‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to WashingtonWhen the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data 75923
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843124811
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialdataindex.us @dataindex.us · 16/09/2026Trying to understand the many unprecedented proposed changes to the decennial census? 👀 We broke down what’s in the proposal, why these seemingly arcane process changes matter, and why they would be catastrophic for all Americans. Read our new piece 👇dataindex.usWhy Seemingly Arcane Process Changes to the Decennial Census Would be Catastrophic for All Americans | dataindex.usby Meeta Anand, Beth Jarosz, and Chris Dick On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau posted a notice in the Federal Register titled “ Decennial Census of the… 034
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialJason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government. 27946389
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 06/10/2026Hastert, Bakker…who could be our third octogenarian rapist to die today? We have seven more minutes.nytimes.comJim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86 (Gift Article)With his then-wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity. 2326147
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialAn Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Have your voice heard! Nearly a million people have said: ✋ HANDS OFF NATURE! And we’re taking their demands directly to the EU Commissioner for Environment! Let’s make our message impossible to ignore. Sign the petition before it closes on 20 October: www.handsoffnature.eu #handsoffnature 06344
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another Bolsonaro taking power in Brazil would be a hammer blow to the future of life on Earth. 1019554
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near... 9536260
Reposted by @thejordany.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 10041961467
