Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 5hFor Musk to fill the hole in his soul caused by his father's abuse, millions of people must be pushed into destitution. 010
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026Someone tell him that tens of thousands of active duty service members are on food stamps. 301103503158
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 7hExactly! #BelieveTheWomen #Pinks 915777
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 7hThe Tompkins County DA says his office was never given the full transcript where the former Cornell student said, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” Cornell says it turned over its investigation. So what exactly was sent, and why was that statement apparently missing? 1034577
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 12h2/ This is not new. The FBI called environmental and animal rights extremists its top domestic terrorism threat back in 2005. A recent, well documented example is pipeline opposition after Standing Rock, when states began redefining energy sites as protected critical infrastructure. 12614
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 12h3/ Louisiana's 2026 law is a clear example. It counts oil and gas facilities, and the roads serving them, as critical infrastructure. Entering one to try to influence government policy can be charged as terrorism, carrying at least 5 and up to 20 years in prison with hard labor. 12313
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 12h4/ The Brennan Center notes that DHS and the FBI have for years labeled activists at infrastructure sites as domestic terrorists or violent extremists, which then justifies more surveillance and policing. The tool is the label, and the label is elastic. 12516
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7hDiesel just hit an all-time high. The 30-year Treasury is back above 5.6%. Consumer sentiment is near record lows. And the Trump regime just pulled a trick behind the scenes to fudge the inflation numbers. We dive in...meidasplus.comWednesday Updates: Record Diesel, Rigged Inflation Math, and Meta's AI Tax Scheme – 9/30/26Important news. Paywall free. 33503208
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)jadehawk "FREE ŁINK" @jadehawk.bsky.social · 21hwhat heroism under fascism looks like 03716
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8hThis isn't surprising news. It's from Martin Peers email newsletter at The Information. What's notable how much this is showing up in the tech press. 78314
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8hWhich two SCOTUS judges do folks think are paid subscribers to Erick Erickson's newsletter? 3126448
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h“.. highest level since 6/13/2007 ..” @cnbc.com 1223359
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Evelyn Olansky 🏳️⚧️ (limited edition) @credible-source.bsky.social · 8hRepublicans have legislated into a void. Democrats have not created safety for us -- their only "pro-trans" is in opposing the policies the GOP proposes, and now Dem candidates are lining up to say "Keep boys out of girls sports" The enemy of my worst abuser can still be abusive 3508
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11hI have a college grad son and a daughter currently in college. I told both of them & their friends this: If you’re assaulted on campus, tell the school, but also go to the local police. It’s a criminal matter. The school’s main mission is to protect its own interests. You need to protect yours. 901543483
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h#RatepayerProtectionAct 23386168
Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 7hNobody gets away with telling a federal judge they can't look at the thing in controversy. The judge gets to see it. Always. 010
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312873638
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672160713
Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People who hate women's sports are trying to convince people who have never encountered a trans athlete at any level to vote for Republicans to "protect women's sports." 010
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally. 81076201
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It is good for your son for you to say no when you need to say no. With a toddler, that might mean teaching him not to climb on your body without asking for consent. With a teenager, that might mean helping with tasks he wants you to do that you don’t have time to do. 262242
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And the last one I’ll mention is for mothers to set boundaries in their own relationships with their sons. The way he treats you is a model for how he treats all other women. If you succumb to the social pressure to make every sacrifice for him, he will expect the same of other women too. 485993
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups. 6912114
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 21349253
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I also always think about how little boys are permitted to behave at zoos. Every time I go to a zoo, I watch mothers apologize behind their sons’ backs as they push to the front of the crowd to see an animal. Or worse—they ask other people to move to the side to let their sons cut the line. 😬 465046
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For example, if your son misses or fails an assignment, resist the temptation to handle the situation with his teacher yourself. Let the consequences of his decision affect his grades. 459631
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing. 1743129
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Researchers find that one-time trainings about consent can actually increase perpetration. In my interviews with young men, they told me that they knew no one believed what they were saying because it hadn’t come up before—and no one actually held men accountable anyway. 256772
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A lot of parents already know they need to talk about sexual violence and consent. And you do. But that’s only the tiniest piece of the puzzle. And if you don’t situate that conversation in a broader focus on gender equality, then you might do more harm than good. 358748
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81141534
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s worth pointing out that Cornell students receive consent training. Schools pivoted to primarily informal responses to sexual violence years ago. This gang rape happened because those solutions didn’t work. Survivors and their advocates have been raising an alarm about that for almost a decade. 219629
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All of these responses are tinged with himpathy, implying that rapists can be healed by empathy and education. You cannot educate someone who does not respect you. Men getting more empathy than their victims is why rape is so common in the first place. 228258
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Studies dating back to the 80s have found that men are not just “confused” about consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like power, domination, and sexual gratification. Men participating in a gang rape know they don’t have the victim’s consent. 2344105
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep seeing people talking about consent training and restorative justice in the aftermath of the Cornell story. I don’t know how to explain to people that those reactions are a part of the problem. 120526
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The first requirement of restorative justice is a perpetrator’s confession. He has to admit what he has done and to take accountability. The men in this case are smearing the victim and threatening her with lawsuits. They are not candidates for RJ. They would turn it into a new site of violence. 227255
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Consent training isn’t going to stop a gang rape. 528179
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026100% endorse this thread. I teach consent, violence prevention & bystander intervention for a living - It is my area of expertise. There is *no* evidence of the existence of an "Oops, my bad!" rapist. "Sexual assault is a miscommunication" is a myth without any evidence. It is an intentional act. 215055
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Jasmine @feistybunnygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remember when they kicked an entire girl’s softball team out of the championship game because a player posted a private Snapchat where she was flipping off the camera? It’s funny how they never worry about ruining girl’s futures. 7361421385
Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Narrative and the Mansion: A Tale of Two Governor's Races. Everyone sees Acton's lead, everyone knows Acton will beat Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy is a bad candidate. Ohio was a swing state 25 years ago, but it's gone very red. When Brown and Acton win ... the reaction will not be shock. 1/ 110
Reposted by Thomas (he/him)Taegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 29/09/2026Acton Leads Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor’s Race politicalwire.com/2026/09/29/acton-…politicalwire.comActon Leads Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor’s Race 031
Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind fine. 010
Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Great Amnesty Push is coming. Inside the Beltway the consultant class never wants permanent consequences. Like Iran-Contra, they want the whole thing to blow over. But they can't say that. So when there are investigations, this is what they'll say: 1/ 110
