Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialGoogleman @googleman81.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know 827184
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too: 31007427
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it. 9469961821
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I end my history of the Republican Party with a question: What comes after Trump? We are most likely looking at a prolonged, chaotic, and dirty struggle between different radical factions and different shades of extremism. 1330086
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I realize now that it was probably a mistake to publish this piece on this SOTU/Epstein-dominated day… But if you can stomach it: I am “celebrating” the tenth anniversary of National Review’s “Against Trump” with a deep dive into the history and political identity of Modern Conservatism: 16715
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”? We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy. Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵steady.pageWhat is “Un-American”?We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition. Make MAGA un-American, finally. 8449173
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/11/2025i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff 8167361484
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/11/2025THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH. 1761501388
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 16/11/2025It was a victim of its own success in a lot of ways. I was doing economic justice work pre-Occupy and the before/after was light and day. The previously-fringe discussion or wealth inequality became SO mainstream SO fast that folks kind of forgot it was new information to most in 2011. 1248697
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialworm adderall (feral) @wormmo.de · 01/11/2025it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony! 179108111878
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it, 6248191308
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21/09/2023Cake season is when you bake cakes and tell yourself you're going to give cakes away to your neighbors because holiday cheer and whatever but instead you just eat all the cakes yourself 1442819
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 05/10/2025"Klein’s musings about redrawing the line are, more importantly, a manifestation of a pervasive tendency in American elite circles to accommodate rather than fight back, to acquiesce rather than stand firm," says @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. Excellent piece. democracyamericana.com/posts/c5d024...democracyamericana.comWhere Is the Line?On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America 212331
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I published this piece as a free post. I would love to continue to offer long-form essays like this for a broad audience. However, it is solely the support of my paid members that makes this possible. If you think this is valuable work, consider becoming a member of Democracy Americana:steady.pageWhere Is the Line?On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America 59435
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win 9055371221
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away. 9680243215
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2025He was just, like, a guy. Not a politician. Not a statesman of any kind. Just some really mean guy. Flags at half mast. Yankee moment of silence. Whatever the shit this is. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. 1584332767
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Yes. Once you start seeing this (Institution X probably wanted do this conservative thing anyway but now can blame it on Trump), it's everywhere. It's not capitulation, it's agreement. "We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2014-2020 because of woke/progressive/anti-racist pressure." 221748559
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Sometimes I’ll replay a game and think “I’ll do an evil playthrough, that’ll be new and fun” and then I’ll do one evil thing and be like no…it’s wrong to do that to these pixels. 1323135358
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 29/07/2025New video is now live! It's the story of BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER, a film that even the director doubted could be made & went on to become an international camp classic. Here's the first minute, and you can watch the rest of the story here: youtu.be/bOzHhHgmKK4 39918
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 23/07/2025imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature? 9670221246
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself. 26266702991
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialSarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS. 166113183787
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel." 2352290713935
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialdr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comJournalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuriesLinda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round. 5138081633
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialMichael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Just because Jason doesn't like Freddy anymore doesn't mean he's suddenly good for campers, you know? 8778207
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 22/05/2025It bears repeating that 5calls.org makes it incredibly easy to contact your reps. They give you the phone numbers, a script to read, and a run down of what is happening with each issue. I just called my senators in my pjs half awake and I'll probably do it some more later 3249074634
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/02/2025these are segregationists. 17684591811
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/02/2025More evidence-framing dynamics: "They’re running the ‘Twitter Files’ playbook against the entire U.S. gov't. The claims are a bunch of half-baked conspiracy theories built around idiotic misinterpretations and intentional mischaracterizations of bits of data and out-of-context communications." 412261709
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/02/2025WAY surpasses Watergate. It’s the most serious constitutional crisis since 1861. 803969725
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Every time I say it people push back but- Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique 652644657
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I spent a bunch of time in Milosevic's Serbia and even to a teenager, it was astounding to see how much misery, corruption and societal failure people would excuse for the vague promise that the government would hurt someone else on their behalf. 121087355
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...404media.coDeclassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly ViralThe World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership. 12066669727303
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialPearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 23/12/2024It’s crazy how Biden’s willful blindness to Israel’s genocide in Gaza completely wrecks his standing as an otherwise really good president. Looking down the list of his 4 years of accomplishments, even running up to his last days, Biden’s doing top ten stuff. But he just can’t say no to Israel. 2147226
Reposted by @thethousandthcat.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Something that is really apparent to me as a state-school Californian is how much fucking elite conflict in politics is just some Ivy League or NYC grudge that somehow becomes the rest of our problem 472478295
