Reposted by The SouthernerdMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 236821301
Reposted by The SouthernerdWill Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read. 10484881323
Reposted by The SouthernerdRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2072162455660
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The shooting was 17 years ago. Think of the resources used in the appeal process; necessary to carry out a sentence which cannot be undone. I’d argue that the death penalty should be eliminated purely for financial reasons as life without parole would be cheaper. 0140
Reposted by The SouthernerdDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK" 9878852125
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When one creates an apartheid ethno-state associated with one religion, one can expect there to be overlap and confusion as to the terms. They could (and probably should) worship my cat, and their actions since 10/7 would still be ghoulish. Fuck Israel. And fuck Hamas while we’re at it. 110
Reposted by The SouthernerdDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This ad is in heavy rotation here in Ohio, blaming Sherrod Brown-- who's leading the Senate race-- for this woman's botched trans surgery as a child. 1. She was 19 when she had surgery, not a child. 2. Trans surgery on minors is illegal in Ohio. 3. She has never lived in Ohio. She's from Texas.lgbtqnation.comAttack ad claims Dems allowed a minor to have gender-affirming surgery. It's a lie. - LGBTQ NationFirst off, she wasn't a minor when it happened.... 69828
Reposted by The Southernerdpax-nw.bsky.social @pax-nw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026👇In a nutshell. 822216586
Reposted by The SouthernerdThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.” 863105750
Reposted by The SouthernerdElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168144924791
Reposted by The Southernerdblues82.bsky.social @blues82.bsky.social · 04/10/2026He looks like the body they fish out of a lake in the first episode of a Scandinavian detective series 31766
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yup, “You’re going to take away rights from black folks? Oh honey, you’re in for a treat!” Over-surveillance, over-prosecution, over-sentencing, over-incarceration…even for debt. Prison labor leased to be the new ‘help’ on even a household level isn’t hard to see. That will be the new slavery 020
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is how MAGA looks at it: Asians: you’re good at math, you can stay. Indians: Caucasian features, women are kind of hot, but still too dark so gotta go. Hispanics: Are any of you really here legally? Of course not. Blacks: Your ass ain’t goin’ nowhere. We’ve got plans for y’all. 12212
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If I see Steve Bannon in the cover of GQ, I’m killing myself. 000
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. 23915
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Like placing all the tech billionaires in a Thunderdome ring; the lone survivor rewarded with a career stocking the local Dollar Store. As for the data centers, burn them, tear them down, and salt the earth from which they grew. Otherwise I have no strong opinions on the matter. 000
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 · 29/09/2026Hurts got hit so hard, Andy Dalton received the concussion. #NFL #Eagles 010
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. 181107302237
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile, somewhere in Wisconsin: “The hollandaise! It burns!” 030
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
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comPulp Fiction: Intense 'Ahh' MomentALT: Pulp Fiction: Intense 'Ahh' Moment 010
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gonna need a keyboard shortcut for as many times as they’ll use “off the coast of” to avoid having to say Gulf of America 000
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My belief: You’ve lost a step; can’t get tight spirals on the ‘bolts anymore. It’s why you’re sitting in the bench. There’s lots of trade talk these days Even folks who say the team would be better off if they just changed the offense and eliminated the position altogether. 000
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’ll note, it pointed north when Obama was president. 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. 19724286
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s one thing to reject application of the label. I get that, though I disagree. The rest of this is not only bullshit, it’s batshit. 110
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
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If they refer to the group as the company’s ‘greatest asset’, you should run. Nothing good can come from that. 000
Reposted by The SouthernerdTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563242437
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
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#Eagles fans will likely look at it this way: He’s the owner and a billionaire. By default that makes him an asshole. We deal with assholes every day. We’re used to it, so they don’t occupy much space in our heads. So while #Lurie might be the owner, he ain’t the team…not by a long shot . 000
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." 703492626
Reposted by The Southernerdsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549241648
The Southernerd @thesouthernerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026College football has a southern gothic vein in the SEC. There are certain places/teams where they play the games with a nagging sense they’re being judged by ghosts. 011
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 · 20/09/2026We don’t have the rail system to use boxcars. 51037
