Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 15/02/2026"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." -- Susan B. Anthony, born #OTD 1820 528381
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 148146656319
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026“We are enforcing the nation’s laws. Why is that controversial?” The Fugitive Slave Act. The Three-Fifths Compromise. The Nuremberg Laws. Dred Scott. The Indian Removal Act. The Law for Protection of German Blood. Anti-miscegenation laws. The Defense of Marriage Act. The Reichstag Fire Decree. 13430721047
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026It annoys me just how much "turn it off and turn it on again" is actually the way to solve 80% of computer/phone/tech issues. On one hand: Actually great because it's simple and easy. On the other: generations of IT dudes being smug because they were right all along. 94101661
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The last time the Strategic Oil Reserve was this low, Olivia Newton-John had the #1 song in the country. 1261983616
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Democrats blast Trump for frequently falling asleep during official events, but we saw the exact same thing from Joe Biden. And by "the exact same thing," I mean he never actually fell asleep in public but it totally felt like he might. by Jake Tapper 321026184
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialChrysostom @chrysost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You had psychics in the White House like they were legitimate sources of information. 🤣 uk.news.yahoo.com/reagan-astro...uk.news.yahoo.comReagan astrologer, Joan Quigley, dies at 87Joan Quigley, the astrologer who helped determine President Ronald Reagan's schedule and claimed to have convinced him to soften his stance toward the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 87. 062
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialFarm Aid @farmaid.org · 19/09/2026September 19, 1987 – Farm Aid III Farm Aid III was held in Lincoln, Nebraska, on September 19, 1987. Performers included Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Steppenwolf, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, John Denver and others. The Grateful Dead performed live via satellite feed. 0102
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562269533
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialCaroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sometimes, when the sun hits them just right, I can see it. 66913
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialCarole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you. 413190865417
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Enforce Quarantines for Cases A passenger with measles passed through at least six counties on Amtrak – Alameda, Butte, Kern, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Joaquin – while making multiple transfers. www.ktvu.com/news/califor...ktvu.comCalifornia health department notifies of measles exposure from unvaccinated Amtrak passengerThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste... 42459152823
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Barbara is fun 20959431166
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialBicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed. – John Lennon (1947) 08016
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Putting your principles first. 168100413028
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Canada basically got offered a trillion dollar deal with EU, meanwhile at the same time the US is arguing over whether FBI agents can rape dogs or not 902376711
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026i love this 434452
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialffrf.org @ffrf.org · 16/09/2026There’s a reason the Declaration never says “Jesus Christ.” Inserting your preferred deity isn’t historical evidence. If the Founders wanted Christian nationalism, they had a strange way of showing it: a Constitution with no Jesus, no Christianity, and no religious tests. 1110724
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The US has a dark history of unaccountability. 773134314326
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialLisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"As a public speaker, Steinem had a gift for cutting through bullshit, and often employed tmesis, the art of splitting one word with another; the splitter word was usually fucking." www.thecut.com/article/glor...thecut.comGloria Steinem Loved WomenThe feminist icon, who has died at the age of 92, epitomized the contradictions and hopes of the women’s liberation movement. 1165
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 368182134369
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialHouse Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On this day 62 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act, codifying the SNAP program into law. Millions of Americans rely on this vital resource, but Republican attacks threaten Americans’ food security. House Democrats will protect SNAP at all costs. 128133
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In 1976, during an unforgettable episode of her syndicated television variety show Dolly!, Dolly Parton welcomed her close friends and fellow music icons Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt to share the stage. 23693851742
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Due to Dolly Parton’s kids reading program for local libraries, my home county in Ohio saw children’s reading rates skyrocket from one of the lowest in the state to the top I cannot think of a better way to be remembered than to inspire whole generations to seek imagination, empathy, and curiosity 313569613
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hosting country music stars at the White House in October 1979, President Jimmy Carter greeted Dolly Parton by saying, “You're the one I've been waiting for!” Subscribe on Substack to receive daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe 511410
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialOlivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 25/08/2026Had to pull the car over when I heard Dolly Parton was gone. 💔 I come from a family of farmers. I was raised on Dolly. Her music was the soundtrack of home. She never forgot where she came from. Devastated & heartbroken. Her spirit & music will live on forever. 1356436
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Memphis Sanitation Strike, 1968 with bayonets. 112541
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialAlliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 7333119
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Per internal park service records obtained by "Scott MacFarlane Reports" The $5 million allotted by Nat Park Service for Trump's helipad is roughly the same amount of $ set aside this year for all of: Gettysburg National historic site Olympic Natl Park Glen Canyon Bryce Canyon 701829912
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Redford would have turned 90 today. “All the President’s Men” (1976) owes its existence to him; he bought the film rights, developed a script and cajoled a reluctant Woodward & Bernstein. I thought it was “a great character study,” he said later — but for months, “they didn’t return my calls.” 18256851136
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Bette Davis was the only white performer who agreed to be part of Hattie McDaniel's performing troupe to entertain Black servicemen during WWII. www.tumblr.com/themidcentur... 333674488
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’d much rather have American women wearing these than traitorous Gestapo pieces of shit. 210730
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialeugenebelford.bsky.social @eugenebelford.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I love the fact that they're blaming Jimmy Carter and just hoping we all forget that Reagan illegally interfered with Carter getting the hostages released and was never prosecuted for it because he won. 4329102
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialJess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A must site to follow @admirablewomen.bsky.social / @piperformissouri.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @off-dutch.bsky.social @mt-nestor.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @pattyinaz.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social 17124
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialK. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 21/07/2026sent to me by a friend 1314
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToonewsroom.ucla.eduUCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sampleThe test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection. 22289402537
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialDawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I live in a small town in NE Scotland close to where chunks of the #Odyssey was filmed. Nolan’s cast and crew were all lovely and spent money like water in our hard-up area. He even made sure our tiny cinemas got on-time release of it when we normally have to wait for big movies. Thanks Chris. 10586901143
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialCurt🇨🇦🇺🇦 @codenbach23.bsky.social · 19/07/2026static.klipy.comMoses Sumney Performs 'One Of Many'ALT: Moses Sumney Performs 'One Of Many' 0157
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialBDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 19/07/202642 years ago, Mary Manning — a 21-year-old Dublin cashier — refused to ring up South African grapefruit. She was suspended. Ten colleagues walked out with her, and their strike lasted almost three years, until Ireland became the first Western country to ban apartheid goods. 8975393
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialrprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Meryl Streep chimes in 💯💯🎯 9241071225
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.socialTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 15/07/2026Pave paradise, put up a data centre... 30254972338
Reposted by @tissaack.bsky.social🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026And more to come.... 1274
