Reposted by The SouthernerdLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There are no upsides. There are no phony equity or accessibility positives. There's certainly no consciousness or sentience. It's the biggest con in recent memory. 1144
Reposted by The SouthernerdLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tech companies are trying to use the ELIZA effect and cute animation to sell you devices that will surveil you constantly, convince you they're your best and only friend, sap you of your cognitive capacities, and push your purchasing habits and opinions in whatever way they please. That's it. 23513
Reposted by The Southernerdryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026in reality Democrats are the only US party interested in child benefits. conservatives and centrists hate the welfare state, they think the working class must be forced to work by the threat of destitution. so every policy must have a work requirement, which is impossible for stay at home parents 557780
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Great thread. It’s specific to Hungary, but only because they had a head start. It’s a direction and a goal for countries under outsized control by corporations. (Looking at you, US) This is coming to the US under #GOP leadership. 022
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Spot on! Configuring one’s AI profile is a permanent member of the ‘things I need to get to when I have a chance’ list. 000
Reposted by The SouthernerdMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan. 181106972222
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This just aired during the Commanders v Seahawks game. “Paid for by the US Government” Vote like your life depends on it because this time it might. #vote #voteblue #NFL 000
Reposted by The Southernerdannamm @anmle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The only time I wish I knew some folks in these states. “Petitioners in Tulsa County, OK, Nelson County, ND, Douglas and Lancaster Counties, NE, and Shawnee County, KS, are now set up with template petitioner kits made by The Existentialist Republic to facilitate activists pursuing justice”. 011
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I feel like there needs to be a Stranger Things version of the upcoming election. One where the leading characters are, one by one, taken away by creatures from the ‘Find Out’. 000
Reposted by The SouthernerdClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I hate it so much. This can happen to you too. A year ago, almost everyone doubted this would happen. I had faculty at other schools telling me I was hysterical. (Irony!) Watch for the installation of right wing figureheads without an academic background. Watch for assaults on faculty governance. 19722286
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean, come on. Is 60% of Alabama this stu-…yeah, nevermind. I’ll just point out that Capt. BooBoo Bear has 25 years in the cockpit and I would trust him with my life. 000
Reposted by The Southernerdannamm @anmle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱? 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴? 121
Reposted by The SouthernerdTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 562782426
Reposted by The SouthernerdInfiDale @infidale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When somebody tells you the name of their favorite book, you can be pretty sure they’ve read it. Unless it’s the Bible. Then you can be pretty sure they haven’t. 2670885
Reposted by The SouthernerdRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not really the point, but I'd suggest that if you own 20 "family farms," they probably aren't "family farms." 703492625
Reposted by The Southernerdsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549271649
Reposted by The Southernerdannamm @anmle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026These solicitors should be disbarred forever. "When Castleton reiterated that he wanted to push ahead as he had not taken a penny, he remembers Dilley saying: ‘But Lee, we are the Post Office, we will ruin you.’ On Castleton’s account, Dilley then added: ‘we will ruin you. Think of your family.’lawgazette.co.uk'We will ruin you. Think of your family'Read an excerpt from John Hyde's Indefensible. Here Lee Castleton recalls his first contact with a Post Office lawyer. 121
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If #Clemson wins this game it will be because of a rogue weatherman who shut down what would have been the game winning drive for #UNC and made them sit for 90 minutes. Doesn’t matter if it’s true. That’s the way the Tarheel fans (and #Belichik stans) will see it. 010
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is both understandable and UNDERSTANDABLE. 020
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Interesting thread for anyone feeling a bit nerdly this afternoon. 040
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The post Techno-Fascist world will require Nuremberg-style trials and a new classification of laws: Crimes Against Society Crimes Against the Community Current laws are insufficient to prosecute mass theft of intellectual property, public manipulation, and financial profiteering. 010
Reposted by The SouthernerdElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026STOP LISTENING TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT CLASS 691955414
Reposted by The Southernerdeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868363716
Reposted by The SouthernerdThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die. 681208706133
Reposted by The SouthernerdThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026WATCH — @vicmensa.bsky.social : “It takes a tremendous amount of courage to jeopardize feeding your child for the child of someone you’ve never met… and a tremendous amount of cowardice to see thousands of 🇵🇸 children 💣 and decide the real danger is someone saying ‘Free 🇵🇸 ’.” @macklemore @patriots 13691198
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I hope Donald Trump will join Mitch McConnell soon…resting peacefully…in a nice room…with a window…and his loving wife by his side. He needs a break. 081
Reposted by The SouthernerdMichael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Democrats should be targeting crypto, as a Republican constituency, with the same zeal that Republicans targeted universities for being liberal-coded. But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way. 241797221
Reposted by The SouthernerdJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/09/2026Look, intellectually I understand there are situations that call for unsalted butter instead of salted butter, but emotionally there is never a time I want to be in one of those situations. 2613560261
Reposted by The SouthernerdJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It’s astonishing to see this, even though we saw it coming months ago. White = 10°F + above normal in the El Niño regions. Its immense! In the air, a regional warming of 10° is no big deal. But in the ocean it’s immense! Think about how hard it is/ how long it takes to cool/ heat your pool. 1/ 611524699
Reposted by The SouthernerdIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show 725686905
Reposted by The Southernerde.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 12/09/2026once you accept that techno-capitalism is our society's Islam, you're basically there 3844
Reposted by The SouthernerdEthan Sacks @ethansacks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026On the morning of September 11, 2001, I stood with a face full of shaving cream smearing the phone as I reassured my brother-in-law in Japan that my wife was in the other Tower. Her family were worried over the breaking news they were getting from across the Pacific. We watched together ... 1/ 5405110
Reposted by The SouthernerdGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done. 671571377
Reposted by The SouthernerdSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Home heating oil season is about to start up. In Maine, about 50% of homes use heating oil which is almost identical to diesel. How’s that GOP affordability agenda coming Senator Collins? 1724465
Reposted by The SouthernerdJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Excellent, disturbing reporting from Sarah Kliff. Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it. 22595266
Reposted by The Southernerd404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 391086618
Reposted by The SouthernerdThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026WATCH: Stavros explains why we don’t have universal health care in 🇺🇸 #MedicareForAllNOW 10525124
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fun fact: That latest #Georgia drive was the Kappa Sigma flag football team who suited up at halftime. The #Dawgs are deep. 010
Reposted by The SouthernerdRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction. 1162959672
Reposted by The SouthernerdBrandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A Guy Just Rolled up to the Sheriff with a Pickup stacked like a scrapyard of Flock Cameras and an American Flag Hanging off the Back. 95609159
